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"I'm weird, what do you expect?" That's a perfect line that sums me up.
Catherine Benson he said it as soon as I read this
Yep same
STANDALONES ARE LIKE THE WORST AND BEST.
This is so relatable
Your bookshelf is the most beautiful I've ever seen
Im really bad with mental character obsession. I make up characters in my head, and then if I'm not happy with them, i try to change my mental image... but it doesn't work very well.... or I get annoyed if I don't have a clear mental image of a character. OR if I see an actor or actress as the character and i don't like that actor or actress... but i can't stop thinking of them as the character. thats happened to me before too. I just get weirdly obsessive about that sometimes... i have always wondered if I'm alone on this. haha
No, you are not alone with this problem. I can't finish a book if I'm not able to get a clear mental picture of (or not feeling a connection to) at least the main character. Also I hate it if I'm unable to envison the world a story is taking place in. It's like trying to board an airplane to an amazing holyday destination and not having your ticket (if that makes any sense to you?) And actors or actresses in book to movie adaptations, who do not look anything like the picture in my head are the worst!
Carah Amelie THIS. And the actress for Cassie in the 5th Wave ruined my image of her
Kaorisity I hate it when you have a mental image of the character and the actor that plays them in their movie COMPLETELY ruins it. My mental image of Sirius Black from Harry Potter was more like Snape....
EXACTLY, ITS SO ANNOYING BUT I OBSESS OVER IT ALLLL THE TIME
Carah Amelie omg ahh this is sooo my problem. Literally made me not like ginny weasley as much as I should
IM EXACTLY THE OPPOSITE HAHA I read so quickly usually in 1 or 2 sittings bc i HAVE TO KNOW WHAT HAPPENS then im mad at myself for not reading slower! ESPECIALLY w series tho!! i cannot leave a world until i know every single detail of every last book in it!! I stretched out lord of shadows to 5 days tho which absolutely never happens 🤣
freeleigh haha. For books it's either I stretch it out or I read It super quick.
freeleigh I marathon series too and I prefer to read in one sitting. BUT IT'S NOT ALWAYS A GOOD THING. For example, when I'm reading in the evening/at night (as always basically) I feel like I wanna finish a book, and it ends up with me putting an all nighter. AND THE NEXT DAY FOR EXAMPLE I GO ON A TRIP IN THE MORNING. And guess what I do the next day?
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Yes, you guessed right. The cycle starts over and over again. I felt this lack of sleep when I was at my grandma's house last week. I finished three books on these four days, and slept... Not a whole lot. I kinda regret that
Isabelle_ Depending on how quickly i zip thru books i usually have to read them again bc i missed so many details the first time! (i say that as if i wouldnt re-read it anyways 🤣) Or like for series i cant separate the details of each book bc the second i finished 1 i immediately picked up the next one haha
freeleigh hah me too. I always need to reread books after because I get so excited the first time and miss a lot of detail or I forget it a lot easier
freeleigh teach me how you do it, master
The #1 thing that makes me a bad reader is finding time to read! Even though I'm bored with nothing to do at times it can still be hard for me to force myself to sit down and read. Great video and it really made me think of ways I can improve on my reading!
Libib same!
How can u call yourself a book lover then??
I have the book buying issue, I end up buying more when I have no room-guys I DO NOT EVEN HAVE A BOOKSHELF! Like there are times when I go into a bookshop and stand there for like ten minutes holding a book and having an internal argument with myself about whether or not it's a good idea to buy it. And I end up doing it. Most times. I need help.
I do all the things on this list XD..... We can all be bad readers together 📚
Clodagh 1912 yes, I do all the same stuff too
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It takes me SO long to finish series. I can completely relate with getting tired of being in the same world, even if you're loving it. I think this problem stems from the fact that I just have such a big variety of books that I want to read, and I want to read ALL OF THEM.
Another thing I'm bad at is being caught up with new releases! There's just so many older books I want to get caught up on that are amazing, but I end up missing out on amazing new releases!
