Worst Book Trends We're Ditching in 2025

[@gabbylikestoread]

“If he hates everyone but you… you’re next!” 😂😂😂😂

[@thefuzzybookdragon]

Since a lot of the fantasy that gets published now is romantasy, I particularly hate when the so-called romance is actually a toxic relationship.

[@banjobiblioteca]

Ughh this too!! 😩😩

[@delphvine89]

Same !! I hate that too!! 😡

[@ananovoa8719]

PUT 👏🏼 THE 👏🏼 STICKERS 👏🏼 AWAY

[@banjobiblioteca]

Far👏🏾far👏🏾away

[@DasBuecherregal]

So annoying! Totally agree

[@spacecowboy1474]

This has been a pet peeve of my for years so now if I find a book that has a sticker on it, I will not buy it. Instead, I search online thrift bookstores until I find an older copy without one. They can usually be found for less than $10

[@DasBuecherregal]

@@spacecowboy1474 really? That´s dedicated! but understandable. Does it always work? And wouldn´t it be easier to just remove the sticker? (Even though I assume your motive is to stop supporting stickered books at all?)

[@elisyasinea1727]

I recently bought a copy of the Six of Crows duology. Why is the unremoveable “Netflix adaptation” sticker still on it? Netflix cancelled it when they cancelled shadow and bone. The adaptation isn’t being made get rid of the sticker!

[@banjobiblioteca]

The shows always get cancelled but they never ever cancel the stickers 😩

[@enfermagembenfermagemb2251]

DO NOT do the 24 hour challenge. I did it a year ago and got nothing out of it. I couldn’t Remember anything I read, my sleep cycle was ruined and I felt sick afterwards

[@banjobiblioteca]

Ohh wow, I hope you recovered fully!

[@zacharykhan8556]

I tried doing it a year ago, I ended up reading for only 9 or 10 hours. 100% recommend doing that occasionally if you have the time, it's very peaceful and you still have time to do other things with your day if you need to.

[@aamnahere6250]

Losing your sleep consistently is quite bad but the assumption in the video being given that a few times doing so will cause you lifelong irreparable damage is inaccurate. Recent studies show that staying awake for 24 hours continuously does significantly impact our brain on several levels and tends to be quite harmful but that damage is absolutely reversible if you sleep properly next day.

[@luci_lene]

@@enfermagembenfermagemb2251 I never understood this trend

[@enfermagembenfermagemb2251]

@ There are KZbinrs that do this challenge twice a month and I don’t know how they do it.

[@skzstaybtsbulletprooftoget3693]

BULLY ROMANCE AIN'T ROMANCE LOUDERRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR

[@banjobiblioteca]

🗣️🗣️🗣️🗣️🗣️

[@zamondlovu892]

YESSS ! 😂 it’s so problematic

[@tjfmd]

Omg yeees about the printed on stickers! I don't care if it's a show/movie now, I don't care if Jenna or Reese or whoever else picked it for their book club, I don't care if it was nominated for a bunch of awards! I miss the days where these things were removeable stickers, whhhy did publishers switch to printing it directly on the cover/dust jacket?!

[@banjobiblioteca]

Printed stickers are truly a strange decision

[@Akiono-ih5tl]

the Jenna stickers omfg those piss me off!!! idcccc

[@Noname02026]

@@tjfmd I recently bought Tom Lake and it pissed me off so much when I saw the resse bookclub sticker printed on it 🥲

[@Noname02026]

Couldn't agree more!! And idk why but I find your voice calmly menacing and I love it

[@banjobiblioteca]

"calmly menacing" LOL. Sounds like something out of Devil Wears Prada haha

[@luci_lene]

4:30 People don't take that in consideration. So many cities in my home country don't have a library😢

[@banjobiblioteca]

I lived in a whole country that didn’t have a single public library too!

[@inter_esting]

That plus not everybody has their own vehicle to drive themself to the library, so buying books is their only options

[@meryempink3600]

​@@inter_esting plus there's ppl who are broke 😢

[@pauieeepau]

I painstakingly removed a "signed" sticker from my book's dust jacket that had gold foil details. I was so scared the foil would get damaged. Thankfully, the bookstore put the "signed" sticker on the plastic wrap for the sequel. Came off with the wrapper😤

[@banjobiblioteca]

Ohhh the signed stickers ones too!! Put it away

[@Aura_DastlerTv]

Your voice is so soothing!!

[@banjobiblioteca]

Thank youu💕

[@silkyslim4397]

The cheating ! ….the cheating is not romantic. We don’t want it. Delete it.

[@banjobiblioteca]

We do not want it!!

[@sapphicamaya]

"he hates everyone but you" what is a whole-ass 30 something man hating everyone like an angsty teenager. the emotional immaturity is such an ick for me like grow up and develop some basic empathy or something

[@banjobiblioteca]

HONESTLY! Like sir, go to therapy and calm down please

[@JayGTheAwkwardBookworm]

lol yes I don’t understand how bully romances are cute 😅

[@banjobiblioteca]

They’re truly not

[@Praneetha_Devarakonda]

i just discovered you through this video and after every point you said i was just like "MMHMM MMHMM ABSOLUTELY" ur iconic and so funny omg

[@CGRatedBooks]

Genre categorization!!! Yes! Properly categorize and also please make it easier to find the designated genre. Ugh. And O M G... Stickers... please no more stickers.

