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  • @Curious-Cat
    @Curious-Cat 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    I just find it so funny how we can be so similar on some things and so different on others ^^
    On that "peeking to the right side page" thing you mentioned, I remember Neil Gaiman I believe talking about the Sandman comics and how you have to think so much about what is on the right-side page in a comic book because that can make or break the tension, a twist, a surprise - you want that on the left-side page so the reader discovers it when turning the page, not if accidentally peeking ahead! I had never considered it before!

    • @ellenmadebookclub
      @ellenmadebookclub  3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@Curious-Cat Haha I know, same! 😂 They are so ridiculous things as well, and yet so so important and particular!
      Exactly! It’s spoiling itself!!! Neil Gaiman knows what’s up! 😄 I wish everyone in publishing thought like that!

  • @BookChatWithPat8668
    @BookChatWithPat8668 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Delightful responses to this tag! I really enjoyed hearing your answers. This was a fun one!

    • @ellenmadebookclub
      @ellenmadebookclub  3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      @@BookChatWithPat8668 Thank you Pat! I find it so funny to place such importance on such unimportant things! 😊

  • @books_and_bocadillos
    @books_and_bocadillos 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    I watched your video while laying on my hammock and the images of reading by the lake made me feel transported to a different place. It's a fun tag... thank you for tagging me. ☺️

    • @ellenmadebookclub
      @ellenmadebookclub  3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      @@books_and_bocadillos That sounds heavenly! I’m glad I could add to the experience! Look out for the next vlog ^^ And I look forward to hearing your answers to this one! 😊

  • @LibrariesandLattes
    @LibrariesandLattes 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Piranesi making another appearance! 😂👏 I also take notes on my phone while reading! I do that instead of dog-earing or annotating, although I would be open to re-reading a book and annotating it. But those are good perspectives about annotating that I haven’t thought about! Totally agree about background noise, I can’t have words or anything too distracting because I’m also very sensitive to most things, haha. And also as a musician I tend to focus too much on the music instead of reading! I often have the same thought about DNF as a verb 😂 There’s a girl in my book club who always reads the end of a book before starting it and I’m always shocked to hear that!! And I have taken a book from a LFL without having one to take back but I always feel guilty and take one back later haha

    • @ellenmadebookclub
      @ellenmadebookclub  3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@LibrariesandLattes He might pop up in every video from now on, like a mascot 😂
      I don’t usually dog-ear, because I feel similar to annotations, if I reread I don’t want to know that that page has some significance… but I couldn’t help myself with Piranesi, I was so confused, it was like mapping out clues! Like putting down those yellow numbered plates that they use for evidence at a crime scene on tv ^^
      It is hard being a sensitive soul 😂 It takes a very special mood for me to be able to sort out and enjoy background noise, if I’m not in that mood everything just annoys me! I can imagine it being very distracting as a musician as well! It’s like hearing another language that you know. (Reading at a cafe abroad where you don’t know the language is obviously the best, unless the people are loud 😂)
      Haha don’t feel bad about taking a book! You brought one back! 😄 The books are there to be taken and read, imagine how sad they would be if no one picked them 😊
      And I’m glad I’m not the only one thinking DNF as a verb is weird! I know it’s for short, and I use it myself, and I sound so stuck up in the video haha but I find it so silly sometimes that we as people feel shame about one word (quit) and so we just invent a new term for the exact same thing, and then it’s all better! 😄 It’s not that serious or anything, I just find it funny.
      Omg what is that girl in your group doing??? Why??? I mean, whatever works for her but… why??? 😂 Noo!

  • @BonnieNicoleWrites
    @BonnieNicoleWrites 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    I internally died a little when you rolled the book back for demonstration. 🤣 I love what you said about annotating that even if you read it a second time yourself, you want to be able to make your mind up yourself again. I feel similarly. On very rare occasions, I'll annotate, but I find that when I do, I either never return to the notes or if I do I'm like.....that was a really random part to note and why did I make that note? 😂
    Using DNF as a verb makes me feel funny just about every time I stop and think about it. It's so funny how it's used in different ways!
    Ahhh I do the same thing about glancing over to the next page on accident! I get so upset at myself when I do that! Yesterday I was reading and my eyes almost jumped over and I had to give myself a pep talk. "Do NOT look over there!!!" 🤣
    Thanks for the tag!!

