Top Bookish Confessions

We've all got them, haven't we? Those little reading quirks, the books we didn't like but everybody else loved, the pages we dog-ear. Some of us even read the last page of a book first (which is totally wrong!). I thought it'd be fun to share my fifty bookish confessions...
1. I’ve never read a classic novel.
2. It’s the cover that draws me in to most books. If I don’t like the cover, chances are I won’t choose to read the book inside. Harsh, but true.
3. I shed a tear at books which aren’t even meant to be sad. So hand me a book that is meant to make me cry and…
4. I was once the only blogger at a book launch where the publicist for some reason told everyone there, whilst introducing me, that I’d read and reviewed all these books I hadn’t even heard of. I spent the rest of the evening awkwardly discussing these books I ‘loved’ but didn’t actually know existed.
5. I love collecting paperbacks but I prefer reading ebooks.
6. The first book signing I ever went to was Harlan Coben’s. I was so nervous but he was lovely, and afterwards I tweeted a photo of me with the book he signed for me which won me a mountain of his previous books, signed, which in turn won me masses of brownie points from my mum.
7. I’ve never loaned a book from a library. I like owning books, I’d never be able to give one back.
8. I sacrificed my wardrobe for more book storage. Priorities.
9. I’ve skipped two book launches because by the time I got to my hotel, I was too engrossed in my books to put them down. (The Memory Book and Three Amazing Things About You).
10. I don’t often re-read books but I’ve re-read Beyond Grace’s Rainbow by Carmel Harrington about ten times because I loved it that much.
11. My favourite type of books are actually psychological thrillers but I’ve found most of this year’s psychological thrillers a bit disappointing.
12. I daren’t count but I own well over a thousand unread books.
13. I can’t read more than one book at a time.
14. Up until about two and a half years ago, I barely read a thing. If it wasn’t for my mum so animatedly discussing the books she was reading with me, and treating me to a book every time we went shopping, I’d probably be doing something much less rewarding now. Like socialising.
15. I try not to ever give up on a book and rarely do, even though I know I should.
16. I hate being asked what my favourite book is, or who my favourite author is. How long have you got?
17. I hate any sign of damage on my paperbacks. I spend 50% of the time reading them trying to barely turn the pages or the spine, so they look near perfect when I’m finished.
18. Most of my book shopping is done online unless I spend a couple of days in London, where I end up bringing home around ten or fifteen new books. One of my London shopping trips...
19. I always carry my Kindle and a paperback with me, even if I’m only going to the shop and know for sure I won’t have chance to read either.
20. I struggle to read when I’m travelling because I’m so easily distracted.