[@banjobiblioteca]

Thank you! Genre categorization is SO necessary. And no more stickers!

[@CGRatedBooks]

@banjobiblioteca I have always been bothered by not really knowing how to classify my reads, but now that I Booktube it bothers me even more.

[@kylajenifer4156]

this is the prettiest woman alive i am convinced . am totally a new fangirl from this moment on

[@aliciareadsinbr]

Let’s leave the 24 hour timer method in 2024 too. If you’re using a timer to start and stop when you’re reading, it’s just your regular reading, nothing ground breaking about it.

[@generalguy3911]

Obviously 😐 it's just to see how much you read in 24 hours, it's not supposed to something special, just something cool/neat. And it let's others do the challenge without staying awake all night

[@generalguy3911]

Not to mention he 24 hour thing is mainly booktubers just making a fun video 😐

[@harshitasriv98]

Thank you for voicing these

[@banjobiblioteca]

🗣️🗣️

[@Maria-fm5no]

Just found your channel and I love the way you talk! You keep my attention even though I have adhd lol plus I agree with every point you made!!

[@gracereadsaudio]

ALL OF THIS and may I add movie covers! Yikes Audiobooks are reading and lastly for the love of god stop using the word "folds" ugh

[@laurab8547]

I just got a book that has a Read with Jenna sticker on it. I was mad to find that I couldn’t take the”sticker” off, it’s imprinted on the book jacket. Pretty sad for a hardback book. Kind of ruins the book jacket for me.

[@banjobiblioteca]

Me too! I didn’t even know who Jenna is 🥹

[@aamnahere6250]

I disagree with the point of 'cruelty for the sake of character development' argument because it actively reduces the nuance of characters. If that's how you limit and define characters then villains doing evil stuff to equally defenceless people can also be reduced to as a stunt for 'character development' when it's much deeper than that. Exploration of characters requires different shades of good and evil and this trend of rejecting authors for including stuff they feel sets the tone for their plots, storylines and characters because it's deeply upsetting to us is something I wholeheartedly disagree with. It's perfectly valid to not want to read books that feature violence against defenceless people and animals but I see a lot of people nowadays making presumptions on behalf of authors that they're just including violence as 'trauma porn' when no one calls romance authors with heroes (not even villains) being celebrated while being terrible to the female protagonists 90% of the book as 'abuse porn.'

[@banjobiblioteca]

I never mentioned that I don’t like it because it’s upsetting. Like I said, the reason I don’t like them is because I have never actually seen the animal cruelty contribute to the character development (except maybe 1984). I would feel the same way and I have mentioned feeling the same way about writers who incorporate abuse against humans without any concrete purpose. If you have book recommendations where the animal actually was a symbol or a metaphor or actually furthered the understanding of the character’s arc, please leave them in the comments and I’ll add them to my TBR. Always looking to learn :)

[@ullagomez4990]

No more stickers!

[@banjobiblioteca]

Glad we all agree!

[@HarvestLockwood]

I have just discovered your channel and this is the first video I watched. Immediately subscribed. Love your energy. I laughed throughout this entire thing LOL.

[@banjobiblioteca]

Welcome!!

[@metamaus5701]

Same!

[@Itscourtenayxo]

I was expecting to get mad, but I agree with all of these 😂

[@Taysbookbabel]

I cannot stand the cheating trope.

[@banjobiblioteca]

Sameee

[@rosieyou4793]

fr this wasn’t a book but it’s the reason i eventually turned off The Notebook halfway after forcing myself to get through the first part 😭

[@Taysbookbabel]

@ I haven’t watched that movie in a while!!! I forgot that was a part of it!

[@grekoy]

I will never understand bully romances. No one wants to be in a relationship with someone who hurts you physically , mentally, and or emtionally. I agree with you on the stickers. Either make it peelable or place it on the back of the book jacket atleast.

[@eileennielsen5165]

Agree w/ALL you said! AMEN!

[@Gogoslittlesister]

what a great and refreshing video! You just popped up on my recommended - immediately subscribed!!

[@banjobiblioteca]

Wow, thank you!

[@VicandWes]

if an author is going to write a disabled character, I would rather them actually know someone with that disability instead of just doing research and then potentially getting something wrong because they didn’t have someone with a disability read the book. better yet the author themselves is disabled and so we know it would be authentic and accurate.

[@BarbaraKibira]

So inconclusion we're reading Kennedy Ryan books, who writes about slow burns, healthy relationships and cheating is only accepted for the FMC to beable to leave said relationship.

[@turtlebright]

Yes. I am onboard with ditching ALL of these. Great video. (New Subscriber!)

