My favorite part about this channel is how drama free it is. It's so exhausting constantly hearing other booktubers and their viewers hating on certain books and judging what everyone reads and complaining about everyone else and it's refreshing to just sit down and relax and listen to you actually talk about books and not try to stir the pot or come out the gate with "super controversial opinions" just to get more clicks. Not everything has to be a gripe about something and you're one of the rare channels that relaxes me and feels good for our mental well being.
I have a book in my collection I think it might have come from a library sale, that has all the sex scenes marked by a green high lighter of all things.
I have a book that was published right after WW2 and the end of the pages are mismatched ( I call it early deckled) and the reason for it was to save paper as they could use pages that were uneven and not have to trim them down to size so it saved money and paper in the long run. The paper also feels different as it was made from scraps reprocessed cause of shortages from the war. It is one of my treasures in my book collection.
I live in the Netherlands and orderd a book from the UK. I was so disappointed when it arrived and contacted the seller. Who told me the pages were meant to look like that. 😂 Not a big fan of deckled edges.
I agreed with your view on intro with a spoiler. A few years ago, I bought a Folio Society edition of Agatha Christie’s And Then There Were None. Yes, the book is famous. But I managed to keep myself from hearing anything about it. Holy moly, the intro just straight away talked about the ending. I was so crossed. Why would they do that?
The fact that you are so CHILL AND RELAXED is REALLY GRINDING MY GEARS OLLY! (It is what I love about you as a person who is never not wound up over something stupid). This was absolutely great.
Introductions in books have become like film trailers now days. They give everything away . I never read them till I have finished the book , then quite often find they are not worth reading anyway.
My local charity shop only seems to have modern, good condition books. They throw out anything old that anyone hands in. I want old sci-fi and fantasy, and regency romances and things, it's annoying.
Deckled edges books annoy me because it’s not as easier to flip back and forth through the book. That said, it won’t prevent me from buying the book. The one thing that does annoy me is when it is not clearly stated that the book is the first in a series, and that it doesn’t stand on its own.
Great tag, Olly. I can really appreciate your sister's story about OF MICE AND MEN. I, too, was an English teacher, and kids would routinely write spoilers in the front of whatever books we were reading so as to ruin the story for the next kids. Kids especially loved to ruin LORD OF THE FLIES for the next batch of kids by writing "Piggy dies" on the first page of the book. Terrible!
It annoys me when 1) ebooks are more expensive than physical books, 2) really short novels or novellas are just as expensive as longer books, and 3) publishers sell paperbacks that are taller and narrower than the old mass market paperbacks.
The novellas being the same cost as a longer book does not annoy me that much as it is quality that matters to me rather than the size. For about the same price I could buy one of the Monk and Robot novellas (about 150 pages) or else I could buy the 50 Shades of Grey (500 pages) and to me the absolute joy I experience while reading the Monk and Robot books was absolutely worth paying the price of the book. Sometimes good things come in small packages. Besides some costs are the same no matter the size of the book ie the cost of book promotion.
Oh god that reminds me of the over price short stories you find of Kindle. 2.99 for a story that has less than 50 pages is a crime. Than some of them turn out to be like on of three or five parts.
@@katherineeaster5799 I have come across more than a few old adventure series that have been out of physical print for years were the first book is like 1.99 and than the rest of the books are 2.99 or 4.99. Even though they are short some times barely 130 pages they sold them for what was pretty much five bucks a pop.
I understand the Charity shop thing. Last time I was in town I went to four in a row, came away empty handed. However, I had an appointment at the Hospital and noticed a two shelf, 20 book stand and came away with Birdman by Mo Hader, Tokoyo by Mo Hader and Night shift by Stephen King.