    • @ellenmadebookclub
      @ellenmadebookclub  3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Haha I know, rolling is so wrong! It makes my soul hurt 😂 Exactly, I don't think I've ever come across a note I made that I was impressed by or even understood haha! It might feel good in the moment, but I would rather have a separate reading journal for longer thoughts and reflections. I also feel like that's more relevant, similar to morning pages, just taking notes of your own reflections, rather than taking notes on a book. I'm not reading to study.
      I'm glad I'm not the only one haha! I use DNF as well, but sometimes it's almost absurd how much it's used. It's obviously not a big deal at all, I just find it funny and like... there are other words..? ^^
      Haha I recently had to negotiate with my eyes too haha! It's so annoying!!! Apparently (Cat mentioned) people think about that in comics, but they really should in novels too in my opinion. At least for the standout-y things.
      I look forward to hearing (the rest of) your answers to this tag! It's a fun one 😁

  • @bethmetcalf3447
    @bethmetcalf3447 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    I take DNF as did not finish not do not finish. It’s funny how people see things differently 😀

    • @ellenmadebookclub
      @ellenmadebookclub  3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      @@bethmetcalf3447 Absolutely, me too! It’s just that people use it as a result or as a verb, or both! And that’s the part I find funny 😊 Thank you for watching and sharing your thoughts!

  • @RDsLibrary
    @RDsLibrary 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    We have a lot of similar answers, particularly about annotating and reading multiple books. I've never dog-eared, though :) The picture I have in my head of reading in the bath has never matched the reality, so I don't bother any more. I don't mind DNF as a verb (if 'google' is a verb, then fair enough), and I do so if a story doesn't grab me or I'm not feeling it. That said, I sometimes return to these books and end up liking them because reading can be very mood dependent. That's an interesting observation about skipping. I'm sometimes tempted in a tense thriller, but just about manage to restrain myself. I've never seen a LFL but envisaged a 1 to 1 exchange, though I really like your take about making books available to people who might not usually have them.

    • @ellenmadebookclub
      @ellenmadebookclub  3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      I don't usually dog-ear that much either, but for Piranesi I needed to mark down the evidence somehow! 😂 But otherwise, I feel like that also is a bit of a giveaway for a reread. I just noticed there are a couple of dog-ears in a book I thrifted, and that annoys me a little because I don't want any heads up about anything! Never said I was logical about any of this! 😂
      Yes, expectation vs reality on the bath can be very disappointing! I'm not going to give up though! One day I will have the perfect bathroom for reading and the perfect setup for maximum comfort and convenience!
      I don't mind DNF as a verb either, I just think it's funny because there's already a verb in there, so there's like a double layer of verbs. Google is just a noun that has been turned into a verb, because "search on Google" is too long, and there wasn't another word that meant that already. But DNF is an abbreviation for a verb in the past tense, and a negated one at that! (I'm trying my best with the terminology here haha) It's basically short for "marked as DNF", but it's being used where other words could be used instead, like quit or put to the side or left it for now. But I think there's shame attached to "quitting", so DNF sounds a bit less shameful. And then people still want to debate whether it's "allowed" or not 😂 I'm really not very serious about it, I just find words and language and how it's used socially is interesting!
      I think I might have skipped sometimes when I was very young and wanted to make sure that a character survived a scary scene, so that I could relax a little bit! But now I feel like the tension is exactly what you want in a thriller! Unless of course it's way too tense, then I could understand the need to ease your mind a bit :)
      Yes, it's supposed to be 1-1 exchange, but it would mean that you had to always have a book with you and that just seems very unpractical. So 1-1 but with some flexibility in time, is what I'm saying is fine.

  • @awebofstories
    @awebofstories 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Thank you for doing the tag!

    • @ellenmadebookclub
      @ellenmadebookclub  3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Thank you for creating it, it was a lot of fun! 😄
      My "DNF critique" is of course not directed at you btw, it's just an observation about booktube lingo in general that I find funny! And I use it too ^^

  • @love.lauren...
    @love.lauren... 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    This is possibly the cutest and most fun video ever!!! I absolutely love your visceral answer to 'DNF'ing books (yes it's so strange that it's a verb!! but now it's cemented in my vocabulary lol), like truly you ABANDON books and i don't even feel bad about it because life is too short to push through something you're not enjoying when there are so many amazing books out there that you could be discovering!!
    Also I feel so called out by the sneaking a peek at the next page part, like I can't stop myself sometimes!!! I love this video so much
    😭🥰