+Captured in Words same! I tend to wait so long, that the hype for good books die out before I finally think hmmm. I'll give it a try. its what I ended up doing with hunger games and I slowed down with the movie hype. its like being popular makes me think meh
you should read warrior cats :)
I'm really bad at remembering what happened in previous books in a series and always have to look up a summary before starting the new book!
Saaaame
When you like the video before even seeing the video
Elizabeth Bravo haha yes
Lydia Fuoh dedication
All the time ahaha
basically me with every booktuber video that I have ever seen
Same here.
1: I am really bad at reading standalones
2: I am really bad at reading series
Then watcha gunna do ??
😂 Love you Jesse ❤️
I don't have that problem of not wanting to get to the end of the book because I get antsy to finish it and see how everything ends or works out. My worst reading problem is probably spoiling myself by doing stuff I know I shouldn't do (ex: flipping to the end of a chapter to see how long it is and accidentally seeing a spoiler, checking social media when I follow people who read books I want to read, and especially checking book wikis. I got spoiled for Lord of Shadows by checking the Shadowhunters wiki because I forgot what happened in Lady Midnight and needed to refresh my memory).
"Today I'm basically going to drag myself" ok, but me everyday
Thank you for admitting that you are bad at finishing stories! I’ve always be super self conscious about it, even books that I loved, because I get distracted with another book, or more likely, youtube, instagram and you name it. Knowing that it happens to even a super reader likes you makes me feel so much better about it!
I also get these frenzies when I’m buying more books that I’m actually planning to read, but it’s ok cause I mostly buy them second hand, so the money goes to charity, and if I end up not reading it, I can donate it back, so there’s that.
Okay, based on the points that you have made in this video about you not finishing series or taking too long to finish series because you just get tired of the same world/same characters, MY question is, JESSE . . . (suspense music)
How long did it take you to read all seven Harry Potter books?
Great vidio Jesse! I also miss prounounce characters, places, authors, and tittles.
Lindsay Buckles same here😂😭
I refuse to call chaol 'kale'. whenever I try to read his name as kale I can't take him seriously. I ALWAYS read his name as 'kowl' or 'chowl'. yes, I am an idiot. anyway great video Jesse!
Zainab S saaaameee
Lmao me too
Me too! This is exactly how I read it!
I always give books second chances. I hate to stop reading in the middle of the book just because I can't keep up with the plot anymore. I just need to finish it until the end, it'll drive me crazy otherwise.
Hi from Paris, France 🇫🇷👋🏽
Delrostory omg same 😂
I'm Brazilian and In my opinion ur channel is the best 💙
Madumek oh me too, I really love his videos
Paulina Kayse
Ikr! We have some booktubers on Brazil, but his channel is the best 😂 he is so funny!
Madumek Tbm. O conteúdo dele é muito criativo. Eu me identifico bastante.
not today Siiim, gosto muito de alguns canais daqui, mas o dele cara... É perfeito, ele é engraçado, mas continua tendo um conteúdo muito bom. amo ele
I almost can't marathon a series because I will get sick of reading about the same characters and/or world just like you! You're not alone!
omg I love watching your videos because you always say things that I thought was just me like stopping reading a book cos you know a favourite character will die and you're too scared to lose them yet - and when I at last read that part I cry or have to take another break until I continue on with the book because the heartbreak is real
jesse: chaol (shows a picture of kale)
also jesse: the archived (doesn't show a picture of chives)
me: okay jesse
Omg I get this so much!!!! Like no matter how good the series is, I just get tired of it and then I'm mad at myself for being tired of it so I set it aside until I'm not tired of it anymore and then I just never pick it up again!! Like I really wanna finish it but I also don't want to enjoy it less than I did when I started!! This happens to me with so many series I just wish I could stay committed for longer
I love stand-alones and series. Stand-alones are good for a quick and satisfying read but series are good for a long emotional rollercoaster that destroys you when it ends because you've been on it so long. So, yeah. Books ❤ Gotta love em.
you are so amazing and strong you inspire me
I second everything you said about taking notes! I want to take notes so my channel will be more than just unboxings, but it can be so hard to just stop reading in order to take said notes!
Aww, I know, the thing about the endings.Sometimes I am anxious to continue reading a book, when the characters are happy and a plot twist needs to happen.