[@banjobiblioteca]

Welcome! I'm glad you agree. 😂

[@AntheaReads]

"It's 2am... go to sleep" 😂😂❤

[@banjobiblioteca]

seriously 😂

[@Horrorbabe4]

"It's 2 am, do you know where your health is?" 😂😂😂

[@banjobiblioteca]

ahh someone got the joke hahaha YES

[@Horrorbabe4]

@banjobiblioteca obsessed! Can't believe I never thought of something like it.

[@caspiansvensson]

👏👏👏👏 I could not agree more! Love this! 😂 I'm subscribing!

[@banjobiblioteca]

Thanks for subbing!!

[@gentledragons6170]

I was with you right up until the moment you came for the, “I hate everyone but you,” trend. I’m sorry but you can rip that trope from my cold, dead hands. I know that it’s unrealistic, I know that it’s a little bit toxic, but I love it. Let me have this one thing 😭

[@banjobiblioteca]

Hahaha this made me laugh out loud 😂😂

[@GladysHunnam]

YESSS, please someone banish once and for all the 24 hours reading marathonsss 🔪🔪

[@hideTurtle]

so i didn't know that bully romance was a thing... sweet baby j... what the actual eff...

[@banjobiblioteca]

Ohh it’s a whole thing that needs to end

[@lazymusician10]

This video was such a mood~ Gurl I'm subscribing. 🤣💅

[@banjobiblioteca]

thank you!! welcome!!

[@authorsalome]

00:30 Yes ever since I read Wiseman's 'Night School' I've been like guys we have to go to bed NEOW

[@banjobiblioteca]

Oo adding this one to my tbr

[@sydneydillon1870]

Instantly subscribed. Love your energy!

[@banjobiblioteca]

Welcome aboard! 😂

[@NilaR93]

That "think the baby yours without a paternity test" - thing is too specific 😂 which book hurt you?

[@banjobiblioteca]

Oh I have a long list of those books 😂

[@SarcasticPoet]

Put the stickers away, I’m here for it😂😂😂😂

[@banjobiblioteca]

We don’t want the stickers😂

[@alisiawitchcrafter]

The stickers! It makes them feel cheesy!

[@banjobiblioteca]

Cheesy and very strange

[@Whoisjohn.D]

OK...PUT IT AWAY....

[@sayuriakirayuu7944]

There is nothing that bothers me more people reviewing books they haven't read...they go "I dnf it but.." but nothing, you don't know what's the book about so why are giving it a review

[@banjobiblioteca]

exactly! "but nothing"

[@lilybugslibrary]

I absolutely love this video!! So many of the things I have been thinking.

[@banjobiblioteca]

Glad we’re on the same page!

[@Lulu-kg8cf]

Thank you 😌💅🏼

[@hasna_234]

"touch her i kill you"/"talk to her you're done" like bye stfu. this shit annoys me the most!

[@Jodie_Tea]

When I do 24 hour reading readthon i do it over 2 days I still sleep it just means I'm staying in and reading for the weekend I do it about 3-4 times a year.

[@JehnReads]

I agree with all your points omg!!

[@nerysbooks]

I do 24 hour reading challenge with friends and we read for maybe 6 o 8 hours, and the rest catching up or doing other stuff😅😅 0:24 0:25

[@banjobiblioteca]

Lol this is living :)

[@KapowskiReads]

I couldn’t agree more 💕

[@ravely9784]

i agree with everything

[@StephTucker-hc8px]

My queen, thank you so much T_T ♥

[@banjobiblioteca]

Anytime, Queen!

[@victoriacantanhededarosa4470]

I love your energy so much.

[@banjobiblioteca]

thank youuu!!

[@enveesfiction]

the way you said cute and small and clumsyyyyy🤣🤣 i'm wheezing at this but also, hard agree on every. single. point. ESPECIALLY on the animal cruelty bit, like that's just gratuitous violence... we really didn't need that, it's so upsetting💀 and to add to the sticker discussion: this also applies to books with movie adaptation covers. Gives me the major ick... get that out of my face🤮 for example, the way they're selling Wicked with the movie cover now, this is a criminal offense, and not only it is butt ugly but the musical is SO different from the book and it's just misleading smh

[@banjobiblioteca]

and let's not forget the wicked movie has 2 parts but there's only one book...??? why?

[@chocolateoreo6489]

❤❤❤

[@ajaify]

Yes!! 👏👏💚💚

[@delphvine89]

Same I read tell me lies from all the hype and the book is terrible!!! I read it all and my anger was just going up and up! I can’t stand Lucy thinking that Steven ugly ass will change. Nooooo! He doesn’t! He is born an asshole! You think I’ll be watching the Hulu series?! Hell no I’m not! Idk how woman tolerate it, and are obsessed over that BS. 😡😡😡😡

[@ClaireForever1]

I would like to add one more. Please get rid of the “F” work and curse words on every page or every other page. Seriously, this sickens me. I am a senior citizen here and have heard it all in my life. I read for enjoyment. I don’t need the potty mouth. Do women and men actually think this is endearing me to them. There are book tubers out that that do the “F” word in their videos. Not cool people.

[@ralphiereads]

you are so funny lol

[@banjobiblioteca]

Aww thanks

[@ariluvrr]

that thumbnail just to have the most boring milquetoast takes ever