7 skills every bookworm has developed

Bookworms are a strange breed, yet come in all shapes and sizes with all their bookish loves and hates.

It is said that each book opens a vision of a new world and teaches us something – so surely us bookworms have developed some transferable skills along the way?

Read on to see if you have any of these 7 essential skills!

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1.The ability to squeeze yet another book onto an over-filled shelf, balance a book on top of a tottering pile or extricate the desired book from any point in aforementioned pile without it toppling over.

Transferable skills: Jenga, Tetris, Packing suitcases (see 3)

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2. The ability to appear as if you’re listening when actually sneakily continuing to read your book under the table or between bouts of strategic eye contact.

Transferable skills: Multi-tasking, getting work done in a busy environment

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3. The ability to sneak a few more books past airport security by fitting paperbacks in coats with large pockets or holding a few against your body under cover of a coat or jumper. Who would be monster enough to take away a partially-finished book?!

Transferable skills: You are amazing at packing and wrapping presents!

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4. The ability to walk past shelves of unread books, and go out shopping for more.

Transferable skill: Always getting free delivery from Amazon by adding a few books to the basket…or getting a good bargain because you always take advantage of book sales or ‘buy one get one half price’

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5. The ability to continue to function as a normal human being when suffering from a book hangover…until bumping into a fellow bookworm and all the sorrow/misery comes pouring out!

Transferable skill: Dealing with real-life situations by making reference to what your fictional counterpart might have done.

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6. The ability to walk into a bookshop intending to spend 10 minutes and buy 2 books…only to emerge, blinking, into the daylight 2 hours (days?) later with 12 books.

Transferable skill: You can concentrate for long periods of time. You can also come up with a list of book recommendations for any topic within seconds!

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7. The ability to quickly scan someone’s bookshelf when visiting their home for the first time, then make a quick judgement about them for better or worse. No bookshelf…get out of there!

Transferable skill: Your interactions with fictional characters have made you a good judge of character in those you meet in real-life. Your skimming and scanning skills come in handy when doing exams or writing essays!

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Have you developed any of these transferable skills through being a bookworm?

What other skills do you think you have developed?

What is the best thing about being a bookworm?

Let me know in the comments!

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Liked this? Why not check out 5 easy ways to annoy a bookworm or Would you Rather…? (Bookworm edition)?

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