I always check my progress while I'm reading. I will put my bookmark on the last page I read, I will close the book and look at the remaining of the pages. When I'm over halfway through the book I feel so satisfied 😂 great video ❤
I have to have 2-3 books going at a time, usually different genres in different formats. Like, a romance on ebook, a horror on audio, and a graphic novel in paperback 🤯
When I’m reading paper books, constantly counting pages and calculating what % I’m at. One of the main reasons I read mostly ebooks. I do this even if I like the book. There are usually only a few books per year that I enjoy so much I completely forget to do this.
not me having to put my book down when i noticed my entry was picked lmaoooooooo but yeah i can confirm a good old booktube video (usually your vlogs) in the background while reading is peack coziness !
I prefer reading on my Kindle, but also keeping track in a physical copy of the book to see where I am. Besides the fact that I often end up paying for books twice because of that (unless I can get the ebook from the library), I absolutely have to move my bookmark after every single chapter. It doesn’t matter if the chapter was literally 3 pages.
My weirdest reading habit is that if I find a typo or grammar error in a book that editing missed, if I plan to keep it I will actively cross out the error and fix it myself by writing over it. I blame 4 years of English Lit in uni, and almost 10 years of being an English teacher XD
I love to listen to an audiobook WHILE reading the physical book along with the narrator. I don’t know why…i started it to actually get me out of a reading slump and then just kept doing it more often. I speed up the narrators to reading speed and dive in!
When ever there’s a good part in my book or the MMC and the FMC gets together I run around screaming and jumping before going back in the book just to read with a straight face😂
I really love drawing, so when I read I always keep a list of the different habits and appearances of the book characters to sketch later in my sketchbook.
I love listening to smooth jazz music while I read books on my kindle device it motivates me to read more books. Kenny G music helps me get out of a reading slump it motivates me to read more.
🤯Right now I am using a set of Harry Potter magnetic bookmarks and before I start reading a book I first need to determine which HP character will match the book theme. Also, before I start a physical book, I put a tab every 30 pages (if the 30 pages falls in the middle of a chapter, I put the tab at the beginning of the next chapter) and every time I get to a tab, it feels like an accomplishment. That helps me read more. I also laugh out loud, gasp and sometimes talk back to the characters 🤓
the reading dialogue part is soo me and i act it out like you as well and i take books with me everywhere and i actually plan my tbr according to my mood when i plan it and thereafter read it in a specific order that is only altered under extreme circumstances 😂 😂 lol
I tend to put flowers in random pages of books. I don’t do it for each book, just when I have a cute flower to keep 😂 finding the dried flowers in a book is a sweet surprise!
23:23 Same here 😂 I’ve gone to the hospital with a book in my bag because, waiting rooms exist! Especially if the book I’m reading has me wrapped around its finger, it’s coming with me everywhere 🤭 lol
@@MelReads That’s a CHOICE! Hahaa 😂 I’m so curious about what you’ll think of L&L and if you’ll have a favorite between it and Butcher & Blackbird 🐦⬛ Have you heard the audiobooks? 👀
I love reading with music in the background but I will pick one song that fits the vibe of the book and listen to it on repeat the entire time I read it😂 I end up tuning it out but it just feels like a movie to me when I have music playing in the background!!
When it comes to series I always buy them one at a time and won’t buy the next till I finish the one I’m currently on. I also prefer to wait till at least the final book publication date is announced to start the series
thanks for this video!! i found it funny and relatable and i was also so distracted by your glasses bc they're stunning!! if you don't mind, could you share where you got them? good luck with your next read!
I have this one bookmark that is falling apart bc of how much i used it. I would only use that book,ark for my favorite series that is over 10 books that each are over 400 pages that i read ten times each. 😅 (keeper of the lost cities by Shannon Messenger in case anyone is wondering). Its not even one of the ones that have the characters on it! I have some of those that are reserved for other books. For this series I use a one specific random bookmark. . . 8:27
If something really awful is happening to a character I love, I have to skim the paragraph, because I can't stand that they're suffering and don't want to read details about it. In contrast, I tend to linger on cozy descriptions of a room, or the details of a good meal, or exactly what the cat is doing in the corner of the room.
I don't use Instagram so I didn't see this poll, but my weird reading habit is that once I'm ready to be done reading I will stop immediately, even if it's in the middle of a sentence 😂 book mark goes in immediately
9:51 if I go back in forth with out leaving it for to long I can do it. But if it’s more then a week I have to start it the book completely over no mater where I left off.
