I do the same. It's somewhat risky as one might end up not liking the series and have already spent all the money. But the benefits outweigh the risk for me personally. It ensures that I will be able to read the entire series in one go. The alternatives would be to start reading the series while it is still being written - resulting in either having long gaps between volumes, something my memory doesn't like, or to having to reread the earlier installments several times which is something I simply can't afford as I'm already struggling to read all my books once, let alone several times. (I do like to reread personal favorites occasionally, but I prefer to choose which books to reread.) The other alternative would be to start buying the series volume by volume when I finally get around reading it. This option would be ideal were it not for the fact that one or several volumes might be out of print when I need them. This problem might be less frequent in this new era of ebook dominance but doesn't necessarily apply to older series.
I, too, am guilty of committing ‘tsundoku’ … a lovely Japanese term referring to the practise of purchasing books and letting them pile up unread. We bibliophiles must be careful to not start decorating our houses with books but to actually use them for their intended purpose: reading.
I am a mix of both these people. I don't buy a ton of books at once, but I do gain a good bit of pleasure from having a nice collection on my shelf, and I love going to the bookstore with my partner often. I justify it by reminding myself I never know what book I'll be in the mood to read next, so it's good to have a variety to choose from. The end result is that I always end up with about half my shelf being read, half unread. As my collection grows, that proportion seems to always stay about the same, which is odd because it's not like I systematically go buy a book each time I finish one. It just always.. ends up.. that way.
I've been a "movie guy" my whole adult life, and I can relate soooo much to the first part. I used to buy tons of dvds and blurays and they ended up on my shelf only to collect dust.... During the pandemic I turned back to my old books and reading became my new hobby. Since then, I'm trying to read every book I buy in order to avoid mistakes from the past.
Agreed with what other people are saying, invest in an e-reader. There is no way I could read a book on my phone. I could maybe read a chapter on my phone, but nothing beyond that
Yeah I'm fortunate my phone hasn't been a problem for my ability to focus. I like it because I take it with me everywhere without having to think about it.
There's nothing wrong with either one, but it's very useful to understand that they are two separate hobbies. If I just want to read something, I'm fine with ebooks and library books, and if I just want to get a book to look cool on the shelf, then I feel no obligation to read it. Like I said, nothing wrong with either one, but it's important to know what you're doing.
SERİOUSLY, I bought 11 books at the start of this month, but I didn't read them (yet). I ALWAYS read the books I bought, just not right now, it's not like drinking water or something
I know how it feels going to a used bookstore and seeing all those books, having the excitement of not knowing what you may find. Having that dopamine hit when finding a couple of books and then buying them. Go back home read the first chapters or so than get the urge of doing it all over again. Honestly I don't regret it one bit. I'm a researcher for life
I grew up without a lot if disposable income, so buying books was a HUGE treat, one I reserved exclusively for things I had already read. See, there was this really fun place called a library… I’m a writer now and I do sometimes buy books I haven’t read, but they go on a small tbr shelf and if I don’t like them I get rid of them. Ebooks though…so cheap…so tempting…so lacking in that magical inky smell and special paper texture
I have already stopped buying books so often, you spend a lot of money and sometimes you lose interest in reading some books that you longed for before. I prefer to read in PDF, borrow books from the library or buy second-hand. I only buy new books that I have already read and loved. it's much more satisfying to have a library where I like everything I have.
I completely understand this. Because in the library we can read books free and, if it is really worth to rereading it, buy it. A few months ago I read The Name of Rose by Umberto Eco and I was so into that story that eventually bought it.
Losing interest is so true. Even if you read one or the other at some point, the excitement is no longer there as it was on the day you bought it. A few years ago I gave away all my unread books and since then I've only bought one book at a time. It's so liberating. You always read exactly what you feel like reading at the moment.
@@rolanddeschain6089this. I laugh whenever I see people say “I buy many books so that I always have something I’m in the mood for available”. If you buy books AS you read them, you’ll always have what you’re in the mood for at the moment you’re in the mood for it.
I'm just a reader. The only time I've really bought books that I haven't read was when I started collecting free books on Kindle. I do have over 100 free books that I will never read on kindle, but I don't actually buy a new book until I get done reading the book I'm reading.
People talking about how they loved the first part of this video, but I honestly love how relatable the second part is. Non-readers can never understand the pleasure of just sitting down and reading a book, they'll always consider it to be something "boring". :D
I just recently bought that really cool Barnes and Noble Edgar Allen Poe book, yep still haven't read any of it, it's ok i'll get around to it just like the 40 other books i bought in the last two years. (Me: "I want to read." Also Me: "Maybe i'll read after watching youtube, plus I'm up to season five of Star Trek Voyager, so maybe i'll read tomorrow... yeah definitely tomorrow.")