Ah, the decline of used bookstores is infuriating. A lot of bookstores (before they disappeared entirely) self-sabotaged by not taking trades for anything that was more than five years old. Things that are more than five years old are the entire reason I went into those stores! I was looking for old sleazy horror and crime books from the early 70's. Also, you can't find series books anymore, hardly. Used to be they were full of Mack Bolan type books and now those are scarce as hell. The last one I went into didn't even have a horror section. I looked everywhere for it, and finally asked someone who worked there, and they led me to a shelf with a few Stephen King books and things from the Twilight series... and that was it. I'm glad I over-indulged at the used bookstores around here before they disappeared. Speaking of those Ed McBain books, some of the last things I bought at those stores were all the 87th Precinct books that I could find. Didn't get all of 'em, but I did score dozens of 'em, for half of cover price. I have never regretted spending too much at a used book store. If anything, I'm regretting that I was too picky. I once passed up a book in the Simon Quinn "Inquisitor" series that I could've gotten for a buck fifty, and now will run you about $80 online if you can find it at all... yep, still kicking myself for that one.
You don’t think those particular used bookstores know whether or not their items over 5 years old will sell or not? Most used bookstores struggle to make a profit, and if older than five years doesn’t sell, then it’s hard to justify taking such inventory.
@@SummalogicaeAll I know is, it stopped me from going to them, and every one I know of closed within a couple of years of moving to that business model. So, it apparently didn't work for 'em.
A very interesting video as usual. The only disappointment I had in a second hand book shop was picking up a young person’s edition of Nevil Shute’s “On the Beach”, which had been placed in the literature section. Naturally I blame myself for not examining the copy more closely, and it’s probably a lesson why we should check all the books we are considering buying before checking out. With regard to publishers it can be annoying when a publisher changes the design of a book series and goes for a different design half way through which means the books displayed on my book shelf looks different. Another annoyance is when book series have a different name in other counties. I was caught out 30 years ago with Colin Wilson’s Spider World Series which had a different title overseas for one of the books, then when the book arrived I discovered I’d already read that book in the series.
I agree about both what a bookshelf looks like, I'm more interested in the books you have. And the only time I get annoyed is if someone tells me how a book ends. Especially mysteries. I totally agree that books are entertaining and so I am easy going about these things.
Hi Olly! Thank you so much for doing my tag! I’m very flattered. It wasn’t meant to be a rant video, but you seem pretty chill. I enjoyed hearing your thoughts. - Kelly 💛
Penn & Teller released a book with deckled edges and it was printed in a way that if you flipped through the book from front to back you’d see the text. If you flipped back to front you only saw a weird “mystical” pattern.
That’s a good take on book cover changes. That is one thing that bugs me. The actual story is more important, I agree, but I prefer to have the covers all the same theme or all completely different.
I approach spoilers in a similar way. I think I’m relatively good at avoiding social media if there is a book (or movie/show) that’s popular but I haven’t yet read/watched that I want to avoid spoilers with. But even if I do come across spoilers I sort of trick my mind into thinking that it isn’t a spoiler for example I may wait a bit longer so I can allow myself to forget the specifics of the spoiler and/or hearing the spoiler makes me curious on HOW it happens because people in my experience don’t often say that. I also generally (there have been exceptions) don’t care what a book looks like, but as someone who likes to sort them by height it does annoy me if in a series there is one or two that are different heights than the others.
I really like your suggestion that publishers put out of print books into the public domain. And also your remarks about liking the different design languages of cover art over time. I had not thought about my own pleasure at this until you put it into words
I really really enjoyed this! Good on you for being so generous and un-annoyed by things! (It had never occured to me but short story collections with novellas ARE annoying 😂😂) Bert 📚
I think the author or their estate are the ones who'd have to put something into the public domain and I can understand the reluctance to do that. Just because there isn't currently a publisher interested, doesn't mean there won't be one in five years. I'm guessing ebooks are probably a similar issue, though I still find it annoying the amount of older books that are in print, but still don't have an ebook.