21:42 that’s me right now. I’m literally reading my book while watching your video. I have to watch book tube because it makes me feel like in this weird way that you guys are watching me and that I tend to get more motivated to read. I feel like you’re in the same room as me and with my ADHD I like to do body doubling. so it makes me feel like when I read with another person on the TV that they are also doing the same thing with me.
I have a favorite bookmark I like to reuse over and over again. It doesn't matter what book I read. It's just an old-looking Goodwill bookstore bookmark. But I got it from my coworker when I worked at a goodwill in my town; she was one of my favorite coworkers. She's just this really sweet old lady in her 70s. I don't work there anymore and work at a grocery store now instead but I see her still sometimes shopping at the grocery store I work at.
I once read an article about people who read the last page of a book tend to enjoy the book more! Something about not being anxious about how it’s gonna end and not rushing through the book. Chapter looking is something I totally do! I read more of the book/ faster if chapters are short. I occasionally read ebooks but I have an old kindle that only shows % of book not how much to end of chapter and I hate it bc I won’t start a new chapter, but will if I read it on kindle app on phone bc it tells me how much is left on chapter. 😂 I think I need a new kindle!
I pretty much do all of the first five, but one thing I do specifically to not get into a reading slump is, when I find myself not liking a book or hating the MCs, or frustrated by the dumb decision they are making, I will go and find 1 star reviews to feel like it not me, that other people hated the same things I did. Or the opposite if I’m unable to get into a book but don’t know why, I’ll look up 5 star reviews to get motivated to continue on 😅. I might start trying the mood board idea. 🤯
I love short chapters! I think maybe mine is that I can DNF a book if it doesnt have chapters but have like "part 1, 2 and 3" and each part is 150 pages or 200 pages. I don't like when there is no in-built pauses or change of pov withour chapter change.
I collect bookmarks and love matching them to what I'm reading. I need noise when I read or I get really distracted. I got really bad for a while where I would not buy a book unless I read it first (library for the win!) To the point where I wouldn't buy books I really wanted. I like to think of candles that would match characters/books.
I always have to have reading vlogs/book related UA-cam videos on while I read. I’m a BIG mood reader and watching these videos helps keep my brain on track 😂
I also have to use the same bookmark for the entire trilogy, it’s just so satisfying 😂 I also read all my books digitally and if I enjoy them, I buy the physical copy, that way I only have books I loved on my shelf 😌
My weird habit is that I can’t have anything in my periphery distracting me and I also annotate the ebook version of the physical and then transfer my annotations to the physical lol
1) I binge read so I can usually only buy completed series. I don't want to forget details and I don't have time to re-read. Also I just get excited to continue reading. Only exceptions are A Song of Ice and Fire and Stormlight Archive. 2) I have a timer while reading and every 50 / 100 pages (depends on length of book) is a new lap so I can predict how long it will take to finish. 3) Instead of proper bookmarks I use cut up bits of paper. Before I start I put one at every 50 / 100 pages (depends on above) and at the end. I also put one on the chapter I am on and the next several chapters which are updated as I am reading. They are all placed at different heights so I know what they mean. My current book has 21 bookmarks. 4) I can't read for short amounts of time. I have to have at least an hour to just sit and read without distraction.
🤯 I read ebook or audiobooks when I’m out doing errands. I read at least 3 to 5 book at same time but they all have to be different genres because this let me experience other genres and still read favorite genres that I love . I like to pick at least 2 favorite genres and try out at least 3 genres that I rarely read.
I feel you on not listening to songs with lyrics, even if I can't understand them, coz the words in them overlap with the words I'm reading in my head. I also get stressed reading ongoing series with only one book out or completed series where I don't have the full set. But I've been burned buying a duology where I hated the first book. So one book first for me. I can just reread first books when I get later ones at a later date.
My favorite playlist on Spotify is 'Reading fantasy (no vocals)' by Rachel Mac, it's the best I've found. Also, I sometimes do the dialogue thing but not on purpose, I just get really into the banter and get ahead of myself 😂
I HAAAAVE to set a reading limit for each book i read and I cannot go beyond it, either by page count or chapter count, whichever is easier, moat times for me it is a page count so i end up putting the book down mid chapter 🙊
I can't sit down to read for long periods of time. I am basically doing this all day every day... I will complete one task & then reward myself by reading a chapter (or a specific number of pages if the chapters are long) then move on to the next task, rinse and repeat.
if im really invested in the plot and im waiting for sth to happened but i really need to go to sleep or just stop reading i will skip pages until i can read the specific scene and the next day/time i read it again properly
20:35 👏sometimes It’s like it’s 2am and I look so see oh it’s 5-10 pages I can read the next chapter. But if it’s 16 or more I’ll stop here 21:18 exactly 😂
Oh I never was so early😂 I can't read in silence. And I listen to songs with lyrics when i am reading. I have to have it And for the whole book series thing. Most of the time i just have the first book on my self and after that i will read the ebooks. So i have so many first books on my shelf and the rest on my Kindl. I get the ebooks free from work, so i don't really have to pay for the next books in the series.
