Vocabulary - Topic Book & Reading

to be completely focused on one thing

• to be based on

• to be engrossed in

• to flick through

• to be heavy-going

something to read in bed before you go to sleep

• a big reader

• a page turner

• paperback

• bedtime reading

someone who reads a lot

• a big reader

• a blockbuster

• a central character

• a page turner

to read something quickly and not very seriously

• to be based on

• to be engrossed in

• to flick through

• to be heavy-going

a book that is so interesting that you cannot stop reading it

• a big reader

• a page turner

• paperback

• bedtime reading

someone who enjoys reading a lot

• a bookworm

• a blockbuster

• a central character

• a page turner

to read a book from the first page to the last

• to read something from cover to cover

• to skim through

• to flick through

• to take out a book

not able to stop reading a book

• to flick it through

• to read it from cover to cover

• can't put it down:

• take it out

a situation or experience that alternates between making you feel excited or happy and making you feel sad, disappointed

• ridiculously excited

• an emtional roller coaster

• increasingly anxious

• on the top of the world

to be as good as something

• hit shelves

• put it down

• receive wide praise

• live up to my expectations