You taught me something new. I had never heard of deckled edges. I’ve had some books that had them and honestly wondered at times if it wasn’t a manufacturing defect. Now I know it’s intentional😄
My only book annoyance is not getting an audio version of books. I have been so blessed to get ones that have been put of print for decades. Yet msny new ones don't have audio versions of them.
The Of Mice and Men story is hilarious! Although so disappointing as a spoiler. Love that book. One of my favourite classics. Thanks for doing the tag Olly! 😊💙
Probably the only thing that I get in a fuss about is this recent fad of changing the content of a book to make it less offensive to modern times. I can’t remember the term for it, but the Roald Dahl books recently got this treatment. I feel that books should reflect the time that they were written.
I think the term is bowdlerise. I think publishers have an interesting dilemma in some cases where an authors work is so popular that it doesn’t just fade away. I’m not saying I agree with what they’re doing but I can see why they’ve made that (commercial) decision
I'm sad to say that I'm annoyed by many bookish things: Books that don't have chapters and are just broken up into parts; "sandpaper- like" book covers; books that have book covers that have random things on it that have nothing to do with the title/synopsis; characters (usually the main character) that don't show character growth at all . . . I could go on, but I won't.
I absolutely cannot abide any markings in my books,in ANY shape ,size or form! Also don’t like receiving a brand new hardcover book in the mail with dents in the cover ,oh,and folded or dogeared books! Other than that,all good….
The thing I find the most annoying is knowing that a book is available as a Kindle book or an audiobook elsewhere in the world but not available in either format for Australians. An example is the newly released ‘Moon of Turning Leaves’. I loved the first book, Moon of Crusted Snow, and was looking forward to reading MoTL. Released on 27 Feb the only way I can get is to buy the paperback version which would cost me more than $40. This unavailable has increase significantly since 2020 with new books in some of my favourite series no longer available to me.
I find the “booktag” questionnaires to be pretty hit or miss. I find the Newbie booktag to be myopic; but the So Annoyed booktag is a significant improvement
Olly always seems so amiable, but he's probably one of those people that would put out a hit on you if you borrowed one of his books and returned it to him with a few dog-eared pages.
This video cracked me up. ... Does this annoy you?... Nope. ... What about this or THIS?! ... Nope. "Life's too short isn't it?" ❤ This tag reminds me of Catherine Tate. Am I bovverd? Lol Love her!!
I wouldn’t like a lot of annotations but I have no problem with inscriptions, ink stamps, names or prices on the *inside* of a book, although I do prefer my covers to be reasonably clean. The marks on the inside are like a story within a story. Some of my vintage paperbacks have had a long life and I sometimes wonder about all the people who have read the book before me and how far it has travelled before finding its way into my hands.
I have put this on another video but on the topic of novellas being included in short story collections I have always felt that Skeleton Crew by Stephen King would be better if The Mist was placed at the end. Some great short stories building upto the main course...
Olly answers a series of questions focussed on being annoyed. Finishes by announcing that annoyance is in his view a waste of time. Hilarious. Keep being you, Olly! 😅
I could not agree more with your statement about why you buy books: "I don't really buy books as objects, I buy books as containers of stories." Don't get me wrong, I adore books as physical objects... honestly, a bit too much. However, after decades upon decades as an obsessive reader the physical realities of owning so many books begins to become overwhelming. This is not helped by the fact that I would also often succumb to the bad habit of buying particularly attractive editions of books of which I already owned multiple copies, or even those that I had little interest in other than that they were beautifully made. Thankfully, about ten years or so ago, I made the decision to focus solely on the contents. It is honestly one of the best decisions I have ever made. Now I only buy physical copies of books that have become especially meaningful to me and that I know I will return to repeatedly. Otherwise, I read primarily in digital formats or from libraries when possible, depending on a number of factors. If, for example, I'm considering a new title from an author that I have enjoyed in the past, I will typically choose to purchase the digital edition in order to directly support the author.
