Anyone who's commented on this video should delete their comment and come back once they've rewatched this video four times.

@SheWasOnlyEvie

3 жыл бұрын

I snorted in the midst of laughing when I saw this. Bravo, Greg. Bravo!

@gregorylaperche5574

3 жыл бұрын

@@SheWasOnlyEvie what can I say, I'm your friendly neighborhood troll 😂

@aragorniielessar1894

3 жыл бұрын

I made this comment only after watching it once.

@gregorylaperche5574

3 жыл бұрын

@@aragorniielessar1894 you really don't get the nuances and tones that Elliot is going for until the 4th or 5th watch through of the video.

@melissateodola1887

3 жыл бұрын

😂😂😂 did you do just that?

I hate when I, as a male, read twilight or any other book series “for girls” and get judged. You can read whatever you want if it makes you happy. Books don’t have a designated gender.

@ebnovels

3 жыл бұрын

Completely agree 👏

@gurentgc3546

3 жыл бұрын

Yeeeeesss it happened to me exactly with twilight! But it was years before the movie.

@laconsuela69

3 жыл бұрын

Yeah man, I'm not a Twilight fan, but Stephanie Meyer is still one of the most successful authors of all time, and certainly more successful than I'll ever be

@emmalan

3 жыл бұрын

That happens to me when I enter a comic book store or when I want to buy manga, because I'm a girl. Once I was almost interrogated about a Batman comic I wanted to buy, the guy asked me if I knew what Batman was about!

@roccocanfield4559

3 жыл бұрын

@@emmalan how dare you buy a comic book for a superhero that’s for guys SMH go read hello kitty😂😂 seriously tho that is so dumb

"Reading is a waste of time" Literally everything is a waste of time. At least I can enjoy this.

@sillypuppy5940

3 жыл бұрын

One might argue that reading about history is a waste of time. It's not going to be any different, whether you know about it or not.

@shailejanarain

3 жыл бұрын

@@sillypuppy5940 Okay but what makes you think people read about history to try and make it different lmao

@LynxieDove

3 жыл бұрын

Reading and wanting to make it different? Huuuh?! That doesn't make any sense. I read history because I enjoy learning about different things in history, especially in regarding how historical events have played some part in how things work today.

@ggt47

3 жыл бұрын

I agree. I read comics when watching my film and read a book at least a chapter before I go to bed. And listen to audio when playing games.

@jessicaatamanenko4736

3 жыл бұрын

People don't get that a use of time they don't value the same as you isn't a waste. We're all on this earth for a short time. We may as well do what makes our hearts happy.

Student: what are you doing Me: reading Student: for what class? Me: for myself Student: visible confusion

@july3817

3 жыл бұрын

Same, especially because I read mostly classics and non-fiction. Everyone's always asking what class I need this for. Even my English teacher and I'm just like ?!? Your class would be the only one where reading an English book would make sense. English is my 2nd language just for clarification.

@eviolus-5660

3 жыл бұрын

@@july3817 I love classics and non fiction, I've never had a teacher judge me for it though. That's just odd

@Shan_Dalamani

3 жыл бұрын

I had that reaction in junior high. I was reading a collection of Isaac Asimov's science essays at the time and my classmates couldn't wrap their heads around the idea that I was doing it for fun.

@evamariqe3419

3 жыл бұрын

Literally happened to me last week

@aslan9334

Жыл бұрын

i know my sister is older than me and i use to read the books she was reading for her class -Lol

The “You just didn’t get it” really resonates with me outside of reading as well. Why can’t people just accept that you disagree with them even though you understand their reasons?

@CinematicGalaxy

3 жыл бұрын

I agree. This happens with movies a lot as well.

I love how you start *whispering* that sometimes the movie is better. Like you know they’re going to come for you. 😆🙄

@sillypuppy5940

3 жыл бұрын

I remember sitting next to my niece watching "Fellowship of the Ring". She said to me at the appropriate moment, "Where's Tom Bombadil?" The answer is obvious, but I never said it: LOTR was begun as a tale for JTTR's children, but they grew up before he could finish it.

@gurentgc3546

3 жыл бұрын

Still, it’s very very very rare when the movie is better.

@RosLanta

3 жыл бұрын

Honestly I think movies are better than books more often than readers like to admit. Movies that fans of the books hate because of all the changes can be really well liked amongst people who haven't read the books (at least at the time when they first watch the film) and are therefore sort of more objective about the film. There are so many hugely popular films where people are often not even aware that the book exists because the book wasn't that successful. Legally Blonde is an example. I read the book after seeing the movie, it's okay, but there's a reason it's the film everyone has heard of.