The fact that I have both Childhood’s End and The Martian Chronicles because I picked them up from the bargain section at Half Price Books and “will get to them someday,” the relatability is next level
I read, lots and lots. I also collect beautiful leatherbound books. Those I don't read, they just bring me joy standing there all guilded and fancy. Two different hobbies.
I'm both of these and I find that often they are mutually exclusive, i.e. it's only when I no longer am able to buy new books that I finally start reading them
The old me can relate to buying books as a hobby and being overwhelmed by the amount I have to read and not getting near any of them 😂.. so I took the decision to give away my unread books to a charity shop and only start searching for my next one when I'm nearly finished the one I'm reading. It's working a charm... for now😊
I've been trying to avoid going into bookstores recently because I always go in thinking "I've got tons of books to read... I shouldn't get anymore" and then I usually end up walking around with at least one. I do end up reading a lot of the stuff I buy though, especially if they're graphic novels. And there is definitely something very satisfying about buying a book I'm excited to read. So I totally get both these people.
I feel so called out. Always buying books, never reading them. I learned that I am an auditory learner, I learn and understand by listening to somebody talk about the things that interest me. I cant get myself to sit down and read instead.
Having too many books to read is overwhelming to think about it. I love books but my reads nowdays are from the library, and I buy once in a while, the library also helps me decide which one to buy. My aim is only to get those I really love and would read more than once. I dont collect books just for the sake of it anymore...
I always buy books whenever I find a good one. Well, good according to 'people' because I never really read them much. But I always tell myself that 'I love reading', 'Reading is the best hobby' and I definitely will read all the books on my shelves before I buy new books! I'm a freaking donkey now I realise -_-
I used to buy books a lot. By going to Barnes & Noble and it was such a waste of money, when there are other ways to get books and basically in brand new condition for a better price like, thrifting. I started thrifting books for a while, but then I noticed I wouldn't read anything on the shelf after buying it. Now I just get books from the library try my best to get them one at a time and once I'm finished with that book than I move on to the next one if I feel called to. I still love reading and I do buy books but I try to be more purposeful when making that purchase. Just some of my experiences with books 📚
Guilty of both! If I had to guess, I have read or will read about 60-75% of my collection before I die. Life is very busy and short. I have a living will. My house full of books is a part of that will and it stipulates that my family pick what they want and donate the rest to our local library when I die. The ones I don’t get to…they get a cozy home for now. They get dusted and loved. They get adopted and read when I go. Collect, curate, then donate little satellite libraries.
I only buy books on book fair. They are far cheaper there and then than they are the rest of the year. Buying them only once a year is also how I force myself to read them all. I always have a plan what books to buy before the fair starts. I have over 200 books on my shelf. I've read almost all of them. The rest will be read, unless I die really soon. My bookshelf is a small and overfilled shelf that may break because of how heavy all the books on it are. I really need a new shelf.
Martian Chronicles: Classic Bradbury. A quick must read. Ender's Game: Was my favorite book through my teen years. Crime & Punishment: The next classic I'll read. Get a good translation. Childhood's End: I remember enjoying it, but nothing of the story. Tale of Two Cities: Kind of a must read classic. Sydney, oh Sydney. WWZ: Will read after I get new glasses with progressive lenses. Zombie Survival Guide: Actually haven't heard of this one. 😲 Oliver Twist: When I go back to Dickens, it'll be this book. Mysts of Avalon: Your mileage may vary. Read Once and Future King instead.
This video made me realize I might be a "buy the book never read them" person and I feel bad now. And overwhelmed at the idea that I now have a small stack of unread books. And me with a brand new bookshelf...... Help. Suggestions needeed.....😳
lol yup I am in the same place! I always read all of the books I owned, but somehow I ended up with about 20 books on my shelf that I haven't read. I decided to cut myself off cold turkey from buying any new books. I will read the books I have this year, and won't buy any new books until 2023
Interestingly enough I stopped reading entire novels for about 10 years. Recently started again and my reading pace is insane. Finished Shadow of the Gods in 3 days and I got through 100 pages of IT today. I also went on a big book haul the other day and have been steamrolling through them, so I'm a mixture of the two.
I’m the first right now, I reread the same ten or so books over and over reading the fan fiction of those books then just keep buying books I haven’t got the motivation to read I think hopefully I’ll eventually get back into reading new books and then I’ll have a load of books to read.
Im a little different. I borrow from the library and if I think the book is good I later buy it. So my library only contains books that have a meaning for me.
Oh my god I feel you. I have over 200 books on my shelves of shame. I read 4-5 books but there's some sale or I find new author and I buy another 6-7 books. I still have books I bought years ago( and I will read them somedday) but now my taste change and I'm reading different genre. It never ends.
