You know you're addicted to fiction if...

[hopewrites]

easy enough idea, just finish the sentence: You know your addicted to fiction if...

...your lover suspects you are having an affair with the librarian, but it turns out it's really with a fictional character.

...you have to be grounded from your room.

...your friends beg you to come to parties without your books.

[springs]

you miss your bus stop. Every day.

[Karn Maeshalanadae]

You are banned from owning books due to causing numerous traffic accidents.

[chrispenycate]

Aargh! I'm afraid I edited your title; I couldn't go on seeing "your" (possessive pronoun) for "you're" (contraction of 'you are') Sorry.

You know you are addicted to fiction when you come down for breakfast and, although you can't remember the name of a single member of your family, you do know which characters in which books they resemble.

[Boneman]

you spend a lot of time in the SFF Chronicles, talking about fiction

[Ursa major]

...you always want to turn over a new leaf.

[Interference]

...you end every day on a cliff-hanger (cue appropriately dramatic music).

....every fifteen minutes you take a three minute break to talk about your favourite breakfast cereal, a new way of clearing leaves off the front porch, shampoo and what you have planned for later in the week.

[Quokka]

You introduce your children as Yossarian, Hermione and little baby Samwise.

[Interference]

... when someone says, "We need to talk," you know exactly what they're going to say.

... when someone starts to tell you their life story, you see wavy lines and hear harp music.

... when the phone rings, you don't bother answering cos you know it'll stop ringing the moment you touch the hand set.

... when offered a choice of two wire-haired terriers you feel the urge to cut the blue one.

[Abernovo]

...you decide to limit yourself to one chapter before turning out the light, but when you next look up, it's daylight again outside

...your lab reports are complimented for their flow and readability

[Interference]

LOL

But not accuracy, I notice

....you punctuate aloud.

[Abernovo]

...you can't remember what it is you were supposed to buy, but you can clearly recall what page you reached.

By the way, I resent that implication, Inter! Those reports were perfectly accurate. It's not my fault the results were different from expected.

[Interference]

....But the spelling was perfect


...you immediately put unexpected packages into a bucket of water.

... you just has a 264 day holiday from work on full pay.

[Abernovo]

...you're in the doctor's waiting room and miss your name being called because the book is so darned good

[Interference]

...you watch your dog for any signs of growing larger than your house.