Okay, so today we are doing a tag video. Why?
Because i have to film four videos today and i need
an easy one to put in there because i'm tired,
but also because these tag questions look pretty interesting. So let's do the,
The Book Addiction Tag. There are 14 questions.
Let's chat. Question number one: The longest amount of time you can
comfortably go without picking up a book? I guess that varies
because some days i can't go a day without picking up a book because
i love to read. It's my favorite hobby, but sometimes i'll go a whole week and
feel really fine with not, like just reading little bits here
and there because i don't feel like reading.
And i think that's pretty normal, but for the most part, because it's my favorite
hobby i'm a little bit obsessive and i read
pretty much every day. Question number two: How many books do
you carry on your person physical or device
at any one time? I always have a physical book with me wherever i go
because physically reading... uh-oh.
That's probably fine. I always have a physical book with me
wherever i go because physical reading physically reading a physical book
is my favorite type of reading and i always have an
audio book on my phone. I much prefer physical reading and i get
through audiobooks way slower because i pretty much only
listen to audiobooks while i'm cooking dinner every evening.
So i get about 30 minutes to an hour and that's it. So it takes me a while to
get through a book because i read a decent
amount of large books. But i always have an audiobook with me when i'm out. I
rarely listen to an audiobook when i'm out because i have a three-year-old and
when i'm with him he talks a lot and i love that and i like to listen. I
unfortunately don't read ebooks. I think it's my dyslexia.
I just have a really hard time reading from a screen. Question number three: Do
you keep every book you buy/ receive or are you happy to pass them on
to make sure to make space for more? I do. I usually will only keep four
star and five star books. Every now and then i'll keep a three
star book, but for the most part if it's a book that i
loved; i want to talk about a lot and i'm definitely going to go back and reread
at some point (because i'm a big re-reader)
i want to keep it. If it's a book that i thought was fine,
but not really for me, there's just no reason for me to have it on the shelf,
(for me) people can do what they want with their books, but
FOR ME if i'm not going to reread it i will
pass it on to either my niece or the library.
Question number four: How long would you spend in a book shop
on a standard visit? Probably 30 minutes to an hour. I love browsing
bookstores. Where i live, i live in a small-ish town i guess you could say.
I guess it depends on your perspective, I grew up in a town of 200 and this town
has 1400 so it seems large to me but probably to you it seems small.
Anyway, It's a small town. We have one bookshop and it's a small bookshop,
but i love it and when i'm there i'm usually there for
a good chunk of time because i want to look at every book they have on their
shelves, even if it's a genre i don't typically
read, i want to see it all before i finally pick the two or three
that i'll buy. Question number five: How much time per day do you actually spend
reading? I talked about this in my dyslexia video
which i filmed today (i'm still wearing the same clothes)
I talked about that a lot in that video uh so i'll link that video if you want
to hear me talk about it more, but the amount that i read in
the day; i a lot one to two hours
to read just physically read every single day just depending on how busy
the rest of my work is, but i know that that's not typical
for people um especially during the work week. I just happen to be able to work it
into my work schedule because my channel is kind of part of my job. I mean, it is. I
just don't like viewing it that way. I still like to see it as a hobby, but it
IS a job. I, there's something wrong with me. Okay,
moving forward. And then i also listen to an audiobook when i cook dinner every
night; as i've mentioned. So there's a good
amount of reading happening. Question number six:
Where does the task 'picking up a book' appear on your to-do list. I have no idea
how to answer that. What in the world does that mean?
It appears at, it appears from 1 to 3 p.m. That's my
reading time. Sometimes 1 to 2 I'll actually spend
working if i have a lot of work to do that day
and then just two to three we'll be reading, but
1 to 3, that's my reading slot... or 2 to 3. Is that, is that what they
wanted for that question? I feel like i answered that wrong. It doesn't matter.
Question number seven: How many books do you reckon you own
in total (including ebooks). I don't own ebooks.
Um... i... don't know and i'm not gonna count. I'll show
some videos i'll overlay. These are my 'read'
books. I've read almost all of these, but a couple of these i just have together
with the series. But i've read almost all these books and
this is my TBR shelf for traditionally published
books that people have sent me and then this is my TBR shelf
for self-published books that authors have sent me.
So a lot of books. Question number eight: Approximately how often do you bring
up books in conversation? I guess it depends on who i'm talking to.
