There’s nothing wrong with loving books more than the average person (or at least not that we will ever admit to) but there are some problems that come along with it. But every good thing comes with its problems, and if you ask me, books are definitely worth all the problems they bring.

1. There’s only so much space for your books.

There’s never enough room for all your books. They tend to start stacking up somewhere, especially if you are in a college dorm and you only have a two-shelf bookshelf. There’s no way there’s enough room for all a reader’s books in that tiny space. And that’s before you add in the possible English major or minor.

2. You only have so much money in your bank account.

Let’s face it, books are expensive. That’s probably the worst part about them, but I guess it’s a good thing at the same time because if they were any cheaper, you would just hoard as many books in our house as possible and that wouldn’t be a good thing.

3. At some point you’re probably going to have to get a second job just to pay for your book obsession.

I mean, we only have so much self-control and there’s always the chance that we could read ourselves into debt so it’s probably a good idea to start working even harder now that way we won’t have worry so much later on in our lives. You should probably start looking for an easy job that way you can support your addiction. There’s always the chance to work in a bookstore! (Plus, you could get a discount!!!)

4. You have an issue admitting that you have an obsession.

I have problems with this, too, but it’s true. If you read a lot more than the average person, it’s an obsession. It’s an addiction. If there was rehab for a reading addiction, chances are, you would be checked in right away.

5. You always have a book with you.

Most of the time it’s in a bag, but if you don’t have a backpack or something with you, you have one in the car. There’s nothing wrong with always being prepared, but if you’re a girl, you can’t put a book in one of those cute, tiny purses so your bags tend to be bulkier. But it’s worth it.

6. There’s only so much time in the day.

If you could spend the whole day with your nose in a book (or more than one), you would. But there’s this thing called life and it tends to keep you away from your books for a lot longer than you would like. It happens to all of us. Also, if you have an English class, you have to decide to read the book for class or the book you’ve been dying to read for a while now. You won’t have the time to read them both at once.

7. You’re "To Be Read" list never gets any shorter.

Since you don’t have time to read, the list of books you want to read doesn’t get any shorter because there’s always new books to read and the list just grows… and grows… and grows. Chances are you won’t finish all of them in your lifetime.

8. You can’t narrow down your favorite book.

There are too many good books out there to pick just one as your favorite. It’s impossible to choose a favorite, yet since you read so much, everyone thinks you have one. You and I both know that this isn’t how it works. Deciding on your favorite book is like a mother deciding which child she loves most.

9. You have to limit your time in a bookstore.

You could easily spend hours in a bookstore. Heck, you might even be able to spend days. You have learned by now that you have to set a timer because if you don’t, you probably won’t walk out when you need to. In turn, you could probably miss a meeting or be late to your third cousin’s wedding (It’s the third cousin… Is it really that important?).

10. You have trouble deciding which book (or books) to buy.

Bookstores tend to be your best friend and your worst enemy at the same time. They give you the ability to see so many books and read their book jackets, but then they make you choose which ones you want. That’s probably one of the hardest decisions to make because there are a lot of good books in this world. But, unfortunately, you can’t buy them all.

11. You always walk out of a bookstore with more books than you intended to buy.

Obviously you couldn’t buy all the good books in the bookstore, but coming out with one or two more books that were planned isn’t that bad, is it? There was a lot more books you could have bought, so good job on limiting yourself. I know it was difficult.

12. When you talk about books, people just stare at you because they don’t know what you’re talking about.

There’s always that moment when you finish an amazing book and you start telling someone about it and they get this confused look on their face. Sometimes, they’ll let you finish. Other times, they excuse themselves. It’s OK. It’s their fault, because they didn’t read the book so they are the one missing out. Don’t take it personally. It’s their loss.

13. You like books, or the characters in them, more than people in real life.

You know you like books more than people. If you could just be surrounded by books, you would be completely fine because who needs actual people when the characters come to life as you read? The truth of the matter is that, yeah, books are great, but people are, too.