Yet another problem that only bookworms face derives from the eventual need to sacrifice rereading in favor of fresh material. At some point, you'll have to expand your interests. Unfortunately, there's the danger of expanding those interests into areas in which nobody else has willingly ventured over the past century. Sure, people will pick up a copy of Tess of the d'Urbervilles for homework or to look respectable on their bookshelves, but unless you want to have an in-depth discussion of the SparkNotes, you'll have to muddle along as best you can on your own. There's just something disheartening about reading a fantastic plot twist that you did not at all see coming and being unable to talk about it with anybody. You can always limit your reading to more popular modern novels, but there's only so many times that you can grit your teeth and debate the virtues of The Da Vinci Code without bursting from something that is distinctly not enthusiasm.
7. Convincing Others To Read Your Favourites
One option beyond moving your tastes toward those more popular publications is to attempt to convince others to fall in love with your favorites. How hard could it be? If you fell for Elizabeth and Mr. Darcy's on-page romance, how could your friend not? Sometimes, it works. Sometimes, your efforts at persuasion will pay off and you'll recruit somebody new into loving a long-time favorite. Other times, it doesn't quite work out as you'd hoped, and no matter how many times and ways that you try to convince somebody that Pride and Prejudice is one of the most amazing books that you've ever read...well, there's nothing like a lesson in futility to humble even the most snobbish of bookworms. Of course, convincing others to give your favorite books a try might be easier if you could give a more detailed outline of the plot beyond "It's fantastic!" and "You'll get it once you read it!" but there is one area in which all bookworms are united in wariness and that not even the desire to recruit others to your favorite books can overcome. Spoilers.
Fiction buff and writer. If it's on Netflix, it's probably in my queue. I've bought DVDs for the special features and usually claim that the book is better than the movie or show (and can provide examples). I've never met a TV show that I won't marathon. Follow on Twitter @lah9891 .
