When the publisher puts a huge unremovable stamp/stick on the cover of the book or when the cover of the book is just the movie poster, I just want the original book cover with nothing on it
Permanent stickers are truly a nightmare 😭. At least you can choose between the movie cover/original cover, but there's almost always no alternative to stickered books.
I have NEVER understood why all trilogies and series don’t have the number on the spine, clearly indicating their order! I don’t want to read the third book, I wanna start from the beginning! 😤
When we were about 10, my friend went with me to my local library and she realised that The Series of Unfortunate Events was, in fact, a series. She’d read the thirteenth (and last) book without knowing 😂 So yes to numbers on spines please!
I had this problem with the Dan Brown books. I started with the DaVinci Code, and then it mentioned something about an incident with the church, so I figured oh, Angels and Demons must be the first one then. Too bad I didn't figure it out until like thirty pages in.
I used to be the "How have you never read this book?" person until a friend and I got to talking about the importance of language. Now I'll say things like "You are in for a treat!" because I honestly want people to feel excited about going into a book I love, not feeling judged for not getting around to it until now. As for Reader Icks, I hate when people gatekeep what counts as a "book". Do I prefer physically reading full length chunky novels? Absolutely. Do I still think audiobooks and manga count as reading a book? Heck yes.
Personally I don't see listening to audiobooks as reading, but only on a grammatical standpoint. I'm still consuming mass amounts of fiction and enjoying the hell out of it by listening to audiobooks, but I can't call it reading because I'm not the one doing the reading. (Plus the thought of "listening to my stories" brings back the happiness I had as a kid listening to Sherlock Holmes on long car rides to relatives, or whatever else we picked up from the library for the drive.) It's just a pet peeve of mine, but I support anyone who feels otherwise. The main point is to enjoy great stories which we're fortunate enough to be able to do regardless of what format they're in. 😁
@@kanashiiookami6537 Thanks for sharing your view! I can definitely see from a gramatical standpoint how "listening" to books makes more sense than "reading" books. I think the thing I take issue with is the people who use it in a negative way - like "you're not a real reader because you only listen to audiobooks". As you said, the whole point is that we're all consuming the same stories, in whatever format best suits us, and that should always be celebrated 💜
@@eht367 I didn't even give a thought to the fact that some might see it in a negative light, enjoying audiobooks. Weird thing for them to try and gatekeep. 🤷 they need a hobby to deal with the stress in their life making them so negative. Maybe one they can enjoy doing while listening to an audiobook. Lol. 😉
The one specific comic related book snobbery I can’t stand is people looking down on Superheroes and other North American comics (even creator owned with subject matter very different than Superhero) saying Manga is so much better. It’s just comics from another country, Japan. Of course, writers and artists being from outside North America and their own taste will affect how the storytelling plays out. Also, kids comics and Young Adult comics are as legitimately comic material as anything else, not all books are for you, nor should they be.
I've been working on accepting that listening to audio is reading bc I can only listen to classics (for some reason, my brain rejects eye-reading classics). To me, it almost feels like cheating which makes no sense bc I'm still putting in the time and my brain is still putting in the work. It still counts! That little voice that whispers "is this lazy, though?" is slowly getting softer 🤣
What icks me is that when I'm reading an enemies-to-lovers and it turns out to be instant-love, or when I'm reading a fantasy that keeps predicting about 'supposed destruction' and nothing happens in the end, no twist, and the author just ends the book with a cliffhanger. Also, another thing that icks me is people reading classics and thinking they're high class or something.
Yes. To. Everything. 😵 I have so many books/plots (can't remember most of the titles I've read, just basic plot or general feel I had when reading it) in mind when reading your comment that just made me mad all over again. Lol. Especially that bit about people who read classics. I know some and they are pricks to say the least. 🤦 as if classic fiction is somehow better than any modern stories just because it's "less fiction"?! How? It's still pulled from someone's imagination, so yes, Jane Austin's stuff is just as much fiction as Rowling's Harry Potter. 🤦🤦🤦
@@kanashiiookami6537 I can totally relate to you about books making me mad. There had been multiple times when I wanted to go back in time and stopped myself from selecting those books. Also, I wholeheartedly agree to your last sentence. Like come on! They were written to entertain people, why do people act like reading these books make them superior 🙄
the first thing yes they’ll be enemies for like 5% of the book. Also why is it such a thing for usually a male love interest to reveal “actually I was attracted to you all along and I was being rude/mean bc I can’t deal with my own feelings”. totally ruins it for me.
i remember reading a very popular enemies to lovers and i had to stop immediately because they went on and on about how much they loathed each other, then in one random scene out of nowhere, jumped each other's bones. but there'd been no communication or anything hinting at a spark or a flame or that their banter was just sexy tension that was done in fun to get under the other's skin. instead, it was written like they genuinely couldn't stand each other and them bam! making out and getting naked. like??? i've had a relationship dynamic along the lines of enemies to friends, it never moved to lovers though. but there was tension there. and half the fun of our fighting and arguing was that there was a very real spark that made it fun to fight and argue. writing enemies to lovers and describing it as all fights and hatreds and suddenly instantly can't get enough of each other, just felt so forced to me.
Totally agree with “books don’t have expiration dates”. I intentionally do not read just released books. Some books seem like a bad fashion trend until it’s “marinated” awhile then others realize its rating should be different. Also, an ICK for me is when they put a “Netflix “ sticker on it. Especially if you didn’t even know it was made into a movie, series or whatever. It’s like book click bait.
I like the way you think. I read whatever I feel like, sometimes it’s a new one or it’s old I don’t really care. The exception is when I’m following a series I tend to get them on the soon side because I need to know what happens
I totally agree with the sizing ick! One of mine is trying to finish buying a series and not being able to complete it with the same cover design set because it was re-designed and you either can't find the og design or they are 2x or more the price.
YES about the tropes! I'm in the middle of a book just now and it got spoiled because I saw someone talking about the tropes in a 'spoiler free' review by saying it was enemies-to-lovers. It was the first book in the series and it hadn't seemed to be going down that route at all, but as soon as I found out, I knew exactly who it was going to be and that certain other things had to happen for this relationship to form. It's essentially spoiling the ending and takes out the fundamental will-they-won't-they basis of the trope! It's especially annoying in YA since they already follow pretty simple if x, then y. This book was at least trying to lead you down a red herring route which was exciting, but after I read the trope it just stole the enjoyment a bit. There was a massive trend of people doing 'do you want a book with friends, that become lovers, then become enemies, that become reluctant allies again and then back to lovers?'... WHAT?! You basically just told me all the major plot points and their fallout.... like seriously!
I agree with the trope one. I remember a time when if you said it was "enemies-to-lovers" for example, ppl were upset at you for spoiling the book (outside of novels studied in school). Nowadays, it seems to have become some sort of marketing strategy, idk. It bothers me to no end. If you tell me the trope, I won't read the book because it's a spoiler for me.
When authors change the covers in the MIDDLE OF A SERIES!!!!!! It's like oh I have all of the books they look so nice together and then it's immediately a cover change that matches none of the other books. It makes me want to cry sometimes but then I go and buy the books again with the new covers because I'm weak and I need them to match.
