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Top Ten Bookish Superpowers I Wish I Had

 Writing this on my phone so bear with me. I just read Jana's list over at That Artsy Reader Girl (sorry can't link) and she had so many amazing  ideas. I'll try to think of a few. 

Bookish Superpowers 

  1. Immediately pulling out all my favorite quotes from a book I've read, what character said them, the page number, etc.--Ereaders and quotable flags help with this, but it's not as good as Magic!
  2. Producing movies or shows for any book I want--It would be so great not to have to wait or rely on certain levels of popularity! Also, they would obviously have to not have stupid differences from the book!
  3. Being able to read any book I want when I want--i.e. not having to wait for the publisher or the library! (I would still wait for the author generally, though in certain cases, I'd accept a different author's version!)
  4. Probably falls under 3, but specifically,  be able to access any unknown, forgotten, misplaced, or unpublished manuscripts from authors I'd be interested in 
  5. Be able to read anywhere I want, like anytime I read, I could suddenly be in a tree house or on a mountain or in a cozy reading cave
  6. My books could come alive and tell me about their specific history, like where they've been and who they've been read by
  7. I would want to be able to visit places and/or meet characters from my books
Wow, I came up with a lot more of these than I thought I could! Which one of these or any other bookish superpowers would you like? Great topic!

Comments

Lydia said…
I struggle to remember quotes, too! It would be so nice if that was an automatic thing.

Here is my Top Ten Tuesday post.
Oh, yes! It would be so nice if it was always effortless to pull my favorite quotes from books! I find it particularly hard with audiobooks. I don't have a lot of second-hand books, but it would be fascinating to learn the history of the ones I do have! (And if I had that superpower, I might buy more used books.)

Thanks for stopping by my TTT earlier!
Most of my books come from the used bookstore, so it would be fun to hear where they lived before I bought them. I bet some of them would have interesting stories.
The quotes thing would be the most useful for me irl, I have such a hard time remembering them and where to find them! I'd also love being able to transport myself to read anywhere in the world I want!
Hena Tayeb said…
These are some good superpowers to have.

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