Mouni Roy

Deep down, I'm a small-town girl who has it drilled in her DNA to grow up, marry, have kids, settle down. Maybe I will knock the same theory in my kids' heads, too. I'm also liberal, a political enthusiast, a bookworm, and the least bit ambitious to pull off a soap drama queen act.

Indian Actress

Frank Grillo

A film that I love is 'Deliverance' from back in the day. You start out with these archetypal characters - the hero, the bookworm, the pacifist - and by the end, it's all turned upside down. I love that.

American Actor

Alaina Huffman

My normal life is I love to travel, and I travel as often as I can. I don't stay in one place too long. But I'm an avid reader, I guess you could say: I'm a bit of a bookworm.

Canadian Actress

Alexa Davalos

My normal life is, I love to travel and I travel as often as I can. I don't stay in one place too long. But I'm an avid reader; I guess you could say I'm a bit of a bookworm.

American Actress

Ruskin Bond

Instead of becoming a great shikari, as my mother and stepfather might have wished, I had become an incurable bookworm and was to remain one for the rest of my life.

Indian Author

Shakira

The thing is, my dad's always been more of a bookworm; he was interested in more intellectual pursuits, but nobody can escape the passion that football stirs.

Musician

Joyce Brothers

The cynic finds love with the idealist. The rebel with the conformist. The social butterfly with the bookworm. They help each other balance their lives.

American Psychologist

Zac Efron

Personally, I was never the cool kid. I was always sort of a bookworm.

Laila Rouass

My character in 'Primeval' is a bookworm but she is very sexy.

British Actress

Georgia Toffolo

English Celebrity

Describes someone with a passion for reading; often seen as studious and intelligent.

Positive Connotation

Used more in casual conversation than formal writing to describe avid readers.

Informal Usage

While it can indicate someone who is always reading, it's not usually meant to insult.

Not Derogatory

Refers to real insects that can damage books; important for those interested in library science or book collecting.

Literal Pest

Sometimes used metaphorically to imply books are 'eaten' by the pests, not literally consumed.

Metaphorical Use

Caring for books to prevent bookworm damage is a task for collectors and historians.

Preservation Concern

 mean which is a bit odd but anyway that's okay so there's a number of books that are coming my way and I'm going to probably be a bookworm for the next few weeks I've got to go now on my next leave in October I unfortunately have to go and get a very problematic wisdom

Safari Live - Day 31 PIPE...

 I was surrounded by a sea of 20-something professionals glued to their phones. And not a single one had a book in their hands. And this used to make me very, very frustrated. I was a bookworm all my life. Books formed the milestones of my life.

How India's smartphone...

 it's a bacchanal by Titian he said it's a what I said it's a bacchanal by Titian he said you boneless bookworm it's a orgy as I said he swore too much there was an important lesson for me in

Bookworm