*reading ick* I want to know as little as possible about a book before I read it while simultaneously knowing enough to gage my interest. It can be a hard thing to balance because I often find out too much (like a trope for example) and it can ruin the potential of a good read 😭
Yeeees! I hate snobby readers. I still hate those people who say things like, “idk how anyone could enjoy this book” but I really get the ick from those people who say things like, “how could you not like this book, it’s amazing and perfect!”
This👆 It's like people forget reading is subjective. I think it can also be really harmful when it's a book that has a lot of special meaning to someone or has really helped them through struggles in their life only to then hear people be really dismissive about it. It's totally fine to not like a book, but don't shame people for it, especially since you can guarantee they are often the first ones to go mental when someone dislikes their favourite book.
I should say the fact that I was very late to booktube! So I related strongly to the fact that "You're so late in reading this book" Because, I'm someone who's constantly late to everything, whether it be books, K-Pop, whatever. But seeing this video made me feel less alone 'cause I feel that this is a problem that most readers face (i'M JUST NOW ON SIEGE AND STORM, JUST NOW IN THE GRISHAVERSE, JUST TO PROVE MY PONT).Thanks, Jesse! u MADE ME FEEL LESS ALONE
Thank you so much for saying this cuz i agreeeee!! I hate it when people recommend me books based on tropes because i just don't wanna know! It gives away the fun of reading the book.
Listen, I am in bookseller school and recently we had a class about audio books. And the whole "knowing" how they look is a thing. Especially when an author or actor is reading the book and we know them from some other contect and already have preconcieved notions about who they are. So you are definitely onto something there 😅
I'd never really thought about it for audiobooks, though I completely understand it (I just don't listen to them that often). But I have the same reaction for animated films/series. Like finding out that my favourite characters were voiced by adults, or hearing their real accent, or that someone else sung the songs, always seemed to break the magic for me a little
I’ve always loved reading but just recently discovered booktube, and man it’s increased my love for books. I’ve finally started growing my collection of books I bought myself, not just ones my family owns.
Agree with you on most things and, Jesse, your bookshelves are STUNNING.🤩 Ok, my own bookish pet peeve is when publishers abandon books mid series. They just stop translating them. I guess it doesn't apply that much to people in America /Canada/England etc, because most of the best-selling books are already written in english so maybe you've not faced this situation before (you lucky lucky folks😏). For publishing in my country it's completely normal though. Just imagine getting invested in this new wonderful story, starting to love these characters only to find out than the LAST book in the series will never come.. "ok," you think, "it's fine." cuz you can just go and order the origina- ..oh, you've already shared this series with your entire family (where no one speaks English) and now you're all invested.. Damn it, bookish world! *I trusted you and you betrayed me.* Yeah.. Hate that.)
When I was younger I read the Phobos series from Victor Dixon, the books are originally French and the fourth and last book in the series wasn’t translated into Dutch until 2021. So when I was younger and didn’t read in English yet, I just sat there with a cliffhanger, with no idea if the last book would ever be translated into Dutch.
@@berbervdwoude4965 yes! That's what I'm talking about! Not only do they drop so many series, but they just *have to* do it on the last book. The "Illuminae Files", "The Remnant Chronicles" etc. It's heartbreaking to know there are people who will never find out how their favorite series ended..
What does my head in the The Obligatory Kiss Scene in books and films. Despite not being a fan of romance I don't mind it (or might even dig it) if has a plot of its own, or if it has actual consequences on the main plot at least. But I really hate it when there's The Obligatory Romance when its not necessary. If I wanted romance I would have picked up a fantasy-romance or a romcom, I don't want it cluttering my dumb crash and burn stuff or whatever
When a series switches up the cover style MID series (looking at your Fireborne!)! Like...if I want the series to look pretty on my shelf, I have to go back and buy the first book again so it matches the sequels!
Argh!!! When they add “A Novel” to the title/cover. No ____ we KNOW it’s a novel! Drives me batty. Also, when it’s obvious the author didn’t keep any kind of file on a character. In one book the main female character went from being a very slender blonde with sun kissed skin to being a very curvy mahogany skinned woman with dark hair. I had to keep back tracking to make sure I had the correct character in mind as I read. Printing/assembly errors. Words crooked on the page, fonts the change mid sentence for no reason, words chopped off at the edge of the page, etc.
Books that feel like there are 500 pages between each chapter - and without large enough paragraph or section breaks for me to feel like I can easily step away from the book and know where I stopped. I know it’s 100% me getting in my own head about it, but it feels like I just NEED that clean break before I can peacefully set my book down. I’ve actually started to appreciate a lot of Book of the Month selections for this reason; a majority of their featured books will have chapters that are 4-10 pages long, on average. Makes it way easier for my ADHD ass when I can tell myself, “Alright. If I can read at least ONE full chapter today, that’s good progress.” I find myself in fewer reading slumps when books let me achieve these tiny goals. 😌
My biggest ick is probably the sleeves on hardcover books. They're always falling off and getting in the way and they're so fragile. In Europe they just print the cover right on the book! I wish that happened in America.
I don't mind recommending books based on tropes as much as I severely dislike it when it says things like "It's the night circs meets..." because firstly that can set unrealistic expectations, and secondly takes away from the originality of the actual new story.
I feel like there's a big overlap between the "How have you never read this book" crowd and the people who only read books they see on social media because I can't really see doing that with those random, unpopular books you find at used book stores or in the discount section.
My first book, "Love, A Baker and A Music Maker" has a found family trope...and I just realized that now...almost a year after it was published! How did I not know that about my own book?! Also, I wholeheartedly agree with the different sizes thing! It irks me!
Oh god... YES! I have some of these icks too! - I also respect other opinions on books, I mean I liked the ACOTAR Series at first.. but now.. I kind of hate it? but I still don't hate on people who really like that series And I just want to say: that shirt looks SO good on you!
I love your top!! Just had to say it... I'm feeling down today but looking at you talking about one of my favorite things with such bright and colorful clothing just lifts up my mood a bit
When authors publish different bonus scenes in different editions (like I want to read all of them, BUT I absolutely don't want to have multiple copies of the same book)
Book series where the covers/heights don't match is my biggest ICK! I spend so much time trying to figure out if the editions match before buying but it still doesn't always work out or you can't even find such versions. Villain origin story right there
The sizing issue!! I bought a mixed set of the original mortal instruments series when the show came out (which I LOVED and still love), but 1) I think they were mostly UK editions because the typeface and everything is different 2) i should clarify like 1-2 of them were different typefaces, the rest are the US edition 3) the spines make an image and I asked my bf to get me another copy of heavenly fire bc I lost mine… AND THE EDITION IS WAY BIGGER THAN MINE! I mean width AND height so now it sticks out and I feel awful that I asked for it but now it doesn’t match
when you started talking about the trope part I was verbally agreeing ALL the time, now! I like to watch videos on youtube without saying anything but hey! THAT WAS SO UNDERSTANDABLE.
Right now I'm experimenting with an "enemies to lovers" in an unofficial retelling of Dicken's Pickwick Papers. I'm having the time of my life as I'm writing it, even though it's (as of right now) not completely the main focus.
