Why It's Okay That YOU’RE A Slow Reader (I Am Too)
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- čas přidán 5. 09. 2024
- Everyone's reading experience is different as it should be. But in the world of social media now I understand the comparison bug can creep up on us -- it affects me too. So in today's video, I really wanted to tackle and discuss how your reading experience, pace etc should always be YOUR experience and about what truly makes YOU a reader!
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Read for fun; that is what matters
Yes exactly 💯☺️
As long as your reading it doesn’t matter if u read slow just enjoy reading
Whew! Very well said, I’m not a super fast reader at all and I’ve always felt like that was a con? disadvantage? of myself?…IDK! But reading at my own pace and enjoying the story for what it is, is something I completely agree with you on!! Don’t make it feel like a chore!
Also, “Riddles in the Dark”!!!!!!!!!❤
yeah it does feel like a con huh? its so frusterating, but nah we are just daydreamers who go at our own unique pace! just like you said, enjoying the story for what is it 🙌 thank you, glad you enjoyed the video! omg I cant wait to see what inspires me after re-reading the hobbit. I know I wanna make a video about it. also it has changed my minds about the hobbit movies so much. I love them now!😃
Yes! It’s so hard for me to keep up with reading and focusing. I have so many books I want to finish reading. I finally started to read again this week after not doing so for a week and half.
I can imagine its also hard being a mama and taking care of the house haha. I feel like when our focus gets stretched its hard to get dialed back in. like after I make a video I have to work extra hard to get back to reading cuz I was hyperfocused on that, something completely diff haha. im glad youre back at! what are you reading right now?
Don't worry about not being a fast reader. I myself am a slow reader and have stopped doing TBR's because I've felt too much pressure to keep up with what I say I'm going to read. Keep up with the great videos! 😁
I feel that, I def rarely stick to my tbr especially because im such a mood reader. thanks for the support, glad im not alone :)
It's only recently that I've stopped trying to keep up with other readers. I will never read as much as other people, but I still enjoy my reading. I'm currently reading The Lost World, and even though I've had it for over a week, I'm only on 50% through, and I'm 100% okay with that. When I read it, I'm thoroughly enjoying myself and not thinking about how slow I'm going. I'm just immersing myself in the world.
yes I love that! also you have been making me want to check out those books based on what you've said in the discord haha. maybe sometime I will. yeah its hard cuz I want to read all the books but my pace is what is is, so agreed- just enjoying the immersive experience we get from reading :)
So glad i found this video! Been feeling so much pressure to read all the books and it was sucking the fun out of it!
I’m so glad 🥹🥹 yes reading should always be fun and on your terms and your pace 🙌🏻
I seem to go through phases.
Some series and authors I can read their books incredibly quickly because I get so sucked into it. Then I have a desire to read more and more of their works and so sometimes do 3/4 books a month.
However, after reading some large books I want to take a break and digest what I’ve read and so take a few weeks break or slowly read a new series.
As long as you’re enjoying it, I think there’s nothing wrong with whatever pace you choose.
Yeah books by Sarah J Maas or Dan brown- my adhd loves and I can read those ones really fast haha. But yeah each book is really diff. And totally, I also need mental breaks after really long books too 😂 such a journey haha
Agreed, the pace should always be for you and your experience 🙌🏻
Thanks for watching! 😀
I have been an avid reader for a very long time. Once I started watching Book-tubes for some time, I noticed I wasn't enjoying my reading anymore. I got caught up in the " read so many bks. a month"thing. I would take out 5-7 bks. from the library and have to return most be wise I didn't finish them. I have very bad health, 4 auto-immune illnesses, chronic pain, etc. It takes 1/2 the day sometimes to take care of my body. Then there's ALL the dr. appts. I decided to not try to be like the book-tubes and just enjoy my reading again. Whether it is 1or2 bks. a month (depends on size too), re-reads, my old children's bks.; it's my decision and I don't have to be like anyone else. It's what makes me happy, fulfills and satisfies me. I ENJOY my reading AGAIN!
I’m so glad you found your love for reading again and this is a safe space here for ALL readers at any pace 🙌🏻✨
I COMPLEEEETELY AGREEEEE
I usually try to set myself a minimum of at least 10 books every year, and I've already passed that for this year so I'm feeling pretty proud!
that fantastic good job! I'm at 10 reads right now too 😃 yeah its hard when youre busy with life. but we are out here reading and just loving the stories!
I have dyslexia so I can not read very fast.
