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I have severe dyslexia and when people say audiobooks don't count as reading it's extremely hurtful
The people who say that suck!! Audiobooks are amazing 💕
People who say that are wrong. They are entitled to their opinions, but they're wrong 😂 Having books read to you is an ancient tradition going back to Greeks/the very first literate people. It's storytelling in its truest form. (And also incredibly helpful for us folks with concentration issues/ADHD)
FR! And also what if someone is in a car or doing something where they can't stop and stare at a book? Anyone who says audiobooks aren't real reading has clearly never listened to a good audio book while doing an activity that would otherwise be boring
I have dyslexia too! (But not that bad I think) My opinion is similar....
But to clarify...
Is listening to books not reading because you hear it not read it ... but that doesn't make you less a reader .... It's ridiculous to assume that ... and people that say it are the ones that have the real problem ....
HOW DARE THEY!!! I PREFER AUDIOBOOKS TO ANY OTHER TYPE OF BOOK AND WILL DIE ON THIS HILL! I may not be dyslexic but I just find it so much easier, for me, and a lot less tiring. I like being able to close my eyes and imagine rather than staring at a page re-reading or misunderstanding something because my eyes skipped over that part.
1st place: audiobooks
2nd: physical books
Last place: e-books, my eyes cannot with ebooks.
Romance books really take not getting UTIs to the extreme. Like, putting objects that should not be in there (like a candy bar) and they are just fine!?
Like they should be getting a yeast infection from that at the very least
@@sarawithoutanH Yes! Like, any kind of consequence in either area or both! There's no way some of these things aren't messing up everything down there.
If Sara had one fan, it’s me. If Sara has no fans, I’ve died.
If there's no Jana there's no me
I definitely agree.
Collab video when
I am so tired of people saying audiobooks aren’t real reading and acting like it’s not inherently ableist to say that. Braille is reading. Audiobooks are reading. Having someone read to you because you physically can’t is reading. It’s not an “unpopular opinion” it’s ableist. Period.
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Yees! And people who can listen at 1x speed baffle me because it sounds soo slow😅
I have seen the “I don’t trust people who rate everything five stars” opinion before and I’ve never understood it because I’ve been on the bookish internet for years now and I have never seen a creator give every book they read 5 stars. Literally never. Who are these people talking about???
Omg, I agree with the “the love interest only being nice to the MC isn’t cute” SO MUCH!!! I used to be obsessed with that trope as a teenager but as I’ve gotten older I realise I’d want a partner who is nice and normal and gets on with people lol. It sounds romantic in theory but honestly that would be so embarrassing to have a partner who is horrible to your friends and family!
I have a tendency to not rate books I don’t like, so I feel like if I was a booktuber I would probably just not talk about some of the books I disliked, unless I felt like I had something interesting to say.
They're mostly the people who post only on Goodreads. It's a very small group of people who do it.
The original person said they rate half their books 5 stars, not all. I actually agree with them entirely. I don’t like when I encounter a booktuber who is afraid to say they didn’t give something 4-5 stars - it is often people who make their income from social media so they need to always rate higher to make sure they maintain relationships with publishers and future opportunities. Which I understand, I just don’t want to watch
I feel like I see the "rates everything 5 stars" people more on goodreads
audiobook haters will never know the slay that is reading a book while meal prepping and cleaning. my house is in order and it was fun to do.
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I don’t hate on ppl who used audio books to read bc sometimes that’s just the way they prefer to read. Audiobooks might work better for them. I’ve tried audiobooks and it doesn’t work well for me. I would love to listen to a book while preparing food or cleaning my room or walking my dogs. It works a bit better with non fiction books. I think the book I’m Glad My Mom Died could work for me in audio form. I feel like I’d maybe prefer that book with audio
@@maem7462 autobiographies on audio are some of the best because when theyre read by the person they come across a little bit more as a podcast.
I think rants and critiques are important. I love when I come across a booktuber who roasts my faves because I like to see if there was something I missed. I feel like I'm learning something while they're calling my babies trash.