My ick - when someone reads the first line of a book and says it’s trash. Yes the first line is important and is meant to draw your readers in, but at least give the book a chance before throwing it aside. Of course to each their own… I guess my biggest ick is just being judgmental about people’s book choices.
one of my pet peeves in the fonts used in books. i recently purchased a copy of the fellowship of the ring. it's the copy that's sold on amazon and the copy that's all over instagram. it's a stunning book, the cover is well made and it looks nice. but upon opening it, the pages feel awful, almost gritty and the font/typeface is very bold and difficult to read. i tried to sit down and read it the other night and couldn't get past two pages because it was hurting my eyes so much. but i haven't seen anyone else mention this so maybe it's just me, but i have so many lesser known books that are from smaller authors and companies and the font is so clear and comfortable. it's just my little personal pet peeve i guess.
When characters are frusterating as hell when a story takes to chapter 17 to get to the actual plot looking at you bear n the nightingale or when a plot that was promised is otherwise nonexistant.
Reader ick: when someone sees what you're reading and says "have you gotten to the part where" and they SPOIL the book or the series (this happened to me with the divergent series. Someone saw me reading the second book and told me what happened in the third book. I never finished the series)
I’m a slow reader I know this about myself. But when others say “you are still reading that book” mind your own business Nancy let me read at own pace.
I'm the opposite. I aread freakisly fast and spook people out with it. I would never spoil anything or shame others for taking more time with reading something.
Some books of the same series is not available in paperback and only hardcover while all my other books in that series are paperback. Stiff paperbacks are also a pet peeve.
For the tropes - I think the trope is often more on point then not, and it’s often not a spoiler and something that can be picked up from a synopsis so quickly categorizing books into tropes to give out recs makes sense to me
I agree with the sizing issue, especially within a series. I love a series that is mostly in paperback and so far the last book is only in hardback. An ad "sticker" as part of the design- this has been a factor to not buying a book and instead holding off for another cover. Cover changes when the series is not complete is another ick.
OH GODS the trope rec thing, i nevver really thought about it butYES like it gives me EXPECTATIONS, like some places, ok it works cos like if that trope is the whole point like enemies to lovers or something but JUST
Not super "ick", but my gosh is it frustrating when all the copies of a book in a store have the movie covers on them. PLEASE then, it becomes impossible to find the original covers ckxbbjdd. Also, when someone gives u a sequel (or another book in a series) and the cover is a completely different version from your other books just 😭🤢😩
Or the title? Freaking Hunger Games had great titles? But when "ballad of songbirds and snakes" came out I just wanted to scream! Stop chasing title trends you bloody publishers! Those trends suck and I am so sick of them. 😵 the story was great, but that bloody title does not at all fit with the series. (I am still freaking mad about this)
My biggest ick is when people judge someone for their reading preferences. You can read Twilight, classics from 200 years ago, Divergent, 50 shades, Wattpad. As long as you're enjoying it no one has the right to say anything about it.
Really limited runs of special edition covers that sell out ridiculously fast and won’t ever be reprinted *cough* Waterstones matching edition of ‘Carry On’ with the floral hardcover and end pages *cough* … I’m not still bitter 😭
Book Icks: -non floppy paperbacks -permanent ‘stickers’, adds on covers -ableist readers & their rants about audio/ebooks not being “real books” -books that were set up for a sequel, and then the sequel never comes/takes *years* to publish
One of my icks is excessively long books. If they’re good, and often they are, then I’m happy coming out of them, but trying to dedicate and convince myself to read a book that’s even over like 600 pages is HARD.
The height difference doesn't bother me, unless the books are in the same series. I have one long series, that is just all over the place, height-wise. (Yes it changed publishers over the years. Yes, some of them are book club editions. I still think there's no excuse.)
I organize by size too, I also have to have my series match , like I’ll wait the year for a paperback. Take peculiar series , when he started writing again the new set paper back are just a bit shorter than the first 3 ugh
My reader icks is when the publisher decide that THE book you wanted to be translate soooo bad is going to be out 2 weeks maybe . AND THEN they decide to pick another date for it to be release like 2 month later !! (But it is for me , because I am french and my level in english isn't that good so that I can read all off the new release in english and sometimes i can even order the book in my country without extremely prices shipping cost) So I have , sometimes , to wait a lot since a lot of english books are FINALLY french translate to read them.
Authors/publishers not including page counts on Goodreads. Supplementary: not having page counts on the edition I'm reading/the cover I like best. ... I am obsessed with my page state on Goodreads and also making sure I have the prettiest spread for my end-of-year post.
an ick i have definitely has to be when I cant decide wheether a book looks better on the shelf with or without the dust jacket. I always go back and forth and if I think it looks better without it I dont wanna throw away the cover so i keep it in a box somwhere, like its a beautiful ick when both covers are just stunning but i just cant loool
I have noticed that you are very careful to have all the books on a shelf be the same height. I am curious what you do with the books that don't fit? None of my shelves are even because I like to order by author and their different books, editions, paperbacks vs. hardbacks, etc. just are not the same height. Is height one of your purchase criteria? Just curious. I enjoyed the video. Thanks for making it and sharing.
My biggest ick is probably when I buy a book in a series in my native language and then they don't translate the rest of the series so I have to get it in english....like the only reason why I get the books in my language is bcs they are like half the price of the english version also I feel u on the different sizes bcs this just happened to me yesterday (I got an order after a month only for one of the books to be a tiny mass market paperback and also that book is the third in a series and I have to get 3 more books from that series and now I'm just stressed bcs I don't know what size I will get next)
Book covers changing mid series or can't find a hardcover so you have to get paper back copy of the first book and the rest of the series is hard cover
I'm totally the same about the visual of the audiobook narrator's picture messing up my imagining it as the basic character's voice and getting the main character's visual messed up in my head.
I actually kinda like when books have different heights.. Hell, sometimes I purposefully buy hardcovers AND paperbacks for the SAME series. I guess this difference sorta gives them more ✨pizzazz✨ on my shelves.))
The fact that UK hardcovers are so big! I have medium sized shelves and sometimes those books just won't fit. Its why I don't buy new releases very often until they get a paperback release. Also book cover changes for the paperback copy. I'm looking at you project hail Mary, what the hell is that cover?
I think the whole thing with underrated is that they say that because even though it’s a bestseller, that was like ago and now nobody is talking about it. That’s how I take it since there’s so many new new books past that,that people flip over and share the heck out, that other books that yeah bestsellers but they aren’t talked about anymore.
I can totally understand the trope opinion. For me it's not a big deal bc I usually don't choose books based on reccomendations exactly for the reasons you mentioned (i'm Quirky like that lmao). But yea, getting recommendations based on tropes can lead to disappointment bc we're all different and depending on what you enjoy more in a book (plot vs characters, worldbuilding vs plot etc etc) you can end up really disappointed by a book you picked up based on a trope recommendation. (I feel like I repeated myself a lot but I hope this still makes sense 😭😭)
Oh!!! Forgot to mention this!!! I can totally see why people recommend books this way. Sometimes you're looking for a specific trope to read and it's easier if someone tells you about it rather than if you had to look for it yourself.
Libby Library app. (If you have access to that) I'm exclusively getting audio books through them so I don't have to waste money, because I've found far too many audio books where the audio sucks. Like this one book sounded like the guy recorded it in his closet with a crackly mic that he sat over a metre away from. It was bad.
