Bookish Things I've Changed My Mind About | Top 5 Wednesday

[@booksandbags1790]

I no longer purchase books unless i love them and will reread. No more wasted money on meh books. The library is our friend.

[@Rikku147]

I said this to someone else, but thank you for supporting your local library AND your favorite writers

[@ThoughtsOnTomes]

it's so nice that you have such a good local library. unfortunately, mine would take weeks for me to get almost any book I'd want, so I wouldn't be able to read at the rate I do. I'm so jealous of people who have good local libraries.

[@witchf4ce310]

Thoughts on Tomes Me too! My library does have many books but there are also a lot of newer books (released in the past 3 years) that my library doesn’t have and it takes weeks after requesting for the books to be available, so I end up buying the books I think/hope I will like. Also, if I wanna read a book NOW and someone else has it from the library for like a month I’ll buy it cause I wanna read it now, not in a month 😩

[@Hungarycloud]

Yes I tend to buy mine second hand for a couple of dollars. If I really love them I'll buy myself a new copy and re-donate the old one.

[@JudieTroy]

Started using my library card this year and I've read as much books in four month as I did in the entire last year! It's awesome!

[@LindaRaquel2312]

One of the things that I’ve completely changed over the last couple of years has been writing on books. I used to be the type of person that thought even marking books was sacrilegious. Now I make comments, mark parts I like, and even make fan art in the pages. It’s FREEING 😂

[@chicksbookstop7490]

Welcome to the scribbler side! Haha. I love taking notes.

[@subhakhan1900]

I love annotating my books especially books I love because I can always go back and read my fav passages

[@ThoughtsOnTomes]

oh wow it's like journaling in books! that's cool. I personally don't express myself that way but I love the idea.

[@pingpongofoz2267]

I wish I had the talent to make good fan art in a book.

[@LindaRaquel2312]

subha khan Amen to that! I have a copy of Pride and Prejudice that I’ve annotated in different colors as years go by and I love flipping through it and seeing my reactions and opinions through time. 💕

[@sebastiangrey3076]

I get a lot of my books from the library and through the Libby app but I use to feel bad about this. I don't have shelves full of books and this use to make me feel like I wasn't good enough to be a booktuber. Since then, I've become proud that I use my library and only purchase books that bring me joy. I still like buying books when I can afford it but I'm okay with reading through the library more than anything :)

[@HannahCassieBooks]

I used to buy books alot if its hyped but now I go to library first and buy only books I really want and same as you im focused on reducing my tbr a lot this year

[@Rikku147]

YAY support your local library AND your favorite authors. You're my favorite type of patron

[@ThoughtsOnTomes]

mynameismarines has done that as well! I'm very jealous you have such a good library system.

[@bookterror]

Unpopular opinion but I think funko pops are ugly. I don't understand the hype for them at all. And buying multiple books in a series is also something I've stopped but always regret when I love the first one. When my tbr is smaller I will just immediately buy the next one :)

[@ThoughtsOnTomes]

they are kinda ugly but they also weirdly appeal to the fandom desire to show other people you love a certain thing?? idk what it is.

[@mandys1379]

I agree. Funko pops are actually really ugly. That being said I do have a few and as ugly as they are I kind of love them (at least the ones I have).

[@Iorelyn]

My thing is, while not the most perfect aesthetic for them, for some fandoms these are the only figures we get that aren't priced ridiculously high. Specially for certain characters.

[@bookterror]

@@Iorelyn I can understand the appeal but I'd just rather have posters instead

[@Hungarycloud]

I really hate funko pops, it's kind of a ridiculous consumerist thing because they encourage you to collect them. So much plastic :/

[@martamorrison2828]

I agree with all of what you have said. I actually have changed my mind about e books. Most of my books are now on Kindle. I love the convenience of being able to travel with a lot of books. I have always DNF’ed my books but now I don’t spend as much money. I still have many physical books. I am retired and being able to travel with just my kindle gives me joy

[@TinyNDangerous]

Cover buys or random "this sounds interesting" books without looking up reviews. I've had so many 4 and 5 stars this year because I know what I like and they were all books I've been excited to read.