That is a surprise. It wasn't that long ago that I spotted that book in my local library's new section. Normally a book has to have been out close to two years before you start seeing used copies popping up in use book stories.
@@stephennootens916 That's my neighbourhood for you. They pick up a book, read half of it, think "been there, done that, bought the silken rope" and give it to charity.
The first booktuber I watched was interesting and passionate, but he was also a snob, and after being told over and over that Ulysses is the greatest book ever in the English language, even though it wasn't his own favorite, and in fact seems to be nobody's favorite book, but we're all supposed to bow down and accept that any other book will pale in comparison. I finally stepped away and found someone less stuck up: CriminOlly.
Things that annoy me in books: Waiting for the inevitable Maine setting in Stephen King, and the wrestling reference in John Irving (and his frequent killing-off of sympathetic characters). I've stopped reading these. Cigarette advert cards bound into '60s paperbacks; Harlan Ellison wrote a hilarious essay about getting revenge on a publisher who did this to one of his books, despite a contractual prohibition. I won't spoil the story by telling you what Ellison did. It used to be fashionable for literary wise guys to write snobbish essays about mystery novels, but those days seem to be past -- perhaps we've come to realize that we're not as "smart" as we thought we were.
WOW, this is so similar to my one hahaha - nice that we have similar ideas on these things. My video isn't up yet, but my answers are very similar. It's a weird tag hahaha - great video!
I can't stand when I struggle to read a book bc the printing is too small, too light or when it's too dark & smudgy. By far the most annoying thing assoc w reading is when a book is too slooooooow &/or over written (I consider those related). Drives me crazy. I read mostly mystery thrillers and cant tell you how much I have to skip/skim. Currently listening to a Cormoran Strike audiobook by Galbraith & it's so over written I keep having to reach over & push the FF button. It's 15 CD discs (600 fucking pages). Gonna read a Tana French book next, & God help me, she over writes too.
I read I think the first three Strike's novels and that kept getting longer and longer. I don't mind long books, I am working my way through Swan Song which is like close to a thousand pages, but for a good mystery book at a point it is just stretching it. I mean there is a reason why the most beloved murder mysteries are often about three hundred pages or less.
You "probably" have forgiven your mom for spoiling "Who Killed Laura Palmer?" You're a bigger person than I am. I like deckled edges. I hate it when publishers market books as horror when they are decidedly not. I've noticed a tendency towards this misclassification with a lot of bad contemporary thrillers on goodreads.
My book annoyance: Many books nowadays could use some editing. Longer does not mean better!
Quote of the Day: “I probably have forgiven you.”
Better still, "Mom, I probably have forgiven you."
I got the mention notification and said “why yes, I DO annoy CriminOlly.”😂😂
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I am frequently annoyed by character’s decisions! 😅
My favorite part about this channel is how drama free it is. It's so exhausting constantly hearing other booktubers and their viewers hating on certain books and judging what everyone reads and complaining about everyone else and it's refreshing to just sit down and relax and listen to you actually talk about books and not try to stir the pot or come out the gate with "super controversial opinions" just to get more clicks. Not everything has to be a gripe about something and you're one of the rare channels that relaxes me and feels good for our mental well being.
I have a book in my collection I think it might have come from a library sale, that has all the sex scenes marked by a green high lighter of all things.
I have a book that was published right after WW2 and the end of the pages are mismatched ( I call it early deckled) and the reason for it was to save paper as they could use pages that were uneven and not have to trim them down to size so it saved money and paper in the long run. The paper also feels different as it was made from scraps reprocessed cause of shortages from the war. It is one of my treasures in my book collection.
I live in the Netherlands and orderd a book from the UK. I was so disappointed when it arrived and contacted the seller. Who told me the pages were meant to look like that. 😂 Not a big fan of deckled edges.