I love tbr videos but I don’t always watch reading wrap ups until I read the book myself. I like to go in blindly… also I used to get a book I would see a booktuber put on their tbr immediately, would read the book immediately, thinking they would also read the book right away.. only to find out that it’s still sitting on their tbr shelf lol 😂
I can only listen to nature sounds when I read. If it’s music with lyrics or a catchy beat I will start singing & dancing, & there goes the book lol I also cannot eat while I read. I’ll get a snack for pure aesthetic & romanticism purposes lol
literally me getting distracted with upbeat songs too🤣 nature sounds are something i can listen to occasionally though, cause sometimes it’s overstimulating too🫨💀
I have to have just the right bookmark as well! ----- I usually have several books going at once. ----- I find I'll enjoy the book less if I dislike the cover. ----- I'm a mood reader as well, which is why I have so many books on the go at once. But I never unhaul books unread. It may take me years to read them, but I *will* read them. Or, at least, attempt to read them. I have absolutely no qualms with DNFing. ----- I used to act out the dialogue as a kid, accents and all. An unfortunate side effect, my kids constantly make fun of my weird, everchanging accent lol. ----- I remove dust jackets when I read because I find them annoying and distracting. ----- I go literally nowhere without reading material, even from room to room in my home (with the exception of the bathroom and loo lol). ----- My weird reading habits: ---> I have, like a daily plan thing. Like, the first book I read on Mondays is Miscellaneous (like library books, ongoing series etc), Tuesdays is NonFiction, Wednesdays is Fiction, Thursdays is Poetry/Plays/Flash Fiction/Graphic Novel/Manga etc, Fridays is Fanfics, Saturdays is whichever non fanfic book I'm closest to finishing, and Sundays is free choice. I might only read a small amount before moving on to something I'm more in the mood for, but that's where I start. ---> When I sit down to read, I'll read a minimum of 10 pages or 1 scene section (whichever is shorter) before moving on to another book. ---> Without the influence of outside forces (like having to go to get back to work or something) have to finish reading on a chapter which is a multiple of 5 or, if it's not possible, then a chapter which is a multiple of 3. ---> I prefer to read until the end of a chapter. It isn't possible, then a scene break. At the very least, I will finish the paragraph, even if it means negative consequences for me.
I am a really slow reader (about 20 pages a hour) ao I do mini reading sessions until I hit about 100-150 pages left then I leave it for when I can just sit down and beinge the end of the book.
I have to at least get a second book in a series, or might never continue even if I originally wanted to read book two. If I wait too long I'll get distracted by other books. I'll read the last sentence of the last page. I also check count to see how much I have left to read in a chapter, especially if I know I'm going to have to stop for some reason. I prefer to stop on an even numbered chapter rather than an odd numbered chapter. Like I have to stop at chapter 10, but at chapter 9.
i do the even number thing but with the tv volume🤣 but i get wanting/needing to get the second book too! i definitely get it as soon as i finish the first if i’ve really loved it, cause if i wait too long, it’s game over🤭
I can read with noise in the background as long as it’s noise i don’t care about. My husband watching a movie i don’t care to watch, i can easily read on the couch with him. I’m at my in laws for a holiday and they’re all being loud and crazy, i can cozy up in the corner and tune them out. BUT if i have a booktube video on in the background or music with lyrics, i can’t tune it out because i want to pay attention to those things! 🤯
I have to read every single day, even if it's 5 pages, otherwise i lose the habit of reading (It's related to my adhd, cause if it isn't a habit, I won't remember to do stuff)
I do the same thing, I read the dialogue first then go through and re read the page. For me it’s cause of my dang reading disability, lol it hard to track the words so my eyes bounce all over the place, so I’m like read each page twice. I get annoyed when I catch myself doing this. 😊
i can totally see getting frustrated! the beauty is that you’ve found a way to work around/with it so you can still enjoy literature, and i think that’s awesome🫶🏼
I’m like that too and I hate myself for it 😭 I also catch myself going back and re-reading a paragraph that I just finished reading for no reason at all. Or I’m in the middle of a sentence and before finishing it I go back and start it over again. I have no idea why I do this and it frustrates me to not end because it takes me ages to finish a chapter, especially since I’m a slow reader to begin with. But like Mel said, I’ve learned to stop fighting it and just let it happen if that’s the only way I can read now. I just wish I knew why I suddenly started doing this when I used to be a really fast reader as a kid. But it’s really comforting to know I’m not the only one who does this 🥹
my weird reading habit is that I can only read spicy scenes in translation. I'm italian, but I can't, for the life of me, read spice in italian, it's too cringy, so I read everything translated
I try not to buy unless the whole series is out. So I read and I like I need to be able to buy the next one I hate waiting like I did with butcher and black bird. And the ice breaker one. Like waiting on day dream is ugh 5:50
I think the "I can't read because of pain" comment is meant that the person could do nothing but reading but can't because of the pain. I feel that so much. When I'm sick, I can do nothing but reading, but then I have too much of a headache or am just tired and fall asleep after 3 pages or so. So, when I have the time to read, but feel like sh*t, I can't and that is so frustrating every single time🙈
Hey, I’ve also put a book in the freezer. Years ago I read Pet Cemetery by Stephen King. Got so scared (I was a teen) that I threw the book to the back of the freezer. Never finished it. And never picked up a Stephen King book again.
