Thank you for using our tag! It's lovely to see other BookTubers talking about it.

@CurtisBooksandFilms

23 күн бұрын

Thank you for creating it! And my sincere apologies for not giving you the joint credit. I have now corrected this in the description.

@ProseAndPetticoats

23 күн бұрын

@@CurtisBooksandFilms Aww that's okay! Thank you so much 🥰

Really enjoyed your rendition of this tag Curtis. Particularly with your thoughts on goals and how it is helpful for people new to the hobby and that sort of thing. Glad I found your channel through the tag and looking forward to more!

@CurtisBooksandFilms

23 күн бұрын

Thank you and welcome to the channel!

Your remarks on the imposing quality of loud environments are essential to remember: we're not all fortunate enough to have silence. It's helpful to appreciate our space if we happen to have a pleasant one. This is my introduction to your channel, and I find this tag such a fantastic way to get to know you. Thank you so much for participating! FYI, this tag was created in collaboration with @proseandpetticoats, not just by myself alone.

@ProseAndPetticoats

23 күн бұрын

Thank you for mentioning me! 🙏♥️ I'm having a great time discovering these new channels!

@CurtisBooksandFilms

23 күн бұрын

My apologies, I have now corrected the description to include ProseAndPetticoats (I hadn't watched your iteration yet as I don't like to be influenced by other people's answers before doing my own). Thanks again for creating this fantastic tag.

Excellent! I think your comment about reading just one novel at a time is what I do by necessity--but I had not realized it before. I just put up my own version of this tag, and I am intrigued by how similar some of our conclusions are. I too talk about reading for pleasure, needing a quiet environment, motivation coming primarily from actually wanting to read what I'm trying to read, not much distraction from my phone, etc.

@CurtisBooksandFilms

23 күн бұрын

Perfect timing, Hannah, will watch your version now!

I’m with you on environment Curtis, noise of any kind just doesn’t work when I’m reading but I’m lucky in that I too live where that’s not a problem. I like what you said about those times you just don’t want to read or are in a slump. Picking up a book at whim or a reread has worked for me although I don’t really get slumpy, just busy or tired. My goals, if they can be called that are reading certain types of books each month, for my own interests and I’ve started coming up with projects where I focus on certain authors or topics which I’m enjoying.

@CurtisBooksandFilms

22 күн бұрын

Thanks Jo. It's great to have a reader's paradise, let's not take it for granted!

Totally agree with the importance of undisturbed audio background for beginning to read - if the book is good, that may absorb concentration after the first few minutes. There are such a thing as "noise cancelling" headphones - which work by sampling the sound around and then blocking it. They are used for people who are neurodivergent and easily distractible - but can equally be useful for reducing constant noise pollution. Libraries used to be quiet spaces but now have computer keyboards imported - some of which are a false economy - ie loud and clackety. But most libraries should have a corner where you can find quiet to read. The writer of Creativity Inc is Ed Catmull. Reading 100 pages a day would certainly carve a path through anyone's TBR.

@CurtisBooksandFilms

23 күн бұрын

I've tried many things in the past: noise cancelling headphones (too heavy), earplugs (too uncomfortable), and listening to white noise (fine for a while).

@heathergregg9975

23 күн бұрын

@@CurtisBooksandFilms ahhh. good to know

Curtis, you have all those poetry books?! Please give us some Poetry Thursday readings. I'm going to look through your back catalogue now and see what you've said about poetry. Those shelves look like a glorious poetry festival waiting to happen.

@CurtisBooksandFilms

23 күн бұрын

I must confess I am quite proud of my poetry shelf, and I think it's about time to double it now. I will try to make more of a point of talking about poetry in future videos because -- I'll save you the time of going through my back catalogue (most of which is unavailable anyway) -- I rarely do.