The Friday 5: Bookish Nightmares

It's almost Halloween & I'm sharing my bookish nightmares!

1.

Too many books/Never be able to read ALL the books

This is probably every reader's #1 bookish nightmare. No matter how voraciously or fast we read – there never seems to be enough time to get to all our books  - never mind keeping up with all the new books!

2.

Running out of books

My goal for this year was to make a big dent in my 185 book TBR pile. And I did. I got down to under 40 books. 

And Panicked.

What if I’m only left with 2 books to choose from?

This is completely irrational – I know. I can buy more books, there’s the library – and the fact that -

YOU CAN NEVER RUN OUT OF BOOKS. See #1

3.

Natural Disasters

Living in FL means I have lived through a few hurricanes and tornadoes.

Each year we put together our survival kit and have our emergency plan for us and the pets.

But what about my books? I’m always afraid they will get swept away and consider getting one of those large safes to lock up my special books or the ones I haven't read yet.

I know that possessions aren’t as important as people (or my fur babies!) but it is always in the back of my mind.

4.

Reading is dangerous!

There's the risk of being crushed by a towering TBR pile.
Repetitive stress injuries to you wrist - which I get constantly from my Kindle.
Papercuts.
Eyestrain/headaches.
Sleep deprivation.
Starvation because you forget to eat while reading.

Not medical but...reading can also lead to -

Debt.
Troubled relationships due to neglect.

5.

This is an actual bookish nightmares that I’ve had after I got back from ALA in June. I  tend to feel overwhelmed with how many new books I have after a book conference.

I panic over where to put them – what order to read them in – how am I going to review them all???

 ~ The was after I got back from ALA (American Library Association annual conference)

 I wanted to keep my books safe and felt that the best place to hide them was at my Veterinarian's office.

O_O

So, in the middle of the night I piled up all my books (100's of them - and more than I actually got at the conference) and carried them to my vets and hid them in the Dr.’s office. I walked…in the middle of the night…about 10 miles away….carrying 100's of books.

Then I get home, after safely hiding all my books – and start thinking that anyone can walk in his office and take a book and I’m not there to watch them and I would never know or be able to get it back.

I start trying to walk back but get caught in a loop and can’t find my way. Then I woke up in a panic and I literally had to go check on my books to calm down. lol

Did I ever get to save my books? Did my local veterinarian's office turn into a lending library??

The logic of that dream is so ridiculous that I don’t even know where to start.

Bonus story - and not really a nightmare. More like a bookworm’s dream come true but still weird that books stay on the brain even while sleeping.

I was tearing old wallpaper off one of my walls and found a soft spot that turned out to be a secret bookshelf. It was really ornate with detailed molding – not my taste at all – but dream me loved it!

I started planning a color palette for the walls to compliment it – deep purples and gold – and organizing all my books.

Then I started busting down other walls in my house looking for more hidden shelves. And kept finding more hidden shelves.

When I woke up I had big plans to do this in real life but, alas, I don't have any walls I can go busting through 😢

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What are your bookish nightmares (& dreams!)