I agreed with your view on intro with a spoiler. A few years ago, I bought a Folio Society edition of Agatha Christie’s And Then There Were None. Yes, the book is famous. But I managed to keep myself from hearing anything about it. Holy moly, the intro just straight away talked about the ending. I was so crossed. Why would they do that?
I avoid reading introductions for classics because of this.
If I care, I can go back after finishing the book.
The fact that you are so CHILL AND RELAXED is REALLY GRINDING MY GEARS OLLY! (It is what I love about you as a person who is never not wound up over something stupid).
This was absolutely great.
Introductions in books have become like film trailers now days. They give everything away . I never read them till I have finished the book , then quite often find they are not worth reading anyway.
My gripe with publishers, "Why do you give the UK all the pretty book covers?"
My local charity shop only seems to have modern, good condition books. They throw out anything old that anyone hands in. I want old sci-fi and fantasy, and regency romances and things, it's annoying.
Deckled edges books annoy me because it’s not as easier to flip back and forth through the book. That said, it won’t prevent me from buying the book.
The one thing that does annoy me is when it is not clearly stated that the book is the first in a series, and that it doesn’t stand on its own.
Great tag, Olly. I can really appreciate your sister's story about OF MICE AND MEN. I, too, was an English teacher, and kids would routinely write spoilers in the front of whatever books we were reading so as to ruin the story for the next kids. Kids especially loved to ruin LORD OF THE FLIES for the next batch of kids by writing "Piggy dies" on the first page of the book. Terrible!
SPOILER!
@@slothrob Sorry! 😂
@@BookChatWithPat8668 😜
It annoys me when 1) ebooks are more expensive than physical books, 2) really short novels or novellas are just as expensive as longer books, and 3) publishers sell paperbacks that are taller and narrower than the old mass market paperbacks.
The novellas being the same cost as a longer book does not annoy me that much as it is quality that matters to me rather than the size. For about the same price I could buy one of the Monk and Robot novellas (about 150 pages) or else I could buy the 50 Shades of Grey (500 pages) and to me the absolute joy I experience while reading the Monk and Robot books was absolutely worth paying the price of the book. Sometimes good things come in small packages. Besides some costs are the same no matter the size of the book ie the cost of book promotion.
Oh god that reminds me of the over price short stories you find of Kindle. 2.99 for a story that has less than 50 pages is a crime. Than some of them turn out to be like on of three or five parts.
The price of novellas is ridiculous. I hate that they get away with doing that, just because they know they have the audience for it.
@@katherineeaster5799 I have come across more than a few old adventure series that have been out of physical print for years were the first book is like 1.99 and than the rest of the books are 2.99 or 4.99. Even though they are short some times barely 130 pages they sold them for what was pretty much five bucks a pop.
I'm with you, there's very little in the reading world that annoys me. I have preferences and even regrets, but no annoyances.
I understand the Charity shop thing. Last time I was in town I went to four in a row, came away empty handed. However, I had an appointment at the Hospital and noticed a two shelf, 20 book stand and came away with Birdman by Mo Hader, Tokoyo by Mo Hader and Night shift by Stephen King.
Ah, the decline of used bookstores is infuriating. A lot of bookstores (before they disappeared entirely) self-sabotaged by not taking trades for anything that was more than five years old. Things that are more than five years old are the entire reason I went into those stores! I was looking for old sleazy horror and crime books from the early 70's. Also, you can't find series books anymore, hardly. Used to be they were full of Mack Bolan type books and now those are scarce as hell. The last one I went into didn't even have a horror section. I looked everywhere for it, and finally asked someone who worked there, and they led me to a shelf with a few Stephen King books and things from the Twilight series... and that was it.
I'm glad I over-indulged at the used bookstores around here before they disappeared. Speaking of those Ed McBain books, some of the last things I bought at those stores were all the 87th Precinct books that I could find. Didn't get all of 'em, but I did score dozens of 'em, for half of cover price. I have never regretted spending too much at a used book store. If anything, I'm regretting that I was too picky. I once passed up a book in the Simon Quinn "Inquisitor" series that I could've gotten for a buck fifty, and now will run you about $80 online if you can find it at all... yep, still kicking myself for that one.
