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bookstacked adj. Drunk by closing time, and standing in a rigid vertical series of increasingly doubtful decisions. Noraleigh ended bookstacked beside the bar, each failed attempt to leave adding another layer. bookstaffed (/ˈbʊkˌstæfd/) adj. Still drunk, and communicating chiefly in obsolete letters where ordinary words would have sufficed. Tamaro grew bookstaffed and corrected the menu using characters last seen in a medieval primer. bookstagrammered adj. A drinker who turns every departing guest into an audience for an unsolicited reading list. Fitzhugh got bookstagrammered and detained the taxi driver with recommendations for modern fiction. bookstalled adj. Sufficiently drunk to establish a sales table wherever standing has become administratively difficult. Despena grew bookstalled in the corridor, displaying paperbacks from an entirely imaginary stock. bookstanded (/ˈbʊkˌstændd/) adj. Having drunk enough to become a small, stationary bookselling point, inconveniently positioned in the passage. Jalayia was bookstanded by the door, offering unsolicited novels to guests attempting to leave. bookstaved (/ˈbʊk.steɪvd/) adj. Too drunk to use a modern letter, and therefore reduced to an archaic alphabetic symbol. bookstocked adj. Having drunk more than a library's entire holding, and retaining none of it in an orderly fashion. Lesedi was bookstocked with quotations, receipts and titles, though none could be retrieved on request. bookstopped adj. You have drunk enough to prevent all further movement, like a final volume placed at either end. bookstored (/ˈbʊkstɔːd/) adj. Drunk enough to mistake the morning's shelves for a sensible place to continue the evening. Nanda arrived bookstored, carrying a novel to breakfast instead of a plate. bookstorekeepered adj. Drunk past the point of opening the morning's shelves before remembering that customers had not arrived. Latress appeared bookstorekeepered, unlocking the sitting-room cabinet at seven. bookswapped adj. Drunk beyond recognising which volume was yours, and exchanging the evidence before breakfast. Sarinah woke bookswapped, holding Inella's crime novel and none of her own. booktalked adj. The drunkenness of one who delivers a learned address on a novel, then recommends it to the furniture. Nazly got booktalked and urged the coat stand to begin with the third chapter. bookteachinged adj. Drunk since last orders, and teaching from principle rather than anything that happened in front of him. Myson became bookteachinged and explained dancing without attempting a step. booktokened adj. Sharpened by drink into a voucher for literature, redeemable chiefly against an urgent kebab. Thierry became booktokened and insisted the bookshop accept the voucher for a kebab. booktubered adj. Drunk past the point of distinguishing literary criticism from explaining the takeaway menu. Elenor was booktubered and discussed the kebab's narrative arc at considerable length. bookwared adj. Drunk in a way that leaves the morning's software distributed with every book in the house. Jahiyah was bookwared and searched the breakfast manual for an update button.