23 Struggles Only Book Nerds Will Understand

Nih den dapat daripada internet. So ada yang memang berkait sangat dengan den.

1. Deciding which book to read next. Tak sure nak buku yang chick lit ke buku yang heavy ke. Selalu ada rasa camnih. 

2. Being excited to see the movie adaptation only to find out that they got everything wrong. Ha…nih memang la terjadi dan den sangat-sangat frust pengsan coz the anticipation of waiting for the movies are so high. Alih-alih ceitenye tak mencapai 50% pun storyline & hype dalam buku tuh. Contohnye movie Confession of Shopaholic (3 buku depa combine jadi 1 disaster movie), Da Vinci Code & Angel & Demon movies.

3. People saying the movie was better than the book. Nih den tak setuju coz den rasa ada je movies yang cam better dari buku cam LOTR, The Hobbit, Narnia coz untuk ceite-ceite epic camnih cam tak tergamak nak baca buku-bukunye den rasa coz tak beberapa nak faham ayat-ayat klasik nih. Setakat nih den cuma pernah baca The Hobbit. Tuh pun amik masa almost 2 ke 3 bulan baru abis baca bukunye. So memang la ada certain books yang den tak dapat nak baca tapi den suka je tengok moviesnye. Ada buku yang den tak beberapa nak paham jalan ceitenye tapi bila jadi movies, ianya lebih best & mudah difahami.

4. Waiting forever for the sequel to come out. Yupp. This is so true. Den tunggu Harry Potter sequel lama gila rasanye.

5. Running out of space for your books. Betoi sangat-sangat. Walopun dah buat rak buku kat apartment tuh yang 80% penuh dengan buku-buku den je tapi still tak muat. Nak kena buat rak buku baru gamaknye nih.

6. Being interrupted while reading. Zaman-zaman single dulu memang ada perasaan camnih tapi sejak-sejak dah beranak pinak nih, dah kurang rasa camnih. Lebih pada kalo anak-anak kacau, moh la main or tengok tv or apa-apa ajelah dengan depa dulu. Lepas keadaan dah tenang, baru la den sambung baca buku balik.

7. Lending a book to a friend only to get it back damaged. Seingat-ingat den tak pernah lagi terjadi kat den.

8. Or worse, never getting it back at all. Nih memang terjadi. Ada beberapa buku Harry Potter dan buku The Other Side of Life ke ape by Marian Keyes yang member pinjam tak pulang-pulang sampai ke sudah.

9. Being asked what your favourite book is as if you could pick just one. Nih memang la susah nak kobakan yang mana satu buku terpaling favourite. The best I could do is naming buku terpaling favourite from each author walopun memang susah jugak sebenarnya. Ada more than one book by Jude Deveraux, Sidney Sheldon & Dan Brown yang den paling suka.

10. People saying you read too much. Nope. Ramai orang dok cakap den rajin coz masih membaca umur-umur camnih.

11. Finding out that someone you like ‘doesn’t read’. Kebanyakan TTM dulu-dulu sampai la buong pun memang jenis tak membaca sangat. So it doesn’t really bother me coz I just accepted them as who they are. Buong suka baca majalah gila-gila, mastika, komik & seumpama dengannya. Den okay je coz I could read almost everything. Just spare me from the buku-buku motivasi. We just don’t click.

12. Losing your place when your bookmark falls out. Not to me. Kadang-kadang den takde bookmark pun.

13. Deciding which book to bring on vacation. Not a problem to me. Sekarang nih langsung la tak bawa buku pun bila pegi berjalan-jalan coz dok busy dengan budak-budak.

14. Buying too many books on vacation and not having enough room to bring them all back. Never happen to me.

15. Moving. Den dah pindah umah 5,6 kali sejak keje. So memang la jenuh nak packing & repack buku setiap kali pindah.

16. Forgetting to eat or sleep because you’re too busy reading. Yupp. Still happening now sampai kadang-kadang buong yang masak untuk den makan hehehehhehe. Kalo kena nyusukan Aisy, den sanggup guna lampu kecik nak abiskan jugak baca buku tuh. Memang kadang-kadang tido lambat walopun dah jarang-jarang sekarang nih.

17. Making a literary reference that no one else to get. Memang la berlaku sebab kalo dah den sorang yang dok sakan membaca tapi family members & kengkawan tak membaca. Kalo buat reference simple-simple pun takde sape yang tau huhuhuhu.

18. Running out of money from buying so many books (and still needing to buy more). Betoi betoi sangat sangat nih. Setiap tahun walopun takde budget untuk beli buku tapi still la akan end up beli jugak buku berenyut-renyut walopun buku sedia ada kat umah tuh tak abis baca lagi.

19. People spoiling the ending of a book you’re reading. Tak pernah terjadi setakat nih.

20. Or the ending of the series because they’re inconsiderate monsters. Tak pernah terjadi setakat nih.

21. Dealing with the death of your favourite character. None so far.

22. Being judged for crying in public at a book. Tak pernah terjadi setakat nih.

23. Finishing a book and realizing you live in the real world and not the book’s world. But it all will be okay coz that’s what re-reading is for. Ha…nih selalu jadik bila baca buku romance & chick lit je tapi bley je ulang baca lagi hehehhehe.

So daripada 23 kriteria nih, den cuma berkait dengan 12 kriteria je. Dalam 52% je. So den bukanlah book nerd sangat. Den cuma pembaca buku yang biasa-biasa aja gitu.