@catsandbats77

3 жыл бұрын

I find if I watch the movie or show first, I enjoy it and the book more because the book/books feel like a deeper dive into the movie or show. My experience of the movie isn't bogged down by what I think it "should" be and I appreciate the depth of the book and am excited to learn more about the characters.

@jio5680

3 жыл бұрын

The Good Omens show is better than the book

"How do you no have the time to read / re-read as often as I do? I have a full-time job and still read ___ amount of books a week" - People say this as though everyone's 168 hours in the same. I can't read on the bus. It gives me massive motion sickness and, due to all the noise, being autistic, and having sensory issues, I can't properly focus on an audiobook on the bus. That's over an hour right there of reading time I don't have, two hours if you count the ride home. Then you have to add in mental health issues, disabilities, chores, if someone has kids or pets or family to care for, their mental and physical health, stress levels of work... just because YOU have the time for it doesn't mean everyone does! AND some of us do other things in our spare time besides reading books! Some nights I want to read a whole book. Other nights I want to rewatch Daria for the 13th time since quarantine started. "How do you not remember that part of the book? Did you even read it?" Umm... I have actual brain damage and miss out on a lot of minor details. I can still be a fan of the book without being able to recall every little bitty thing that happened! People that get angry over you mispronouncing a name that doesn't exist in any place but that book. How am I supposed to know? It's not like the pronunciation is always written out. There's this subset of readers who think booktube recommendations are all just paid promos instead of actual recommendations. I know sometimes people are gifted books from publishers, so I guess some might be paid to give them a nice review? I don't know how it all works. But most are just people sharing books they love. "Library books don't help the author" They actually do! Authors receive royalties when their books are bought and checked out. Plus, it's super classist to assume everyone can afford to buy books. Do these same people complain about buying books used? Because that doesn't actually help the author at all. "You're not a real fan if ____" You can be a fan of something without feeling the same passion and intensity that other fans do. When a book has an open ending and people, usually in fanfic spaces, are like "that's not what happens after the book ends" HOW DO YOU KNOW? It's not written anywhere. It's open to our interpretations. If I think so and so become friends and drink tea by a swamp then it's possible that they did. There's no right or wrong answer. The "comics/manga aren't worth reading" people have clearly never read Bitter Root, The Wicked + The Divine, LaGuardia, Faithless, Lonely Receiver, Sandman, Hack/Slash, Monstress, My Lesbian Experience With Loneliness, Bingo Love, Saga, Alan Moore's Swamp Thing, Batgirl Reborn, ... I could go on for hours.

Recently, there was someone in a Facebook group that created a post about why they hated a particular book/author. They stated that everyone that reads this book/author and enjoyed it is stupid and has no morals. Things like this really bother me.

@ggt47

3 жыл бұрын

Rowling?

@whateverdude0838

3 жыл бұрын

Terry goodkind?

@sillypuppy5940

3 жыл бұрын

Oh, this little bit of confusion again. Like if you like Agatha Christie's novels, you must be a murderer. And she must have been too.

@RosLanta

3 жыл бұрын

And the other way around too. I've seen people post on Facebook 'I've just read this book, I really enjoyed it' and been met with a deluge of comments about how actually its a terrible book, the writing is awful, the author is a horrible person... I feel so sorry for the original posters.

@Blake4625kHz

3 жыл бұрын

This does not bother me. It's funny, and I will now say this to a close confidant 😄

When I hear people say come back after you’ve read this series 5 times I feel bad for them for only reading the same thing over and over instead of broadening their horizons and reading an array of stuff

@Shan_Dalamani

3 жыл бұрын

How do you know that's all they read? I've read quite a few science fiction (I HATE the term "sci-fi") novels and series many times. C.J. Cherryh's Alliance-Union novels, especially Cyteen and Regenesis, are so wonderfully complex that it takes multiple readings to even begin to get a good handle on the universe and characters she created. I read lots of other things as well, of course, in multiple genres.

I despise gatekeeping. In any hobby. Ever. Makes me crazy.

I also find it annoying when you have people that believe the literary "classics" are on the highest tear and if you haven't read any you are some how beneath them. Or your reading choices are not good enough? I had a professor like that. Idk if anyone else had that experience.

@july3817

3 жыл бұрын

I love classics and I think that people should read them more often, but more in a "please read this book, it's soo good" kind of way. You know, just the way someone would tell you to read Harry Potter because it's their favourite book series. I often get comments the other way around like "ew, why would someone voluntarily read classics?" and then I'm like "because I like them 🥺"

@Shan_Dalamani

3 жыл бұрын

One of my college instructors shuddered at the idea of alt-history science fiction. Then he got me hooked on Lindsay Davies' series about a first-century Rome private detective.