I read Frankenstein and of course it's a brilliant classic that lends itself to so much discussion - there was a lot I liked and didn't like but the point is that it's quite moving but still has that original recipe of gothic crazy! If you review it, it'll be brilliant. Now I'm reading The Angel Maker by Alex North, who's given me a new taste for thrillers. He writes police procedurals with a slight supernatural bent
I love your art and your work here. You've got character, charisma, creativity, presence, and sincerity I don't see in other BookTubers/Tokers - a lot of them don't have skills you have as an actor and storyteller. I enjoy your originality too. But content creation is a real job - so is chasing the algorithm, growing the audience, etc - and consumers don't realize that. And we get caught up trying to read like it's a job. I love how you put it about what really matters in the experience of reading.
By the way, how you use your hands from 5:19 is great, and then at the end is also great.
I have a copy of Frankenstein on my shelf. I want it to be apart of my 3 months of spooky cuz well I need the time 😂 but I also might be audiobook for it since I have like 4 books on the list for that so far. Ohh I love police procedurals with a slight supernatural bend. Literally makes me think of the first few seasons from Supernatural 🙌🏻 love that show.
Wow, that’s so sweet and kind of you to say, thank you. I’m always working to challenge and improve with every video i make 🙌🏻 and yes as a content creator working with the algorithm is a whole other ballgame. So thank you again for continuing to support the channel and being a Patron. It really means so much ☺️🙏🏻
That is a really great thumbnail you made :)
eeep thank you! it’s my favorite I’ve done so far 🥰
@@AlyLourim it’s freakin worth it hehe
My ex best friend used to get through books in just a couple days. She would make fun of me because I could take a couple months to finish a book. But the thing is I have adhd and autism. My adhd makes it hard to focus and I sometimes have to reread things. And my autism makes it so my brain has to read it at a pace that makes since. You aren’t going ti have dialog that’s extremely fast in real life, I read it at the pace that makes since for me. I’ve never met anyone who also goes through this and maybe I never will but thank you for making me feel less bad about being a slow reader.
You are def not alone, and I’m sorry your friend made fun of you 🥺 being a reader comes from the joy you get out of it, not your speed or how many books you read 🙌🏻
@@AlyLourim Thank you so much! And I agree, I got back into reading again because I realized I enjoyed the stories, not seeing how many I could read.
I’m so glad to hear that ☺️🙌🏻
When I was a kid, I struggled with ADHD--then the hyperactivity vanished, leaving me with ADD. It feels like it takes me extra effort to summon the concentration, but it is ultimately rewarding when I can get into the state where the words on the page go away and I experience scenes in my head. Reading is the most immersive pastime there is.
For a decade, I lost the ability to read fiction because life turned upside down, but a couple years ago, I began to apply the 2-minute rule to reading. I set a minimum of 10 pages a day. Then increased to 15 since that roughly worked out to 100 pages a week. Now I moved up two reading two books at the same time. Sometimes I even manage to alternate between 3-4 books, up to 70+ pages in a day. For normal folk that may be pitiable, but for those of us struggling with ADD/ADHD, I believe there are ways to cope.
Your first paragraph is so relatable 🙌🏻 and I did something similar to get back into reading. I would literally just read before bed till I got tired even if it was just 5-10 mins to reset the habit. And I think the advice you gave for what you did to build the habit and increase your page count is so great and helpful. Tools like this really help our adhd brains. And I agree, once we are finally able to focus and be entranced on the world, is the best immersion ever 🙌🏻☺️ thank you so much for watching, I’m glad it resonated!
It can be tough sometimes. A random phrase can provoke unrelated sidebars of thought that sweeps me away like a ripetide. Also, I'm internally listening to song clips in my head, interposed with clips of shows or replaying scenes from other books. Last week, scenes from Guardians 3 took up quite a bit of bandwidth.
BTW…I read the Annotated Hobbit last year. It revealed quite a bit of the development and revisions of the book as well as Tolkien's mindset and inspirations. I didn't realize that Tolkien was essentially a triple threat. Not only was he a groundbreaking author and a professor of philology, but a visual artist in his own right.
@@chrisowenssff4876 haha yes, trying to put that all aside so I can just read the first sentence rather than read it 10 times 🤣
Oh that’s so cool! Yeah Tolkien was really talented. Def have to check out the annotated sometime 🙌🏻
I have absolutely always read Tolkien as the narrator.
I hate it here so I will go to
secret gardens in my mind-Taylor Swift. That’s the best way I can describe my reading life. I tried reading faster but it wasn’t as helpful as I thought. A lot of speed reading is only skimming. Then it just turns reading into a chore I have to do? Instead of a choice if that makes sense. Especially when reading fiction, I like to picture it in my head and get to know the characters. Good reading is more about the fluency instead of the speed. Reading at my own pace is much more enjoyable. Also Middle Earth got me into fantasy too 😊
Couldn’t agree more 🙌🏻
I just started Addie LaRue and I feel like it’s going to be so sad!!! Also, I love this video because I always feel bad about not reading books as they come out because I just can’t keep up.