Modern romance book covers look like it took 5 minutes to create them in Canva. Or they're just the leftover artwork from that Barbie MyScene website.
lmaooo barbie myscene pls
anyone who says "booktube is too negative"...babes, it's based on algorithm. if your feed is negative, that's because YOU'RE watching negative videos. the negative algorithm is ON YOU.
Yessss
Tbf negative videos are pushed out more as well because reactionary content does well on social media
Right. I enjoy some good rants here and there. Some ppl I’ve found are on the more negative side or at least have some more negative videos. I do also enjoy listening to someone loving a book in order to possibly get some recommendations. Kinda depends on if I want a more silly video or a more informative one
12:16 It’s actually impossible to go on the r/books subreddit because every once in a while it’ll be a rehash of “um ACTUALLY, you don’t READ with audiobooks, you LISTEN. So therefore, it does not count as reading. Who else agrees with me???” Like stfu, at the end of the day everyone is consuming the same story so who actually gives a shit in what they are consuming the story? Like I do not get people who are so obsessed with how other people participate in a hobby. Like I’m sorry, I didn’t know reading was a full time job in which I need to adhere by very specific rules, otherwise I’m fired
I feel the difference lies in the way you imagine things in your mind. With an audiobook, you don't imagine the voice of a character, you're pretty much just told what they sound like. Neither is better than the other, but it's still a different experience.
12:25 is basically saying not everyone can be a reader and is inherently ableist. We should instead be celebrating how far technology has come to allow reading to be more accessible. It's just such a tired take.,
But you arent a reader if you dont read, you can enjoy a book but its not reading its just enjoying a book. It's like saying you've seen a certain movie after reading the book its based on instead of watching said movie. Imagine a person who was not thought how to read but listens to audiobooks, can you call that person a reader when he literally cannot read?
@@neerin4178 uh nah. to your comment. nah.
@@neerin4178 your example is totally inapplicable in this situation. A movie is an ADAPTATION and does tremendous changes to fit the story to the visual media and to a 1h30-ish length. An audiobook is literally the same story as the book but said out loud. Don't be so uptight about the use of "read" and "reading". Do you also go after people reading comics because they said they read it instead of looked at it, even for the comics that have no dialogue ?
@@neerin4178 If you think an audiobook and a movie are even remotely the same it tells me that you do not even know what an audiobook is. lol
On one hand, yes, consumerism is a problem and we should use our libraries more. On the other hand, as someone who lives in a non-English speaking country and reads primarily books in English, buying books is often the only way for me to get ahold of the books I want to read.
omg i work in a middle school and i have probably called home at least five times for the book Icebreaker alone.
😭 oh nooooo
19:33 was so damn true because I learned this only a few months ago myself and in a 20 year old guy. I've read so many bad sex scenes and terrible depictions of female anatomy in romance books which really pissed me off because I actually learned about reproductive health and things like menstruation when I was fifteen so I got really good at telling inaccuracies or flat out mistakes made by male authors in books. And then one day I was reading a fanfic which involved a discussion between the main characters over stuff like birth control and one of them mentions the risk of UTIs and I was like ???? Because I'd never heard of them before. Come to find out that I'd just never been taught about this extremely important part of reproductive health. It doesn't really matter to me personally bc I'm gay and also possibly ace but still, that was a real shocker to me that such a key part of sex education had just been forgotten by the mandated syllabus of my home country and there are god knows how many people walking around with no knowledge of this subject who are going to end up suffering for it.
I‘m from Germany and the hunger games is a book read in school here, because dystopia is a topic discussed in English class. :)
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8:31 I have a friend who read Haunting Adeline and said it's relationship goals. Hello??
Is your friend aware of therapy? It can work wonders
🦋 The trend of medicore fanfiction being turned into published work was a mistake, and I blame Twilight (Looking at you 50 shades of gray)
the thing that gets me though is its never the GOOD fanfiction that like completely strips the original down and rebuilds it, its the fake bdsm smut that gets published, like girl why are we doing this to ourselvesssss. And listen no shame smutty fanfiction has its place ofc but its not a novel
I started listening to audiobooks at 2x the speed because there are some medical studies that show it's supposed to be helpful in preventing dimentia. kind of like exercising your brain! Now I can't listen to them at normal speed - it sounds way too slow.
