readers who don’t read & other book trends we need to leave in 2024 🙅🏻‍♀️

[@rayareadzzzz]

hey friends, apologies cause the lighting situation in the video is a bit crazy (jokes on me for forgetting about daylight savings :) let me know about things you wish to leave in 2024!! xx

[@authorsalome]

Don't worry about it! It turned out great, especially as it gets darker and emphasizes the Christmas decorations in the background. Thank you for the video!

[@rayareadzzzz]

@ thank you !! ❤️✨

[@no-mu6gw]

i have a solution for people reading only dialogue: dramas

[@zahraz2443]

Or plays

[@pennyrose4917]

fiction podcasts and radio dramas too!!

[@dubbingsync]

Just plays in general.

[@laquenopinta]

omg yes, I was thinking about that the other day.

[@M4t_P4tGT]

They should just pick up a play script atp

[@so_big_hope8694]

1. On romace books, yes. I want something simple that's less than 400 pages. I'll just assume that the author just drags out things and the book is underedited. 2. I don't like having my book spines broken because I like having my books pristine, however I don't mind someone doing it to a book they own. It becomes an issue when the spine is cracked of a book that isn't owned by that person, like I've seen my friends' friend crack a spine in a bookstore and then walk away. Now that's just rude in my opinion. 3. Stickers who don't match the cover can make me not want to buy a book. Most of the time they take away from the beautiful cover. 4. Honestly, different sized books are just a moneygrab at this point and I believe that readers shouldn't have to wait a year for a paperback copy, because if I'm being honest, a person who really want to read the book will find a way even withou purchasing a copy. 4. Paragraphs are difficult to read sometimes, yes, but if skipped, reader can miss out so much. 5. I think reading for 24 hours is something people do for fun and themselves (and I don't really believe that there isn't at least one nap taken that get's cropped out of the final footage) 6. I find negative reviews helpful when picking out a book, because they often highlight the issues of a book the author or a fan would never mention. It also helps seeing if it's worth it to pick up a book I'm not a 100% sure of. It's crazy to me how some people attack and dox people who give 1 star reviews to their beloved books. 7. If you consume a book then you've read it so IDK, that's my takes

[@rayareadzzzz]

ok doing it to the bookstore books is obviously crazy 🫠

[@haikatos]

I have my books looking like they have gone to war and came back, I bring them to school, I read them on the bus, while I'm waiting, literally anywhere. I do not care about their spines nor how prisitine they look. BUT, if you let me borrow your book, belive me, that book is comming back perfectly. My friend and I share books a lot of times, she's the type of person whose books look brand new, I am clearly not. Whenever I borrow any book from her, I am carefull with her books as much as I can. I even fixed one of her books (her teacher borrowed it, it was Schoolgirl and he have it back with some pages folded and the book wasn't straight for some reason, it was like roundy-ish) only because she told me that she felt sad by how it looked. If it's my book, I don't care if it is pristine or not. If it is your book, it's gonna come back as you gave it to me.

[@rayareadzzzz]

YES!!

[@justwonder1404]

One of the reasons printed on stickers need to go is that sometimes it's a sad reminder of a canceled show. Looking at you Netflix.

[@rayareadzzzz]

exactly

[@haikatos]

I'm so happy bc newer editions of Shadowhunters don't come with that stiker lmao, I was expecting them to add the sticker after dropping the series, but nope, no sticker

[@Lilly.C2001]

"I only skim the book or read dialog" Ngl it sounds like that is not the book for you

[@rayareadzzzz]

exactly😭 if i do that its a clear sign that i should just dnf the book

[@Lilly.C2001]

@rayareadzzzz I feel like people who do that are reading more because they feel pressure to read and less because they actually want to. Or are at least feeling pressured to read faster then they enjoy. Which is honestly understandable given the way the online space is. It always feels like a competition of who can read the fastes

[@rrraven369]

I've never heard of this "cracking the spine is bad" stuff before I started watching book content online...

[@rayareadzzzz]

right?! i grew up reading dusty crusty copies of books with broken spines and stuff and those are the stories i have the best memories about ❤️

[@dubbingsync]

Cracked spine means you’ve read the book. I don’t fully trust people that “read” their books if the books look too nice. Are you saying that you can manage read a book without opening the book properly?

[@shireads2954]

​@@dubbingsync you can train the spine of a paperback so it can lie flat on any page without making that big crease down the spine. It's not difficult or time consuming. The problem with just cracking it open is that eventually, the pages will fall out at that spot because you've ruined the binding.

[@AndreeaStoian-q9e]

@@shireads2954 never had that happen to me and most of the books i read from library are so shabby they look like they have seen stuff😂 but that only gives them character

[@94BlueGirl]

I like using different strategies to prevent cracking the spines because I know if it cracks that’s where they might break later but I’d rather read comfortably with a cracked spine than through a small gap

[@rayareadzzzz]

same here!!

[@shireads2954]

But I don't think people are mad when you train the spine. It's when people just crickety-crack break the spine down the middle. That book is going to fall apart. I train my spines so they can lay flat on any page, don't constantly fall open to one spot, and aren't going to fall apart before their time.

[@PetiteCauchemar]

I take really good care of my books if it's a special edition I've saved up for. But i never knew people were judging cracked spines until bookstagram?? It's like a mark of love when ive read a paperback so many times it has to be taped together ❤ And yes thank you for the audiobook thing. I have a couple chronic illnesses + adhd that can make reading physical books hard at times. Using audiobooks is just as valid and i feel like people are wayyyy too judgemental about them sometimes

[@coffee_cookies_books]

Don't even get me started on the book sizing. Literally today I received my last two books in The Expanse sci-fi 9 book series. Every single book is about 6x9 in sizing (inches), except one. It's super tiny. I'm so pissed off. I checked and you can't get that volume in paperback anywhere. The only way I can get the similar size is hardcover, and being that they are all around 600 pages, the paperbacks are a joy to read because they are super floppy and bend nicely. I'm trying to keep my cool, but the size and the number of pages is going to be a pain in the butt to read. I'm going to see if my used book store might have a copy of it ... fingers crossed or I'll have to splurge for the hardcover, which I don't want to do but at that number of pages, I may need to. Oh the joys of publishers and their insane book size choices.

