By definition, book-bosomed is someone who carries book all the time. The phrase was first coined by Scottish novelist and poet, Sir Walter Scott in 1805. When I learned this phrase, nothing describe me better. I might not always reading, but I never leave my room--not even to the toilet--without a book. I don't always end up reading it, but I just have to at least carry one with me. It's like an assurance just in case I got stuck waiting for something. And I've been doing it for a long time.