Jaye Marie and Anita Dawes

There is a strange urge to turn into that scruffy looking shop… a calling that drags at your gut until you succumb.Dust and grime covers everything; there is nothing in there that you would touch without a hazmet suit and yet… there in the corner is a rusting metal basket full of foxed and battered paper. You spot a title you have been searching for since your youth. Suddenly the world is a beautiful place.

You may have a problem…and there are other signs…

1. Waiting in queues becomes quality time with your mobile phone. The Kindle app is a godsend…
2. You hope the appointments are running at least two chapters late.
3. Flu is welcomed as a six-book-a-day event.
4. Decluttering means throwing out the TV to add another bookshelf.
5. Getting an early night means a few extra hours reading and even less sleep. (Well, you only had another couple of chapters…