Yup! I see books, especially on sale, and I NEED them! This year’s goal is to get through my physical tbr (we aren’t gonna talk about all the ones on my kindle). I started with about 60, then went and bought 18 more and preordered another. I’ve read a whopping 3 😂
@@miketravelsnowhere6557 yup! Though I finished one and got 2/3 through another yesterday. I’m gonna bet I get at least halfway through em, but I highly doubt I’ll finish the whole bunch.
This was a really good skit 🤣 And yeah the struggle is real! I don't haul stuff cuz I can't afford but I do have over 10 books on my tbr pile because I've been buying books faster than I read them 🤣 but now I've ran out of shelf space so I am forcing myself to not buy anything else hahaha
I don't really buy a lot of books, but I do buy more than I read what's already in my shelf (only because I buy from secondhand book stores, the books are cheap and kind of obscure)
I like buying multiple books because I also read multiple books at a time. I usually can't just start reading one book and finish it. I go back and forth depending on what I feel like reading in the moment.
I love your book videos. They always make me laugh a lot and I can TOTALLY relate to them as a lover of books and reading. Ha ha. My 11 year old thinks they’re really funny and fun too. He’s reading Fablehaven and Harry Potter right now.
I saw someone say that buying books and reading books are two distinct hobbies and don’t often go together and that’s probably true lol. I do both, but it’s like I’ll be buying and acquiring books for a while then fall out of it and turnt o reading. My reading phases have yet to overtake my buying phases though as I have way too many unread books to justify all the ones I want to buy. 😅
I’m the same I have 268 books and growing and I’m buying books faster than I can read them, I have a lot of them on my iPad e-reader so I can take them on holiday or for short waits so I don’t have to reread the page or loose the book, I put the new books iv bought to the back to the recently bought books then the older books iv had for along then one iv had for a long to the front so I can be like a chain belt in reading and I’m not keeping books for to long and then after I read them I put them into donations that do donations so otheres can benefit from them like I did.
I've had a stressful relationship with books for many years now, acquiring them at a rate far greater than the rate at which I can read them. I've had some books for many years and still haven't read them. Lately I'm MAKING time for books I especially want to read and once the book is read I donate it to the Little Free Library down the street. I'm also reading shorter books so as to read more books and open more space. For bug protection I started transferring unread books from cardboard boxes into clear plastic containers that can be tightly sealed. An unexpected advantage is that I can see the contents and that makes me want to do more reading. I'm also learning to to cut back Facebook and You Tube and to give more time to reading. I may donate a few books before reading them. Too I have to simply use self-discipline and stay away from Free Day after the next Friends of the Library clearance sale or limit myself to just what I can get into a backpack and a tote bag, making only one trip to the nearby library. The little I've accomplished so far has me feeling better already.
man i bought 12 books and then got a job, now those books are just there eating dust. I've a long weeknd from tmmrw maybe I'll start reading one of them
I buy books in what could be a haul but I intend on reading them. Some months I’ll go with out then I’ll buy like five or six. My goal is to read at least 50 books this year. I’m at 31. Not including all the short stories, poetry, essays and plays. I suffered an eye injury and it took months to recover. It was painful and I was on medicated drops. HOWEVER I started listening to books on my podcasts. I never buy just to collect.
I am trying to get through all my books and the new books I get are ones I intend to read. I'll keep the books I read as part of my collection but like you I never buy books just to collect.
@@miketravelsnowhere6557 It’s so nice to hear that someone else out there cherishes books. When letters come together to form words and those words form the works that we know and love it’s really a beautiful thing. My birthday is in three days and I’m getting nothing but books. I’m so excited. 💕
Crime and Punishment is such a soul wrenching book though❤️ As for the video, I'm both of these people depending upon where I am in my semester schedule 😛😛 I buy in bulk from book fairs cz they're cheaper😋
This is me. Both. Lol. And I had to say, The Mists of Avalon is one of my all time favourite books! I hope you actually read it! I read it three times in my 20s, and when I finished it the last time, vowed not to read it again until I turn 40. (My mom did that with The Lord of the Rings when she was younger, so I got the idea from her.)
I only have 4 books on my shelf that I have not read. I haven't bought them that long ago. I have over 200 books. I need a new shelf because this one has too many books on it. It may break.
You should use mighty sight glasses there from JML £20 their like 160% magnetising they make the medium sizes prints look like large print and small prints look like medium sized prints you can see them in Amazon if your not from the uk me even with me being partially sighted there great but not for looking around or walking around with on you should check it out mines has a little switch where you can read at night or in n the dark to and the light isn’t that bright like most book lights if you where wearing them and your parent partner etc passed the room and they wouldn’t know even f they looked at your door they wouldn’t know you where reading all night and the glasses are rechargeable and lasts up to 4 or 6 days until they need charges again and all you need to do is charge them for 30 mins, oh meet Christmas all and a happy new year and to this guy Mike in this video wee Cody and family.