Same thing happened to me! I started an audiobook and forgot to increase the speed. The narrator sounded like he was heavily sedated so I thought I had turned down the speed down below 1x. Nope. It's just that 1.5x now sounds "normal" to me.
Oh I love this! That's so cool to know
As an aspiring author, plz pirate my books when I can actually get them published if that’s the only access you have. Everyone deserves to read.
Whether im physically reading a book or listening to an audiobook, im having the same mental hallucinations either way 😂😂
I don't think I left a comment because I simply do not have that spicy of opinions about books. I feel like all my pet peeves are pretty common (changing covers mid series, never finishing series, that kind of thing)
As a middle school teacher I completely agree with that. The only books I ever see in my middle schoolers hands are Colleen Hoover and Anna Huang and I’m just like… umm…
🦋 This is why I watch you because I agree with everything in this video.
I 100% agree with the audiobooks! At the end of the day, we absorbed the same information so why is it any different?? I drive ~1-1.5 hours everyday and I’m too tired most days to read a physical copy, so audiobooks have helped me out so much!
Also as an avid fanfic reader, please continue the vlog!
This! Like I have really bad reading stamina and there’s so many books that I haven’t read and want to read but they’re so long! I got audible a couple months ago and just fell in-love and read 6 books via audio and actually read 2 physically.
I think it is my bad for not understanding, but like, I would always go by definition. So I was quite startled when I, an autistic person, was all of a sudden getting called ableist because I was going by the definition of reading I was taught, which is processing information through print. All of a sudden now I am getting screamed at through a screen for 'being ableist, when I did not have any bad intentions.
@@TessaIsupposepeople always get mad about facts and when definitions don’t fit their narrative. It’s true audio books are not reading. It’s someone reading to you and that’s fine, nothing to be ashamed of. No matter the reason why you are listening to books it still by definition means you are not reading. You can say whatever, but at the end of the day I will continue to go by the correct definition and use correct language. I have empathy if you are unable to read, truly I do but sometimes people just aren’t able to do certain things, sugarcoating won’t do anything or lying and saying you’re reading won’t help either, I’m glad that you’re still able to listen though and enjoy a book you enjoy, but it’s still not reading, you are listening.
To the people who say that’s ableist, please stop projecting. That’s your own personal insecurities that you need to work on, and I will make one thing very clear, I won’t allow you to project your personal insecurities onto me for being factually correct. It’s also manipulating to make them feel bad and stop talking because you don’t like knowing you can’t or aren’t reading, just know I don’t feel bad for saying the truth nor will I be shut down. There’s truth which we need to accept or definitions will mean nothing anymore.
Never dumb yourself down for the people who can’t accept reality and refuse to go by the correct definitions.
As I get older I realize that I don't enjoy smut as much as I did before, like when I'm in the mood I will totally read a smutty novella but if I'm reading a full length novel, I don't want it to be all smut, there needs to be something more for me to even care about the sex
🦋 your hair is so cute! i very much agree with the page length one. the longer a book is, the more likely I will start notice the bits that could have been edited out >.>
YES GIVE US THE STANDARD BOOK SIZES
Sara you look so cute! I love the butterfly clips and earrings. And period to so many of your takes 👏🏽
I love the old school bodice ripper covers. I love a spicy book but I have started to feel like sometimes it’s too much and I want more of the plot and development of the romance 😬 not always but sometimes I am like what happened to the original plot of the story 🦋
I read primarily physical books because it's my preference.. I can read faster that way, but I do typically read 1 to 2 audiobooks a month in addition to the 8-10 physical books, but I only listen to audiobooks because it helps me read **more**, not **faster**. I can read about 2 to 3 times faster with my eyeballs, I also can comprehend the information better and retain it better, I can go back and reread things, I can annotate, I can use my own inflections for the characters voices and control the pacing Etc
I find myself getting really distracted when I'm listening to audiobooks and I have to go back and re-listen often. I am actually quite envious of people who can listen to so many audiobooks.. I can only listen while I'm walking, driving, cleaning, doing art... doing something.. but if I'm sitting down, I'm going to physically read.