Dude, I have the bad habit of NOT using a bookmark so every time I pick up the book again I have to look for wherever I left off and it doesn’t help that I don’t stop at the end of a chapter.. I stop in random spots. I haven’t learned. Has anyone been able to change that habit? I don’t necessarily mind it…. But I do wish I wasn’t like this 😅
I put a tab in every hundred pages (rounded up to the closest chapter) if I'm in ebook I write it on my notes app which chapter I want as my next goal. I don't begin reading until I do this. 🫣 I NEED a paper or bookmark under the line I'm on, or I lose my place. Those are my big ones.
I don't speak the dialogue out loud but sometimes I do reenact facial expressions when they're mentioned in a book.
omg me tooooo🤣 i’m too expressive when i read sometimes mysjceo
Alwaysss!!
Me too, I also gesticulate a lot so if the character use a sword, I make a stabby motion etc etc 😅
specially winking
I always check my progress while I'm reading. I will put my bookmark on the last page I read, I will close the book and look at the remaining of the pages. When I'm over halfway through the book I feel so satisfied 😂 great video ❤
@@poppycalliope my husband will pick up my book to judge my progress like this 😂 he always is surprised how far I make it each time! lol
@@BambiBryant that's so sweet 🙈😍📚
I also do this. Then I'll update a friend of mine on my reading progress cause we read a lot of the same stuff.
I have to have 2-3 books going at a time, usually different genres in different formats. Like, a romance on ebook, a horror on audio, and a graphic novel in paperback 🤯
When I’m reading paper books, constantly counting pages and calculating what % I’m at. One of the main reasons I read mostly ebooks. I do this even if I like the book. There are usually only a few books per year that I enjoy so much I completely forget to do this.
this is the only reason why i update goodreads- cause i want to see what percentage i’m at🤣
not me having to put my book down when i noticed my entry was picked lmaoooooooo but yeah i can confirm a good old booktube video (usually your vlogs) in the background while reading is peack coziness !
i may need to try this sometime soon, to see if my brain allows👀🧚♀️
I prefer reading on my Kindle, but also keeping track in a physical copy of the book to see where I am. Besides the fact that I often end up paying for books twice because of that (unless I can get the ebook from the library), I absolutely have to move my bookmark after every single chapter. It doesn’t matter if the chapter was literally 3 pages.
me when i listen to audiobooks🙂↔️
My weirdest reading habit is that if I find a typo or grammar error in a book that editing missed, if I plan to keep it I will actively cross out the error and fix it myself by writing over it. I blame 4 years of English Lit in uni, and almost 10 years of being an English teacher XD
I do the same. I'm not an English teacher, but I'm a grammar freak 😅.
omg i do this too🤣 not the crossing out bit, but i start rearranging sentences and rewriting dialogue in my head so it reads better hahaha
@MelReads I sometimes I argue with what I'm reading and say hey you dont spell it like that ugh hahaha
Every time I come across something like that I just put a separate bookmark on the page near where that was
I love to listen to an audiobook WHILE reading the physical book along with the narrator. I don’t know why…i started it to actually get me out of a reading slump and then just kept doing it more often. I speed up the narrators to reading speed and dive in!
@praymond12 same haha, it keeps my brain stimulated. I try my best to avoid it tho, so i can build my attention span back.
When ever there’s a good part in my book or the MMC and the FMC gets together I run around screaming and jumping before going back in the book just to read with a straight face😂
I really love drawing, so when I read I always keep a list of the different habits and appearances of the book characters to sketch later in my sketchbook.