[@BelleChanson0717]

I had a former friend get SO mad at me because I cracked the spine on his (used, $1) mass-market paperback (meaning SMALL) copy of Way of Kings. The book is literally over a thousand pages long. I'm still not sure how I was supposed to read the book without opening the spine. In retrospect, I should have just handed him the dollar and been done with it. That wasn't the only reason we stopped being friends, but it really didn't help.

[@so_big_hope8694]

Well if it was their copy, no matter the cost, it's still not the best thing to do. Though they just shouldn't let people borrow their books then.

[@chelsier3883]

Point of concern regarding audiobooks. Yes, I agree they count as reading for personal enjoyment of stories, especially in cases with visual impairments, dyslexia, ADHD, busy lives, etc. However, my concern is with people actually learning to read. Could a child go through school and be essentially illiterate, but get by fine because they just listen to audiobooks all the time?

[@DragonessPixie]

With spine cracking I won’t judge if you crack the books you own… however i hate it when it’s my books. I lent out a book to my partners mum and the spine was completely broken and it wasn’t done in a pretty way… for me that made me a bit sad as if I borrow books I hand it back the same way I got it..

[@rayareadzzzz]

absolutely! if it’s a borrowed book it should be returned in the same condition in which it was received

[@ninimeggie4771]

I listen to audiobooks frequently and I don't consider it reading. I didn't read the book, I listened to it. Listening to a book is a perfectly valid way to experience it and while some audiobooks are crap (sideeying those ai generated voice ones) some are absolutely amazing. I count audiobooks in the total of books I finished this year but not books I read. I'm not however going to argue with someone if they tell me they read a book and I know they listened to the audiobook. The semantics of the word really dont matter that much

[@dubbingsync]

For me its a way to take the story in enough to discuss the book with others, so I can count it as “reading” the book rather than full of reading it. Granted I normally say, I listened to… rather than read in this situation.

[@laquenopinta]

oral literature is the origin of what we known now as literature, you should definitely count it as "reading a book".

[@renflower1910]

@@laquenopintaNo because listening and reading are two different things. Let’s not change definitions now.

[@sheiladelarosa_]

​@@laquenopintaNo, when someone tells you a story, you've heard it. Listening to an audiobook is not reading and that's okay.

[@AndreeaStoian-q9e]

This kind of judgemental approach is what’s detrimental to the book communities and should stay behind in 2024…if people count audiobooks so be it man; it takes a lot of focus to actually go through one so possibly even more energy than reading a book considering how many people skimp through them. It wont make people illiterate, it helps expand their vocabulary and learning to pronounce things properly (as a foreigner listening to audiobooks). Either way, if it’s factual or not reading or listening this is such a petty argument and way to destroy someone’s day…very condescending. Also they weren’t making up definitions, oral literature is a thing thats been around for a while check that out maybe.

[@mein_alias]

I agree so much that one can do with their books whatever they want to do. I read two second hand books with notes in them and it was so so interesting to read, what the prior owner of the book noted. Don´t do it to a book you don´t own of course. I too like adding notes in the book if the book is really good and/ or helpful to be able to find the points faster if needed. I don´t understand why other people mind what people do with their very own book and I never will understand

[@rayareadzzzz]

i agree!! i also love going back to the books i’ve read and rereading the parts i tabbed/highlighted

[@zvikomboreromukamba3389]

I also noticed the big books for first prints ... I sometimes hate it... Sometimes don't. But if it is a series that must be annoying

[@rayareadzzzz]

it’s the worst😭

[@fullsun5]

12:00 THANK YOU!!! I'm so sick of seeing people get fried in their comments when they talk about books they liked or didn't like. It's okay to disagree with somebody's opinion! It's not OK to bully them about it.

[@natscorner]

I agree with you on romance books being way too long sometimes, if it’s not a well-written slow burn romance it does not need to be around 500 pages 🙈

[@rayareadzzzz]

yess exactly

[@NatalieM123]

ok but what eyeshadow are you wearing? it's so beautiful!!!

[@rayareadzzzz]

thank you! ❤️ it huda beauty’s mercury retrograde pallete

[@kimberlylopez3230]

To add to the sticker criticism, they should stop putting movie posters as a book cover. I heard someone say that if you have a cover with “soon to be a Netflix show” and the show is bad you have to live with the stocker/cover as a reminder 🤨

[@rayareadzzzz]

oh yeah i hate those as well!!

[@karakask5488]

I'm currently reading a copy of Jurassic Park with a printed on "soon to be a major motion picture" sticker on it. That movie came out in 1993. So I don't think those are going away any time soon.

[@rayareadzzzz]

oh my

[@maryannemoll]

Before the invention of the written language and the eventual invention of the printing press, people told stories by literally telling them. With their voices. So this snobbish attitude towards audiobooks maybe shows that those snobs don’t read history. They should.

[@laquenopinta]

i hate when readers don't know their lore, like come on, the Iliad was being told for centuries before someone thought to put it on paper.

[@sheiladelarosa_]

Reading is reading, listening is listening. No need to call one thing like the other. Back in the day, people would sit around the radio and hear stories like War of the Worlds or Soap operas. Were they reading? No, and that's okay.