Well, sometimes I color...
You know how you'll open up a book and there will be a map at the beginning? Well, I always wonder why those fictional maps are in black & white. Afterall, wouldn't it make more sense if they were in color? Just because color is more expensive... well, pshaw. Personally, I always have to stop and think -- is that land or water? And which part is the ocean? (Oi! remember these are fictional maps - not like Europe or Asia or anything) It would just be easier if they were in color, without all those confusing gradients and different map techniques to work out. {sigh} And all this confusion leads to explaining that I'm always tempted to start coloring in these maps, though I almost never do...

Which is just silly when you think about it -- because it's my book! I can color it if I want to. Hah!
Sometimes I draw funny charts too...
I have a particular fondness for a clever murder mystery novel. Lately I've discovered a set of mysteries by Georgette Heyer that are exceptionally witty and delightful. They're just so... so! You know? It's like discovering Agatha Christie for the first time all over again. {bliss!} However, sometimes, an introduction to one of these cast of characters can be a bit confusing. Like when they're all seated around the table at a fancy dress dinner and the descriptive adjectives and pronouns start to fly... At these moments, I sometimes find it handy to, well, create a map of a different sort. Such as a dinner seating chart. Any good society hostess would be envious, don't you think?
Trust me, it did help. lol!
And then there are the late night snacks...
Here's another thing about those British murder mysteries... Have you ever noticed how much detecting occurs at tea time and other meals? Why, it's enough to cause anyone to be famished! Which must explain why I found myself mixing up a cuppa' of cocoa at 11:30 at night. and making a sandwich too. Simply famished I tell you!

P.S. That sandwich was really good too.
So is it just me, or are you ever tempted to color, draw charts, and make tea... all because of a book?
[Map pictured is from Septimus Heap Book One: Magyk, by Angie Sage. Copyright 2005 by Angie Sage. Book text pictured is from They Found Him Dead, by Georgette Heyer. Copyright by the author.]