I feel like I maybe read 1/3 of the books I actually own... However, I do donate a lot of my books to this little shack at the end of our neighborhood for people to pick up books and they can read it
I have that exact edition of crime and punishment. Got me through 2 separate classes in college. $0.99 on eBay. English major was so cheap. Haha at least in that regard.
I always buy every book I am sure I want to read and will be rereading in the future, cause if I postpone buying it, I won’t be able to find it anywhere in a couple of months - the number of printing copies in my region is very low, sometimes like 3k 😅
@@miketravelsnowhere6557 I live in Kazakhstan, but the main publishing houses of my region are in Russia. So, sometimes it is 3000 copies for the whole post-soviet union region 😅
What I typically try to do is read 4-5 books for every 1-2 books I buy, trying to burn through those books I have accumilated already. Doesn't always work out, but hey... The library is great too! Alas Incannot just highlight and engage with the book in a more... Physical way...
I'm like somewhere in between. I have an addiction to buying books. Over half of the books on my bookshelf I haven't read. But that's only because I'm reading through a series that's fifteen books long. Hint: It starts with Wheel and ends with Time. LOL!
I used to buy books as a hobby. Now I have about 15 books I haven't read and some of them I dont even remember. So now I buy something finish it and THEN buy the next. Still have to get around to reading the books I have
For me, buying the entire series before reading the first book is an hobby
Same here. 😄
Yeah same. A very dangerous one
I do the same.
It's somewhat risky as one might end up not liking the series and have already spent all the money. But the benefits outweigh the risk for me personally. It ensures that I will be able to read the entire series in one go.
The alternatives would be to start reading the series while it is still being written - resulting in either having long gaps between volumes, something my memory doesn't like, or to having to reread the earlier installments several times which is something I simply can't afford as I'm already struggling to read all my books once, let alone several times. (I do like to reread personal favorites occasionally, but I prefer to choose which books to reread.)
The other alternative would be to start buying the series volume by volume when I finally get around reading it. This option would be ideal were it not for the fact that one or several volumes might be out of print when I need them. This problem might be less frequent in this new era of ebook dominance but doesn't necessarily apply to older series.
lol I can relate to this!
Yup did this with a series and regret it, haven't finished it at all xD
I, too, am guilty of committing ‘tsundoku’ … a lovely Japanese term referring to the practise of purchasing books and letting them pile up unread. We bibliophiles must be careful to not start decorating our houses with books but to actually use them for their intended purpose: reading.
And it's the hardest thing I've ever been asked to commit to :/
The term you're looking for is hoarder.
The first part is so...painfully true. From now, I'm only buying a new book when I have read all books on my shelves. I promise...
Narrator: that promise was not kept
Same goal, i just can't help myself when Amazon recommends me books on sale tho
@@ixischia_minus1633 especially when the book is last in stock🥲
The only way to keep this promise is to continually make your shelf larger! 😅
Let us know if you made it !😁 I’ve tried and I cannot keep this promise 😅
I am a mix of both these people. I don't buy a ton of books at once, but I do gain a good bit of pleasure from having a nice collection on my shelf, and I love going to the bookstore with my partner often. I justify it by reminding myself I never know what book I'll be in the mood to read next, so it's good to have a variety to choose from. The end result is that I always end up with about half my shelf being read, half unread. As my collection grows, that proportion seems to always stay about the same, which is odd because it's not like I systematically go buy a book each time I finish one. It just always.. ends up.. that way.
Same
You just described me perfectly
I've been a "movie guy" my whole adult life, and I can relate soooo much to the first part. I used to buy tons of dvds and blurays and they ended up on my shelf only to collect dust....
During the pandemic I turned back to my old books and reading became my new hobby. Since then, I'm trying to read every book I buy in order to avoid mistakes from the past.
Meanwhile, reading-me looks like a person on their phone because I refuse to buy books and instead loan ebooks from the library...
I wanna do the same but I can't focus on my phone 💀
@@jessica49arrow Get an e-reader. Not that cheap but a great investment
i am also an e-reader and i feel ur pain 🥲🥲🥲🥲
Agreed with what other people are saying, invest in an e-reader.
There is no way I could read a book on my phone. I could maybe read a chapter on my phone, but nothing beyond that
Yeah I'm fortunate my phone hasn't been a problem for my ability to focus. I like it because I take it with me everywhere without having to think about it.
There's nothing wrong with either one, but it's very useful to understand that they are two separate hobbies. If I just want to read something, I'm fine with ebooks and library books, and if I just want to get a book to look cool on the shelf, then I feel no obligation to read it. Like I said, nothing wrong with either one, but it's important to know what you're doing.