Best exp. I had was at a PG Wodehouse fan meet (my fav author!). I confessed I haven't read many of his books and someone said "That's awesome! You have the pleasure of reading them for the first time ahead of you!"

@michaelsommers2356

3 жыл бұрын

Of course you haven't read everything he wrote. According to Wikipedia, he wrote "more than ninety books, forty plays, two hundred short stories and other writings".

That's so funny. My mother quit her book club recently because she said all those women want to do is get together and drink wine. And most of them didn't even read the book! I was just talking to her about that last week. Lol

@sabrina.lnd95

3 жыл бұрын

Why do they even make a book club if they don't actually care about reading books 😂

@EricMcLuen

3 жыл бұрын

Because it, like a card club, sounds a lot better than 'wine drinking club'.

The "you don't get it" is so frustrating. Like, no, I got it. I got everything you got. I just think it wasn't good. It's especially funny when the work they're taking about isn't so advanced or intellectually more difficult to understand, at which point you're just like... "what was there not to get? It just wasn't good."

@michaelsommers2356

3 жыл бұрын

It's unfair to the reader to be forced to read the entirety of a horrible book just to be allowed to say it's horrible.

@athousandsplendidstories2235

3 жыл бұрын

@@michaelsommers2356 yeah like 50 pages in I already know this sucks.

I always break the spine of a paperback, it’s more comfortable for me to read it fully open and I like a book to look read. I hate it if the front cover gets creases though, like if I put a book in a bag and the cover ends up bent.

@ervinsmuin207

3 жыл бұрын

I don't like to break the spine on a book I have the bad luck of it falling apart.

@laurengarcia1023

3 жыл бұрын

I am exactly the same.

@KarlieMaher3

3 жыл бұрын

I do the exact same I love it when my books look like they've been read cause it shows that you enjoyed the reading experience.

@superaccurate874

3 жыл бұрын

I think this is cool! I like reading this way too, and I find that if you relax a book it luckily does that small thing. But have you ever cracked a spine and have the crack suit the cover perfectly? Like it feels so amazing-

I told my mom I was in a book club and she told me she tried to join one but the other members all just drank and gossiped without actually discussing the book. So I think that kind of thing does happen sometimes.

The one I usually hear is people saying they'll just wait for the movie.... I used to be one of those people but when I finally gave reading a chance I realized I love it....

@GenLP73

3 жыл бұрын

Yes! I love watching movie adaptations and it doesn’t bother me if I read or watch it first. However, sometimes when books first get released and I want to read it right away you’re not guaranteed that it’ll be turned into a movie...therefore I would be waiting forever!

I have a friend that told me reading fiction is a waste of time. I was so triggered I had to walk away!

@gurentgc3546

3 жыл бұрын

Would do the same.

@shantanu3231

3 жыл бұрын

I take my words back, you guys are quite right, reading is a very intimate and personal cerebral exercise, so read what suits you the best 👍💯.

@333pinkelephant333

3 жыл бұрын

@@shantanu3231 Why is that a waste of time? lol Even doing literally nothing can be beneficial depending how you look at it and going to physics class can be an absolute waste of time as well if you don't get anything out of it. I mostly read various fictions and I have never considered it a waste of time even when I should've been doing something else. Besides the joy of immersing myself in a fictional world, I also get inspired to do better in life. It may be a waste of time for you, but other people get tremendous benefit from it.

@shantanu3231

3 жыл бұрын

@@333pinkelephant333 correct ,reading in itself is a productive thing to do but being rigid with your tastes will not allow you to explore reading in the right way ,and btw I also read fiction but if you are only reading fiction then you are missing out on a lot of things .

@xkathygee

3 жыл бұрын

@@shantanu3231 There is no right way to explore reading. I get what you mean by missing out on things, because I'm interested in a broad range of genres, but other people just aren't interested. Also everyone misses out on almost everything, because you can learn and do just a tiny bit of what is offered on this earth. One just has to set priorities, and yours differ from others'. It's also the same thing she says at 2:32.

The one that still rings in my head is that time I explained a plot to a book I enjoyed to someone. It was kind of a tragic mystery thriller book, where there was assault and other not pleasant things (but the ending was awesome and it was written very well), but tbh yeah telling someone about the book is a lot. But I never thought he'd tell me "why would anyone enjoy that?! That sounds horrifying, I don't trust people who enjoy that." And idk it bugged me cuz like, I don't ENJOY the tragic things, I enjoyed the ending and the writing and the development of certain characters and the thrill of the discovery in the book!

@jamtex2

3 жыл бұрын

But in reality people do enjoy tragic stories and there's nothing wrong with that. Katharsis and so on.