[@mayfia]

I really wish I could do that

[@ThoughtsOnTomes]

I love that! When you finally get to the point of being able to pinpoint what you like and don't like so all reading is fun lol

[@TinyNDangerous]

@@mayfia Goodreads helps me. If I'm tempted by a cool looking book I search it on the Goodreads app and look at the reviews and what the people I follow though of it if they read it. But I did have to figure out what I liked first.

[@TinyNDangerous]

@@ThoughtsOnTomes Right?? I've have three 2 stars and nothing lower this year (out of 27) so it's been a really good reading year so far.

[@LittlePrairieLibrary]

I've started only buying books when I actually want to read them right away (unless it's a book I've already read and want to own). The stress has gone down so much! I also used to think it was okay to just buy books for "someday" but now I don't want that anymore. My tbr shelf is still over 200 books and that's not fun for me anymore! I think eventually I want a tbr of like 20-30 books, still a good selection, but something I can actually feasibly keep up with. My goal for this year is to get it down to 150 by the end of the year, and if I don't read enough books then I have to do some unhauling, so I'm trying to just read as much as I can!

[@ThoughtsOnTomes]

Little Prairie Library yesss best of luck!

[@Neverrgreen]

I've 'changed' my mind about audiobooks. I was always open to them for myself but thought I could only do it for nonfiction or rereads. Now the majority of my reading happens with audiobooks.

[@mesa5734]

Samantha P sane here. I never liked audiobooks but then I put DOSAB by Laini Taylor on my TBR and was recommended the audiobooks for it, so I tried it and I loved it.

[@YouGetSoAlone]

And if something happens that your eye sight makes pleasure reading, well, not so pleasurable, a good audio book is wonderful.

[@YouGetSoAlone]

(Oh and also, Harry Dresden books are 10x better when read as audio books by James Marsters.)

[@JayGTheAwkwardBookworm]

Ooof, I used to buy series upfront all the time which was so dumb 😂

[@ThoughtsOnTomes]

many of us have done it lol and when it pays off and you love it, its great. but other times...not so much.

[@purposemind8895]

If the book is not adding value or fun then I just go to the next, our time is so valuable.

[@queendsheena1]

Accept that my reading pace and tastes have changed. I still haven't read a book for this year. I plan to read at least three this month but I'm not rushing it. I'm reading way more articles and poetry though.

[@ThoughtsOnTomes]

awesome :)

[@KristaH225]

I'm with you on the physical TBR. I have two giant bins full and all I want to do is get through them as soon as possible. When those are gone, I have no intention of restocking.

[@LynnetteReads]

I am with you on all of these. I only have 3 pop funkos and that is because they are characters I really love. I have other ornaments on my shelves but they are also ones I really love. My books I only own my childhood books and my collection of Harry Potter books I have donated or sold the rest. My tbr is up to 500 and my disposable income has hugely decreased and as a result I am buying less books and trying to bring my tbr down at the sametime. I am also now dnfing books I am not enjoying too!

[@animalobsessed1]

I only have 7 physical books on my shelf right now. Everything else I own is either audiobook, ebook, or both. Digital books just have so many advantages. I don't have to plan ahead what I want to read, and then take it with me. I can just carry my whole library with me wherever I go.

[@romana316]

Literally all of these for me as well! I saw the title of this video and immediately thought of DNFing books, getting series one book at a time, not keeping books I don't really like and not owning like 100 unread books! I was vigorously nodding as you were listing them and talking about the reasons for changing your mind! You've actually inspired me to try to reduce my TBR and limit the books I bring in until I've gone through a significant chunk of the ones I already have and watching your unhauls motivated me to get rid of some of my books (just gave away about 20 of them today!). I feel like a lot of these are things people go through as mature both as readers and just literally progressing into adulthood.

[@ThoughtsOnTomes]

yay! I'm glad I could be motivating in that way. I agree that I do think a lot of these come with maturity and just values changing over time.

