Do You Have to Have Tons of Books to Be a REAL Bookworm?! | Discussion

Hey guys! I know it's been the longest time since I've done a discussion post, and I've seen things about this phrase all around the book community lately, so I thought I'd just put my own two cents out there.

DO YOU HAVE TO HAVE TONS OF BOOKS TO BE A REAL BOOKWORM?

And, obviously, the simple answer is: no.

You do not need to have shelves overflowing with books to "prove" you're an actual bookworm.

For example, as much as I love buying books, I'm going to college next year and am pretty short on money at the time (I only own 23 books). I use the library for the most part, and I'm sure lots of you do too.

So yeah, I love buying books and getting to keep them forever, but that can get really expensive really quickly.

Obviously, that being said if you want to buy five books a week, that is completely fine.

This also relates to the topic of giveaways. Many people do giveaways for reaching some kind of milestone, and they give away books (in the book community). These are great for those who can afford books to give away and the shipping costs, but because so many people are doing giveaways at this point it's almost become expected that people do them and I just think that that should not be a thing because lots of people can't afford them.

I wish there were ways to go more into this discussion but really it's more just rambling on about the same thing, though I do still think this is an important thing to talk about.

Let me know your thoughts on this in the comments. Thanks for reading! Bye!