This is a hypocritical one, because i do get excited when it happens but when the author makes decisions about their book based on what they know past readers will like. For example meeting Nikolai, genya and zoya in soc. I just dont think it adds to the plot or quality of the book because 9 times out of 10 the story could work without them. I guess it feels “unprofessional” or unnecessary maybe
To the people who are like “Wow your so late to reading that book” I say, “ Oh really now? I mean you were centuries late Sherlock Holmes and Shakespeare but you don’t see me making a fuss about it!” I at least I read the dang book at all! Reading a book doesn’t always have to be when there is hype around it sometimes that TBR drags you down and you just can’t get to it!
The different heights one is a huge one for me! I also hate mid-series cover changes (duh) and orange covers 🤣 idk why! I dont hate the color or anything! orange books covers just irk me so bad!!
My bookish ick are movie covers of books that aren’t done well! For example, the movie DUFF added a whole new character that didn’t exist in the book, and that character was featured on the movie cover of the book. 😶 Movie covers can be really nice, but sometimes they just aren’t it! And printed stickers on books! Regular stickers it’s like okay, still don’t like them but at least I can remove it. But the printed on ones just ruin the ✨look✨ of the book!
One of my icks is pretty small and petty, but I really hate when I have to flip through like a ridiculous amount of title/info pages and dedication pages in the beginning. Super small and petty, but really bugs me. It feels like a textbook lol I actually go back and forth on the trope thing as well, because sometimes I have such a specific need for a specific kind of book that I want you to tell me the trope, but other times I want to be spontaneous and not know what’s going to happen
Thankfully books don't have an expiration date because I read everything way too late, I read Percy Jackson for the first time last year and some of my friends gave me flack for it Also one of my icks is real people on the cover, especially if they are half naked, they just make me not want to read the book and usually they are ugly too
Minimalist covers are so boring ;.; also lol at your last ick because I also know ransom riggs has a book in the peculiar series coming out :D My main reader ick has to do with stickers on the covers or film tie ins I don't want them to exist!!
I think recommending by tropes can be great cause sometimes you’re just in the mood for a certain thing, but from my experience on TikTok’s I’ve learned not to trust authors own trope recs for their books bc I’ve had multiple times where they are like read my enemies to lovers book and then it’s actually an toxic/abusive relationship. Idk maybe they genuinely view it as enemies to lovers but it just feels like deceptive marketing. Like with enemies to lovers for me there can’t be a victim dynamic at that point either say it’s bullies to lovers or a toxic relationship. But with tropes recs from other readers I’ve found some books I really love so I still like trope recs. I don’t mind the spoilery aspect of that but something that bugs me is when people rec something as having an amazing plot twist bc now the whole book I’m just waiting for the plot twist and it kinda ruins it for me when I’m expecting it even when I don’t know what it will be.
7:43 imagined if people called you out for being late to reading a book that was released a 100 years ago 😂😂. I just thought of it and couldn't stop giggling to myself 🤣. Jokes apart , I've felt the fear and insecurity of not keeping up with latest releases 🥲. It feels hard when you're moving at your own pace and then there's booktok , book reels rushing by with their latest reviews. And there's always someone who's reading the kind of books you didn't read before so you feel more behind 🥲. I've been trying to shed this insecurity because reading isn't a competition in the first place so why rush .
Haha your not alone in this but Def read at your pace! The last thing you want is to rush reading the latest releases thinking you really enjoyed it but rereading realizing it was awful. (learned from experience 😜)
🤝Me too. I feel I am desperately behind. I am poor so I mostly buy books second-hand 😮💨and for that reason I can't keep up with trends. I buy whatever seems cool in second-hand marketplace.
I'm not a fan of minimalist covers either, but I prefer them to really bad cgi-ish covers. What icks me out even more is when they put said design on the spine as well so you can't hide it. (for example, the UK covers quite a few of Uncle Rick's books)
When romance books have fade to black especially slow burn romance books, that’s like reading a fantasy book and waiting for the final fight scene just to cut off when the main character throws the first punch! It doesn’t make senseee!
I hate it when people talk about classics and say “it’s been out for hundreds of years, if you haven’t read it by now too bad” and then go on to spoil it. I’m always like “yo, I haven’t been out for hundreds of years! Give me some time!”
I agree with you about the tropes. To be fair, I don't view my books in terms of tropes, so I am already somewhat outside that crowd. But my issue is, is that doesn't tell me much about the book. One bed trope? Congratulations, you told me about a scene. Enemies to lovers? Okay you told me about my romance, which is typically the area of books I don't care about FYI, but what is the genre? Okay, it is found family, but is it plot driven or character driven? I am not being told basic things about books, but I am given a list of tropes, and I am also not told how prominent the trope is, or if it is executed well. These tropes don't exactly mean nothing to me, for the record, but they don't make me want to pick up a book. I picked up She's Too Pretty to Burn based off the description of it being sapphic retelling of the picture of Dorian Gray. I picked up Station Eleven because it was post-apocalyptic and it followed a Shakespeare company. That is the type of thing that will make me pick up a book, and those descriptions aren't that long. either.
well books can go out of print and there is no other way of reading them that can kind of be book date i hate thin pages too as I like making notes in my books and I can't do that if the paper is super thin also height difference that does annoy me especially mid book series
When the publisher puts a huge unremovable stamp/stick on the cover of the book or when the cover of the book is just the movie poster, I just want the original book cover with nothing on it
I really try avoiding movie poster books.
Oh i hate those
The Pain is Real in This One. ✋
Permanent stickers are truly a nightmare 😭. At least you can choose between the movie cover/original cover, but there's almost always no alternative to stickered books.
@@joannab.8066 I try to avoid those but sometimes there is no alternative in my bookstore 🥲
*"THERE ARE NO EXPIRATION DATES ON BOOKS!"*
I need that on a t-shirt!
I have NEVER understood why all trilogies and series don’t have the number on the spine, clearly indicating their order! I don’t want to read the third book, I wanna start from the beginning! 😤
The worst is when they don’t bother even listing the order inside so you actually have to google it
When we were about 10, my friend went with me to my local library and she realised that The Series of Unfortunate Events was, in fact, a series. She’d read the thirteenth (and last) book without knowing 😂 So yes to numbers on spines please!
I had this problem with the Dan Brown books. I started with the DaVinci Code, and then it mentioned something about an incident with the church, so I figured oh, Angels and Demons must be the first one then. Too bad I didn't figure it out until like thirty pages in.
I used to be the "How have you never read this book?" person until a friend and I got to talking about the importance of language. Now I'll say things like "You are in for a treat!" because I honestly want people to feel excited about going into a book I love, not feeling judged for not getting around to it until now.
As for Reader Icks, I hate when people gatekeep what counts as a "book". Do I prefer physically reading full length chunky novels? Absolutely. Do I still think audiobooks and manga count as reading a book? Heck yes.