Buying a book to look cool. People actually admit to this 😂
SERİOUSLY, I bought 11 books at the start of this month, but I didn't read them (yet). I ALWAYS read the books I bought, just not right now, it's not like drinking water or something
I know how it feels going to a used bookstore and seeing all those books, having the excitement of not knowing what you may find. Having that dopamine hit when finding a couple of books and then buying them. Go back home read the first chapters or so than get the urge of doing it all over again. Honestly I don't regret it one bit. I'm a researcher for life
I grew up without a lot if disposable income, so buying books was a HUGE treat, one I reserved exclusively for things I had already read. See, there was this really fun place called a library…
I’m a writer now and I do sometimes buy books I haven’t read, but they go on a small tbr shelf and if I don’t like them I get rid of them.
Ebooks though…so cheap…so tempting…so lacking in that magical inky smell and special paper texture
I have already stopped buying books so often, you spend a lot of money and sometimes you lose interest in reading some books that you longed for before. I prefer to read in PDF, borrow books from the library or buy second-hand. I only buy new books that I have already read and loved. it's much more satisfying to have a library where I like everything I have.
I completely understand this. Because in the library we can read books free and, if it is really worth to rereading it, buy it. A few months ago I read The Name of Rose by Umberto Eco and I was so into that story that eventually bought it.
Losing interest is so true. Even if you read one or the other at some point, the excitement is no longer there as it was on the day you bought it.
A few years ago I gave away all my unread books and since then I've only bought one book at a time. It's so liberating.
You always read exactly what you feel like reading at the moment.
@@rolanddeschain6089this. I laugh whenever I see people say “I buy many books so that I always have something I’m in the mood for available”. If you buy books AS you read them, you’ll always have what you’re in the mood for at the moment you’re in the mood for it.
I'm just a reader. The only time I've really bought books that I haven't read was when I started collecting free books on Kindle. I do have over 100 free books that I will never read on kindle, but I don't actually buy a new book until I get done reading the book I'm reading.
People talking about how they loved the first part of this video, but I honestly love how relatable the second part is. Non-readers can never understand the pleasure of just sitting down and reading a book, they'll always consider it to be something "boring". :D
I just recently bought that really cool Barnes and Noble Edgar Allen Poe book, yep still haven't read any of it, it's ok i'll get around to it just like the 40 other books i bought in the last two years. (Me: "I want to read." Also Me: "Maybe i'll read after watching youtube, plus I'm up to season five of Star Trek Voyager, so maybe i'll read tomorrow... yeah definitely tomorrow.")
Accurate!
Freaking relatable
Just read one chapter
Those Barnes & Noble books are so gorgeous on the shelves they put a smile on my face every time I walk by the bookcase. Worth it!
Ok but the Star Trek Voyager part sounds like what I would say too 😂especially since that's my favorite Star Trek series
The fact that I have both Childhood’s End and The Martian Chronicles because I picked them up from the bargain section at Half Price Books and “will get to them someday,” the relatability is next level
I read, lots and lots. I also collect beautiful leatherbound books. Those I don't read, they just bring me joy standing there all guilded and fancy. Two different hobbies.
Leatherbound books are indeed gorgeous looking!
I'm both of these and I find that often they are mutually exclusive, i.e. it's only when I no longer am able to buy new books that I finally start reading them
The old me can relate to buying books as a hobby and being overwhelmed by the amount I have to read and not getting near any of them 😂.. so I took the decision to give away my unread books to a charity shop and only start searching for my next one when I'm nearly finished the one I'm reading. It's working a charm... for now😊
The last time I tried to buy a book my card was declined- my bank thought it was suspicious activity 😭
lol
For me, I do both of these. I buy a good amount of books, but I also read them.
Agreed, I really have to stop myself from buying too many at the same time. I read fast but the more I buy the less I'm gonna read before buying more.
I've been trying to avoid going into bookstores recently because I always go in thinking "I've got tons of books to read... I shouldn't get anymore" and then I usually end up walking around with at least one. I do end up reading a lot of the stuff I buy though, especially if they're graphic novels. And there is definitely something very satisfying about buying a book I'm excited to read. So I totally get both these people.
I feel so called out. Always buying books, never reading them. I learned that I am an auditory learner, I learn and understand by listening to somebody talk about the things that interest me. I cant get myself to sit down and read instead.
now we all know buying books and reading books are two different hobbies .
Having too many books to read is overwhelming to think about it. I love books but my reads nowdays are from the library, and I buy once in a while, the library also helps me decide which one to buy. My aim is only to get those I really love and would read more than once. I dont collect books just for the sake of it anymore...