    • @ellenmadebookclub
      @ellenmadebookclub  2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      @@love.lauren... Haha thank you so much, that made my day 🥰 It’s cemented into my brain too! I never said I wasn’t hypocritical 😁 I just wish it was as fine to say ABANDON just imagine how much more fun booktube would be if people said that! Life is definitely too short!
      How do you feel when you peak then? Are you mad or glad? ^^

    • @love.lauren...
      @love.lauren... 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      @ellenmadebookclub it would be so much fun!! I might have to just start saying it because it feels so powerful hahaha!
      it honestly depends, I'm usually GLAD because I get stressed out with the anticipation sometimes so if I'm reading a manga I'll flip forward a few pages just to see WHEN they address the thing that has suspense so that I know how long to wait kind of? since its mainly graphics and pictures i can get the gist of a scene without actually reading what is said so i dont feel spoiled!
      and with novels I like to have a peek and it is really hit or miss, sometimes I get so mad at myself if I see something I shouldn't too soon, but sometimes I feel like I'm in on a secret and it builds the anticipation so it can mane me very glad or VERY mad 😛

    • @ellenmadebookclub
      @ellenmadebookclub  2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      @@love.lauren...I had to go back and check our convo about this and I seem to have completely missed your response. Sorry about that!
      I get the mad or glad though. That’s the risk you’re taking! I live for the suspense though. I’m not in suspense often enough at all in books so if I get it I’m gonna savor it! 😂 Is that even how savor is spelled? That looks wrong. Anyway, you get my point 😂

  • @AaronReadABook
    @AaronReadABook 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    I saw a guy on tiktok who rolls books over and then ties it up with an elastic band instead of a bookmark 😬 I've never thought how weird it is that we use DNF as a verb 😂 Thanks for tagging me!

    • @ellenmadebookclub
      @ellenmadebookclub  3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Haha what nooooo he did not!!!!!! That killed a little tiny bit of my soul 😆 Haha well it is weird! Sometimes it works, and sometimes it's just plain weird! But then I like a bit of weird, so I guess it's fine! I look forward to hearing you answers for this one ^^

  • @helenclare3250
    @helenclare3250 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Interesting. I don't read in the bathroom either! I agree with you on DNF in principle but I find it incredibly hard to do. Unless it is totally offensive, I plough through to the (bitter) end. Great answers and tag.

    • @ellenmadebookclub
      @ellenmadebookclub  3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      I find it hard to DNF sometimes too! It depends on the book for me, if it's one that I want to have an opinion on or if it's just some random book I took a chance on and didn't like. I'm trying to be more mindful of it at least, so that I make a conscious decision, and not just power through because I'm "supposed to".

    • @helenclare3250
      @helenclare3250 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      @@ellenmadebookclub Very true. We all know life is short and we shouldn't waste time but I really have to finish. At least I'm not like a friend of mine who has to finish a series - even if they don't love it. Now that is crazy to me! I can abandon a series but not a book I've started. We are all different!

    • @ellenmadebookclub
      @ellenmadebookclub  3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      @@helenclare3250 Absolutely, we're all different - and slightly crazy in someone's eyes! 😄 I guess you just have to pick good books to read!

  • @goodmornindreamer
    @goodmornindreamer 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Loved getting to hear your answers for this. 🥰 I try my hardest to not break the spine of a book, but some books are almost impossible to not do this with

    • @ellenmadebookclub
      @ellenmadebookclub  3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      @@goodmornindreamer Thank you 😊 Consider yourself tagged if you want to do it as well! I can’t be bothered to try, the way I see it the book is there for my enjoyment, not the other way around, so if they put text aaall the way in the middle and I need to break the spine (sounds so brutal!) to read it, I’m gonna! And I’m not gonna feel bad about it either 😄

    • @goodmornindreamer
      @goodmornindreamer 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      @@ellenmadebookclub thank you! Cat already tagged me as well, I just need to find the time to film it 🥰
      hahaha totally understand, I feel this especially with the smaller and thinker paperback books

    • @ellenmadebookclub
      @ellenmadebookclub  3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      @@goodmornindreamer Right, then it's on your list already 😊 Yes exactly!