Omg the second one is so relatable!! I had to take a break in the middle of the Harry Potter series, which is my favorite book ever.
I... do... everything... that... you... described... Especially the character attachment. I also get attached to many characters and that also happens with me and movie/tv show characters. Any character death just results in my crying for hours upon end
I was watching another video but as soon as I got the notification I clicked
OMG pronouncing author names, book titles or even getting the character names wrong. I feel you Jesse, I feel you!
I totally understand not finishing a book so that the charecter may live. I started reading "The Velveteen rabbit" like 10 years ago. I have since then, read it I think twice, and I always stop at the same time. When The boy is sick and they need to burn The Velveteen rabbit. Cause if I don't keep reading, The rabbit doesn't get burned, and another toy lives.
Youre book shelves look AMAZING !!!!
Okay, your shirt really reminds me of the A List of Cages cover and I loved it. I'm a bad reader because I read really slow and sometimes it takes me forever to read a book that I really like
It's okay Jesse, we still love you
I can't marathon a series either! I get caught up in that book's story and I don't want anything else to happen yet. I get it!!
I'm guilty of all of these things! Especially buying too many books at once. I'm moving soon and trying to figure out bookshelf placement and packing up all my books is a giant hassle! But totally worth it!
I’m proud of barely having any books in my tbr pile sooo yasss
I read the last few pages of a book before I start it. That way, I know how it ends and I don't have that anxiety you're talking about. If I start reading a series, and the last book is out, I'll look up the wiki to see who ends up together, who dies, etc. That settles me enough that I can read the series or book slowly, and really enjoy it, knowing that I'm already at peace with what happens at the end.
I always spend too much money on books but it definitely goes towards a good cause. I also start a new book if I fancy a break from the one I'm reading! Love these sorts of videos as it makes me realise I'm not the only one!x
I relate to the second problem so much! A great example of this is throne of Glass. And the mispronounciation. Once I have it a certain way in my head there's almost no chance of correcting it.
I get super terrible reading slumps and it's sooo annoying! It usually happens after I finish a book and it's super annoying when I finish a book in a series cause i don't want to read the next book for a few weeks!
You should do a video showing us EVERY book in your physical TBR pile right now!
One of the weirdest things I do while reading a book is that in the middle of an awesome scene, I would get so SO excited and..... I just stop. Idk why but I somehow put that book down just cause I'm too pumped.
was anyone else just looking at his sleeves the whole time?
I'm totally with you with the not finishing books thing. I think I'm currently in "the middle of" like 10 books.....
I have 8 series that I LOVE SO MUCH that are lying around waiting to be finished because I'm at the last chapters of the last books and i don't want these series to end 😢😢
I'm actually so happy that I'm not the only one that struggles with finishing books. 😅 THANK YOU!
I totally agree with that feeling! Not wanting to finish a book and still wanting to. I talk about that on my BookTube channel about "Rocks Fall, Everyone Dies" by Lindsay Ribar. That's just one of the books I wanted to finish/not wanted to finish.
Dude I feel you. I almost wasn't a reader because I hated so many endings.
I have problems keeping up with and finishing series as well! It's rare that I binge a series - I tend to feel like it takes up more energy. So, I read a book and then switch to either a standalone or another series. And I'll read a few books before even thinking about going back to the original series I started.
So relatable!!! love your channel Jesse
I love this video I feel so much better now! As booktuber and blogger I do all those things so nice to now I'm not alone! You should do a companion video for tips for these issues!
This is like the most relatable thing I've ever heard in my life haha I love your videos Jesse!
Also, I'm really bad at continuing with a book when I'm mad at the characters. It always ends up in a bad reading slump.
*Jesse:* I like series because you stay with the characters longer
*Also Jesse:* I don't like staying in the same world or with the same characters for too long.
_Jesse_
Jesse I'm always like this with books... I have to take a break with books in a series, it's only very rare that a fly through the whole set of books
I'm the same! I have a category on my goodreads called "Didn't Make It" for books I have started but never finished.