@RosLanta

3 жыл бұрын

Sorry that happened! I haven't had anyone say that kind of thing directly to me, but I have heard people say 'anyone who reads X content must condone X in real life' about things that I've read books about in the past.

@carolineballeza5090

3 жыл бұрын

That comes from ignorance, laziness, and lack if thinking it through on their part. If he, or anyone for that matter, applied that logic to the horror and action genre of movies the "only" conclusion would be to not trust a huge group of people in a society. There can be so much nuance found in horror and tragedy. Movies and books of these genres vary in the amount they use in storytelling, as does enjoyment for the content from person to person as well as the why. It can hurt when someone makes a remark like that. Especially when they might be someone you consider close, or of something you like. Even when it is hard the best thing to do is to remember that it isn't your fault that they are making ignorant statements from ignorant thinking. You read through the tragedy, took something from it, and found the nuggets of gems.

@bribli2177

3 жыл бұрын

Me: laughs in the “Prince of Thorns” fandom

For me it's being judged for using an e-reader. I live like 45 min from a decent book store and I don't want to wait days for a book to be delivered. Plus I tend to read the most laying in bed under darkness and having a Kindle with dark mode is perfection for me. Do I miss the touch and feel of a book? Sometimes, but every time I've bought one to read, I struggled with being comfy with it. So e-readers are amazing in my opinion and that doesn't make me less of a reader just because I prefer it over "real" books.

“The name of the wind readers have had a lot of time to reread in anticipation for the next book” ☠️☠️☠️☠️ LMAOOO go at them

Ah,"You just didn't get it." The fall back argument of the elitist.

That “but actually” comment made me think of when Bill Nye called Interstellar “charming science fiction” in a condescending way like WE KNOW someone can’t go into a black hole (probably) just let us enjoy all the other science!!!!!! Okay I’m over it (I’m not)

10:50 Thank you. I will be the first to admit that I used to be the "OMG YOU DOG EAR YOUR BOOK, YOU IMMORAL DEMON" type of reader back as a teenager, but then I grew up. Your book, your choice. Dog ear, annotate, rip out pages and put them on your wall if you feel like it. If you own it, you do what you want!

"You are probably not doing anything that is LESS of a waste of time.." Let no man/woman/ manga reader forget these words

I never reread books sooOoOOoO I guess I can’t be apart of any conversations 😂😂

@chadfalardeau5396

3 жыл бұрын

I rarely reread a book, but thats because I can remember reading it 10 years later

I hear things along the lines of “I only read nonfiction, to learn something. I don’t read for no reason”

“You waste your time reading books” That came from my dad. He’s obviously not a reader.

@whosaidthat84

3 жыл бұрын

My grandpa told my mom that reading hurt your eyes haha 😂

Here's something that I've done to other people that is probably annoying. "You call that 400 page short story a book!? THIS is a book!!" (Pulls out Stormlight.)

@august1837

3 жыл бұрын

That will definitely stump my reading ego, but then again I probably did that to someone at some point, even if it was at a much smaller scale than stormlight

@GenLP73

3 жыл бұрын

There are four hundred page short stories?!?

@july3817

3 жыл бұрын

Ughhh, especially if they only compare page numbers. Sorry, but my copy of Frankenstein might only have 230 pages, but the letters are half the size of your 400 page book.

After watching a couple of your videos, I feel your passion about about authors and their stories resonating through your videos. I find your delivery to be light hearted, informative, and understanding of many different sides of the topic you discuss. You are fair, and fun to watch as you poke the viewer into seeing thing is different ways. Truly an interesting find on the multi variety media platform of you tube. Have you ever done reviews for indie authors before?

Personally, I really liked how you decorated your bookshelves for Christmas that year XD

These are too true! I'm so grateful to have found friends that don't gatekeep one another's interests.

IDK if its just me but sometimes I enjoy the theory-making process on reddit more than the actual book. But then again it really depends on the novel I guess

@ebnovels

3 жыл бұрын

It can definitely be fun to see theories :)

i love how polite you are in your videos! They make my day! hope u are enjoying legendborn

"You don't get it" is what happens when you don't have an argument to support your agenda, but refuse to accept anything but a "win" in a conversation that you've turned into a competition for some bizarre reason. But book club as excuse to get drunk with some mates? Hell yes! But we did have some damn good book talk, too.

@LynxieDove

3 жыл бұрын

I would find the drunk book talk comment annoying, I don't care to drink alcohol and I don't like to hang around people that like being drunk.

I had a book on my desk in 6th grade, and someone was like, "you actually READ? For FUN?!"