  • @itsmimiduong
    @itsmimiduong 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Lots of surprises in this video! Hearing all the other people's tag response and comparing it with myself, and then hearing you! I'M TEAM BATHROOM 💀 That's probably not good for body wise. Though I'm the opposite where I prefer annotation marks over water or coffee stains. Though I'm pretty loose with how worn out the book is with marks and whatnot. Personally don't mind either or but definitely prefer annotation more. I'm also someone who reads the end of the book 😂That's actually how I used to choose books from the library + the bookstore. Mainly because I love good endings.

    • @ellenmadebookclub
      @ellenmadebookclub  3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Hahaha 👏👏👏 We don't all have to feel the same about any of it! You can read in the bathroom all you want, just don't bring my books in there 😂
      I actually sometimes like it if there's a bit of coffee or wine or the paper bubbles up a little from water. It looks like art to me, it's something that would be in a movie. I just think it adds character and reality to the book. Just for my own books though, and I don't think I would like it in any book, but if it's just a paperback that I read for fun, then that's fine by me!
      I will never understand reading the end first haha! It ruins the whole experience for me! I don't need the ending to be a particular way, I want the reading experience to be enjoyable, meaning tense and mysterious and can't wait to find out what's going to happen. I hate when people say in reviews and things that the ending is good! Say satisfying, or "I liked it", that's fine, but don't tell me how it turns out! 😂
      I'm glad we're different though! It makes it all a lot more fun!

    • @itsmimiduong
      @itsmimiduong 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      @@ellenmadebookclub It is!! I love that we're different but I still enjoy the content nonetheless. Though that's a good thing to keep in mind for when I read your book club picks 😅 Sometimes my brain just rambles and doesn't truly recognize spoilers.
      I think it's the same idea with surprises maybe? Some people love surprises... but I hate them with my soul 💀So maybe that's why I do the same with books. I CAN'T BE HEARTBROKEN OR CRY IF I KNOW WHAT'LL HAPPEN. Maybe that's also why I don't get too emotional in books 🤔Always lots of thoughts when talking to you! Might be the answer to why I haven't truly cried from a book yet!

    • @ellenmadebookclub
      @ellenmadebookclub  3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      @@itsmimiduong Haha I know! And I also know that your intentions are never bad. Spoilers happen, it's not the end of the world. And I promise I will let you know when they fall out! 😊
      Yeah, you might be right about that! I'm not surprised that often so I don't have a strong feeling about them, but my gut feeling is positive. But what about when you read it for the first time? Like if you skip ahead and find out something, aren't you sad then? Or aren't you invested enough at that point to be sad about it? I think it's a very reasonable thing to do to protect yourself and your emotions. Emotions are hard ^^ I cry all the time though, most recently today finishing A man called Ove.

    • @itsmimiduong
      @itsmimiduong 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      @@ellenmadebookclub OOHHH, I can't wait for A Man Called Ove then. I have it on my TBR.... maybe I'll feel the same emotions 🥹
      I don't know... I just like knowing the ending. Eg. "OH WHAT JUST HAPPENED??? HOW DID THAT HAPPEN?" and then I go binge the series because I need to know how we got from point A to point B 😂It doesn't feel like a spoil for me but more of a "how did we get there???"

    • @ellenmadebookclub
      @ellenmadebookclub  3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      @@itsmimiduong I think A man called Ove is set up that way already, we get to see from the start what he wants to do and then there are chapters throughout looking back, to explain how that he got there. My challenge to you is to read it without spoilers 😉 It’s sad but also beautiful and heartwarming, I think you can handle it! 😊

  • @Maeve_Ever_Books
    @Maeve_Ever_Books 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Loved hearing your answers!! 💕

    • @ellenmadebookclub
      @ellenmadebookclub  3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      I'm glad you enjoyed! ^^ Consider yourself tagged as well if you haven't done this one already!

    • @Maeve_Ever_Books
      @Maeve_Ever_Books 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      @@ellenmadebookclub I just posted mine last week. I definitely do some things you don’t. 🫣 One of those I’m changing cause I never thought about it and now I can’t un-think it. 🤣

    • @ellenmadebookclub
      @ellenmadebookclub  3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      @@Maeve_Ever_Books Just watched yours! Is it the particles? 😂

    • @Maeve_Ever_Books
      @Maeve_Ever_Books 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      @@ellenmadebookclub Yep!! Exactly that. 🤢

    • @ellenmadebookclub
      @ellenmadebookclub  3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      @@Maeve_Ever_Books Sorry, and you're welcome! 😁