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You know you love a book when you:
- Read it so many times that you know each sentence as though you wrote it.
- Feel all the same emotions even when you read it the ‘n’th time.
- Stop after each line, re-read it and think about it for hours hence.
- Want to stop and make notes in your scrapbook frequently.
- Keep quoting lines from the book.
- Discuss it non-stop with your friends and family.
- Tell the story to your children and grandchildren.
- Forgo your favorite TV program to read it.
- Keep on reading at meal times despite being hungry.
- Keep reading it long after your usual bedtime.
- Rush and buy your own copy as soon as you return your library copy.
- Feel sad that the character on the cover does not have the face you imagined.
- Start acting like one of the characters in the book.
- Dream about the characters, events or the setting in it.
- Wonder what happened to the characters after The End.
- Wait for a sequel to the book or wish that it had a prequel.
- Look forward to the film version with excitement.
- Hate the film version because you feel it did injustice to the book.
- Recommend it (and other books by the author) to all and sundry.
- Stand patiently in long queues to meet the author.
- Buy other books of the same author.
- Google the author’s name and read up everything about him/her.
- Wish that you had written this or a similar book.
Sindhu S: Freelance Writer/Editor/Storyteller 