Personally I don't see listening to audiobooks as reading, but only on a grammatical standpoint. I'm still consuming mass amounts of fiction and enjoying the hell out of it by listening to audiobooks, but I can't call it reading because I'm not the one doing the reading. (Plus the thought of "listening to my stories" brings back the happiness I had as a kid listening to Sherlock Holmes on long car rides to relatives, or whatever else we picked up from the library for the drive.) It's just a pet peeve of mine, but I support anyone who feels otherwise. The main point is to enjoy great stories which we're fortunate enough to be able to do regardless of what format they're in. 😁
@@kanashiiookami6537 Thanks for sharing your view! I can definitely see from a gramatical standpoint how "listening" to books makes more sense than "reading" books. I think the thing I take issue with is the people who use it in a negative way - like "you're not a real reader because you only listen to audiobooks". As you said, the whole point is that we're all consuming the same stories, in whatever format best suits us, and that should always be celebrated 💜
@@eht367 I didn't even give a thought to the fact that some might see it in a negative light, enjoying audiobooks. Weird thing for them to try and gatekeep. 🤷 they need a hobby to deal with the stress in their life making them so negative. Maybe one they can enjoy doing while listening to an audiobook. Lol. 😉
The one specific comic related book snobbery I can’t stand is people looking down on Superheroes and other North American comics (even creator owned with subject matter very different than Superhero) saying Manga is so much better. It’s just comics from another country, Japan. Of course, writers and artists being from outside North America and their own taste will affect how the storytelling plays out. Also, kids comics and Young Adult comics are as legitimately comic material as anything else, not all books are for you, nor should they be.
I've been working on accepting that listening to audio is reading bc I can only listen to classics (for some reason, my brain rejects eye-reading classics). To me, it almost feels like cheating which makes no sense bc I'm still putting in the time and my brain is still putting in the work. It still counts! That little voice that whispers "is this lazy, though?" is slowly getting softer 🤣
What icks me is that when I'm reading an enemies-to-lovers and it turns out to be instant-love, or when I'm reading a fantasy that keeps predicting about 'supposed destruction' and nothing happens in the end, no twist, and the author just ends the book with a cliffhanger. Also, another thing that icks me is people reading classics and thinking they're high class or something.
Yes. To. Everything. 😵 I have so many books/plots (can't remember most of the titles I've read, just basic plot or general feel I had when reading it) in mind when reading your comment that just made me mad all over again. Lol.
Especially that bit about people who read classics. I know some and they are pricks to say the least. 🤦 as if classic fiction is somehow better than any modern stories just because it's "less fiction"?! How? It's still pulled from someone's imagination, so yes, Jane Austin's stuff is just as much fiction as Rowling's Harry Potter. 🤦🤦🤦
@@kanashiiookami6537 I can totally relate to you about books making me mad. There had been multiple times when I wanted to go back in time and stopped myself from selecting those books.
Also, I wholeheartedly agree to your last sentence. Like come on! They were written to entertain people, why do people act like reading these books make them superior 🙄
the first thing yes they’ll be enemies for like 5% of the book. Also why is it such a thing for usually a male love interest to reveal “actually I was attracted to you all along and I was being rude/mean bc I can’t deal with my own feelings”. totally ruins it for me.
@@Hushpuppy297 I never understood it as well. If you're attracted to someone, why would you behave all hostile with them!!
i remember reading a very popular enemies to lovers and i had to stop immediately because they went on and on about how much they loathed each other, then in one random scene out of nowhere, jumped each other's bones. but there'd been no communication or anything hinting at a spark or a flame or that their banter was just sexy tension that was done in fun to get under the other's skin. instead, it was written like they genuinely couldn't stand each other and them bam! making out and getting naked. like??? i've had a relationship dynamic along the lines of enemies to friends, it never moved to lovers though. but there was tension there. and half the fun of our fighting and arguing was that there was a very real spark that made it fun to fight and argue. writing enemies to lovers and describing it as all fights and hatreds and suddenly instantly can't get enough of each other, just felt so forced to me.
My biggest pet peeve is when I start to buy a series and then they change the covers halfway through from the original.
That grinds my gears.
Totally agree with “books don’t have expiration dates”. I intentionally do not read just released books. Some books seem like a bad fashion trend until it’s “marinated” awhile then others realize its rating should be different. Also, an ICK for me is when they put a “Netflix “ sticker on it. Especially if you didn’t even know it was made into a movie, series or whatever. It’s like book click bait.
I like the way you think. I read whatever I feel like, sometimes it’s a new one or it’s old I don’t really care. The exception is when I’m following a series I tend to get them on the soon side because I need to know what happens
I totally agree with the sizing ick! One of mine is trying to finish buying a series and not being able to complete it with the same cover design set because it was re-designed and you either can't find the og design or they are 2x or more the price.
Damn that sucks.
Yes! This is *frustrating*
I loved your explanation about why you can’t be a minimalist because “books” - it actually made me laugh out loud. Same, Jesse, same!
YES about the tropes! I'm in the middle of a book just now and it got spoiled because I saw someone talking about the tropes in a 'spoiler free' review by saying it was enemies-to-lovers. It was the first book in the series and it hadn't seemed to be going down that route at all, but as soon as I found out, I knew exactly who it was going to be and that certain other things had to happen for this relationship to form. It's essentially spoiling the ending and takes out the fundamental will-they-won't-they basis of the trope! It's especially annoying in YA since they already follow pretty simple if x, then y. This book was at least trying to lead you down a red herring route which was exciting, but after I read the trope it just stole the enjoyment a bit.
There was a massive trend of people doing 'do you want a book with friends, that become lovers, then become enemies, that become reluctant allies again and then back to lovers?'... WHAT?! You basically just told me all the major plot points and their fallout.... like seriously!
I agree with the trope one. I remember a time when if you said it was "enemies-to-lovers" for example, ppl were upset at you for spoiling the book (outside of novels studied in school). Nowadays, it seems to have become some sort of marketing strategy, idk. It bothers me to no end. If you tell me the trope, I won't read the book because it's a spoiler for me.
Good to hear I’m not the only one that has some of these “icks” as well!
When authors change the covers in the MIDDLE OF A SERIES!!!!!! It's like oh I have all of the books they look so nice together and then it's immediately a cover change that matches none of the other books. It makes me want to cry sometimes but then I go and buy the books again with the new covers because I'm weak and I need them to match.
Authors don't, usually. It's the publisher most of the time
*reading ick* I want to know as little as possible about a book before I read it while simultaneously knowing enough to gage my interest. It can be a hard thing to balance because I often find out too much (like a trope for example) and it can ruin the potential of a good read 😭
Yeeees! I hate snobby readers. I still hate those people who say things like, “idk how anyone could enjoy this book” but I really get the ick from those people who say things like, “how could you not like this book, it’s amazing and perfect!”
This👆 It's like people forget reading is subjective. I think it can also be really harmful when it's a book that has a lot of special meaning to someone or has really helped them through struggles in their life only to then hear people be really dismissive about it. It's totally fine to not like a book, but don't shame people for it, especially since you can guarantee they are often the first ones to go mental when someone dislikes their favourite book.
"Even if you have a logical answer, I don't care" -Me, everyday, always
Also, im IN LOVE with that shirt!