@ebnovels

3 жыл бұрын

nO WaY MaN!!! Who even reads?!? 😂

How do you feel about the variation of “you just don’t get it” being used when a person dislikes a book written by an author of different race/culture and featuring unfamiliar culture? I have heard it used that way a few times

@16SF

3 жыл бұрын

Not gonna name drop, but I have definitely noticed booktubers going easy on so called "diverse books" out of fear of getting shot down with "well, it wasn't written FOR YOU". It's especially obvious if the person is usually a very critical reader and the book has tropes they always hate (eg. love triangle, not like other girls protagonist, Deus ex machina etc.)

@ebnovels

3 жыл бұрын

That’s a good question! I think it’s true that we really can’t get what it’s like to live a totally different life from the one we have, but I also think if someone outlines elements of the plot, writing, etc that didn’t work for them and still get told they don’t get it, that’s not quite the same. I’d never really feel comfortable rating a memoir a low rating simply because I didn’t relate, for example. I think the problem is that there are some individuals outside the culture/race who only want books that relate to them, and when white people are the majority of the population in the countries that dominate publishing, then I do think there are problems that arise from that. Idk if I answered this very clearly-I guess I’m saying it depends on the situation!

@AyceMcGee

3 жыл бұрын

This is a good question! When I read The Last Black Unicorn, it received a lot of negative reviews because people "couldn't handle how she writes" Tiffany Haddish wrote in AAVE, which is a valid English dialect with its own grammatical rules. So-called "real readers" refused to read past the first chapter because it's not the form of English they're accustomed to. I've brought up the point on several occasions that American, European, Australian, and old English are all viewed as valid forms of English. They have their own slang, rules, pronunciations, etc, etc.... A lot of people are able to pick up books written by various forms of English speaking authors with no problems. What makes AAVE any different? It's Black. That's it. Its roots are Black. It's mostly spoken by Black Americans. AAVE has existed for over 400 years. Its history is fascinating and tragic and important. Some people genuinely don't get it. Instead of accepting that, they felt the need to trash it and give it low ratings. The book has some problematic elements to do, but it's still an example of what a great Black memoir can be and should be. Not every book needs to be written to appease white academia.

Lol I love these videos soooooo much. ♥️💕

Haha, the last one is so funny! It's like some people think that reading books is an excuse we use for avoiding things or situations, and we don't really read! 🤣 By the way, you are very beautiful, and these glasses looks amazing! 🌷 (first time I've watched you)

The one that annoys me the most is definitely the "you're not a real fan" one, it's so judgemental and dumb!

@cybersketcher1130

3 жыл бұрын

As a Star Wars fan who hates The Last Jedi, I get it.

@_Mei_H

3 жыл бұрын

@@cybersketcher1130 Exactly, one does not have to like everything to be a fan of something

@ebnovels

3 жыл бұрын

You’re only a fan if you feel the same as me 😌😌😌

@LynxieDove

3 жыл бұрын

Lol....yes. well I mean I hate the new storyline, but the movies for themselves I like.

@cybersketcher1130

3 жыл бұрын

@@LynxieDove fair enough, the cannon is basically broken

I used to have a constant question of "watcha doin'?" I got to the point where I would just look at them and tell them they had one guess. Which started throwing people off.

I normally don’t agree with the “you just don’t get it” but then I remember generations of people thinking Nabokov’s Lolita is a love story and I throw up in my mouth.

@annemontgomery3890

3 жыл бұрын

Is that the case?

@CBSmith-js9yl

3 жыл бұрын

@@annemontgomery3890 one of the earliest reviews and a quote that was on the earlier covers to promote it called it “the greatest love story of the 20th century” I read it at 18 and was like HOW?!

I hate the "you're not a real fan because blah blah blah" statement. I was taking quizzes on buzzfeed and found one titled "check off these dystopian books you have read to see if you're a real fan" or something like that. I am a huge dystopian fan btw. But since I only checked off about 7 series out of 24, it said I was not a real fan which really angered me. The dystopian book genre is my all time fav, so to have someone or something tell you you're not a real fan purely based off how many book or series in that genre you're read can be really annoying. You can still be a fan of something even if you've only read or seen one thing in that particular group. Another one is "answer these questions correctly to see if you're a true fan." You can still be a true fan of some thing regardless of how many questions you get right or how much you know! You can still genuinly love it for what it is! There are way more ways that statement can be used and it just really bothers me.

Jeff VanDerMeer’s Wonderbook makes some illustrative points about the southern reach trilogy; Annihilation (2018); and the lore between the two in going from a very personal concept, to publication, to adaptation & beyond. I also think we will have a discussion about adaptation versus source as Skydance Studios drops that Foundation series.

I love organizing books I just like an hour ago color coded my father's bookshelf I like decorating bookshelves it's kind of calming to me There is nothing wrong with doing so

Great video

Haha the last one was mine! Book club and wine 😂 love your videos. Thank you for your fun videos.