I am with you! I can not read the rest of the series after the first book for all the same reasons
Hi Jesse, nice shirt. The collar stands out. For me I read books very slowly and usually I can't keep up with the hype with other bookish people. Like now I have only just finished mortal instruments. I also spend too much time on pinteresting story worlds and characters.
I totally can relate the following through the series. I started reading the 1st book of the mortal instruments series in 2013 and then after finished reading the first three books. I took a hiatus and started reading the 4th book until the 5th one in 2015. And now I'm sort of taking a time off for the final book. Don't get me wrong, I adore the series; but as you said Jesse, we can get overwhelm of the same thing for a time.
I totally feel you for some of these!
Honestly same Jesse. Happy (late) birthday!!
Literally everything you said in this video applies to me as well! Sometimes if it's at the end of a series I take a really long time to finish it because I don't want it to be over, I do the same thing with TV shows I take forever to finish them because I want to be able to binge watch the next season later and I don't want it to be over! I just stopped in the middle of the last book of a series that I really enjoyed the world and the characters of, but I was just craving something different and I had to pick up a totally different genre. I'm going to try to force myself to finish that serious! I will get it done! It will be finished! it will happen!
That last one though! I feel exactly the same way!!!!!!
Literally, SAME IN EVERYTHING for me. It's such a struggle. I mispronounce everything in life. It's out of control. And I feel the same about series and not wanting to finish books. It's not like I hate the book series or anything. I may love it! But it'll still take me months to finally finish it, depending how long the series is.
Hey Jesse!
So I seriously identify with you on the whole "getting tired of the world or hearing from the same characters even though I love them" thing... my personal solution for it is to read multiple books at once. A lot of people hate doing that, but it seriously helps me. If the one I'm reading gets too intense, or if I need a break from that world, I pick up one of the others I'm reading! Currently, I'm reading Lady Midnight, The Upside of Unrequited, Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children, and re-reading City of Bones (with @shadowhunterbks on twitter!).
Not sure if it would be helpful for you, but it keeps me from abandoning half-read books on my tbr!
Same with series, no matter how much I love them I need a break from the world and the characters.
Buying way to many books in book hauls, I have had to take a brake from a series I love because it got overwhelming as well and I am super bad at knowing I want a series but I wait till all or most of it is out to start hauling them which makes it a bit more difficult to get them in hard back love the video and you!!
I am also bad at taking notes while reading when I fully intend to write or film a review for the book. I have at least at times remembered to bookmark a spot when listening to an audiobook, a quote or something exciting just happened, but most of the time I'm doing something while listening or am so absorbed I don't think to make a note or add the bookmark.
Happy birthday!!! Love ur videos so much❤️
Totally get it. You know what would make me extremely happy? You reading and reviewing The Raven King😍
wow. what you said about the ending part and books series, I can't agree more!!
The last one ... you just summarized my financial problems. Some people spend their money on clothes and cosmetics. I spend them on books and that's how I always end up broke. Broke but happy, having all the time in the world to pet my little babies 😍
i try to only read finished series, so i can read them together ..... oh and also i dogear pages CUZ IM TOO LAZY TO LOOK FOR A BOOKMARK OR MAYBW ITS THE FACT THAT I DON'T EVEN HAVE ONE
I'm not the only one that does this . phew The characters become real people/beings when i'm reading and it hurts seeing them suffering
JESSE YAS THIS VID WAS SO GOOD!
Im bad at keeping up on new releases and DNF'ing books
I have the same problem. I take a very long time to finish a series. But I just get distracted by other series. I also like to take my time and enjoy a series. It's usually that last book that takes the longest.
I also find myself wanting to take notes as I am reading but hardly ever do it because I don't want to stop reading and then I just forget. I am so bad at keeping up with series, I often find myself losing interest :/
I totally understand you in all the points you've mentioned, except the taking notes part. ( Never even tried ;)
I have the same problems! Especially the not finishing books, I will usually eventually finish them or at least I tell myself I will finish them, but for some reason getting past the exposition of a story makes me really anxious! Maybe I'm just worried about the characters like you are! I'm also just horrible at making time to read, or rather using my abundant free time to read instead of rewatching episodes of Friends I've seen a million times already XD And I don't understand how people take detailed notes while reading, it's a gift, I do not have it.