[@bookishmeanderings]

I'm of the same opinion with my physical TBR. When I was younger I often ran out of books to read so really wanted a huge selection to choose from. Now I find it stresses me out that I have books there for years that I haven't got around to. The joy of book shopping is ruined for me now because I think about all the unread books at home. Ideally I would like to get my tbr down to around 10 books so I always have something to read but can pick up the occasional new book or browse in the library without feeling guilty about it.

[@ThoughtsOnTomes]

Bookish Meanderings yes the thought of having enough to choose from but not enough to get overwhelmed is so soothing

[@MichelleWilliams-wk3ig]

This video addressed a lot of questions and concerns. Thank you for speaking on this topic. :)

[@thatbookiejess6252]

Definitely have changed my mind about needing EVERY hot new hyped book that comes out and just buying a book because someone says so without looking into it! Also about keeping every single book I read, I only keep the ones I know that I would be willing to re-read or that I really loved.

[@ThoughtsOnTomes]

filtering out all the hype is hard but worth it

[@jessical3151]

Ive also joined the DNF train. I still forget that I can do that though and for some reason just keep trying to read so I now have a system. I put a marker (page flag/bookmark) at 15% of the way through a book. For 500 page books its about 75 pages and for 350 page books its about 50 pages. When I get to the marker, which I usually forget about, I remember to ask myself if Im actually enjoying what Im reading. Sometimes Ill give it another 15% but usually by the first marker I know if I want to continue. Ive also on occasion decided at 15% that I dont want to continue but I try again in six months because I had a feeling it just wasnt the right time. However thats only happen twice in the last 18 months. I really like my system. I struggle to get rid of books Ive had a long time that I havent read because if Ive learned anything its that I am not a good predictor of what will be a 2 star or a 5 star. So I give each book 15% and then I decide, VERY rarely has a book I didnt like in the first 50-100 pages become something good that Im glad I continued. Infact I cant think of a single one.

[@mybookishdelights4767]

That's a really good system!

[@jessical3151]

@@mybookishdelights4767 Thank you

[@ThoughtsOnTomes]

that is a very cool system!

[@ashsreadingnook]

Two things I’ve really changed my mind about is writing in books and having all my covers match. I’m not so picky about having a series match as all hardcover or all paperback anymore. I just want the most accessible or the cheaper option.

[@synthiasparkle6482]

I agree with buying a whole series. I did end up reading all of hunger games, but sisterhood of the traveling pants wasn’t for me after book 2. Donating is great, especially books you know you won’t ever read again. I also believe in dnfing. It can come naturally, too.

[@claris3056]

I've definitely changed my opinion on recording each book on goodreads as I read it. I did that for a couple of years, but I realised that I was stressing over reading as many books as the year before, reading "important" books, giving an accurate rating, etc, etc. Since reading for me was meant to relieve stress rather than cause it, I stopped doing this. I still put some books I've read on there every so often as it's nice to have some sort of record, but I put far less effort into into it now and feel better for it!

[@chloecharlton3837]

I have the same tbr goal as you and have become more minimalist the same way you have :) I had over 300 tbr books at one point and right now I have 50. I want 20 by 2020! Something else I changed my mind about recently is - having to buy the hardcover all the time. It's actually really hard for me to get a lot of books in hardcover in the UK and before I discovered the book community, I was perfectly happy with just buying the paperbacks and getting hardcover editions of my absolute favourite books that I could then cherish. I want to go back to that because getting every book in hardcover is expensive and takes up waaay more space.

[@romana316]

Same about buying hardcovers! I actually Used to not like hardcovers because I preferred reading paperbacks. Not as heavy and more flexible. But then I joined the book community and everyone had all hardcovers and I was 17 so I wanted to do what everyone did. But yeah, the UK is definitely not as big on hardcovers. I've noticed a lot f books don't get released in hardcover at all here. And even if they are, once the paperback is released the hardcovers tend to disappear.

[@ThoughtsOnTomes]

I actually prefer paperbacks to hardcovers, and still do! The only thing that annoys me is having to wait for their release in the US, so I do tend to get UK covers if I want to buy something right away!

[@romana316]

@@ThoughtsOnTomes I tend to usually prefer UK cover editions to US ones. Which is fortunate because I live in the UK.

