I think a lot of ppl forget that some of these book creators read full-time!! Like they get paid to read all day every day so they’re able to read 20+ books a month but that’s just not the case for the majority of ppl. Loved the video ❤
No cuz they often stay at home WHOLE WEEK doing “changing my screen time to reading one” for week straight and they don’t go to any job maybe get break to go get something to eat. Most people can’t stay home whole week to just read we have to make money to read / study to get good job to buy books 🤭
Thank you for this video! This is an important topic I think more people should be aware of, especially those that find that the pressure to read a ton of books makes reading less enjoyable for them.
i have adhd and one thing i've noticed is that i tend to space out during descriptions (i read way too fast for my own brain sometimes) and sometimes i completely miss important details about characters, or ambiance and whenever i see someone else mentioning these things, i get very confused, like.. what did i miss??? for people who tend to space out and miss important things on books (because of adhd or not), i strongly recommend trying slow reading. i've come to realize i enjoy so much more of the story if i do it that way! great video!
Oh I struggle with this too, it’s definitely an adhd thing!! I would recommend fiddling with something in one hand (usually helps me concentrate) or listening to an audiobook. I noticed certain genres I cannot read physically and I have to listen to the audio otherwise I will read the same page 10 times and it will take me a year to finish a novel. Other than that slow reading is defiantly a great option!
@@speshuul2 yessss, thats so true! listening to audiobooks while reading physical books is great for me as well, especially if i’m reading high fantasy or sci-fi. i’m starting to do the fiddling with things too, is very helpful
Also an important point that I missed here: Some people have a regular, every day job. From morning to evening and maybe even a family. That also cuts down a lot of time in which one is able to read. And - personal experience now - sometimes when I come home at 8pm after having worked till 7pm I just don't want to read anymore or take care of other hobbies too - because yes... some people have more than one hobby. Of course I can't finish 38 books a month then. Nor 5. I am lucky if I can finish 2 in a month, but mostly it is 1 - depending on all the other points you listed. Not even during my school and college time was I able to finish 38 books in a month... and I was the fastest reader in class. But yes: People have nonbook-related-hobbies, jobs and families!!! 👏 P.S: One moment later you said this... Sorry 😩
I love reading but, as a non-English native speaker with ADHD, it's always a struggle. Thank you for this super interesting deep dive which brings up a lot of great points and tips.
Thank you! I often feel very self-conscious being a slow reader. This video definitely alleviated that consciousness. I actually did notice among my fast reading friends I was able to remember whole descriptions and whole chapters they had completely forgotten about.
11:13 Exactly this! I‘m a pretty fast reader (like during one week of vacation in Italy I manage about 3-4 books in english, which isn’t even my native language), but since I started university in October, I‘ve only read four books. Like, I study physics and that shit‘s tough. Sometimes I don’t even have the mental energy to watch a show, much less read, and just end up scrolling on social media for a bit.
i got into reading again a few years ago and my goal this year was to read more books. last year i read about 10 books and this year about 70 which was shocking for me because i’ve never read this many books. i enjoy reading a lot and i want to read so many books but i’ve noticed that it always feels like i have to read many books to be considered a reader or to “fit in”.. i don’t use tiktok anymore so the pressure of that is away but i notice how jealous i get on goodreads while looking at the reading challenges of others
I always subvocalize in real time when reading dialogue, and the older and more patient I get, the more I subvocalize everything else too. (It also helps catch typos and other errors, and you can sometimes tell that editors don’t do it because they don’t have time!)
this was a super interesting video! i was looking into the topic because i've observed that i can usually breeze through 100-ish pages of an average book in an hour or so, but others online have said they might only be able to read 20 pages or less in that time. on a purely anecdotal note, i think the culprits are probably subvocalization and lack of peripheral reading. i was an early reader and was never formally instructed on /how/ to read, so i just did what felt natural. there is no voice in my head as i read and i don't focus my eyes on singular words, i usually scan clauses/sentences at a time and put the idea together. works like a charm-the concept of what is being expressed just appears in my head and is comprehended without much extra work.
