Top Ten Tuesday is a weekly book meme hosted by The Broke and the Bookish. Each week, she posts an idea relating to books and encourages other book bloggers to respond with their own top ten lists.
This week’s topic is “top ten book-related problems that I have.” It’s been a while since I’ve done one of these, and this looks like such a fun topic!
1. Finding time to read.
I’m currently taking 5 biology courses and their associated laboratory components, which means that I’m at school from 9:30-5:30 on weekdays. On top of that, I’m the Marketing & Communications Director for a student-run group on campus, I visit elementary school classrooms with Let’s Talk Science to run fun biology experiments, and I’m on the Lab and Design Team for the University of Waterloo’s iGEM team (which I am incredibly excited about!). All of this has left me with very little time to blog, let alone read – if I can sneak in a few chapters over breakfast, I consider it to be a good day.
2. Deciding what to read next
I probably spend more time staring at my bookshelves to pick out my next read than I spend actually reading…
3. Buying matching covers/editions
In a perfect world, all of my books would be of the same type and same edition. Unfortunately, I’m really impatient, and insist on pre-ordering everything, so my series are a mix of hardcovers and paperbacks.
4. Saying “no” to pretty-looking books – especially when I already own another edition
I recently tried convincing my mother that a good 21st birthday present would be the new Bloomsbury editions of Harry Potter, since I love their covers. She said no, since I already have a perfectly good, original hardcover set… so I’m just going to have to buy them myself. And the illustrated editions, once those come out.
5. Binge-reading a series, only to find out that the next book is released a lot later than I originally thought
Here’s looking at you, Winter.
6. When none of my friends understand why I’m crying over a fictional character
The worst was when I was reading Blue Lily, Lily Blue and had to show them the scene I was crying over. IT WAS REALLY SWEET, OKAY.
7. Getting a new book in a series, but forgetting what happened in the previous books
Thank goodness for The Recaptains, and Wikipedia. (I usually would do a reread, but if I tried that once Winds of Winter comes out, you guys would never hear from me again).
8. When I borrow an ebook from the library, and it expires before I have a chance to finish it
This always happens with new releases, since I have the hardest time reading multiple books at once… which means I have to go back on the incredibly long holds list.
9. Getting interrupted in the middle of a good scene
Especially if it’s to ask what I’m reading.
10. Deciding how to organize my bookshelf
Alphabetical? By colour? Do I give myself a favourites shelf? Such a hard decision! My bookshelf is the only part of my room that needs to look perfect. Now, if only it had infinite space…
What are your biggest book-related problems? Leave me a list or a link to your Top Ten Tuesday post in the comments below.
A Gatsby Gala – The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald
Cabeswater – The Raven Cycle by Maggie Stiefvater
Hogwarts – Harry Potter series by J.K. Rowling
The Shire – Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. Tolkein
Winterfell – A Song of Ice and Fire series by George R.R. Martin
Point Zero, Paris – Anna and the French Kiss by Stephanie Perkins
Narnia – The Chronicles of Narnia by C.S. Lewis
London – The Infernal Devices by Cassandra Clare, A Great and Terrible Beauty by Libba Bray,
Prague – Daughter of Smoke & Bone by Laini Taylor
San Fransisco – Lola and the Boy Next Door
The In-Between Place 