Going to the Library DOES support Authors!! Libraries have to purchase the books they put on the shelf. THey also pay a LICENSE to publishers/ authors for their ebook and audiobook. SO please don't have any negative feeling about going to the library. I buy trophy books myself but please know going to the library also supports the author.
I really appreciate the discussion and protection of people who don’t have easy access to books and the case for audiobook readers 🦋
Not gonna lie, I searched for this topic to hear some interesting and fun thoughs, but when I saw how gorgeous you are on the cover image, I HAD TO click on your video. 😍 It's just like how people love to collect pretty books. We all love aesthetics in our own ways, nothing wrong about that! (Your video was really interesting and fun, so I will sure come back to watch more!)
Listening to audiobooks at 1x speed ruins my experience bc the narrator talks so slowly it annoys me
I think they literally slow down audiobooks for the 1x speed. Like in how they make them. Faster just sounds better!!
I just don’t understand how ppl could think listening to an audio book isn’t reading…you’re still consuming the book??! lol
I could never read Manacled because I just can’t see Hermione and Draco together??? I was shocked to many people shipped them, it’s never once in my 28 years on this planet crossers my mind to do so. Though better to read that then hype up the books by Ms Transphobic (aka JK Rowling)
Audiobooks count as reading, and it's ableist to say otherwise, but saying people have bad listening comprehension if they can't listen to audiobooks as quickly as you do feels kind of ableist too. My brain's just slow. I understand just fine. Just slowly.
My least popular book opinions will always be, im not evil for dogearring my own books, and paperbacks over hardcovers (hardcovers are just so much more expensive, they never fit in my bags or purses, and theyre heavy and i have zero arm strength)
wait u don't have book age ratings?????? in russia (and many other countries ig) almost everything is rated. Like i remember that I wanted to buy a book that was 18+ due to monsters being beheaded there lol and the cashier didn't sell me that book because i was 16.......
i dont understand the new book sizes like the old 4.25”x6” size is perfect it can fit in almost any bag and fits in the hand so nicely! the new ones are so big, especially paperbacks like why do they all need to be like 7x9??
With the opinion about audiobooks not counting as reading which I very much disagree with, I’ve had people say that graphic novels/manga/comics are mostly pictures. I’ve had people say why don’t you finish the graphic novels I have piled up from library faster since it’s mostly pictures which isn’t true. There’s a good balance of words and artwork in graphic novels/manga/comics. I also have ADHD and I’m a mood reader so if I’m not in the mood I won’t read and I also have a hard time just sitting and reading. Like I can read books with artwork or told in a non-standard way like verse faster than a standard novel because it just keeps my attention longer since there’s a lot to look at, whereas with a novel that’s just words it becomes harder to sit and read for a long time unless I’m really invested which doesn’t happen all the time.
Gatekeeping the word reader is crazy. What do you get out of it? I know it can be important in very specific circumstances, but gatekeeping the title of reader just seems pathetic. lol
I have 300 books on my shelves and go to the library monthly for the past year 😭 I just really enjoy thrifting for books because you never know what you’ll find, it’s just different
it's not really a hot take, but if I had to have one, it would be surrounding relationship progression in romance books. The couple spends the whole book trying to get together and what not and then there's only 2 pages left to see them do ANYTHING together as a couple. Leave a little room for their relationship as a couple please authors 😭😭
*looks at my husbands 1000+ books* yeah he disagrees. Ok it might be a little less but last time he counted, 6 years ago it was 800.
i think the main reason why old books dominate the curriculum is cause, you’re meant to analyse them and those books have a lot of analytical literature behind them compared to newer books. i do think that newer books should be added to entice readers, and some new books deserve to join the ranks of literary classics, but let’s be real i doubt teachers and academics are paid enough to give a damn
On special editions: Listen, if I love a book and it gets rereleased with a pretty cover, assuming I can afford it at the time, I'm probably buying it. Also, I definitely own several of my favorites in different formats. Physical copy, audiobook, ebook. The only downside to audiobooks for me is Voice Choices sometimes. Like "oh, okay, that's the voice you chose for that character. Okay." It's incredibly subjective, mind you, and it's mostly with audiobooks I listened to after reading the physical book, and it's just a difference with what I imagined versus what the audiobook reader chose to do.
