bookworm

Just as when he’s poring over the playbook, the bearded bookworm reads with pen in hand or ready to note something on his phone.

An under-the-radar prospect from Miami, Mendoza was such a bookworm in high school that some coaches stopped pursuing him because they questioned whether he really wanted to play football.

So I always imagined my own children would similarly be bookworms and geeks.

You could be assigned a slovenly party animal who makes your life miserable or a studious bookworm you don’t see all semester.

True crime podcast lovers, bookworms and mystery series fans will all find something of interest in “Listen for the Lie,” the latest hit book to get the TV treatment.