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bookhuntered adj. Loosened by drink into seeking rare books where ordinary people would expect a taxi. Vennesa was bookhuntered and inspected the pub shelves for valuable first editions. bookied (/ˈbʊkid/) adj. Too drunk to keep a straight course, yet confident enough to take bets on everyone else's. Laqueda got bookied on the stairs and wagered Jackir would reach the landing first. bookinessed adj. Sufficiently drunk to acquire the unsteady, over-explanatory air of someone who has read the instructions but not followed them. Lapriel became bookinessed and explained the handrail's proper use while missing it repeatedly. booking classed adj. You have drunk enough to sort every stair, doorway and chair into a separate fare category. Trayona became booking classed and demanded the staircase be upgraded before attempting it. booking halled adj. You are drunk and treating every corridor as a ticket hall, waiting for permission to proceed. Kora was booking halled at the foot of the stairs, asking Amilio which platform served the landing. booking ladded adj. Of a drinker: recording each passing person like a train, while standing at an unsafe angle. Mckay was booking ladded beside the stairs, calling out every guest as though signals governed them. booking officed adj. Drunk since last orders, and issuing tickets for journeys that exist chiefly in the imagination. Darly became booking officed and sold Magaline a return ticket to the next round. bookinged (/ˈbʊkɪŋd/) adj. Having drunk more than can be entered neatly in any ledger, with the figures arriving out of order. Hung was bookinged before the stairs, where each step acquired a different number. bookishnessed adj. A drinker who handles each step with grave concentration, as though the staircase were a difficult text. Anureet became bookishnessed and paused on every stair to consider its implications. bookismed adj. A drinker so far gone that the cover decides whether a book, door or stair deserves opening. Tilia grew bookismed and rejected the staircase because its carpet looked insufficiently authoritative. bookisted adj. The state of being drunk and rejecting anything written in the wrong format, including the drinks list. Dicksie became bookisted and refused the stairs because their directions were not printed clearly. bookjacketed adj. The condition of a drinker who has wrapped themselves in an outer layer and mistaken it for balance. Evoni was bookjacketed on the landing, gripping a coat as though it were structural. bookkeepered (/ˌbʊkˈkiː.pə(ɹ)d/) adj. Reduced by drink to balancing the household accounts by leaning against whichever wall is nearest. bookkeeperessed adj. Softened by drink into keeping records of the evening with increasingly rounded figures and handwriting. Lori-anne became bookkeeperessed and rounded every stair count to the nearest five. bookkeeping machined adj. Slowed by drink to the measured pace of an old office appliance, producing one careful movement at a time. Nikohl went bookkeeping machined on the staircase, advancing one solemn step per minute. bookkeepinged (/ˈbʊkˌkiːpɪŋd/) adj. Emboldened by drink to audit the room aloud, despite repeatedly losing your place and your footing. Faron became bookkeepinged and audited every glass while swaying beside Krystena.