Oh my god! 1. Audiobooks count as reading! It’s so ableist and elitist to think otherwise, not to mention not only are you supporting an author but you’re supporting a voice actor or several voice actors. Some of these books are full PRODUCTIONS and they’re MAGICAL.
2. Explicit smut ruins a book, the point of reading a book or writing a book is leaving enough space for the readers brain to fill in the blanks. Sometimes we need detail to help sign post, but sometimes the author needs to step back and let the readers brain do some work!
So many people want books to be shorter! My fave book length is like 700-1000 pages haha. I love normal length too but honestly under 350 is too short for me
Personally,I like to read smutty books when the ovaries are about to pop the egg.😂
so many of these opinions piss me off bc it's literally just judging people for enjoying themselves lmao
Fr though, sometimes there is way too much going on in some of the smut books, or it’s just all smut when it’s a book pretending to have an actual plot. Looking at you, Sarah J Maas.
I also listen to audiobooks at 3x speed and I hate when people act like you can’t comprehend a book that fast… like I’m proof that you can, sooo???
Right!? Just because their brain is too slow doesn't mean ours aren't 😂
The way you threw persuasion on the couch made me cackle. You were really feeling enraged by that hot take
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I love long books, so that is the only point that I disagreed with you this whole video. Even then, I can see your point.
Some long books are okay but they test my attention span 😂
@@sarawithoutanH I just find myself wanting MORE from short books. But even then, only when I like them.
🦋 Audio books have allowed me to read so much more and often they're available on my Libby when the ebook isn't yet. It's like being read to -- who didn't love that as a kid?
🦋 About the whole "audiobooks are real reading" I agree EXCEPT when it comes to kids learning to read.
I think the reading comprehension skills from audiobooks (or hearing someone read aloud) are important for learning to read, but I wouldn't say an 8 year old who can only "read" audiobooks and not physical books can read. That child needs to be evaluated for learning/intellectual/eye disabilities and get extra help in school, because it's important for them to learn to read the "usual" way too. It IS disabling to not be able to read physical books, notes, letters, signs, and so on, whether it's caused by another disability or by educational neglect.
However, if we're talking about adults reading for fun/work/intellectual pursuits (which is typically the case with this debate), we're talking about reading as the ability to comprehend a narrative, analyse it, and draw own conclusions. That is a different task from simply decoding letters into words, and can be done just as well by eye or ear. So in that (most) case(s), audiobooks are real books.
There is nothing unhealthy about a large book collection. I'm going to die like the crazy lady in Fahrenheit 451, surrounded by books. Having goals is healthy dammit.
In regards to only reading established Classics in school, I agree wholeheartedly, and I even have one recommendation in particular: I think everybody should read the book Full Tilt by Neal Shusterman.
I think it just discourages people from reading! If reading in school was a mixture of both the classics and novels that they would find enjoyable and encourage them to read, I think a lot more people would read as a hobby.
I have to admit I like the pregnancy trope as well 😂
About the fragment of your video at around 5:00 - I don't agree with most of your opinions, but I really like listening to you. It's a fun thing to do. You seem like a really cool person. And I don't have to have similar opinions to yours to notice that ;)
your hair looks sooo cute in this video!!
You are so funny. I found your TH-cam earlier last year during one of the worst years of my life and you just crack me up! Appreciate. 🦋
Aw glad my videos could help! 💕💕
You were so real in this my God, you ate so bad and youre absolutely right about audiobooks obviously because some of us have trouble staying in a place for a long time and concentrating !!