If I hate a book like truly hate it I will give it away to a random unsuspecting stranger 😂
I took my book with me to run some errands and it just spent the whole day being a passenger princess 👑 not a single page read 🥴
I love listening to smooth jazz music while I read books on my kindle device it motivates me to read more books. Kenny G music helps me get out of a reading slump it motivates me to read more.
@@Ohsnapitzann ugh smooth jazz is the BEST!
🤯Right now I am using a set of Harry Potter magnetic bookmarks and before I start reading a book I first need to determine which HP character will match the book theme. Also, before I start a physical book, I put a tab every 30 pages (if the 30 pages falls in the middle of a chapter, I put the tab at the beginning of the next chapter) and every time I get to a tab, it feels like an accomplishment. That helps me read more. I also laugh out loud, gasp and sometimes talk back to the characters 🤓
16:54 Oop that's me 😆✨
Good to know I'm not the only one. The way sometimes my dad walks in, catching me in the middle of one and I'm like 👁️👄👁️
LMAOOO i love this🤣 i get so into character, if anyone walked in, i’d DIE🙂↔️
the reading dialogue part is soo me and i act it out like you as well and i take books with me everywhere and i actually plan my tbr according to my mood when i plan it and thereafter read it in a specific order that is only altered under extreme circumstances 😂 😂 lol
I look at the number of pages and them number of chapters and calculate how many pages does an average chapter have
After I finish a book I have to watch reading vlogs on that book, makes me feel like I’m in a book club hearing others opinions
I tend to put flowers in random pages of books. I don’t do it for each book, just when I have a cute flower to keep 😂 finding the dried flowers in a book is a sweet surprise!
I think my weird reading habit is never rating a book 5 stars and instead rating it for example a 4.8/5 🤷
@@drybreadcrumb there's someone in my book club who also says this. She just refuses. Lol
23:23 Same here 😂 I’ve gone to the hospital with a book in my bag because, waiting rooms exist! Especially if the book I’m reading has me wrapped around its finger, it’s coming with me everywhere 🤭 lol
23:51 😂😂😂 🫶🏼
literally me in the hospital yesterday, reading leather & lark🤣
@@MelReads That’s a CHOICE! Hahaa 😂 I’m so curious about what you’ll think of L&L and if you’ll have a favorite between it and Butcher & Blackbird 🐦⬛ Have you heard the audiobooks? 👀
I love reading with music in the background but I will pick one song that fits the vibe of the book and listen to it on repeat the entire time I read it😂 I end up tuning it out but it just feels like a movie to me when I have music playing in the background!!
it's so funny, i ALWAYS listen to music with words while reading but i can NEVER read while i'm in a crowd or when i can hear someone talking
When it comes to series I always buy them one at a time and won’t buy the next till I finish the one I’m currently on. I also prefer to wait till at least the final book publication date is announced to start the series
11:20 you have to open the book first and put your nose right in there 😂😂😂😂😂
Love these types of videos a lot ❤❤❤ 🤯🤯
thanks for this video!! i found it funny and relatable and i was also so distracted by your glasses bc they're stunning!! if you don't mind, could you share where you got them? good luck with your next read!
I have this one bookmark that is falling apart bc of how much i used it. I would only use that book,ark for my favorite series that is over 10 books that each are over 400 pages that i read ten times each. 😅 (keeper of the lost cities by Shannon Messenger in case anyone is wondering). Its not even one of the ones that have the characters on it! I have some of those that are reserved for other books. For this series I use a one specific random bookmark. . . 8:27
If something really awful is happening to a character I love, I have to skim the paragraph, because I can't stand that they're suffering and don't want to read details about it. In contrast, I tend to linger on cozy descriptions of a room, or the details of a good meal, or exactly what the cat is doing in the corner of the room.
I don't use Instagram so I didn't see this poll, but my weird reading habit is that once I'm ready to be done reading I will stop immediately, even if it's in the middle of a sentence 😂 book mark goes in immediately
9:51 if I go back in forth with out leaving it for to long I can do it. But if it’s more then a week I have to start it the book completely over no mater where I left off.
Changing my reading position every 5/10 minutes.
I just can't seem to get comfortable when reading..
OMG YES!!!! i literally canNOT sit still😭 i have to walk, stretch, switch leg positions, close the book, open it again, etc to get further in🫨
I trained myself to read on treadmill whilst walking really slowly. On most days I can focus with no issues. Probably weird habit huh...
21:42 that’s me right now. I’m literally reading my book while watching your video. I have to watch book tube because it makes me feel like in this weird way that you guys are watching me and that I tend to get more motivated to read. I feel like you’re in the same room as me and with my ADHD I like to do body doubling. so it makes me feel like when I read with another person on the TV that they are also doing the same thing with me.