I really love your videos! They've been popping up on my feed quite a bit this past month. Your topics are so interesting! And your voice is relaxing to listen to. Thanks for all of the work you put into them! I've accepted that I can only manage 2 physical books a year 🙈 I just get too distracted to sit still and read. Audiobooks are quick and easy, though- I go through tons via my local library's Libby catalog 🥰 (Cheers to public resources lol 🎉)
I feel like another reason why people read ebooks faster is that the text format is more customizable. I don't have a kindle so I don't know how it is for that, but for different apps (I use Libby) and epub documents, you can make the text easier for your eyes by changing the font, the size of the font and even the spacing between individual letters, words and the lines. Physical books are inconsistent with these things and have different fonts and sizes that you have to get used to whenever you start a new book. Great video!
Great video! Maybe even the best I’ve seen on the subject. Well done! Liked, subbed, looking forward to more videos from you. And if I may add, love your setup. Nice touch with the candles and great quality of the video overall. Jumping frames are a bit distracting for ADHD brain, though.
uhh sorry for that, i appreciate you pointing that out, will try to do better next time, still new to this editing stuff 😂 thank u for your kind words! 🫶🏻
I also think a lot of people don't take the amount of pages per book into account. If I read 10 books with 400 pages, it's the same as reading 20 books with 200 pages? Why compare the number of read books then? But I will say, personally I don't DNF any book, and I only read a maximum of 3 different fiction books at the same time, mostly only 2 (one audio, one ebook). In 2017 I had around 10 unfinished books on my kindle, and that made me feel like a failure because I felt I couldn't finish anything. I made a conscious (and successful) effort to finish all of them in that year, and since then let it get out of hand again. But like I said, that's just my personal preference.
it’s hard for me to DNF for those exact reasons too but i’m personally trying to work on that, since sometimes it really makes more sense to dnf and move on 🫠
For fiction : sub vocalisation helps me really enjoy the prose and rhythm of the words, which is why Gothic horror really hits the spot! Edit: with mysteries and thrillers like you said! I do tend to guess the twists early on! Slow reading does have its perks!
Thank you for sharing your insight! It is such an important subject. I am a slow reader, it doesn’t matter of the genre. I love to remember the story and the emotions I felt while reading. I only read the genres that I have genuine interest in such romance, contemporary, self-help, christian books and at times biographies. Also, reading in French vs English can affect my reading speed. Overall, read for entertainment, education etc at your own pace is the key for a beautiful reading experience. The rest is not important.
I have read more books since I got my kindle. But, I read a physical book faster and I put my kindle down a lot more? I have no idea why I am this way 😂
No but honestly. A lot of these people have kids to take care of, jobs and are college students. How on earth do they find the time to read so much? 🤦🏾♀️
If reading is no longer enjoyable why read? I wonder how many of these booktubers are actually enjoying what they are reading? Just reading stacks of books to "produce content" is not actual reading. It is a job. BTW "Crime & Punishment" is excellent.
I barely read a book a month, read 6 books this year, I could care less what others think…. I read and that’s that
that’s the attitude 🫶🏻
I think a lot of ppl forget that some of these book creators read full-time!! Like they get paid to read all day every day so they’re able to read 20+ books a month but that’s just not the case for the majority of ppl. Loved the video ❤
exactly! and thank u so much for watching 🫶🏻
No cuz they often stay at home WHOLE WEEK doing “changing my screen time to reading one” for week straight and they don’t go to any job maybe get break to go get something to eat. Most people can’t stay home whole week to just read we have to make money to read / study to get good job to buy books 🤭
Also some of the booktubers are English lit students and they have to read a lot of books too.