[@chloecharlton3837]

@@ThoughtsOnTomes I feel like booktube really influenced me to be more like all of the American booktubers who have every book in hardcover, but the reality is that just isn't realistic or affordable for me as a British person living on minimum wage! But I genuinely really like paperbacks too, and I miss the times before I cared how aesthetically pleasing my shelves looked when compared to people on the internet. Nobody is ever judging me for not buying hardcovers so why should I judge myself? :D

[@dorottyazsofia]

I am definitely with you on the "collecting every book ever read" thing... I had this weird feeling that I needed to showcase how many books I read until about 4-5 years ago. I started decluttering books then, 1 year before my first moving out, but my first move was the most brutal filter, haha :D. One things for me that I did not like at all until 1-2 years ago are books where the cover art does not have a correlation to the book's topic. Now I don't mind it at all if it is abstract art or a landscape or something - quite the opposite if it grasps the athmosphere and looks aesthetically pleasing.

[@GBunnyG]

I'm stuck I'm bed with a bulging disc and I'm just going to marathon your videos. Don't mind me. You are very soothing.

[@nicnovel8907]

I loveeee writing in my books! so freeing and so neat to see what I wrote the last time I read it! Also, ebooks. I used to be a hater but lately they've a life saver! I also only keep books I absolutely love 🖤

[@BookLionQueen]

I totally see myself changing my mind about some of these things in the future. I know for me a large TBR is good because, I’m awful about returning books on time so I always have fines. It’s fun to see my TBR shrink as I’m reading more though.

[@ThoughtsOnTomes]

yeah seeing the changes over time is fun

[@krystalkalikala]

I've never really been one to recognize "tbr", but I definitely use my Amazon "save for later" as a list of books I want to read. It's exciting for me to finish a stack of books a month and then order a few here and there to jump into when the mood strikes.

[@YouGetSoAlone]

I really relate to your comment about keeping (and moving) way too many books. I went to grad school and purchased SO many books and kept them for so long (and had to move with them).

[@ThoughtsOnTomes]

it's a struggle every time

[@YouGetSoAlone]

@@ThoughtsOnTomes - Sam, imagine yourself in 15 years. You'll still be reading like crazy - it's a life's love. But collecting shelves of the stuff will eventually just become a burden. You will probably always want to read something new, but those times you do want to go back, it will be to a favorite - and I bet those will all be in a library for free or on ebay cheap by then. The beautiful shelves with the beautiful books all properly arranged - they will just end up feeling like a burden someday down the road. I probably have 200 grad school theory books, even though I left USCA thirty years ago. At first they were on shelves and I was quite proud of them. Now they are just in a bunch of boxes in storage. Some I got for free but for others I paid quite a bit of money. And I wish I just had the money back. I know we don't know each other, but I just wanted to give you my two cents worth.

[@MusingsofaCat10]

I used to say audiobooks weren't 'real' books, now, I'm obsessed! I have a 45 minute drive one way to work and 30 minutes one way to school so they're awesome in the car, plus some of them the narration is this awesome bonus I wouldn't get with a regular paper book

[@ThoughtsOnTomes]

Musings of a Cat I’m so glad you saw the light about audiobooks!

[@biancareads]

I realised in the past few years that I never binge any series ever, so my buying a full series was SO DUMB and then my completionist self wants to read them all just because I have them even if I didn't really enjoy the first one. Now I can only buy a second book after I've read the first (unless I get it at like a discount second hand bargain sale thing). This is definitely helping slowly bring down my TBR!

[@ThoughtsOnTomes]

yes same with the having them and feeling the need to finish them feeling

[@brontesaurusrex7235]

I think my biggest change would be the rainbow shelf. I used to be strictly "organize alphabetically by author, then title, and for God's sake, keep series books together." But I liked the way the gradient of spines looked in people's videos, and now my shelf has been that way for over a year. I don't plan to be on booktube ever, I just like how it looks, and I like the way my books are all mixed up together and combined in ways I never expected. I finally caught up with my physical TBR this year after three years of trying (not because I had that many books to get through, but because I kept reading what I was in the mood for instead of plowing through). It's a freeing experience.