I always buy books whenever I find a good one. Well, good according to 'people' because I never really read them much. But I always tell myself that 'I love reading', 'Reading is the best hobby' and I definitely will read all the books on my shelves before I buy new books! I'm a freaking donkey now I realise -_-
lol
I used to buy books a lot. By going to Barnes & Noble and it was such a waste of money, when there are other ways to get books and basically in brand new condition for a better price like, thrifting. I started thrifting books for a while, but then I noticed I wouldn't read anything on the shelf after buying it. Now I just get books from the library try my best to get them one at a time and once I'm finished with that book than I move on to the next one if I feel called to. I still love reading and I do buy books but I try to be more purposeful when making that purchase.
Just some of my experiences with books 📚
Guilty of both! If I had to guess, I have read or will read about 60-75% of my collection before I die. Life is very busy and short. I have a living will. My house full of books is a part of that will and it stipulates that my family pick what they want and donate the rest to our local library when I die. The ones I don’t get to…they get a cozy home for now. They get dusted and loved. They get adopted and read when I go. Collect, curate, then donate little satellite libraries.
Reading and buying are both my therapy ❤
You have encapsulated my feelings about book tube.
:)
Imagine writing books as a hobby. Some authors became insane from the terror of the blank paper.
This is also a common problem of miniature painters; we tend to buy new cool miniatures before finishing painting the ones that we already owned
I only buy books on book fair. They are far cheaper there and then than they are the rest of the year. Buying them only once a year is also how I force myself to read them all. I always have a plan what books to buy before the fair starts. I have over 200 books on my shelf. I've read almost all of them. The rest will be read, unless I die really soon. My bookshelf is a small and overfilled shelf that may break because of how heavy all the books on it are. I really need a new shelf.
Buying books once a year, with a specific list of what you are looking for, is a solid idea!
It's so funny that I'm actually reading martian chronicles right now. I always buy classics that I hope I read one day :D
Martian Chronicles: Classic Bradbury. A quick must read.
Ender's Game: Was my favorite book through my teen years.
Crime & Punishment: The next classic I'll read. Get a good translation.
Childhood's End: I remember enjoying it, but nothing of the story.
Tale of Two Cities: Kind of a must read classic. Sydney, oh Sydney.
WWZ: Will read after I get new glasses with progressive lenses.
Zombie Survival Guide: Actually haven't heard of this one. 😲
Oliver Twist: When I go back to Dickens, it'll be this book.
Mysts of Avalon: Your mileage may vary. Read Once and Future King instead.
When I saw the title, I knew I was going to be personally attacked.
I wasn't disappointed 😂😂
This video made me realize I might be a "buy the book never read them" person and I feel bad now. And overwhelmed at the idea that I now have a small stack of unread books. And me with a brand new bookshelf......
Help. Suggestions needeed.....😳
lol yup I am in the same place! I always read all of the books I owned, but somehow I ended up with about 20 books on my shelf that I haven't read. I decided to cut myself off cold turkey from buying any new books. I will read the books I have this year, and won't buy any new books until 2023
Yeah i always buy books and my sister is likee
Bro you have too much books to read 🙂
But guess what i still need another book :)
there's this wonderful thing called a library...
The Zombie Survival Guide is lit and is 100% a recc. Legit laughed for 5 minutes when I saw my boi chilling next to Dickens
I agree it's a great book! :)
Here me...Have read 22 books this here so far and owned none of them TwT
I feel attacked, great video
lol thank you!
I had that problem until I've got an electronic ticket. Now I have a choice to read/listen many books/audibooks and it's free and legal
Interestingly enough I stopped reading entire novels for about 10 years. Recently started again and my reading pace is insane. Finished Shadow of the Gods in 3 days and I got through 100 pages of IT today. I also went on a big book haul the other day and have been steamrolling through them, so I'm a mixture of the two.
I’m the first right now, I reread the same ten or so books over and over reading the fan fiction of those books then just keep buying books I haven’t got the motivation to read I think hopefully I’ll eventually get back into reading new books and then I’ll have a load of books to read.
Im a little different. I borrow from the library and if I think the book is good I later buy it. So my library only contains books that have a meaning for me.
I’ve fallen into the first trap but I’m blaming it on my reading slump😂😂
Oh my god I feel you. I have over 200 books on my shelves of shame. I read 4-5 books but there's some sale or I find new author and I buy another 6-7 books. I still have books I bought years ago( and I will read them somedday) but now my taste change and I'm reading different genre. It never ends.
Is that Crime and Punishment I see? Man of culture.
I feel so attacked right now! HOW DARE YOU, GOOD SIR! HOW DARE YOU! 🤣
lol
Yup! I see books, especially on sale, and I NEED them! This year’s goal is to get through my physical tbr (we aren’t gonna talk about all the ones on my kindle). I started with about 60, then went and bought 18 more and preordered another. I’ve read a whopping 3 😂
Haha looks like you have your work cut out for you!