I have a favorite bookmark I like to reuse over and over again. It doesn't matter what book I read. It's just an old-looking Goodwill bookstore bookmark. But I got it from my coworker when I worked at a goodwill in my town; she was one of my favorite coworkers. She's just this really sweet old lady in her 70s. I don't work there anymore and work at a grocery store now instead but I see her still sometimes shopping at the grocery store I work at.
I once read an article about people who read the last page of a book tend to enjoy the book more! Something about not being anxious about how it’s gonna end and not rushing through the book.
Chapter looking is something I totally do! I read more of the book/ faster if chapters are short. I occasionally read ebooks but I have an old kindle that only shows % of book not how much to end of chapter and I hate it bc I won’t start a new chapter, but will if I read it on kindle app on phone bc it tells me how much is left on chapter. 😂 I think I need a new kindle!
short chapters are the best!!!
that’s an interesting article too👀 i definitely find myself more curious to finish the book if i’ve read the last line!
I pretty much do all of the first five, but one thing I do specifically to not get into a reading slump is, when I find myself not liking a book or hating the MCs, or frustrated by the dumb decision they are making, I will go and find 1 star reviews to feel like it not me, that other people hated the same things I did. Or the opposite if I’m unable to get into a book but don’t know why, I’ll look up 5 star reviews to get motivated to continue on 😅. I might start trying the mood board idea. 🤯
I love short chapters!
I think maybe mine is that I can DNF a book if it doesnt have chapters but have like "part 1, 2 and 3" and each part is 150 pages or 200 pages. I don't like when there is no in-built pauses or change of pov withour chapter change.
@@caspiansvensson Hello yes!
@@TheSimplydar Glad I am not alone!
I definitely read the "ooooooooooooooooh" scene, from Catch-22 out loud twice because it had me laughing and the moans had to be heard 😂
The way you talk is so entertaining idk if it’s the expressions or voice modulation but this video was funny😭
I collect pretty bookmarks and always match them to the books I'm reading too. 🤭💖🤯
I can’t read at ALL when there is people around. Which sucks because my only time is at night
I collect bookmarks and love matching them to what I'm reading.
I need noise when I read or I get really distracted.
I got really bad for a while where I would not buy a book unless I read it first (library for the win!) To the point where I wouldn't buy books I really wanted.
I like to think of candles that would match characters/books.
I either have to read in silence or I have "Dateline" or "Snapped" playing in the background 😂
omg this is so specific, i love it🤣
I always have to have reading vlogs/book related UA-cam videos on while I read. I’m a BIG mood reader and watching these videos helps keep my brain on track 😂
i love that a lot🫶🏼✨
I also have to use the same bookmark for the entire trilogy, it’s just so satisfying 😂
I also read all my books digitally and if I enjoy them, I buy the physical copy, that way I only have books I loved on my shelf 😌
My weird habit is that I can’t have anything in my periphery distracting me and I also annotate the ebook version of the physical and then transfer my annotations to the physical lol
1) I binge read so I can usually only buy completed series. I don't want to forget details and I don't have time to re-read. Also I just get excited to continue reading. Only exceptions are A Song of Ice and Fire and Stormlight Archive.
2) I have a timer while reading and every 50 / 100 pages (depends on length of book) is a new lap so I can predict how long it will take to finish.
3) Instead of proper bookmarks I use cut up bits of paper. Before I start I put one at every 50 / 100 pages (depends on above) and at the end. I also put one on the chapter I am on and the next several chapters which are updated as I am reading. They are all placed at different heights so I know what they mean. My current book has 21 bookmarks.
4) I can't read for short amounts of time. I have to have at least an hour to just sit and read without distraction.
🤯 I read ebook or audiobooks when I’m out doing errands. I read at least 3 to 5 book at same time but they all have to be different genres because this let me experience other genres and still read favorite genres that I love . I like to pick at least 2 favorite genres and try out at least 3 genres that I rarely read.
I feel you on not listening to songs with lyrics, even if I can't understand them, coz the words in them overlap with the words I'm reading in my head. I also get stressed reading ongoing series with only one book out or completed series where I don't have the full set. But I've been burned buying a duology where I hated the first book. So one book first for me. I can just reread first books when I get later ones at a later date.
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My favorite playlist on Spotify is 'Reading fantasy (no vocals)' by Rachel Mac, it's the best I've found. Also, I sometimes do the dialogue thing but not on purpose, I just get really into the banter and get ahead of myself 😂
looking up this playlist immediately!!!!