As a trained bookseller and wannabe author I totally agree with pirating content, if you don’t have other means (very different if you just wanna be edgy). If it bothers an author so much they should change something about it in a positive constructive way.
I was just thinking the other day, "what if im not a reader because i only listen to audiobooks?"
Thank you. I feel so validated. Before audiobooks, i could only finish a book a year. Now with audiobooks im finishing 20-30. Idk what it is. If i dont listen to an audiobook and do something at the same time. It aint happening for me
🦋 I read a lot of non-classics for school. Some that I can remember are:
Imogen the Brave
Letters from the Inside
Paper Towns
Golden Boy
Jellicoe Road
The Code Book
American Gods
The God of Small Things
... but to be fair, I grew up in a non-English speaking country, so English was taught as a second language. We read classics (sometimes translated from English) in other classes. Eventually we read a few classics in English class too. I can remember reading Lord of the Flies, To Kill a Mockingbird, and Sense and Sensibility.
I'm 100 percent in agreement about the fluids! I'm a nurse and I've seen more than my share of bodily fluids. I don't want to read about them!
The Audiobooks take - Yaaaaas Sara, you tell them Queen!!! ❤❤❤ Audiobooks are reading.
Hey girl! Teacher in Australia here- we absolutely study Hunger Games and fantastic contemporary books at school! We also have a unit on a free choice (anything considered a modern classic… I’ve had kids analyse everything from Fight Club to Handmaid’s Tale). Hopefully you get a teacher who champions “banned books” and encourage kids to be critical. It’s not all dusty classics in my classrooms :)
I used to be able to read books in all thei forms, as phsical books, as harcovers, paperbacks, as ebooks on my phone, and then i discovered audiobooks. I swear, over the years something shifted in me. The tought of buying a physical book thet will take space in my house, gather dust, that i have to carry in my (small, very small) bag - it fills me with DREAD.
I LOVE audiobooks.
I give 4-5 stars to almost every book I read. Because I know which books I won’t like, so I don’t read them. Or I don't finish a book when I realize I wouldn't like it. I am a 35-year-old woman who has been reading since I was five. I know my taste, and I also value my time. I won't waste it on something I don't like. The only book I gave 1 star this year was the arc of a book by an author I've been following on TH-cam for over 4 years. I was interested to know what she wrote, and I forcibly finished the book, regretting every minute I spent on it.
The "audiobooks do not count" argument has always pissed me off. Some people quite literally can not read a physical book and the only way they can read is through audiobooks. Being that invested in the ways people read is some ableist bullshit.
So I'm dutch and for english I get to choose what to read from a list of authors and one of those authors is Sally Rooney who is alive (!!) and only 33 years old. For dutch books I get to choose from a huge list online and some of those books are 2023 releases. I still have to read some classics, but I get to read quite a few newer books as well which is great
The 200 book thing is so odd like as someone who has pared down most of my physical books to only ones that don't format well or are just completely unavailable in digital I still have around 100. I agree the "audiobooks aren't reading" comes from a crowd of semantics but then also like I do think a lot of people prob have audio processing issues and don't recognize it. Cause I personally cannot read an audiobook I do not process it but audio dramas are absolutely my jam. So fun.
As an aside you look s t u n n i n g and I looooove your hair!!!
if audiobooks don't count i'd be reading like 1 book a year😅
Same lol
I am also drinking while watching this video I feel like we would be the best drunk friends!!!!!!
Colleen Hoover fans might get mad at me for this, but I’m just gonna say it: people romanticize her books too much. Like girlie, what do you mean you want a man like Ben?
I love your look in this video! The hair, the make-up, the jewelry, so cute! 💕
Aw thank youuu 💕
To the classics thing, we have moved on a little! I can't speak for every school or every curriculum, but the kids I teach have read things like Percy Jackson or The Crossover in school. So it's definitely shifting (at least pre-high school)! I hope it keeps moving. Schools really need to analyze *why* they are teaching a book, and unless it has to do with the history of writing or a specific time period, there is a good chance the same lesson can be taught with more modern books.