I feel kind of bad for people who limit themselves to a certain type of media, because in other types they have to read subtitles, it’s animated, it has pictures, it’s marketed a certain way, etc.. In essence because they don’t want to give it a chance. They’re missing out on so many great stories.

Older reader here (like, way older) and with a job in news media, I NEED to escape from all the anxieties of real life (and all the crap people do to each other) by reading fiction, especially fantasy, so I make time to read. What I get all the time from coworkers and even friends is, "Oh, I don't have time to read" - implying that I'm not working hard enough because I read.

Awesome

My brother has asked me a few times why on Earth I’d re-read a book, and I’m just like well why would you re-watch a movie you really like?

Did I just saw FMA manga in her left side? Good VIDEO👍👍 MADE MY DAY.

I am a slower reader and there are so many books out there to read to re-read a book. I also enjoy reading slower so I can fully enjoy it. Especially when i am really into it.

I hate when people on Goodreads "DNF" a book then give it a bad rating. I read a review of a book this morning and the reader gave it one star, then states in the review that they stopped reading 90 pages into the book. The book being rated was over 800 pages. It's so unfair to the author.

@katalinilles5497

3 жыл бұрын

But what is the parts you have read before DNFing were actually so bad, that nothing could make the book better? There are cases when you just don't click with a book but wouldn't think it's bad, but I'm other cases, you stop reading because it has serious issues. Recently I gave 1 star to a book I DNFed at 25% because it was super misogynistic. Even if I would have continued, that wouldn't make this criticism invalid.

@verat3155

3 жыл бұрын

Well, I do it. I think it is unfair to readers when, for example, a badly written book has a 4-star rating or higher. And if I feel that the book is a pile of garbage by the 90th page, why should I waste my time?

@chloefranklin5324

3 жыл бұрын

As a writer myself, I actually fully disagree with this. If I DNF a book, it's usually for a good reason which I want to talk about in my review space. I always preface those reviews saying that I DNFed it and what page I did so at, so that anyone reading my review (which isn't many tbh) are fully informed. Goodreads is a space for readers, not authors, and it is my personal review space where I can express my thoughts. It's not the same as going to an author's personal social media, for example, and bitching about their book. I would never do that because that is extremely hurtful and disrespectful. But Goodreads is, again, a space where readers can say whatever they want, for better or for worse. I don't agree with some of the behaviour I see on there, like rating books before they're released, but I don't see anything wrong with rating and reviewing a book you DNFed because there would be a legitimate reason for doing so.

I love your glasses! There so cute!

I agree with everything you just said. I dont understand why people have to judge others over small things that dont even matter that much either. In my opinion, a reader is a reader. No matter how many books they have read in a year or how many they have re read. If you love to read then your a reader! Never let anyone tell you different.

Another one that really gets to me is when I mention a book that’s on my tbr to a friend and then they go and buy it and then insist that you borrow their book instead of getting your own copy. I know a couple of people that get really upset when I don’t borrow their copy and go buy my own, like I want my own

I love this sooo much! Honestly the stuff people complain about with reading gets sooo ridiculous. Like if it’s not your thing don’t read it. Genre you dislike? Don’t read. Author your not fond of...again pass?? One thing that really bugs me is people complaining about authors drawing book series out and than they admit they never read after book 3? Just move on then??? If I’m over a series or an author I just move on...I don’t understand them mass hate for things you don’t enjoy 🤷‍♀️☹️

I have heard the "reading is a waste of time" just this week!! The man is probably early 50s and he said reading for enjoyment is weird and he only reads for "knowledge" (books about jet engines or how-to type books).. I just laughed and kept reading 🤣 -edited to add- I do not have the kind of memory that allows me to remember any details (all names, dates, titles, etc.) So gate keepers really actually hurt my feelings. My sisters boyfriend asked me to name all the akatsuki members. Now I love Naruto, but I can't remember all those names. So it makes me feel really bad that I can't remember things about things that I love so much.

@AustinBeeman

3 жыл бұрын

One doesn't have to knowledgeable about a book to love it.

@naveenpatil9647

3 жыл бұрын

im sorry you felt that way.. when he told you to name all characters! i love Naruto too.. yes I don't remember all of their names.. it's okay not to!☺️

@jazsminlyon6884

3 жыл бұрын

@@naveenpatil9647 thank you! I really wish I could be one of those people who remembers it all, but I'm just not. I stopped buying and wearing merch because people would feel the need to quiz me. Now I just tell them I won't be participating in their games!