I should say the fact that I was very late to booktube! So I related strongly to the fact that "You're so late in reading this book" Because, I'm someone who's constantly late to everything, whether it be books, K-Pop, whatever. But seeing this video made me feel less alone 'cause I feel that this is a problem that most readers face (i'M JUST NOW ON SIEGE AND STORM, JUST NOW IN THE GRISHAVERSE, JUST TO PROVE MY PONT).Thanks, Jesse! u MADE ME FEEL LESS ALONE
Thank you so much for saying this cuz i agreeeee!! I hate it when people recommend me books based on tropes because i just don't wanna know! It gives away the fun of reading the book.
Listen, I am in bookseller school and recently we had a class about audio books. And the whole "knowing" how they look is a thing. Especially when an author or actor is reading the book and we know them from some other contect and already have preconcieved notions about who they are. So you are definitely onto something there 😅
I'd never really thought about it for audiobooks, though I completely understand it (I just don't listen to them that often). But I have the same reaction for animated films/series. Like finding out that my favourite characters were voiced by adults, or hearing their real accent, or that someone else sung the songs, always seemed to break the magic for me a little
I’ve always loved reading but just recently discovered booktube, and man it’s increased my love for books. I’ve finally started growing my collection of books I bought myself, not just ones my family owns.
2:00 OH MY GOSH I THOUGHT I WAS THE ONLY ONE WITH THE NIKOLAI DUOLOGY PROBLEM. IM SO SALTY! IM THE ONLY ONE OF MY FRIENDS WITH THIS PROBLEM!
When people put stickers on the front covers of books! Especially when the sticker covers part of the title or the author's name.
Agree with you on most things and, Jesse, your bookshelves are STUNNING.🤩
Ok, my own bookish pet peeve is when publishers abandon books mid series. They just stop translating them.
I guess it doesn't apply that much to people in America /Canada/England etc, because most of the best-selling books are already written in english so maybe you've not faced this situation before (you lucky lucky folks😏). For publishing in my country it's completely normal though. Just imagine getting invested in this new wonderful story, starting to love these characters only to find out than the LAST book in the series will never come.. "ok," you think, "it's fine." cuz you can just go and order the origina- ..oh, you've already shared this series with your entire family (where no one speaks English) and now you're all invested.. Damn it, bookish world! *I trusted you and you betrayed me.*
Yeah.. Hate that.)
When I was younger I read the Phobos series from Victor Dixon, the books are originally French and the fourth and last book in the series wasn’t translated into Dutch until 2021. So when I was younger and didn’t read in English yet, I just sat there with a cliffhanger, with no idea if the last book would ever be translated into Dutch.
@@berbervdwoude4965 yes! That's what I'm talking about! Not only do they drop so many series, but they just *have to* do it on the last book. The "Illuminae Files", "The Remnant Chronicles" etc. It's heartbreaking to know there are people who will never find out how their favorite series ended..
Oh yes. The number one reason why I decided to teach myself how to read in English actually.
What does my head in the The Obligatory Kiss Scene in books and films. Despite not being a fan of romance I don't mind it (or might even dig it) if has a plot of its own, or if it has actual consequences on the main plot at least. But I really hate it when there's The Obligatory Romance when its not necessary. If I wanted romance I would have picked up a fantasy-romance or a romcom, I don't want it cluttering my dumb crash and burn stuff or whatever
When you take a dust jacket off a hardcover and it’s just a plain solid colour underneath, I mean come on, you had so many options 😩😂
Only og’s remember “Ayo what’s good reader fam”
Omg he was so chaotic in this video and I can honestly relate I get the chaos urge when things annoy me
I HATE when people say "I would read more if I had the time." I feel like it insinuates that I'm not doing something productive. Anyone else?
Just reply with: then don't watch tv, spend less time on your phone, do your chores faster, etc.
Jesse: "I hate Snow!"
Me, a person named Snow, sitting here minding my own business: 🧍🏼♀
President Snow: *maniacal laughter*
I can’t stand Netflix stickers and it’s worse when they completely stop printing the original covers. Makes me want to cry😿
When a series switches up the cover style MID series (looking at your Fireborne!)! Like...if I want the series to look pretty on my shelf, I have to go back and buy the first book again so it matches the sequels!
Argh!!! When they add “A Novel” to the title/cover. No ____ we KNOW it’s a novel! Drives me batty.
Also, when it’s obvious the author didn’t keep any kind of file on a character. In one book the main female character went from being a very slender blonde with sun kissed skin to being a very curvy mahogany skinned woman with dark hair. I had to keep back tracking to make sure I had the correct character in mind as I read.
Printing/assembly errors. Words crooked on the page, fonts the change mid sentence for no reason, words chopped off at the edge of the page, etc.
0:32 You sound like Jessie & James from Team Rocket and i'm here for it!
Books that feel like there are 500 pages between each chapter - and without large enough paragraph or section breaks for me to feel like I can easily step away from the book and know where I stopped. I know it’s 100% me getting in my own head about it, but it feels like I just NEED that clean break before I can peacefully set my book down. I’ve actually started to appreciate a lot of Book of the Month selections for this reason; a majority of their featured books will have chapters that are 4-10 pages long, on average. Makes it way easier for my ADHD ass when I can tell myself, “Alright. If I can read at least ONE full chapter today, that’s good progress.” I find myself in fewer reading slumps when books let me achieve these tiny goals. 😌
My biggest ick is probably the sleeves on hardcover books. They're always falling off and getting in the way and they're so fragile. In Europe they just print the cover right on the book! I wish that happened in America.
I don't mind recommending books based on tropes as much as I severely dislike it when it says things like "It's the night circs meets..." because firstly that can set unrealistic expectations, and secondly takes away from the originality of the actual new story.
I feel like there's a big overlap between the "How have you never read this book" crowd and the people who only read books they see on social media because I can't really see doing that with those random, unpopular books you find at used book stores or in the discount section.
My first book, "Love, A Baker and A Music Maker" has a found family trope...and I just realized that now...almost a year after it was published! How did I not know that about my own book?! Also, I wholeheartedly agree with the different sizes thing! It irks me!
Oh god... YES! I have some of these icks too!
- I also respect other opinions on books, I mean I liked the ACOTAR Series at first.. but now.. I kind of hate it? but I still don't hate on people who really like that series
And I just want to say: that shirt looks SO good on you!
I love your top!! Just had to say it... I'm feeling down today but looking at you talking about one of my favorite things with such bright and colorful clothing just lifts up my mood a bit
When authors publish different bonus scenes in different editions (like I want to read all of them, BUT I absolutely don't want to have multiple copies of the same book)
The last one had me instantly thinking about the new book on The Shades of Magic 😂 I was so ready to finish off that series!
Book series where the covers/heights don't match is my biggest ICK! I spend so much time trying to figure out if the editions match before buying but it still doesn't always work out or you can't even find such versions. Villain origin story right there
The sizing issue!! I bought a mixed set of the original mortal instruments series when the show came out (which I LOVED and still love), but 1) I think they were mostly UK editions because the typeface and everything is different 2) i should clarify like 1-2 of them were different typefaces, the rest are the US edition 3) the spines make an image and I asked my bf to get me another copy of heavenly fire bc I lost mine… AND THE EDITION IS WAY BIGGER THAN MINE! I mean width AND height so now it sticks out and I feel awful that I asked for it but now it doesn’t match
Love your shirt ♥️ it gives the summer vibes🌻🌼🌞
When cover designs/art change in the middle of a series!!! It grinds my gears! 😤
when you started talking about the trope part I was verbally agreeing ALL the time, now! I like to watch videos on youtube without saying anything but hey! THAT WAS SO UNDERSTANDABLE.