You don’t think those particular used bookstores know whether or not their items over 5 years old will sell or not? Most used bookstores struggle to make a profit, and if older than five years doesn’t sell, then it’s hard to justify taking such inventory.
@@SummalogicaeAll I know is, it stopped me from going to them, and every one I know of closed within a couple of years of moving to that business model. So, it apparently didn't work for 'em.
A very interesting video as usual. The only disappointment I had in a second hand book shop was picking up a young person’s edition of Nevil Shute’s “On the Beach”, which had been placed in the literature section. Naturally I blame myself for not examining the copy more closely, and it’s probably a lesson why we should check all the books we are considering buying before checking out.
With regard to publishers it can be annoying when a publisher changes the design of a book series and goes for a different design half way through which means the books displayed on my book shelf looks different.
Another annoyance is when book series have a different name in other counties. I was caught out 30 years ago with Colin Wilson’s Spider World Series which had a different title overseas for one of the books, then when the book arrived I discovered I’d already read that book in the series.
I agree about both what a bookshelf looks like, I'm more interested in the books you have. And the only time I get annoyed is if someone tells me how a book ends. Especially mysteries. I totally agree that books are entertaining and so I am easy going about these things.
Hi Olly! Thank you so much for doing my tag! I’m very flattered. It wasn’t meant to be a rant video, but you seem pretty chill. I enjoyed hearing your thoughts. - Kelly 💛
Penn & Teller released a book with deckled edges and it was printed in a way that if you flipped through the book from front to back you’d see the text. If you flipped back to front you only saw a weird “mystical” pattern.
I hate writing in a book myself, so it drives me nuts to get a book with stuff written in them....
That’s a good take on book cover changes. That is one thing that bugs me. The actual story is more important, I agree, but I prefer to have the covers all the same theme or all completely different.
I approach spoilers in a similar way. I think I’m relatively good at avoiding social media if there is a book (or movie/show) that’s popular but I haven’t yet read/watched that I want to avoid spoilers with. But even if I do come across spoilers I sort of trick my mind into thinking that it isn’t a spoiler for example I may wait a bit longer so I can allow myself to forget the specifics of the spoiler and/or hearing the spoiler makes me curious on HOW it happens because people in my experience don’t often say that.
I also generally (there have been exceptions) don’t care what a book looks like, but as someone who likes to sort them by height it does annoy me if in a series there is one or two that are different heights than the others.
Good job, Olly. I don't know why anyone would be upset by any of these things, lol.
Ooo snobbishness in what people enjoy, that’s a good one. I could have said that in my answers!
I really like your suggestion that publishers put out of print books into the public domain. And also your remarks about liking the different design languages of cover art over time. I had not thought about my own pleasure at this until you put it into words
I really really enjoyed this! Good on you for being so generous and un-annoyed by things! (It had never occured to me but short story collections with novellas ARE annoying 😂😂) Bert 📚
I think the author or their estate are the ones who'd have to put something into the public domain and I can understand the reluctance to do that. Just because there isn't currently a publisher interested, doesn't mean there won't be one in five years.
I'm guessing ebooks are probably a similar issue, though I still find it annoying the amount of older books that are in print, but still don't have an ebook.
You taught me something new. I had never heard of deckled edges. I’ve had some books that had them and honestly wondered at times if it wasn’t a manufacturing defect. Now I know it’s intentional😄
I actually like deckled edges depending on the type of book. I loved them in 5th grade with the series of unfortunate events.
My only book annoyance is not getting an audio version of books. I have been so blessed to get ones that have been put of print for decades. Yet msny new ones don't have audio versions of them.