Thank you for this video! This is an important topic I think more people should be aware of, especially those that find that the pressure to read a ton of books makes reading less enjoyable for them.
thank u, i’m glad you enjoyed it ✨ had a lot of fun making it too
i have adhd and one thing i've noticed is that i tend to space out during descriptions (i read way too fast for my own brain sometimes) and sometimes i completely miss important details about characters, or ambiance and whenever i see someone else mentioning these things, i get very confused, like.. what did i miss??? for people who tend to space out and miss important things on books (because of adhd or not), i strongly recommend trying slow reading. i've come to realize i enjoy so much more of the story if i do it that way! great video!
thank you for sharing 🫶🏻✨
Oh I struggle with this too, it’s definitely an adhd thing!! I would recommend fiddling with something in one hand (usually helps me concentrate) or listening to an audiobook. I noticed certain genres I cannot read physically and I have to listen to the audio otherwise I will read the same page 10 times and it will take me a year to finish a novel. Other than that slow reading is defiantly a great option!
@@speshuul2 yessss, thats so true! listening to audiobooks while reading physical books is great for me as well, especially if i’m reading high fantasy or sci-fi. i’m starting to do the fiddling with things too, is very helpful
9:10 It's the complete opposite for me! I finish books much faster if it's a physical book rather than a kindle book.
hmm thats so interesting
Also an important point that I missed here: Some people have a regular, every day job. From morning to evening and maybe even a family. That also cuts down a lot of time in which one is able to read. And - personal experience now - sometimes when I come home at 8pm after having worked till 7pm I just don't want to read anymore or take care of other hobbies too - because yes... some people have more than one hobby.
Of course I can't finish 38 books a month then. Nor 5. I am lucky if I can finish 2 in a month, but mostly it is 1 - depending on all the other points you listed.
Not even during my school and college time was I able to finish 38 books in a month... and I was the fastest reader in class.
But yes: People have nonbook-related-hobbies, jobs and families!!! 👏
P.S: One moment later you said this... Sorry 😩
I have seen some booktubers explaining that they listen to audio books at X3 speed 😂
It's really funny in my head trying to mimic that sound
i sometimes have a hard time focusing on an audiobook even on regular speed, idk how they are doing it 😆😆
I love reading but, as a non-English native speaker with ADHD, it's always a struggle. Thank you for this super interesting deep dive which brings up a lot of great points and tips.
thank u for watching! 🫶🏻✨
Thank you! I often feel very self-conscious being a slow reader. This video definitely alleviated that consciousness. I actually did notice among my fast reading friends I was able to remember whole descriptions and whole chapters they had completely forgotten about.
11:13 Exactly this! I‘m a pretty fast reader (like during one week of vacation in Italy I manage about 3-4 books in english, which isn’t even my native language), but since I started university in October, I‘ve only read four books. Like, I study physics and that shit‘s tough. Sometimes I don’t even have the mental energy to watch a show, much less read, and just end up scrolling on social media for a bit.
100000% i had 0 reading done when i was at uni 😭😭
i got into reading again a few years ago and my goal this year was to read more books. last year i read about 10 books and this year about 70 which was shocking for me because i’ve never read this many books. i enjoy reading a lot and i want to read so many books but i’ve noticed that it always feels like i have to read many books to be considered a reader or to “fit in”.. i don’t use tiktok anymore so the pressure of that is away but i notice how jealous i get on goodreads while looking at the reading challenges of others
I always subvocalize in real time when reading dialogue, and the older and more patient I get, the more I subvocalize everything else too. (It also helps catch typos and other errors, and you can sometimes tell that editors don’t do it because they don’t have time!)
this was a super interesting video! i was looking into the topic because i've observed that i can usually breeze through 100-ish pages of an average book in an hour or so, but others online have said they might only be able to read 20 pages or less in that time. on a purely anecdotal note, i think the culprits are probably subvocalization and lack of peripheral reading. i was an early reader and was never formally instructed on /how/ to read, so i just did what felt natural. there is no voice in my head as i read and i don't focus my eyes on singular words, i usually scan clauses/sentences at a time and put the idea together. works like a charm-the concept of what is being expressed just appears in my head and is comprehended without much extra work.
that sounds so fascinating to me, i’m trying to work my way up to that way of reading as well
I really love your videos! They've been popping up on my feed quite a bit this past month. Your topics are so interesting! And your voice is relaxing to listen to. Thanks for all of the work you put into them!