If a character does something very embarrassing I close the book and take a walk around the house :)
I HAAAAVE to set a reading limit for each book i read and I cannot go beyond it, either by page count or chapter count, whichever is easier, moat times for me it is a page count so i end up putting the book down mid chapter 🙊
I also can’t read when I can hear the ticking of clocks 😂
I can't sit down to read for long periods of time. I am basically doing this all day every day... I will complete one task & then reward myself by reading a chapter (or a specific number of pages if the chapters are long) then move on to the next task, rinse and repeat.
I take a book with me coz after work i like to relax and read book before heading into gym
if im really invested in the plot and im waiting for sth to happened but i really need to go to sleep or just stop reading i will skip pages until i can read the specific scene and the next day/time i read it again properly
20:35 👏sometimes It’s like it’s 2am and I look so see oh it’s 5-10 pages I can read the next chapter. But if it’s 16 or more I’ll stop here 21:18 exactly 😂
Oh I never was so early😂
I can't read in silence. And I listen to songs with lyrics when i am reading. I have to have it
And for the whole book series thing. Most of the time i just have the first book on my self and after that i will read the ebooks. So i have so many first books on my shelf and the rest on my Kindl.
I get the ebooks free from work, so i don't really have to pay for the next books in the series.
@@celine_09_ i wish i could do lyrics, tbh😭 i just end up singing and jamming when i try LMAO
@@MelReads sometimes i have to stop reading so i can sing along and then continue reading
When I'm physically reading novels or even a thicker manga/graphic novel, I have to sitting a chair the rocks.
I love tbr videos but I don’t always watch reading wrap ups until I read the book myself. I like to go in blindly… also I used to get a book I would see a booktuber put on their tbr immediately, would read the book immediately, thinking they would also read the book right away.. only to find out that it’s still sitting on their tbr shelf lol 😂
It’d be fun to see a read it or unhaul it type of vlog
i’ve got no idea what this means, but researching it right now🫨👀🏇
I can only listen to nature sounds when I read. If it’s music with lyrics or a catchy beat I will start singing & dancing, & there goes the book lol I also cannot eat while I read. I’ll get a snack for pure aesthetic & romanticism purposes lol
literally me getting distracted with upbeat songs too🤣 nature sounds are something i can listen to occasionally though, cause sometimes it’s overstimulating too🫨💀
I have to have just the right bookmark as well!
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I usually have several books going at once.
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I find I'll enjoy the book less if I dislike the cover.
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I'm a mood reader as well, which is why I have so many books on the go at once. But I never unhaul books unread. It may take me years to read them, but I *will* read them. Or, at least, attempt to read them. I have absolutely no qualms with DNFing.
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I used to act out the dialogue as a kid, accents and all. An unfortunate side effect, my kids constantly make fun of my weird, everchanging accent lol.
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I remove dust jackets when I read because I find them annoying and distracting.
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I go literally nowhere without reading material, even from room to room in my home (with the exception of the bathroom and loo lol).
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My weird reading habits:
---> I have, like a daily plan thing. Like, the first book I read on Mondays is Miscellaneous (like library books, ongoing series etc), Tuesdays is NonFiction, Wednesdays is Fiction, Thursdays is Poetry/Plays/Flash Fiction/Graphic Novel/Manga etc, Fridays is Fanfics, Saturdays is whichever non fanfic book I'm closest to finishing, and Sundays is free choice. I might only read a small amount before moving on to something I'm more in the mood for, but that's where I start.
---> When I sit down to read, I'll read a minimum of 10 pages or 1 scene section (whichever is shorter) before moving on to another book.
---> Without the influence of outside forces (like having to go to get back to work or something) have to finish reading on a chapter which is a multiple of 5 or, if it's not possible, then a chapter which is a multiple of 3.
---> I prefer to read until the end of a chapter. It isn't possible, then a scene break. At the very least, I will finish the paragraph, even if it means negative consequences for me.
Okay even if you aren’t a gamer I highly recommend listening to the Elder Scrolls soundtracks. They are my faaaav for fantasies 😍
@@KeaLynn oh, you already know the streets of whiterun is always on rotation🥹🤭
@@MelReads YESSS 🙌🏻🙌🏻🙌🏻
6:54 I learnt the hard way to not do this from HOSAB 🙃(but i still can't help it sometimes lmao)
@@emmabarnett872 it’s such a bad habit but i love doing it, ngl😭
I am a really slow reader (about 20 pages a hour) ao I do mini reading sessions until I hit about 100-150 pages left then I leave it for when I can just sit down and beinge the end of the book.