[@ThoughtsOnTomes]

I have to organize my read books mostly by author and genre but I LOVE the rainbow shelf for my TBR!

[@jadyk.231]

I think the way I handle my books over the years has Changed...like keeping them pristine (ie no writing in them, handing them super gentally, no dog earing)

[@jessabelle990]

I used to be really obsessive over the organization of books on my shelf. I wouldn't put them on my shelves until I read them, and I'd always put them in the order that I read them, and anything that messed up that order made me upset. I let go of that obsessive organizing two years ago, and let me tell you, it was SO FREEING to just be able to put books wherever I wanted on my shelves.

[@ThoughtsOnTomes]

Jessica Kulpa yesss I can imagine!

[@kittymachine3798]

I'm DELIGHTED you're embracing DNFing!!! So freeing! And moving multiple times forced me to reevaluate having physical books to the point that I have very few. And I'm comfortable with that. Because it was also freeing ;)

[@booklover466]

I stopped buy books and started utilizing my library more. I have way too many books on my shelves

[@quitesimplyreading6763]

I prefer to have a much smaller tbr my goal is too have 20 books on my tbr because I’m a mood reader and I need options. I’ve been working on getting it down to 30 by the end of the year but I still have 50 books on there so let’s hope 💕🙄😂

[@genresandjournals]

I used to break spines on all my books. I loved them to be worn out but now I hate broken spines. I wish I could DNF books. I just can’t do it - I keep thinking “maybe the ending is gonna turn this around and I’ll never know it if I quit now.” Great list Sam!

[@ReadingWithNori]

I’m super guilty of having a Funko POP filled shelf. I personally love buying them and seeing them so it’s ok 😋. I started to DNF a couple months ago and it’s really great.

[@JacquieVlogsHere]

YES, only having books on my physical TBR that I know I can read within 6 months sounds like the DREAM! I would def like to get to that point as well sometime within the next 1-2 years, especially b/c I think part the reason I read so much more as a kid was that any time I brought a book home, either from the library or from the store, I would read it immediately.

[@ThoughtsOnTomes]

yes exactly!

[@paperback_cat]

I am trying to do the same thing with my physcial tbr :)

[@subhakhan1900]

I never really bought a full series upfront because 1. I'm a broke student but I always tend to be really cautious and end up buying the paperback of the first book and have hardcovers for the rest of the series

[@sephestra.]

I used to have to have physical books and that was it. Now I'm a convert to ebooks. I really enjoy being able to read tomes that before were intimidating not only because they were beasts, yo, but because of how heavy they were and how sore my arms would be trying to read them for more than 15 minutes at a time. And I get to have a Kindle which has....a four digit count...of books I can read at the drop of a hat. AND I don't bother my husband when I feel a need to read at 3am and he's sleeping (that adjustable backlight is sorcery). Plus, I'm middle aged so my eyes hate me, and the longer I'm up reading the fuzzier everything gets. So now I'm no longer squinting my eyes to slits and hoping I can make out enough letters to figure out which word I'm reading; I can jack my font up to ridiculous proportions instead. Good times. And that was a really long way of saying I like ebooks more than physical books now.

[@ThoughtsOnTomes]

I have a kindle but I find that I never buy anything for it or use it. I think I would if I traveled more!

[@sroswell22]

So many things! I think the biggest is reading more than one book at a time. I could not do it before and now I do it all the time! It’s fun to dip in and out of different worlds. Also having an eye disease has made me change the way I consume books a lot (I can’t do physical copies anymore because I need large print or audiobook). I miss regular books a lot. And bookstores because of it 😂 I still go to get ideas and buy books for others but it’s a bummer that it’s not for me anymore. But it’s changed the way I think about accessibility for sure

[@ThoughtsOnTomes]

wow! thank you for sharing your experience about health effecting your consumption. thank goodness audiobooks have become more popular and are more readily available!

[@sroswell22]

Thoughts on Tomes totally agree! I’m super thankful for technology!