I've accepted that I can only manage 2 physical books a year 🙈 I just get too distracted to sit still and read. Audiobooks are quick and easy, though- I go through tons via my local library's Libby catalog 🥰 (Cheers to public resources lol 🎉)
thank u so much for watching! ☺️☺️
i ve been getting into audiobooks this year too and i love them! 😍
@rayareadzzzz They're so great and easy to get into! Listening to audiobooks actually got me back into reading after so long. I love them!
For me im gonna do me and read what inspires me and surprises me ❤
I feel like another reason why people read ebooks faster is that the text format is more customizable. I don't have a kindle so I don't know how it is for that, but for different apps (I use Libby) and epub documents, you can make the text easier for your eyes by changing the font, the size of the font and even the spacing between individual letters, words and the lines. Physical books are inconsistent with these things and have different fonts and sizes that you have to get used to whenever you start a new book. Great video!
that’s true, as i’m practically blind lol smaller fonts in books drive me insane 😂
thanks for watching! 🫶🏻🫶🏻
I love to read and this video makes me feel better about how slow i can be and how little time i have for it ❤ uni keeps throwing the punches lol
it took me almost a month to finish crooked kingdom bc i just wasn't ready to part with the characters 😭😭😭
i get like that too, it’s the best & the worst feeling at the same time hahha
Great video! Maybe even the best I’ve seen on the subject. Well done! Liked, subbed, looking forward to more videos from you.
And if I may add, love your setup. Nice touch with the candles and great quality of the video overall. Jumping frames are a bit distracting for ADHD brain, though.
uhh sorry for that, i appreciate you pointing that out, will try to do better next time, still new to this editing stuff 😂 thank u for your kind words! 🫶🏻
I also think a lot of people don't take the amount of pages per book into account. If I read 10 books with 400 pages, it's the same as reading 20 books with 200 pages? Why compare the number of read books then?
But I will say, personally I don't DNF any book, and I only read a maximum of 3 different fiction books at the same time, mostly only 2 (one audio, one ebook). In 2017 I had around 10 unfinished books on my kindle, and that made me feel like a failure because I felt I couldn't finish anything. I made a conscious (and successful) effort to finish all of them in that year, and since then let it get out of hand again. But like I said, that's just my personal preference.
it’s hard for me to DNF for those exact reasons too but i’m personally trying to work on that, since sometimes it really makes more sense to dnf and move on 🫠
For fiction : sub vocalisation helps me really enjoy the prose and rhythm of the words, which is why Gothic horror really hits the spot!
Edit: with mysteries and thrillers like you said! I do tend to guess the twists early on! Slow reading does have its perks!
Thank you for sharing your insight! It is such an important subject. I am a slow reader, it doesn’t matter of the genre. I love to remember the story and the emotions I felt while reading. I only read the genres that I have genuine interest in such romance, contemporary, self-help, christian books and at times biographies. Also, reading in French vs English can affect my reading speed. Overall, read for entertainment, education etc at your own pace is the key for a beautiful reading experience. The rest is not important.
thank you for sharing ❤️❤️
@@rayareadzzzz Thank you for speaking on this matter. I used to feel inadequate because of the points you brought up in your videos.
Excellent video!
thank you 🫶🏻🫶🏻
I called out a booktuber that claimed that she read Throne of glass in 2 hours.
jeeez
I have read more books since I got my kindle. But, I read a physical book faster and I put my kindle down a lot more? I have no idea why I am this way 😂
So competitive fr 😅😅
Some people thrive on challenge, others don’t. It’s not that deep
where these people coming from? I can't even complete one book in a month lol.
hahahahah, i totally get it, there were times in my life when life got in the way so much that even starting a book was an achievement for me 🤠
I doesn’t matter how fast u read a book as long as you r reading
@@christinasaddington113 1000000%
No but honestly. A lot of these people have kids to take care of, jobs and are college students. How on earth do they find the time to read so much? 🤦🏾♀️
If reading is no longer enjoyable why read? I wonder how many of these booktubers are actually enjoying what they are reading? Just reading stacks of books to "produce content" is not actual reading. It is a job. BTW "Crime & Punishment" is excellent.
How does one read so much in a month? Do they savour the books?