The Of Mice and Men story is hilarious! Although so disappointing as a spoiler. Love that book. One of my favourite classics. Thanks for doing the tag Olly! 😊💙
Probably the only thing that I get in a fuss about is this recent fad of changing the content of a book to make it less offensive to modern times. I can’t remember the term for it, but the Roald Dahl books recently got this treatment. I feel that books should reflect the time that they were written.
I think the term is bowdlerise. I think publishers have an interesting dilemma in some cases where an authors work is so popular that it doesn’t just fade away. I’m not saying I agree with what they’re doing but I can see why they’ve made that (commercial) decision
I get real annoyed that we still don’t have mass market new prints of KEW Kane books
I share your irritation.
I'm sad to say that I'm annoyed by many bookish things: Books that don't have chapters and are just broken up into parts; "sandpaper- like" book covers; books that have book covers that have random things on it that have nothing to do with the title/synopsis; characters (usually the main character) that don't show character growth at all . . . I could go on, but I won't.
I absolutely cannot abide any markings in my books,in ANY shape ,size or form! Also don’t like receiving a brand new hardcover book in the mail with dents in the cover ,oh,and folded or dogeared books! Other than that,all good….
The thing I find the most annoying is knowing that a book is available as a Kindle book or an audiobook elsewhere in the world but not available in either format for Australians. An example is the newly released ‘Moon of Turning Leaves’. I loved the first book, Moon of Crusted Snow, and was looking forward to reading MoTL. Released on 27 Feb the only way I can get is to buy the paperback version which would cost me more than $40. This unavailable has increase significantly since 2020 with new books in some of my favourite series no longer available to me.
I find the “booktag” questionnaires to be pretty hit or miss.
I find the Newbie booktag to be myopic; but the So Annoyed booktag is a significant improvement
Don't worry, Olly. I have enough annoyance for all of us.
Ha ha ha
Olly always seems so amiable, but he's probably one of those people that would put out a hit on you if you borrowed one of his books and returned it to him with a few dog-eared pages.
You might win the title of least annoyed booktuber to do this tag.
That Of Mice and Men spoiler is hilarious.
This video cracked me up. ... Does this annoy you?... Nope. ... What about this or THIS?! ... Nope. "Life's too short isn't it?" ❤ This tag reminds me of Catherine Tate. Am I bovverd? Lol Love her!!
I wouldn’t like a lot of annotations but I have no problem with inscriptions, ink stamps, names or prices on the *inside* of a book, although I do prefer my covers to be reasonably clean. The marks on the inside are like a story within a story. Some of my vintage paperbacks have had a long life and I sometimes wonder about all the people who have read the book before me and how far it has travelled before finding its way into my hands.
My local library is usually a good source of books but has only 3 McBain books and often your favourites are not held😢
Strangely have a visual of the meme with the dog in the burning house with his coffee cup. Everything is fine. 🙃
That is a great meme
I love spoilers!
I have put this on another video but on the topic of novellas being included in short story collections I have always felt that Skeleton Crew by Stephen King would be better if The Mist was placed at the end. Some great short stories building upto the main course...
What is weird now The Mist is sold all by itself and to top it off I have seen it and The Body in the YA section.
Olly answers a series of questions focussed on being annoyed. Finishes by announcing that annoyance is in his view a waste of time. Hilarious. Keep being you, Olly! 😅
I could not agree more with your statement about why you buy books: "I don't really buy books as objects, I buy books as containers of stories."
Don't get me wrong, I adore books as physical objects... honestly, a bit too much. However, after decades upon decades as an obsessive reader the physical realities of owning so many books begins to become overwhelming. This is not helped by the fact that I would also often succumb to the bad habit of buying particularly attractive editions of books of which I already owned multiple copies, or even those that I had little interest in other than that they were beautifully made.