[@LisaZoe86]

I don't really know. I think I haven't changed my mind about bookish things. I have always DNFed books if I didn't like them. I have always read books from the library and never felt like I had to own a lot of books. I only started collecting certain books while studying German literature and after rediscovering my love for Tolkiens work, but apart from that I only keep books that make a strong memorable impression on me and get rid of all the others. I never liked to write into my books and I still don't. But I don't have to have them in pristine condition. I feel pretty unchanged in all my book-related ways. :D

[@amusicalbookworm]

I’ve also become a person to DNF books, when previously I absolutely couldn’t!

[@ThoughtsOnTomes]

I'm glad we've both grown in this way

[@noelleknippers7813]

I really enjoy collecting funkos but I’m totally with you about disliking it when they clutter up bookshelves.

[@ThoughtsOnTomes]

Noelle Knippers and they always fall down!

[@marielecrivain5400]

1) I love the skull scarf.:) 2) I write book reviews for my blog/online mags. If an author requests a review, I tell them to send me a pdf, which works better for me, and keeps my TBR pile manageable.

[@silentwings1323]

I'm the same way with Funko Pops. I love em but I don't need all the Funkos. I have limited space so why fill it with Funkos? As far as series I'm more of a standalone kinda gal so I'm trying to stay away from starting new series. I have a million first books in a series that I have never read but bought because I want to read them. Have I gotten to any of them? Absolutely not. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ Will get to them eventually? No idea. I used to have no problem dnfing books in the past but I'm having trouble this year. I've not dnfed like I usually do. Which is weird because I never used to hesitate to shut a book if I didn't like it. Not so much lately. I've read several recently that really suck but I pushed through them. Hoping they'd get better I suppose? SAME! I've always wanted a massive TBR. But lately I've been thinking of culling by physical TBR. I have almost a 1000 books sitting and I'm not reading them. I'm using my library card like I'm a hermit. I'm taking out 100 books at a time and reading them instead of my own books. I really need to work on that. My biggest problem is I get distracted by the shiny new books that are coming out and not reading my own books. I have this secret fear that one day there will be an Apocalypse and no more books so I don't want to read the books I own for free of running out of books to read. I know that's stupid and weird but my brain still tells that when I go to read a book I own.

[@mybookishdelights4767]

omg the apocalypse thing! lol When my oldest son gets sassy about the amount of books I own I always tell him that in case of a zombie apocalypse I will be able to hole up for years with all my books. He will have to be in charge of the survivalist stuff though. :)

[@silentwings1323]

MyBookishDelights Yes! That's pretty much my answer now when someone tells me I own too many books. Oh really? Just wait and see what you'll be saying when TV and movies are no longer a thing. What are you gonna do then? Lol Weird how our brains go.

[@Maegrauko]

@@silentwings1323 my fear is not a whole apocalyse per say but mostly an EMP that will fry my ereader.. Oh noes

[@mybookishdelights4767]

@@silentwings1323 I know! It seems totally justified in my head! lol

[@booksreadbyjoan]

The bottom shelf is the book purgatory!!! hahaha The boorgatory... Hahaahaha

[@imperatrice211]

I also would like to have a more manageable TBR and always be able to read the books I'm excited to read when I'm still excited for them but I have quite a way to go to bring my TBR down and I can't help buying a few books every month x) I get rid of any book I give 3 stars or less unless it's part of series or one of my favorite authors :) I have this free library in my city that is just great so I bring all the books I don't want there and often find others that interest me 😊

[@ThoughtsOnTomes]

I've moved more and more towards getting rid of things I don't like. I find that once I get rid of them though I forget I've even read them lol

[@imperatrice211]

@@ThoughtsOnTomes Hahaha same and then, sometimes, I will see them on my Goodreads a few years after reading them and be like "oh right, I've read that" 😂 I've never regretted getting rid of anything though :)

[@astoryandasong]

Agree 100% on the buying of whole series. Aside from the bookish things, how do you find the texture of the Jeffree Star Liquid Lips? I've been using the LAsplash ones which have cool monster packaging and also i find them really comfortable.