@@miketravelsnowhere6557 yup! Though I finished one and got 2/3 through another yesterday. I’m gonna bet I get at least halfway through em, but I highly doubt I’ll finish the whole bunch.
So true! 😂😂 I got so many books that wait to be read and still I buy more from time to time. But it's because of you , booktubers!
lol
Remarkable job !! Thank you
Thank you!
I'm addicted to both. I read over 100 books a year but I certainly replace them all every year (plus some) so I never gain ground
I'm a reader. I buy one book at a time, it can be whole set if its a series, finish reading it and then get new books.
This was a really good skit 🤣 And yeah the struggle is real! I don't haul stuff cuz I can't afford but I do have over 10 books on my tbr pile because I've been buying books faster than I read them 🤣 but now I've ran out of shelf space so I am forcing myself to not buy anything else hahaha
Thank you! I am currently working on my backlog of books as well!
Reminds me of people who buy a ton of art supplies but rarely use them
I don't really buy a lot of books, but I do buy more than I read what's already in my shelf (only because I buy from secondhand book stores, the books are cheap and kind of obscure)
I love the SHADE.🤣😂
Thank you!
This reminded me to read my books and not just pile them up for later. I'm guilty of buying books before finishing the ones I bought.
I swear I'll start reading Dune as a daily habit...
(It's been almost a year since I last glanced at a single page of a Dune book)
I make a habit of not putting books on my shelf that I haven't read.
It helps... a little. I still got two drawers' worth of books I need to get to.
I like buying multiple books because I also read multiple books at a time. I usually can't just start reading one book and finish it. I go back and forth depending on what I feel like reading in the moment.
Lol the first half of this video is pretty much me and my husband in a nutshell 😂👍
That's why I buy a new book only when I finish those I have 😅
Started Foundation today btw I love it
The problem with this is when you see one you want/like you dont want to "forget" about it...
@@darius_Pk oh that's a really good one, although he somehow didn't manage to predict a future with women in the workplace.
@@ADHDlanguages yeah I saw Gaal Dominik is actualy a man not a woman like în the show 🤣
@@azceo i Mark it as my fav or motice it in my notebook
I love your book videos. They always make me laugh a lot and I can TOTALLY relate to them as a lover of books and reading. Ha ha. My 11 year old thinks they’re really funny and fun too. He’s reading Fablehaven and Harry Potter right now.
I'm so glad you and your son are enjoying watching my videos! Thank you!
I buy quite a few books but I plan to read them I intend to read them all
I saw someone say that buying books and reading books are two distinct hobbies and don’t often go together and that’s probably true lol.
I do both, but it’s like I’ll be buying and acquiring books for a while then fall out of it and turnt o reading. My reading phases have yet to overtake my buying phases though as I have way too many unread books to justify all the ones I want to buy. 😅
At least this year I read more books than I acquired but we will see what happens next year. :)
I’m the same I have 268 books and growing and I’m buying books faster than I can read them, I have a lot of them on my iPad e-reader so I can take them on holiday or for short waits so I don’t have to reread the page or loose the book, I put the new books iv bought to the back to the recently bought books then the older books iv had for along then one iv had for a long to the front so I can be like a chain belt in reading and I’m not keeping books for to long and then after I read them I put them into donations that do donations so otheres can benefit from them like I did.
For the most part, I never buy more books until I finish what I just got (which is usually one series or another), so my library is not very large.
I've had a stressful relationship with books for many years now, acquiring them at a rate far greater than the rate at which I can read them. I've had some books for many years and still haven't read them. Lately I'm MAKING time for books I especially want to read and once the book is read I donate it to the Little Free Library down the street. I'm also reading shorter books so as to read more books and open more space. For bug protection I started transferring unread books from cardboard boxes into clear plastic containers that can be tightly sealed. An unexpected advantage is that I can see the contents and that makes me want to do more reading. I'm also learning to to cut back Facebook and You Tube and to give more time to reading. I may donate a few books before reading them. Too I have to simply use self-discipline and stay away from Free Day after the next Friends of the Library clearance sale or limit myself to just what I can get into a backpack and a tote bag, making only one trip to the nearby library. The little I've accomplished so far has me feeling better already.
Everyone who reads books can relate to this 😂😂😂
man i bought 12 books and then got a job, now those books are just there eating dust.
I've a long weeknd from tmmrw maybe I'll start reading one of them
god this translates to video game collecting so well lol
I buy books in what could be a haul but I intend on reading them. Some months I’ll go with out then I’ll buy like five or six. My goal is to read at least 50 books this year. I’m at 31. Not including all the short stories, poetry, essays and plays. I suffered an eye injury and it took months to recover. It was painful and I was on medicated drops. HOWEVER I started listening to books on my podcasts. I never buy just to collect.
I am trying to get through all my books and the new books I get are ones I intend to read. I'll keep the books I read as part of my collection but like you I never buy books just to collect.