Thankfully, about ten years or so ago, I made the decision to focus solely on the contents. It is honestly one of the best decisions I have ever made. Now I only buy physical copies of books that have become especially meaningful to me and that I know I will return to repeatedly. Otherwise, I read primarily in digital formats or from libraries when possible, depending on a number of factors. If, for example, I'm considering a new title from an author that I have enjoyed in the past, I will typically choose to purchase the digital edition in order to directly support the author.
Don't underestimate charity shops. My local one currently has a copy of "The Seductive Art of Japanese Bondage".
Well okay that does sound interesting
I’m annoyed that I don’t live near your local charity shop!
That is a surprise. It wasn't that long ago that I spotted that book in my local library's new section. Normally a book has to have been out close to two years before you start seeing used copies popping up in use book stories.
@@stephennootens916 That's my neighbourhood for you. They pick up a book, read half of it, think "been there, done that, bought the silken rope" and give it to charity.
I loathe deckled edges, they're uncivilised 🤭
I loathe them because they make it so hard to turn the pages.
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The first booktuber I watched was interesting and passionate, but he was also a snob, and after being told over and over that Ulysses is the greatest book ever in the English language, even though it wasn't his own favorite, and in fact seems to be nobody's favorite book, but we're all supposed to bow down and accept that any other book will pale in comparison. I finally stepped away and found someone less stuck up: CriminOlly.
Thank you for tagging me! I wanted to do this one, and now I have an extra excuse to do so.
I am exactly the same. Bad mummy...tsk tsk.
Luckily I have never read a foreword/intro authors note with any book. straight to the prologue or Ch.1 I go.
Thanks for the tag! I thought your leafy suburbs would be abundant with little free libraries.
Things that annoy me in books: Waiting for the inevitable Maine setting in Stephen King, and the wrestling reference in John Irving (and his frequent killing-off of sympathetic characters). I've stopped reading these. Cigarette advert cards bound into '60s paperbacks; Harlan Ellison wrote a hilarious essay about getting revenge on a publisher who did this to one of his books, despite a contractual prohibition. I won't spoil the story by telling you what Ellison did. It used to be fashionable for literary wise guys to write snobbish essays about mystery novels, but those days seem to be past -- perhaps we've come to realize that we're not as "smart" as we thought we were.
WOW, this is so similar to my one hahaha - nice that we have similar ideas on these things. My video isn't up yet, but my answers are very similar. It's a weird tag hahaha - great video!
8:36 I mean, a book collects dust anyway. Let’s not make it easier lol
Lennie dies? Nooooooo.
This would be such a different channel if Olly was absolutely dramatic lol
Re Spoilers: An edition of “The Wickerman” that had a DETAILED illustration of the climactic scene! 😳😭🤬
Ouch!
I can't stand when I struggle to read a book bc the printing is too small, too light or when it's too dark & smudgy.
By far the most annoying thing assoc w reading is when a book is too slooooooow &/or over written (I consider those related). Drives me crazy. I read mostly mystery thrillers and cant tell you how much I have to skip/skim. Currently listening to a Cormoran Strike audiobook by Galbraith & it's so over written I keep having to reach over & push the FF button. It's 15 CD discs (600 fucking pages). Gonna read a Tana French book next, & God help me, she over writes too.
I read I think the first three Strike's novels and that kept getting longer and longer. I don't mind long books, I am working my way through Swan Song which is like close to a thousand pages, but for a good mystery book at a point it is just stretching it. I mean there is a reason why the most beloved murder mysteries are often about three hundred pages or less.
I was wondering when you were going to do this tag. 🙂
You "probably" have forgiven your mom for spoiling "Who Killed Laura Palmer?" You're a bigger person than I am.
I like deckled edges. I hate it when publishers market books as horror when they are decidedly not. I've noticed a tendency towards this misclassification with a lot of bad contemporary thrillers on goodreads.
I know what doesn’t annoy you: Garbaugust
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Boy! You are not easily annoyed but when you are (Twin Peaks spoiler) it's for a loooong time! 😆