I’m bad at taking notes too even though I like to do it. What I do to help is keep sticky notes by me and at the end of chapters jot down things on important pages.
Jesse! I'm also bad at taking notes. Which stinks, BUT something I do (which I found is easier and takes less time) is take a picture of the text on the book with my phone camera. This is super easy and I can still come back to it later.
Im horrible at starting a series and then not picking up the next book for ages. I think I have 5 series going like that rigt now.
As for making notes for books...I keep those little novelty post-it tabs with me and when I find something of interest I grab one and set it just above the start of the part. This way I can come back to it later without taking myself away from the story. Bonus it doesnt hurt the book any.
in my opinion its good to own a lot of books that you have not read yet because you might finish a book and then not have the money to but a new one but its okay because you can just go over to your book shelf and grab something that you have been meaning to read
I’m really bad with being depressed after finishing a really good book. I remember once, I had just finished a great novel, and for a moment I was fine. And then I laid there in my bed, and I just burst into tears, because I realized that the characters aren’t real, the world isn’t real, and I’ll never be able to go on an adventure like the characters went on.
So, rah, that’s why I tend to stray from fantasy novels; it just makes me depressed because the fantasy aspects, like magic, isn’t real in our world.
Love your videos!!!!
Your pronunciation problems are the most relatable thing!! 😂😂😂😂 i struggle with the same issue don't worry. Love u! ❤️❤️
Your not alone, I do pretty much all of these things. The struggles of being a book lover. 📕📚
I really feel you with needing a break from worlds I love. It's like "oh I'll just read a couple of other books in between each one in the series" then it's suddenly several months later and I'm ready to jump back back in and it's like "what the heck is going on". Then that just leads to unfinished series. I'm sorry Library Of Souls, I'll read you one day.
Also my misreading of the pronounciation of Chaol saved me from having the TOG series spoiled. I heard someone on BookTube mention a major moment in one of the books but assumed it was a different character and must have happened later in the series. Then I got to that part of COM and was like "That's moment sounds familiar... OH!". So your misreading may one day be a blessing.
So relatable !! I could literally see myself on screen as weird as it sounds !!! 😂😂
This is really bad, but I tend to favor certain characters more than others. And it's bad, because I usually want the drama to happen to my favorite character instead of others and then I get really selfish and don't want to continue if it doesn't! Ugh, I feel so bad, but I can't help favoring one character over another!
wow oh my gosh me too with the getting tired of the same world over and over
Ack. I get so emotionally attached to characters in books, and well.....they all die.
I can totally agree on number 2. I think I am currently in the middle of 29 series and I am a slow reader as well.
I agree with your first two points, especially when it comes to series. I don't want series to end because I've grown so attached to the characters, and if I try to read a series straight through I get tired of the world for awhile and need a break.
I tend to read one or two books in a series, read something else, and then go back and read a couple more from the series. This not only helps me to stretch out the storyline, but also keeps me from growing tired of the plots in series.
I CAN NOT start another and different book when I am reading a series. I am reading City of Lost Souls right now and after I finish it I will read Clockwork Princess (so scared for that book!) I love the world so much!!! A couple days ago, I finished Clockwork Prince w/o bringing City of Lost Souls on vacation with me. I was so sad. My mom found me cradling the book and crying. Immediately she went to the book store (w/o me knowing) and got me a random book. It looked pretty good, so I told myself that I would read this, and suck it up. I got about 20 pages into it, and I put it down and waited the rest of the week to go back to TMI. You see my problem?
Now I am happily reading City of Lost Souls and love it so far!
I have the same thoughts! I often put down the book and take a deep breathe for a minute for my anxiety FOR the characters. Wether they are getting in trouble or I feel like a guy is telling his feelings to a girl who doesn't like him since it's so cringe! Ahhh
I'm sooooo over dramatic, when it comes to books. Like, for example, I cry like 15 to 30 time, when I read a story, that really takes me in (thanks Clare, Lu, Maas and many others) and it's not even a sad part, where you supposed to cry (well I cry, when it comes to that anyways...). And I also scream a lot.