How You Know It's a Good Book

Borrowed from this blog.

• You know it's a good book when it keeps you reading past your bedtime. ...And a great book will keep you reading until dawn.
• You know it's a good book when you take it into the bathtub with you...even when you're taking a shower. (Hey, it was a paperback.)
• You know it's a good book when you can't stop wondering what happened to the characters after the story ends.
• You know it's a good book when you take it with you on your fifteen-minute coffee break...then don't return to your desk for four hours.
• You know it's a good book when you feel compelled to read it while eating dinner. Even though you have a dinner guest.
• You know it's a good book when it continues to make you laugh or cry even the second time you read it.
• You know it's a good book when it reveals something new and surprising even on the third and fourth time you read it.
• You know it's a good book when you dream about the characters.
• You know it's a good book when you're reading it on a bus or subway...and end up missing your stop.
• You know it's a good book when you pre-order the author's next title six months before it's released, hoping that it will be even better.
• You know it's a good book when you happen to see a copy on the shelf at a bookstore or library...and feel like you've just run into an old friend.
• You know it's a good book when you feel PERSONALLY OFFENDED when you hear someone else criticize it.
• You know it's a good book when you find yourself carrying it around even after you've finished reading it, just hoping that someone will ask you about it.
• ...And a great book is one that you carry around -- in your heart and in your head -- for the rest of your life.