@naveenpatil9647

3 жыл бұрын

@@jazsminlyon6884 just ignore those folks! the author has not written it just for them.. it's for everyone to enjoy! so no need to hide your love for Naruto! buy whatever merchandise makes you happy.. and wear it or flaunt it! its our happiness our love for book/manga which matters in the end..🙂🙌

@jazsminlyon6884

3 жыл бұрын

@@naveenpatil9647 love this! Thank you 💙💙

"some people are cringing just imagining it" - i literally got goosebumps right before you said that haha

LOL the only time I tried to start a book club we lasted one session because I was the only one that read the book 🤦‍♀️ the other people just used it as an excuse to hang out and drink wine. I even came prepared with discussion questions 😅 I was incredibly annoyed but looking back it's funny, especially considering your last point.

Books vs movies - Song of Ice And Fire - the scene where Joff starts the riot in the city... the show slipped through it without much of a reaction from me... but the book... when I read it in the book, I had to put the book down, pace back and forth cursing and pour myself a drink. The Battle Of Blackwater was the complete opposite. The book it went by barely noticed, but the show had my heart pounding.

I hate when people moan about breaking book spines or dog-earing or anything concerning other people's books. Like why do you care.. It's not your book.

@whateverdude0838

3 жыл бұрын

It's just OCD 🥴

@annemontgomery3890

3 жыл бұрын

BOOKS HAVE FEELINGS TOO! I'm one of those where it feels painful even though I'm aware of it not being my book. It's just an automatic reaction for some reason, like nails on a chalkboard.

@thatwasweird954

3 жыл бұрын

The thing is, most people eventually donate, give away, or sell their books. So they will eventually be someone else's. I'm a book collector and seller, so I shop used books all the time. Admittedly, it does frustrate me when I come across a book (especially a rare one or a very old first edition) and someone has ruined the beauty of the book by slapping a sticker on it (that can't be removed) or bending the cover or writing all over the inside of it.

Yesssss the good ol’ “you can’t have an opinion until you’ve reread it” is a classic 🤣

The wine comment is hilarious. LOL

Can I just ask what that lipstick your wearing is? Not book related I know, but it's so beautiful!

omg the bookshelf thing !!! I didn’t even want to start booktube because I don’t have a good place to film and show my books and people can be so judgey 🥲

@ebnovels

3 жыл бұрын

Ah, that makes me really sad. People can be so judgmental!

Giiiiirl amen to the reread... just... amen to the reread. Sometimes I've felt like reading was a waste of time/felt judged about reading, but... not these days haha. Do people really judge book decoration like that? Lmaaoooo "You just didn't get it" "No, sir -- cuz it's usually a man" yep.

Every time I hear someone say that you HAVE to read something 3-4 times before you can truly understand it I automatically think either A) the person has terrible reading comprehension skills or B) the author is terrible. I have owned Gardens of the Moon (Malazan) for about 15 years and still haven't read it for precisely this reason.

i do not reread books, but still a fan....i speed read, i skim read too but i still enjoy the book i love...and still a fan..... i am also being judge from what books i read as mostly just novel and sometimes manga too... at least i'm enjoying it rather than saying that you're a bookworm or book lover but never talks about something you've read... also i read just to improve the language too. English is not our primary language but i still enjoy them....

That reread thing is so annoying! Especially because it is never brought up when you have an opinion they agree with. But when you don't agree with them it MUST be because you missed something because it's absolutely impossible that you just have a different opinion than them.

I can't stand people telling me that books are a waste of money. I pay my bills, I can fill my space with books that make me happy if I want!! 😅

"cause its usually a man" both hurt and made me laugh out loud cause its so true

I agree about the treatment of books, if it is your own book do what you wish but if you are borrowing a book, you have to refrain yourself from doing the same habit that you usually do with your own books. That's why I just rather have my own books because I can be so careful with it but somehow something happens to it lol.

As far as books vs movie/show to me, my only thoughts are whatever came first is the true canon and the other medium is at best a companion to the canonical story (i.e. Witcher game/show) or at least is an interpretation of the story (i.e. Harry Potter). Both have their pros and cons and you can like one or the other, or both. I love the LOTR books and movies both. I prefer the GOT books over the Show, but enjoyed the show all the same.

@gurentgc3546

3 жыл бұрын

It’s more common that the original source is a book.

@FmFpF1992

3 жыл бұрын

@@gurentgc3546 agreed. Most movies are adaptations of books. To each their own. I'd rather read a story because there is more room for world building and small details, but seeing some things visually helps bring the scene to life as well.

“It’s usually a man” This is so true 😂

@ggt47

3 жыл бұрын

What is?

@The92Waffles

3 жыл бұрын

@@ggt47 8:16

Yep, gatekeeping helps no one. Lots of people like things I dislike, or vice versa, and telling someone their subjective opinion about something harmless is wrong just needlessly divides people who should be celebrating both their commonalities and differences.