@@miketravelsnowhere6557 It’s so nice to hear that someone else out there cherishes books. When letters come together to form words and those words form the works that we know and love it’s really a beautiful thing. My birthday is in three days and I’m getting nothing but books. I’m so excited. 💕
Funny video to see when you ordered 14 books at once😂 Its an addiction. I do plan to go through all of them, I hope I do before I order 20 more 😂
lol
This channel is putting me on blast. lol
Crime and Punishment is such a soul wrenching book though❤️
As for the video, I'm both of these people depending upon where I am in my semester schedule 😛😛
I buy in bulk from book fairs cz they're cheaper😋
This is me. Both. Lol. And I had to say, The Mists of Avalon is one of my all time favourite books! I hope you actually read it! I read it three times in my 20s, and when I finished it the last time, vowed not to read it again until I turn 40. (My mom did that with The Lord of the Rings when she was younger, so I got the idea from her.)
I actually finished reading The Mists of Avalon last month and recently posted a video review on it. I'm glad you really liked the book!
I feel personally attacked, lol.
Absolutely stunning ❤️❤️
Thank you!
I'm a slow reader, i can't usually read 2-3 chapters at once, but i do like to buy another book much faster than reading the previous one complete.
Omg lol the first one is soo me. In fact I'm planning to go to the city on Friday to buy well book lol
Well I do buy many books and yes I also do not read them all , but my reason is different, cause I always fear i will ran out of reading materials
Personally,I always try to read everything I buy unless I don't like the book im reading. 😄
I only have 4 books on my shelf that I have not read. I haven't bought them that long ago. I have over 200 books. I need a new shelf because this one has too many books on it. It may break.
@@storiesfromsvijetko7284 That's nice.I need a new shelf aswel...so many books,so little time. 😄
@@noname3609 There is enough time. There is not enough money for more books or a new shelf.
@@storiesfromsvijetko7284 Memento mori.Amor fati !
@@noname3609 No, really. I would read more if I could afford to spend more on books. Libraries around me are not that well stocked.
You should use mighty sight glasses there from JML £20 their like 160% magnetising they make the medium sizes prints look like large print and small prints look like medium sized prints you can see them in Amazon if your not from the uk me even with me being partially sighted there great but not for looking around or walking around with on you should check it out mines has a little switch where you can read at night or in n the dark to and the light isn’t that bright like most book lights if you where wearing them and your parent partner etc passed the room and they wouldn’t know even f they looked at your door they wouldn’t know you where reading all night and the glasses are rechargeable and lasts up to 4 or 6 days until they need charges again and all you need to do is charge them for 30 mins, oh meet Christmas all and a happy new year and to this guy Mike in this video wee Cody and family.
Awesome, thank you Pauline! And Merry Christmas to you and your family as well!
I feel like I maybe read 1/3 of the books I actually own... However, I do donate a lot of my books to this little shack at the end of our neighborhood for people to pick up books and they can read it
Okay okay i go on sprees but its because bookstores are scarce so i need to stock up
I have that exact edition of crime and punishment.
Got me through 2 separate classes in college. $0.99 on eBay. English major was so cheap. Haha at least in that regard.
I always buy every book I am sure I want to read and will be rereading in the future, cause if I postpone buying it, I won’t be able to find it anywhere in a couple of months - the number of printing copies in my region is very low, sometimes like 3k 😅
Wow that's crazy! Just out of curiosity where do you live?
@@miketravelsnowhere6557 I live in Kazakhstan, but the main publishing houses of my region are in Russia. So, sometimes it is 3000 copies for the whole post-soviet union region 😅
You almost pushed me into buying more books this month. I already over-bought!
lol
And that's why libraries exists.
So relatable 😅 I swear I don't have a problem
So relatable
Iam both, i buy many books and then read them.
What I typically try to do is read 4-5 books for every 1-2 books I buy, trying to burn through those books I have accumilated already. Doesn't always work out, but hey...
The library is great too! Alas Incannot just highlight and engage with the book in a more... Physical way...
Just getting back to reading pulling back on gaming. Like your videos .
Thank you!
I'm like somewhere in between. I have an addiction to buying books. Over half of the books on my bookshelf I haven't read. But that's only because I'm reading through a series that's fifteen books long. Hint: It starts with Wheel and ends with Time. LOL!
this is actually so relatable, I‘m reading a book series with 8 books!
lol yup! Wheel of Time books are all really long too. I think it is one of the largest fantasy series around
@@miketravelsnowhere6557 Longest fantasy series is what I've heard from a lot of people. XD
Me, looking at my Metro 2033 series:
I used to buy books as a hobby. Now I have about 15 books I haven't read and some of them I dont even remember. So now I buy something finish it and THEN buy the next. Still have to get around to reading the books I have