1) Vocabulary. Much of your vocabulary was learned through vast amounts of reading, not in your middle school English class. While you can read and comprehend reading material at higher grade levels, you may have never actually spoken many of these words. This leads to hilarious and occasionally awkward social situations in which you discover that you have been mispronouncing this word in your head for most of your life. Any memories of these occasions can and will be used against you, especially by your siblings or roommates.
2) Conversational Skills. Your propensity for reading and acquiring knowledge has left you with a large database of interesting and lesser-known facts. The urge to shower this knowledge on those around you is usually kept in check, but occasionally you let drop an interesting factoid, reasoning that it is just too interesting not to share.
3) Slang. Your speech patterns reflect your reading interests more than current slang. You find yourself unintentionally using the vocabulary of your favorite fictional characters. Worse, occasionally you are unaware of doing this until a friend points it out. This conversation usually ends with a quiet recommendation to the closest Bookworms Anonymous group.
4) Speed Reading. You have borrowed, read, and returned a book to a friend within 24 hours. You occasionally wait a few days before returning books in order to avoid explanations.
5) Reading Material. It is impossible to sit down to a meal without reading material. If you have finished your latest book and the newspaper, and your smartphone is dead, you will select the nearest cookbook to read. Given enough desperation, you might even be caught reading an owner's manual.
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