I hope you like it! The pacing is a bit slow but I found myself thinking about the book constantly after reading it 🥹 yeah I read so slow and sometimes if I have busy days as much as I want to read my brain cannot lol. Reading should always be fun at your pace with what you wanna read ☺️
I am as slow a reader as I am a slow reader. And with an ever expanding tbr list it makesnit even worse. Sometimes I have ti remind myself to just enjoy the journey 😊
I feel that so hard. and this is what I focused on with this vlog, and the excitement I get from the stories we love. its hard when you wanna read all the other books but thus this is our pace, and thats okay, we will get to them 😊😊
I feel like I must be the slowest reader of all time. I'm lucky to finish one novel-length book per month. ASOIAF/Stormlight sized books take me several months. And that's cool! Just read. Who cares how fast you do it.
Oh yeah Sanderson books can def take a min. It took me 4 months to read WoK lol agreed 🙌🏻
@@AlyLourim and your video is so true about seeing other people on social media reading lightning fast. There's a lot of book tube channels I love but I have to take breaks, otherwise I feel like I should just quit my job and just read all day.
@@danthemanwithaplan right? and its a very discouraging feeling! I do this for a living among other freelance jobs and I still dont know how they do it, because I also have to adult lol
That's why I do audiobooks, and why people are starting to get into audiobooks a lot more, you can read several books a week
This is true! I can only do certain audiobooks though. If it’s set in our world and first person, I’m good to go but if it’s fantasy and 3rd person or POV switching I struggle even more to focus haha. But audiobooks help a lot
@@AlyLourim interesting, why the struggle with third person?
@@spencercorpuz I think because there’s more opportunity to get confused on whose talking or what’s being explained vs if it’s first person POV I know it’s always from this person vs anyone else. Idk why, it takes longer for me to focus with audiobook and I only get 40 mins in max. It’s weird. I use them for re-reads or simple books. I keep trying but I always miss things cuz something will be sad and I’ll think of something related to that and get lost. I’m pretty sure it’s an adhd thing
@@AlyLourim oh ok. I recommend continuing to try, it's a learned skill just like anything else and once you're able to do it, it's soooo worth it. There's amazing narrators out there who bring stories to life in new and incredible ways. I know it sounds counter intuitive but if you're having trouble drifting off, especially if you have ADHD, turn up the playback speed. You're drifting off cause your mind is getting bored with the slower narrators, a higher playback speed kicks your brain into gear and gives it something to want to pay attention to. Just try it at least once I promise it works.
I recommend trying Kings Dark Tidings by kel kade, AMAZING narrator, fast paced plot, loveable characters, you won't want to hear anyone else after listening to Nick Podehl narrate it.
@@spencercorpuz awesome thank you for the suggestion, I will def keep trying. I want to til something sticks haha and I’ll check out the book rec, thank you ☺️
a song of fire and ice being on hold is a mood, i finished part 3 and i was like.... martin will probably die before these books are finished why am i pushing through this so quickly and then havent touched them since XD dont get me wrong i want to continue them ive just been very busy XD
also ive been meaning to reread the hobit, its been.... over a decade since ive read it, and this time i intend to try to read the lotr trilogy, couldnt do it the first time it was too confusing for me at the age of like 8 or 9?
Haha this comment cracked me up 🙌🏻 yeah I wanna do a specific type of reading vlog for the series too so it’s just gotta wait a damn min lol
Omg I believe that! I read it in college and it was still a lot. I’ll be re-reading LOTR with my friend too after we finish the hobbit and I’m excited cuz again I still don’t remember much 😂😂
Not to be too self-promo-y here, but my husband and I did a full read through of the hobbit + LOTR on our podcast, and the “who is the narrator” debate was a HUGE part of our discussion! We’re Second Breakfast with Cam & Maggie if anyone’s interested 💚
That’s so cool! I’ll def check it out. What a cute podcast name 🥰
Ive seen vids where 5 books in the month was a "slow month" im like wtf lol
Right? I’m like that’s a book in less than a week that’s insane!! Haha
Didn't talk about the lift chapter...
I think this was meant for a Sanderson video? Lol. I discuss Lift in my extended edition for my Patreon ☺️
@@AlyLourim what's going on with the CZcams comments on this update?👀🤔 Thank you anyways.
I'll probably end up reading like 35 book this year but i see people that read like 100 books a year and it makes me feel bad i didn't read 100 pages today lol
Right? It’s so frustrating sometimes haha. But I’m pretty sure 35 is my book goal is year too so high five ✋🏻 go us for reading and just enjoying the ride 🙌🏻☺️