Um... i don't know. If i, if i'm talking to a friend who's a huge
reader then we talk about books a decent amount, but we also talk about a bunch of
other stuff. So maybe half-ish of our conversations are about
books and if i'm talking to someone who isn't a reader
i don't bring up books, because that would be weird. Question number nine: What
is the biggest book (page count) you have finished
reading? Okay, Oathbringer isn't in here because i'm currently rereading it,
but that book is about 1,300 pages and the next biggest book is going to be The
Count of Monte Cristo which is 1,276
pages, So Oathringer wins. It's Oathbringer. Question number 10:
Is there a book you had to get your hands on against
all odds (search the bookstore ,online digging, STALKING AN AUTHOR??)
What?!?! No! Why would you do that???
Um... I guess, yeah. No, not stalking an author. What's
wrong with you? I, so okay. There was this one book, i...
okay. It was years ago. I was in a big slump.
I wasn't liking anything i was reading and i realized it was because all i read
was one genre. This was back when my channel was very young. It was before
i was... me. What? Anyway, i started trying to find booktubers who
read really different stuff than me and i tried to find some books that
looked mildly interesting that were really
different from anything that i've read. I found The Butcher's Hook and it, i
don't even think it was released in the U.S.
Maybe i'm wrong, but i had to order it from
England, i had to pay a stupid amount of money for it
and it took forever to ship And i finally got it in the mail and i
hated it! It made it to my least favorite books of
that year, but i did read it and i did
go to stupid costs to get it. Question number eleven: Is there a book you
struggled to finish because you refused to DNF?
Um... i think it has to be Nevernight, right? Because
i'm very comfortable with DNFing. I'm very comfortable with putting down a
book that i'm not enjoying because reading is a hobby and why in the world
would i make my hobby not fun? But... uh Nevernight i had DNF'd twice or
three times and then my subscribers voted. I let my
subscribers vote on a book that i DNF'd that i would finish and Nevernight won
and i finished it. And i hated it so it's gotta be that one.
If you haven't seen that video, there it is. Question number 12: What are
three or some of your main book goals for the
following year? I have not started planning out
goals for the following year, for 2021. I, this year became a mood reader. We've
talked about it and i don't really know how i'm going to
handle goals for next year because i'm going to let
myself be a mood reader; i'm not going to try to force myself to read stuff,
but i think probably what i'll do is just continue to try to be really
mindful about what i'm reading because it's easy for me to constantly pick up
fantasy because fantasy is just a genre that i'm very very drawn to.
But i love so many different genres and so i try to be really
mindful of, "Okay, how much fantasy have you picked up this month?
What's another genre that you love that you have books that you're looking
forward to? Pick up one of those and then get back
to fantasy." So i want to continue to be mindful of
that and be sure to be giving care and attention to
other genres that i love reading and i just
don't prioritize because i prioritize fantasy so much.
So i think that's really my only goal of 2021 is to continue doing
that. Just continuing to make sure that i'm reading other genres too
even though fantasy is still the genre that i read the most. I usually read
about half the books i read every month or fantasy and half
are a compilation of other books. I'd like to keep it that way,
if i want to. And if i don't, then i won't. Reading is fun i won't make it a chore.
Question number 13: Have you ever had the privilege of
converting someone into a reader by inspiration or
by your incessant nagging? Yes i have! My husband when we met had
probably only read enough books that he he could count on
his hand, and um... i like reading a lot.
So when we first married i started reading books to him. I'd read him a
chapter in a book every single night. And that was very nice of him to let me
do. Eventually he was so into the story that a chapter
a night wasn't good enough for him, but my throat hurt so he started just
taking the book and reading ahead without me, which is just the nicest
thing you can do to a reader because you've now fallen in love with
what i love and i'm fine with reading the book
separately and just discussing it with you afterwards. And he
is the type of reader that he loves reading when he does it and when he's
not reading he just does other things and doesn't
really worry about getting back to reading, so
every single something, celebration we have,
um... whether it be my birthday, Christmas, our anniversary
valentine's day, whatever. When he's "supposed" to get me a gift i always ask
in lieu of him getting me something i always ask for him to just
read one of my favorite books and that's what we've done
for years and he loves reading now because
he is forced to re-read books as my gift and then he comes out loving those books.
We discuss it a ton and he wants to continue on reading, so i
have successfully converted my husband into a reader. He typically will read
one book a month, one book every other month
and i'm thrilled by that. I'm thrilled by it. Question number 14: Describe
what books mean to you in five words. Okay. Reset, rest, learning, exploration,
and joy. Did i do that right? Was i supposed to make it into a sentence? Well that's
what you got. That is the Book Addiction Tag. I would
love to continue to chat with you about any of these things in the comments.
I'll have the the comments... No. I'll have the questions as well as the original
creator of the tag all in the description,
so if you want to answer the questions in my comment section and chat with me
about it that way, i would love that. I post videos every
Sunday, Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday. I'll see you guys again soon. Bye.
you