Right now I'm experimenting with an "enemies to lovers" in an unofficial retelling of Dicken's Pickwick Papers. I'm having the time of my life as I'm writing it, even though it's (as of right now) not completely the main focus.
My ick - when someone reads the first line of a book and says it’s trash. Yes the first line is important and is meant to draw your readers in, but at least give the book a chance before throwing it aside.
Of course to each their own… I guess my biggest ick is just being judgmental about people’s book choices.
I agree. I can understand maybe not choosing a book based on the first line, but one line isn’t enough to pass proper judgement
one of my pet peeves in the fonts used in books. i recently purchased a copy of the fellowship of the ring. it's the copy that's sold on amazon and the copy that's all over instagram. it's a stunning book, the cover is well made and it looks nice. but upon opening it, the pages feel awful, almost gritty and the font/typeface is very bold and difficult to read. i tried to sit down and read it the other night and couldn't get past two pages because it was hurting my eyes so much. but i haven't seen anyone else mention this so maybe it's just me, but i have so many lesser known books that are from smaller authors and companies and the font is so clear and comfortable. it's just my little personal pet peeve i guess.
When characters are frusterating as hell when a story takes to chapter 17 to get to the actual plot looking at you bear n the nightingale or when a plot that was promised is otherwise nonexistant.
My reading ICK is cover changes and/or height changes of books in the same darn series! Like for real just pick a cohesive theme and stick to it 😂
Reader ick: when someone sees what you're reading and says "have you gotten to the part where" and they SPOIL the book or the series (this happened to me with the divergent series. Someone saw me reading the second book and told me what happened in the third book. I never finished the series)
Hey Jesse! Idk how or why...you give me summer vibes all through the year..... this shirt and your energy today reminded me it's May...🌼
He does seem like summer lol
I’m a slow reader I know this about myself. But when others say “you are still reading that book” mind your own business Nancy let me read at own pace.
I'm the opposite. I aread freakisly fast and spook people out with it. I would never spoil anything or shame others for taking more time with reading something.
Some books of the same series is not available in paperback and only hardcover while all my other books in that series are paperback. Stiff paperbacks are also a pet peeve.
For the tropes - I think the trope is often more on point then not, and it’s often not a spoiler and something that can be picked up from a synopsis so quickly categorizing books into tropes to give out recs makes sense to me
But doesn’t it ruin the book/give the plot away??🤔
I agree with the sizing issue, especially within a series. I love a series that is mostly in paperback and so far the last book is only in hardback. An ad "sticker" as part of the design- this has been a factor to not buying a book and instead holding off for another cover. Cover changes when the series is not complete is another ick.
OH GODS the trope rec thing, i nevver really thought about it butYES like it gives me EXPECTATIONS, like some places, ok it works cos like if that trope is the whole point like enemies to lovers or something but JUST
It’s always a good day when Jesse uploads!
Not super "ick", but my gosh is it frustrating when all the copies of a book in a store have the movie covers on them. PLEASE then, it becomes impossible to find the original covers ckxbbjdd. Also, when someone gives u a sequel (or another book in a series) and the cover is a completely different version from your other books just 😭🤢😩
Or the title? Freaking Hunger Games had great titles? But when "ballad of songbirds and snakes" came out I just wanted to scream! Stop chasing title trends you bloody publishers! Those trends suck and I am so sick of them. 😵 the story was great, but that bloody title does not at all fit with the series. (I am still freaking mad about this)
My biggest ick is when people judge someone for their reading preferences. You can read Twilight, classics from 200 years ago, Divergent, 50 shades, Wattpad. As long as you're enjoying it no one has the right to say anything about it.
Really limited runs of special edition covers that sell out ridiculously fast and won’t ever be reprinted *cough* Waterstones matching edition of ‘Carry On’ with the floral hardcover and end pages *cough* … I’m not still bitter 😭
Same on the minimise cover. Bought a draw your own cover grimmer tales book. I will never draw on it n it looks bland all white 🙈
Book Icks: -non floppy paperbacks
-permanent ‘stickers’, adds on covers
-ableist readers & their rants about audio/ebooks not being “real books”
-books that were set up for a sequel, and then the sequel never comes/takes *years* to publish
One of my icks is excessively long books. If they’re good, and often they are, then I’m happy coming out of them, but trying to dedicate and convince myself to read a book that’s even over like 600 pages is HARD.
The height difference doesn't bother me, unless the books are in the same series.
I have one long series, that is just all over the place, height-wise. (Yes it changed publishers over the years. Yes, some of them are book club editions. I still think there's no excuse.)
I organize by size too, I also have to have my series match , like I’ll wait the year for a paperback. Take peculiar series , when he started writing again the new set paper back are just a bit shorter than the first 3 ugh
My reader icks is when the publisher decide that THE book you wanted to be translate soooo bad is going to be out 2 weeks maybe . AND THEN they decide to pick another date for it to be release like 2 month later !! (But it is for me , because I am french and my level in english isn't that good so that I can read all off the new release in english and sometimes i can even order the book in my country without extremely prices shipping cost) So I have , sometimes , to wait a lot since a lot of english books are FINALLY french translate to read them.
Authors/publishers not including page counts on Goodreads. Supplementary: not having page counts on the edition I'm reading/the cover I like best.
... I am obsessed with my page state on Goodreads and also making sure I have the prettiest spread for my end-of-year post.
an ick i have definitely has to be when I cant decide wheether a book looks better on the shelf with or without the dust jacket. I always go back and forth and if I think it looks better without it I dont wanna throw away the cover so i keep it in a box somwhere, like its a beautiful ick when both covers are just stunning but i just cant loool
I hate the pages under the covers of paperbacks that are longer than the covers.
I have noticed that you are very careful to have all the books on a shelf be the same height. I am curious what you do with the books that don't fit? None of my shelves are even because I like to order by author and their different books, editions, paperbacks vs. hardbacks, etc. just are not the same height. Is height one of your purchase criteria? Just curious. I enjoyed the video. Thanks for making it and sharing.
My biggest ick is probably when I buy a book in a series in my native language and then they don't translate the rest of the series so I have to get it in english....like the only reason why I get the books in my language is bcs they are like half the price of the english version
also I feel u on the different sizes bcs this just happened to me yesterday (I got an order after a month only for one of the books to be a tiny mass market paperback and also that book is the third in a series and I have to get 3 more books from that series and now I'm just stressed bcs I don't know what size I will get next)
Book covers changing mid series or can't find a hardcover so you have to get paper back copy of the first book and the rest of the series is hard cover
I'm totally the same about the visual of the audiobook narrator's picture messing up my imagining it as the basic character's voice and getting the main character's visual messed up in my head.
I actually kinda like when books have different heights.. Hell, sometimes I purposefully buy hardcovers AND paperbacks for the SAME series. I guess this difference sorta gives them more ✨pizzazz✨ on my shelves.))
you terrify me
I mean you do you, but also ahhhh
The fact that UK hardcovers are so big! I have medium sized shelves and sometimes those books just won't fit. Its why I don't buy new releases very often until they get a paperback release.
