Annoying right?
Fix it! <~~Thanks GalleyCat!
Listen folks, when I’m reading I don’t even hear you.
Eventually I might sense an annoying presence nearby and look up.
By that point I’m pissed because, because SHUT UP.
And they are upset because I didn’t hear them or respond in a timely manner.
I have a great idea:
Don’t Bug Me When I’m Reading!
Thank you ever so much.
Do you have any bookish pet peeves? What are they?
The Relentless Reader 
I haven't thought about it that much until now, but I would like to find a copy of that bookmark. And I guess one of my own. Do not write a story in a trilogy that could easily have been summed up in one book deal. Not only can I read well, I am sort of smart too. Pretending you have a trilogy when you just want more of my money bugs me.
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My husband says I go into \”book mode\” and he and the girls can't get my attention or a reply. I totally understand.Colletta
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Why oh why don't they understand that book mode is a good thing? 😉 Just leave us alone when we are in that fabulous place!
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I love that it's needlepoint and lacy, ha ha. Great peeve. I'm seeing that a lot, in the movie industry as well. Argh.
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I too am totally with you on the being disturbed while reading thing. That book mark is priceless!
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How about \”Please return the books I lent you!\”. One of my friends has had two of my favorites for almost a year! I love to share books, but I like to get 'em back!
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Love the bookmark Jennifer. Did you make it? Got to get a post it to stick on my forward like that. Maybe then people will get the hint:)laura thomas
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The stickers are the works of evil geniuses trying to ruin your life.\”I'm pissed because, because SHUT UP.\” -lol. How does no on get that yet?I have once or twice interrupted a friend who was reading and feel like a jerk but whenever I don't have a book on me (rarely) I like to talk to people! Please don't judge me (;http://shesgotbooksonhermind.blogspot.com/
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Isn't it great? I need to get one of those 😉
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I'm very wary of loaning books out, unless I don't care if I get them back 😉 I wonder if a tracking device would be appropriate?
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Nope, I do wish I knew how to make those though! Thanks for stopping by!
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Hi Adriana! I know just what you mean, I'll talk to anyone but if they have a book in their hand I try very hard not to, lol. I won't judge you..unless you bother ME while I'm reading, ha ha!
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I have been in book mode a bit too much lately!
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Oh this made me laugh a lot. I hate television or cinema tie-in book jackets. And lending books out and not returning them. And being interrupted while reading – this is particularly bad in my husband's family as they are all newspaper people, which is a form of reading better suited to constant interruption. But they are also all talkers, while I am more of a listener, and I realise they are managing to get their papers read while I am completely in a dither, not knowing if I dare start on the same paragraph for the nth time!!
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I refuse to buy/borrow books with those awful movie covers. Blech!
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bahaha love the post and the bookmark, I want one, maybe it would keep DH from annoying me when I'm reading. I have an insane urge to call him dick head instead of dear hubby when he interrupts my reading ;)… I know, a little psychotic but it's my number one peeve LOL
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LOL, I completely understand!! I wish there was a way to be invisible while I'm reading 😉
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Love the bookmark – I think I need it tattooed somewhere LOlShelleyrae @ Book'd Out
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Oh, I so agree with you about how everyone thinks you are \”doing nothing\” when reading! Even on a plane, when you put up your book to protect you from the gabby person in the next seat, they are clueless. A sign on our foreheads, perhaps?
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That would sure be a conversation starter wouldn't it? LOL
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I don't understand people who view reading as \”doing nothing\” WHAT?? What is wrong with you?? Let's meld your idea with Shelley's above..a tattoo on our forehead! 😉
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