[@ThoughtsOnTomes]

astoryandasong his is my favorite formula but I can’t support him due to his morals and shitty behavior 🤦🏻‍♀️

[@astoryandasong]

@@ThoughtsOnTomes I feel the same about Kat Von D. I love her formula but...nooooo

[@mandys1379]

What were the books you forced yourself to read this year that you would have liked to dnf? I read 2 that I wanted to dnf as well but forced myself to for a readathon. One was Daisy Jones (I know I’m in the minority here but I just really did not like it)..

[@ThoughtsOnTomes]

Slayer by Kiersten White and Unearthed by Amie Kaufman and Meagan Spooner

[@sayyourenotintoit]

I feel generally the same about the funko pop thing but........... the new pacey and joey ones i'm 👀👀👀

[@ThoughtsOnTomes]

THERES PACEY JOEY ONES?! Must resist...... no one would even recognize them but you and I lol

[@amberinoface]

But you are still rocking the amazing aesthetic. 😭😭😭 It's fun realizing how long I've been hearing going ooh i know that one and that one. But the series up front thing! we were all so naive.

[@ThoughtsOnTomes]

:))))

[@johnhuff1986]

I do the same with me 2 star books is putting them on a bottom shelf 😂😂

[@ThoughtsOnTomes]

they need to be hidden away lol

[@rachanau5174]

i stopped buying books with a huge amount of hype around it I usually read the e book and i get the physical book if I liked it enough to re read

[@lysswicks5339]

THANK GOD YOU KEPT GARRUS! Only pop I would consider owning

[@ThoughtsOnTomes]

I would never give him up lol

[@lysswicks5339]

@@ThoughtsOnTomes fair. Best Space Husband

[@casualcascade]

I could NOT STAND audiobooks up until like last year, and now I'm almost always listening to one while doing any task that requires less than like 70% brain power. I went from getting through 3-4 books a month to at least 12.

[@ThoughtsOnTomes]

yessss I love them for multitasking

[@JiixBooks]

Nodding through the whole video

[@ThoughtsOnTomes]

JiixBooks 😊

[@keireadingjournal]

DNF'ing... I too still struggle with it.

[@Sophie703]

Thinking about DNFing Red Sister.... anyone out there feel like it gets better? I’m about 60% through...

[@ThoughtsOnTomes]

I loved it from almost the beginning so if you didn't then you probably wont like it later on

[@varasdelibros6006]

There comes a moment in time when the reader realizes the value of Bookshelf Real Estate. Then candles, funkos and other non-book things are forced to move. By the way, I totally love your scarf!

[@ThoughtsOnTomes]

YES

[@doyouevengeek]

I used to not understand people who listened to audiobooks. Now that I have a long driving commute to work I get it haha

[@ThoughtsOnTomes]

haha agreed! I never had a reason to read them. Then I had a long commute. And now I use them for getting ready in the morning and at night, chores, etc.

[@glurgburg47]

I love your nails 😍

[@ThoughtsOnTomes]

thank you :)

[@Emmryrose]

I've never been able to afford a whole series at once, but as a teen I'd buy the first two or three books in a series, spend all my allowance, only to not even like/finish the first book 😩

[@ThoughtsOnTomes]

ugh that struggle

[@rocknregalia]

I never rated books until Goodreads. As an English major you read and critique books. You discuss them for all of the positive and negative merits, so it was strange to start rating them. I do it now, but I don't take it too seriously. If I have a strong opinion or something specific I want to say, then I will add a review.

[@Lucas_ramirez67]

I only bought 3 Funkos. I don’t want anymore. I have Harley Quinn, Amy Winehouse, and Eeyore. Im not wasting money on plastic toys. also quit buying whole series as well I read 2 Cassie Clare books, realized her writing was derivative trash, and now I’m stuck with almost every book she’s written. 😕. The library doesn’t want them, and they aren’t worth reselling. I have to give them to Good Will after I spent all that money. I also quit buying books. Thank the Universe for the library.

[@ThoughtsOnTomes]

I'm very jealous of everyone talking about their good local libraries!

[@Lucas_ramirez67]

Thoughts on Tomes our inter-library system is huge and I’m thankful.

[@StephsRomanceBookTalk]

Such a surprising fact that you just started DNFing this year!!

[@ThoughtsOnTomes]

yeah I could not bring myself to do it for a long time