Guilty of bringing a book and never reading it 😭
I have to at least get a second book in a series, or might never continue even if I originally wanted to read book two. If I wait too long I'll get distracted by other books. I'll read the last sentence of the last page. I also check count to see how much I have left to read in a chapter, especially if I know I'm going to have to stop for some reason. I prefer to stop on an even numbered chapter rather than an odd numbered chapter. Like I have to stop at chapter 10, but at chapter 9.
i do the even number thing but with the tv volume🤣
but i get wanting/needing to get the second book too! i definitely get it as soon as i finish the first if i’ve really loved it, cause if i wait too long, it’s game over🤭
@@MelReads At times I'm not able to get the second book right away, because I don't drive and have to get a ride to the book store when I can.
Lady Midnight was rough 💀
I used to read the last page as a kid! but as an adult, I just can't lol
i wish i could say i do it less often than i do (i try not to), but i defo still do it like 40% of the time🤣
I can read with noise in the background as long as it’s noise i don’t care about. My husband watching a movie i don’t care to watch, i can easily read on the couch with him. I’m at my in laws for a holiday and they’re all being loud and crazy, i can cozy up in the corner and tune them out. BUT if i have a booktube video on in the background or music with lyrics, i can’t tune it out because i want to pay attention to those things! 🤯
I have to read every single day, even if it's 5 pages, otherwise i lose the habit of reading (It's related to my adhd, cause if it isn't a habit, I won't remember to do stuff)
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Yes Lo FI girl Is my favorite
I do the same thing, I read the dialogue first then go through and re read the page. For me it’s cause of my dang reading disability, lol it hard to track the words so my eyes bounce all over the place, so I’m like read each page twice. I get annoyed when I catch myself doing this. 😊
i can totally see getting frustrated! the beauty is that you’ve found a way to work around/with it so you can still enjoy literature, and i think that’s awesome🫶🏼
I’m like that too and I hate myself for it 😭 I also catch myself going back and re-reading a paragraph that I just finished reading for no reason at all. Or I’m in the middle of a sentence and before finishing it I go back and start it over again. I have no idea why I do this and it frustrates me to not end because it takes me ages to finish a chapter, especially since I’m a slow reader to begin with. But like Mel said, I’ve learned to stop fighting it and just let it happen if that’s the only way I can read now. I just wish I knew why I suddenly started doing this when I used to be a really fast reader as a kid. But it’s really comforting to know I’m not the only one who does this 🥹
my weird reading habit is that I can only read spicy scenes in translation. I'm italian, but I can't, for the life of me, read spice in italian, it's too cringy, so I read everything translated
I read the last line until I spoiled Catching Fire
I try not to buy unless the whole series is out. So I read and I like I need to be able to buy the next one I hate waiting like I did with butcher and black bird. And the ice breaker one. Like waiting on day dream is ugh 5:50
I think the "I can't read because of pain" comment is meant that the person could do nothing but reading but can't because of the pain. I feel that so much. When I'm sick, I can do nothing but reading, but then I have too much of a headache or am just tired and fall asleep after 3 pages or so. So, when I have the time to read, but feel like sh*t, I can't and that is so frustrating every single time🙈
Hey, I’ve also put a book in the freezer. Years ago I read Pet Cemetery by Stephen King. Got so scared (I was a teen) that I threw the book to the back of the freezer. Never finished it. And never picked up a Stephen King book again.
😂 🤯 ❤ too funny, Mel
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Oh I act the shit out of the dialogues ahaha
My favorite way to read is high in the bathtub
Hi I love this video and your glasses, could you share where did you buy them? Thanks!
Dude, I have the bad habit of NOT using a bookmark so every time I pick up the book again I have to look for wherever I left off and it doesn’t help that I don’t stop at the end of a chapter.. I stop in random spots. I haven’t learned. Has anyone been able to change that habit? I don’t necessarily mind it…. But I do wish I wasn’t like this 😅
it’s the way i’d get so lost and forget my spot consistently🤣 you’re a brave one lmaooo
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Oop i made it in a Melvid🥳🥳 (15:00) i have actually startet one of my physical books now tho😅
@@celinenielsen8385 come ooooon character development🤣🧚♀️
Sometimes I take it with me to the toilet….. 😂
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I read by the window. When I do that, I hear all kinds of comments about me from those who pass by on the street
I put a tab in every hundred pages (rounded up to the closest chapter) if I'm in ebook I write it on my notes app which chapter I want as my next goal. I don't begin reading until I do this. 🫣
I NEED a paper or bookmark under the line I'm on, or I lose my place.
Those are my big ones.
I always read the last sentence of the book before I start 🥹
it’s the only thing to push me forward sometimes🏇
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