I like dark romance because I’m a suburban mom who is in a perfect long term cookie cutter marriage. Sometimes I just want to read fuck up stuff 😂 9:01
I do most things for aesthetics, even when other people don’t find it aesthetically pleasing- I DOOOO
1) I actually find you to be one of the more balanced reviewers. But, who knows, it could be because we have similar opinions 😂
2) I tend to read physical simply because I am picky about narrators. Nothing gives me more ick than listening to someone reading a steamy scene to me LOL. But audiobooks are so valuable!
I absolutely agree with most of your opinions, except for long books. I personally love reading long books, but I also understand why people feel that way because there are SO many out there that really should have had more edited out, especially in indie or self pub books. They just need better editing!
Once in while a long book hits but when it's romance they gotta wrap it up 😂
YES I am firmly in the pro-bodice-ripper art covers for romance covers camp. The modern photoshopped models is just boring lol. And YES on rather having love interest who is kind or at least not a dick. I don't know if you're a Holmes girl at all, but having recently been watching the Granada Sherlock Holmes TV series, it puts into stark contrast how much more of a dick BBC's Sherlock (Cumberbatch) was. bleurgh.
Regarding consumerism and buying vs library and the physical state of the books, I'm a mix. The books I buy are usually the ones my library system doesn't carry, and I'm definitely more inclined to buy if the book is uncommon, out of print, or otherwise niche. And the majority of the ones I own I haven't read yet. It's kind of like building a wine collection. I buy local/independent sometimes, but mostly through Better World Books, so sometimes they come to you already worn.
You should start a podcast
enemies to lovers is a good time but there’s just something about friends to lovers 👌🏼😩
i was gonna comment to say the idea that audiobooks “don’t count” is ableist but you said it for me, slay
Some books can be longer than 350 pages. Romance? absolutely not. Why was "Things we never got over" almost 600 pages. for what reason
people who hate audiobooks are ridiculous, for most of history people were illiterate, they couldn't read at all, that doesn't mean they couldn't enjoy literature. there were places to go to listen to someone else read books, authors would come and read their books, and sometimes would memorize it and perform it in shows. So to think that people who have difficulty reading shouldn't be able to enjoy literacy in peace is crazy. Let people live.
I like it when they are proper or courteous with others (but mainly reserved) and just very loving and considerate (sometimes goofy depending on the genre I am reading) as opposed to the usual "my man is an absolute dick to everyone but me tehe"
Drunk Sara is so cute 🦋 (also, I'm currently binging the Veronica Speedwell books, so the emoji is fitting. A Beauty, as she calls them )
Looove Miss Veronica
i was so mad about book boxes making subscriber-first limited sales when fairyloot released the vampire academy books (which no one has talked about for YEARS) that i sent a little bit of a petty email to customer service over it. i was at work and unable to access it, and by the time i did it was SOLD OUT for general sale. resellers, count your days
I watch ALL, non music, YT videos at 1.5-1.75 speed. I couldn't imagine listening to an audiobook less than 2.5 speed!!!!
As a dyslexic thank you for your audiobook opinions. It makes me feel so validated you rock.
I am obsessed with how cute you look in this video…. WOW!!!! Also this video was so much fun!
girl i would love that fanfiction video, mostly because i'm too scared to read all the young dudes myself lmao
This hair is way too cute!💛 The little chain thingies are so Pixie Hollow/ Bratz Fashion Pixies (some of my favorite childhood content)
I get what they're saying about library access in different parts of the world BUT there are quite a few libraries that offer a digital card so you could for example use a us library card while not living there.
Oh, this one is SPICY.
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My school read the hunger games in 7th grade and it was my favorite school read ever
Great video! Very entertaining! The no book over 350 pages thing I definitely agree with. Have you read Karen Rose? She writes romantic suspense and a lot of her books clock in at over 500 pages, and half of it is just her catching you up on what's happened to characters from previous books, which has nothing to do with the current plot. I liked her stuff at first, but with characters from 20 plus books all popping up, it's just ridiculous and confusing. Though, to be honest, I've enjoyed plenty of books over 400 pages.