As a guy that reads a lot, I've got a version of the "reading is a waste of time" phrase a lot, but only from guys. My favorite is my little nephew visiting my house out of town and seeing my office and saying "I don't read about life, I get out there and do it." Since he was like 11 and I couldn't stop laughing, I couldn't be mad at him. I did make him hitchhike the five hour drive back home, though, so he could live out that experience.

A book is a book. Two covers with pages in between = books... exception to rule: magazine, unless in book format :) However! Two or three magazines placed between a cover fold is considered a "book" in the industry.

i like that dig at Rothfuss

The first one - "Talk to me when you've reread the series x amount of times" - is also called Gatekeeping. So, what, we can't have a conversation about a book/series b/c i haven't felt the need to re-enter that world several times? Am i not a 'big enough' fan if I haven't read the book 30 times over? I absolutely despise this mindset.

4:07 ive had a friend telling me she was disappointed at me cuz i was spending my free time reading. I got so pissed i didnt even reply, i just went back to my book

Sometimes I’m so excited for a book that I read it way too fast and I’m really bummed out when I finish it that I place it on a re-read pile. With series even that you go on to the next part and are like “huh what? Missed that on the last part” so you re-read it earlier to contain the series. Moral of the story, don’t read a book too quickly, no matter how excited you are for it!

When my family first moved to our new house a couple years ago, my mom joined a book club with some of the other women in the neighborhood. At first, the group WAS reading books, but I hadn't seen my mom reading anything in almost a year so I thought she decided not to attend anymore. Then, just a couple weeks ago my mom said that she was getting ready to leave for her book club. After she left, I made a comment to my siblings about not knowing that she was still going to those and that I haven't seen her reading anything lately. Apparently they are now just getting together to hang out, 'drinking wine', and still calling it a book club . . .

I loved 👍

Usually, when people say you need reread the book is 9 time's out 10 they didn't finish it or they didn't read it at all.

A True Fan: something that circulates cool air.

I've had someone ask why I would read a book more than once. There are so many books where you get more out of them the more often you read them. If a lot of time has passed since I last read a book I also tend to forget parts of the story.

I have a book club, but it is more of a wine club. Lol. We have a really laid back book club and there's only 4 of us. We do actually read and talk about the book, but we don't have specific questions that we discuss.

I think we bookworms should all be wholesome to everybody! Yet until they tests us to that point when they become villains poisoning/ hurting others then we can go all grimdark on their a**!

8:10 yeah, thats SO annoying. When I was like, 12 and I was attempting to read philip pullman books, I had SO many english teachers tell me when I said I didn’t like it/couldn’t get into it that I should read some of it with a parent, so I “Understood it better” they just couldn’t comprehend that I just didn’t like it. I understood it fine. I get the plot, I get the words, its just boring imo.

I read because I love books and so happy I can read! I don’t care what you think about what it how I read! Just help someone learn to read and pass your books along !!!

I'm studying The Handmaid's Tale in college at the moment, and one of my friends asked me what the book was about, so I explained the general overview and how it's a dystopia/feminist novel and everything, and she seriously asked 'so what's the point of the book.' And it's similar to the point about 'it doesn't make sense' like you haven't read it how can you say it has no point? are books supposed to have points???

Despite being annoying things to hear, I can find "valid reason" for all of these except getting mad over other people's bookshelf organization/decoration. That one is peak pettiness.

I hate book snobbery (same with music). I rarely say a book is bad. I would rather say that it isn't for me. Also, whilst you get more out of a book the more you read it if it requires multiple reads to "get it", is it really any good?

I just love it when someone says, “wait, you actually enjoy reading? why?”

me noticing the two empty spaces in the bookshelf and checking the comments to see if anyone else has noticed

Manga and comics do count, some of best stories come from them. 🤣 Also agreed about movie and book adaptations. I liked The Princess Bride movie better than the book, I had trouble getting into the book. I plan to try again one day, but definitely like the movie better. I haven't read the Witcher or played the games, but I did enjoy the show, took me 2 binge watchings to realize what was the past and what was the present. lol.

I don't get it, i love seeing how people organise and decorate their bookshelves..and their houses for that matter...i'm just nosey i guess. 😅 Also i'm a 32 year old woman with no idea what bookclubs are or how they work....but if wine and books are involved, that sounds AMAZING!

I don't count manga or comics as "real books" just because they're of a different medium of telling the story since it's mainly drawn panels with dialogue or thought bubbles. I don't think they're worthless since I've read some manga in my teenage years and own a few graphic novels. They're the in-between of a movie and a book and they earned their place just like every form of story telling.