Also book cover changes for the paperback copy. I'm looking at you project hail Mary, what the hell is that cover?
I think the whole thing with underrated is that they say that because even though it’s a bestseller, that was like ago and now nobody is talking about it. That’s how I take it since there’s so many new new books past that,that people flip over and share the heck out, that other books that yeah bestsellers but they aren’t talked about anymore.
I can totally understand the trope opinion. For me it's not a big deal bc I usually don't choose books based on reccomendations exactly for the reasons you mentioned (i'm Quirky like that lmao). But yea, getting recommendations based on tropes can lead to disappointment bc we're all different and depending on what you enjoy more in a book (plot vs characters, worldbuilding vs plot etc etc) you can end up really disappointed by a book you picked up based on a trope recommendation.
(I feel like I repeated myself a lot but I hope this still makes sense 😭😭)
Oh!!! Forgot to mention this!!! I can totally see why people recommend books this way. Sometimes you're looking for a specific trope to read and it's easier if someone tells you about it rather than if you had to look for it yourself.
My ick...when I buy a book on audible and the person reading it sounds bored.
Libby Library app. (If you have access to that) I'm exclusively getting audio books through them so I don't have to waste money, because I've found far too many audio books where the audio sucks. Like this one book sounded like the guy recorded it in his closet with a crackly mic that he sat over a metre away from. It was bad.
@@kanashiiookami6537 OMG hahaha. I'll check it out
This is a hypocritical one, because i do get excited when it happens but when the author makes decisions about their book based on what they know past readers will like. For example meeting Nikolai, genya and zoya in soc. I just dont think it adds to the plot or quality of the book because 9 times out of 10 the story could work without them. I guess it feels “unprofessional” or unnecessary maybe
One of my biggest reader icks is when I pick up a book that has NO SYNOPSIS ANYWHERE ON THE BOOK. Like WHY WHY WHY.
To the people who are like “Wow your so late to reading that book” I say, “ Oh really now? I mean you were centuries late Sherlock Holmes and Shakespeare but you don’t see me making a fuss about it!” I at least I read the dang book at all! Reading a book doesn’t always have to be when there is hype around it sometimes that TBR drags you down and you just can’t get to it!
The different heights one is a huge one for me! I also hate mid-series cover changes (duh) and orange covers 🤣 idk why! I dont hate the color or anything! orange books covers just irk me so bad!!
My bookish ick are movie covers of books that aren’t done well! For example, the movie DUFF added a whole new character that didn’t exist in the book, and that character was featured on the movie cover of the book. 😶 Movie covers can be really nice, but sometimes they just aren’t it!
And printed stickers on books! Regular stickers it’s like okay, still don’t like them but at least I can remove it. But the printed on ones just ruin the ✨look✨ of the book!
i totally agree that recs using tropes are SPOILERS! I don't wanna know tropes going in
One of my icks is pretty small and petty, but I really hate when I have to flip through like a ridiculous amount of title/info pages and dedication pages in the beginning. Super small and petty, but really bugs me. It feels like a textbook lol I actually go back and forth on the trope thing as well, because sometimes I have such a specific need for a specific kind of book that I want you to tell me the trope, but other times I want to be spontaneous and not know what’s going to happen
Thankfully books don't have an expiration date because I read everything way too late, I read Percy Jackson for the first time last year and some of my friends gave me flack for it
Also one of my icks is real people on the cover, especially if they are half naked, they just make me not want to read the book and usually they are ugly too
Teeny tiny print, I already need reading glasses to read, I don't also want to have to get a magnify too.
Minimalist covers are so boring ;.; also lol at your last ick because I also know ransom riggs has a book in the peculiar series coming out :D My main reader ick has to do with stickers on the covers or film tie ins I don't want them to exist!!
I think recommending by tropes can be great cause sometimes you’re just in the mood for a certain thing, but from my experience on TikTok’s I’ve learned not to trust authors own trope recs for their books bc I’ve had multiple times where they are like read my enemies to lovers book and then it’s actually an toxic/abusive relationship. Idk maybe they genuinely view it as enemies to lovers but it just feels like deceptive marketing. Like with enemies to lovers for me there can’t be a victim dynamic at that point either say it’s bullies to lovers or a toxic relationship. But with tropes recs from other readers I’ve found some books I really love so I still like trope recs.
I don’t mind the spoilery aspect of that but something that bugs me is when people rec something as having an amazing plot twist bc now the whole book I’m just waiting for the plot twist and it kinda ruins it for me when I’m expecting it even when I don’t know what it will be.
Yes to the different book heights! I think my next highest ick is being told "listening to an audiobook doesn't count as reading" 🤨
7:43 imagined if people called you out for being late to reading a book that was released a 100 years ago 😂😂. I just thought of it and couldn't stop giggling to myself 🤣.
Jokes apart , I've felt the fear and insecurity of not keeping up with latest releases 🥲. It feels hard when you're moving at your own pace and then there's booktok , book reels rushing by with their latest reviews. And there's always someone who's reading the kind of books you didn't read before so you feel more behind 🥲. I've been trying to shed this insecurity because reading isn't a competition in the first place so why rush .
Haha your not alone in this but Def read at your pace! The last thing you want is to rush reading the latest releases thinking you really enjoyed it but rereading realizing it was awful. (learned from experience 😜)
🤝Me too. I feel I am desperately behind. I am poor so I mostly buy books second-hand 😮💨and for that reason I can't keep up with trends. I buy whatever seems cool in second-hand marketplace.
I'm not a fan of minimalist covers either, but I prefer them to really bad cgi-ish covers. What icks me out even more is when they put said design on the spine as well so you can't hide it. (for example, the UK covers quite a few of Uncle Rick's books)
When romance books have fade to black especially slow burn romance books, that’s like reading a fantasy book and waiting for the final fight scene just to cut off when the main character throws the first punch! It doesn’t make senseee!
I sooo follow the frustration on different height! Why can't there just be some standard heights like paper?
I hate it when people talk about classics and say “it’s been out for hundreds of years, if you haven’t read it by now too bad” and then go on to spoil it. I’m always like “yo, I haven’t been out for hundreds of years! Give me some time!”
I agree with you about the tropes. To be fair, I don't view my books in terms of tropes, so I am already somewhat outside that crowd. But my issue is, is that doesn't tell me much about the book. One bed trope? Congratulations, you told me about a scene. Enemies to lovers? Okay you told me about my romance, which is typically the area of books I don't care about FYI, but what is the genre? Okay, it is found family, but is it plot driven or character driven? I am not being told basic things about books, but I am given a list of tropes, and I am also not told how prominent the trope is, or if it is executed well. These tropes don't exactly mean nothing to me, for the record, but they don't make me want to pick up a book. I picked up She's Too Pretty to Burn based off the description of it being sapphic retelling of the picture of Dorian Gray. I picked up Station Eleven because it was post-apocalyptic and it followed a Shakespeare company. That is the type of thing that will make me pick up a book, and those descriptions aren't that long. either.
well books can go out of print and there is no other way of reading them that can kind of be book date
i hate thin pages too as I like making notes in my books and I can't do that if the paper is super thin
also height difference that does annoy me especially mid book series