Top Five Wednesday! *Bookish Habits* | I'm Back!

Hey everyone!  So sorry about my absence the last month.  I have been busy with school and my new Booktube Channel!  I want to start posting book reviews on this blog as well as a new series called Top Five Wednesday.

Top Five Wednesday is not a new thing, actually.  It was created by Lainey of GingerReadsLainey on Youtube.

Here is the Goodreads page dedicated to it!  https://www.goodreads.com/group/show/118368-top-5-wednesday

So basically, each Wednesday has a topic dedicated to it.  Some people make videos, some make blog posts.  I think I will jump back and forth between the two, depending on if I have the time to film the video or not.

Last week's topic was Bookish Habits.  I didn't get around to doing it, so I thought that I would do it this week instead!

Here We Go!

#1: Dust Jackets

 I absolutely cannot read hardback books with the dust jacket on.  I can't deal with the way they flop around and get crunched if I have to stash the book away in my purse.  I don't want to rip the paper, so I just take them off and put them on the bookshelf in place of the physical book.

#2:  How Many Pages Left?

  I will always look to see how many pages are in the chapter before starting it.  I read by chapters, so I will know whether or not I will have the time to read the next chapter by looking to see how long it is.  If the chapter is too long and I'm tired, I'll usually put the book down for the night instead of starting a new chapter.

#3:  Book Buying

  I'm actually not a huge book buyer.  Not because I don't want any books, but because I want too many.  My Amazon wish list is so big that just looking at it overwhelms me.  I don't know what book to buy next, so I won't buy anything.  It's like the opposite end of the book buying spectrum, and it's definitely weird!

#4:  Lacing My Fingers into the Pages

  While reading, I will fold my fingers into the pages that I haven't read yet.  It might be every few pages, or the next page, but I don't just hold the book, I become the book.  My fingers just need to be in those pages.  

#5:  Hand Blockade 

  If I can tell that there is going to be a big reveal in the next couple of lines--like a death or something really emotional--I will cover the rest of the page with my hand and move it down as I read so my eyes don't glance down and see the big reveal before I actually get there.  This way, my eyes won't glance down and spoil it before it actually happens.

Let me know in the comments if you share any of the same habits!  :)