 Okay Are we on? Yeah, okay We're going. I saw Katie Tastic do this. She's a Book reviewer on YouTube for those who don't know I don't watch Katie Tastic But I saw her in the sidebar as a YouTube recommendation while I was watching somebody else and I saw this title the reader problems book tag and I wondered what it was and it's a list of questions for book readers and I think it's kind of funny So here we go question number one You have 20,000 books on your to be read list. How in the world do you decide what to read next? 20,000 is a Lot of books. I think that's an exaggeration but It really doesn't bother me. I Just read whatever I whatever I feel like reading. I don't really have in mind I really never have in mind a list of books that I need to read These days sometimes I have I'll have in mind something that I want to finish because I want to do a video review of it But mostly I've read so many books over the course of my life that I'm really not running low on Books to review. It's really not an issue. I mean I have I have books that I'm enjoying That I'm enjoying just fine in the middle of reading them and they're left unfinished sitting on the table or on my my bedside table or Piled on the couch Whatever and I'm not finishing them just because I don't feel like it Not for any particular reason and I'm enjoying them So I can let books sit Even partially finished it doesn't bother me. Yeah, I'm it's not something that I worry about question number two You're halfway through a book and you're just not loving it. Do you quit or do you commit I quit? I Don't feel any commitment to finish a book that I think is bad even books that I'm reading specifically to review I've done that I'll get to almost to the end of a book that I'm reading because I want to review it for the video and then I'll just say Why am I still reading this? I once saw an interview with Maurice syndac it was a pbs special back in the 90s about a Some design work he did for the nutcracker suite ballet He was asked about his approach to writing books for children and he said an adult will Finish a book out of a sense of obligation or even guilt But if a child isn't enjoying a book, they'll just drop it They'll just say I don't like this and I'll drop it and I've ever since then I felt like I should have that attitude if I'm not enjoying a book if I don't like a book just put it down it doesn't matter and I've read uh recently that The uh the polish author stanislaw limb who I need to review By the way, I've read some of stanislaw limb's work. He's fantastic but he He always told people that if you don't like a book just drop it and And since then Dropping a book partway through Is called limbing a book So yeah, I've done that plenty of times Okay question number three The end of the year is coming and you're so close but so far away on your good reads reading challenge Do you try to catch up and how? I don't do reading challenges. I don't I don't take assignments for reading I never have and I and I don't plan to so again. That's not a problem um Question number four the covers of a series you love do not match. How do you cope? I don't care Yeah, that's not a problem. It's nice to have a set of books that were published together But other than that who cares Yeah, my bookshelves. I don't color code My bookshelves at all. I try to put together books That are of the same Same type And if they're the same series, I'll put them together. But other than that, I don't care question number five Everyone and their mother loves a book. You really don't like Uh, who do you bond with over shared feelings? um Again, I don't really care Uh, sometimes I enjoy being the one to center in the room A lot of times my feeling is if everybody likes something If like it says here if everybody and their mother likes something if it's the biggest phenomenon around It's usually bad So, um, I mean hey, uh So yeah, I have no problem being the one guy in the room Who doesn't like what everybody else likes? It's As I've gotten older, I I felt like it's not something that's worth saying out loud necessarily and it's certainly not something that's worth fighting about so It doesn't bother me And as you've seen as you're watching my reviews, I tend to like things that other people Haven't even noticed because I seek I seek out stuff like that stuff that other people haven't read So, okay But it says who do you bond with over shared feelings? I don't necessarily feel the need to Yeah Okay question six you're reading a book and you're about to start crying in public. How do you deal? That's not a problem That's never been a problem Uh question seven a sequel of a book you love just came out But you've forgotten a lot from the prior novel. Will you reread the book skip the sequel? Try to find a synopsis on good reads cry and frustration If it's been too long and I've forgotten too much about the previous book. I'll just find a synopsis I'll just refresh my memory because it'll come back. Yeah, the memories will come back I'm certainly not gonna cry about it Okay question eight You do not want anyone anyone borrowing your books. Do you politely tell people nope when they ask? Yeah I just say I don't loan out my books I've had people say that to me before It's nothing to get mad about. It's nothing to be upset about um The fact of the matter is when you loan somebody a book or a cd or a dvd Um chances are you'll never see it again and everybody knows that if if people aren't If people are gonna get upset about that then Why are you hanging around with them? Okay question number nine reading add You've picked up and put down five books in the last month. How do you get over your reading slump? um Again, this is something that I don't consider a problem like I was saying before I have unfinished books all over the place I'll get to them when I feel like it. I don't care Uh reading slump. I've I've never heard that That term before I have problems with that as an artist, you know, I need to get art done and sometimes I can't get it done I've never considered reading to be That uh that urgent Okay question 10 There's so many new books coming out That you're dying to read. How many do you actually buy? Well, like I said before Buying new books is something I don't I don't do They're too expensive. I really can't afford new books Uh a couple of months ago in one of my monthly roundups I showed I went to the new bookstore and bought three books and there were more than 50 dollars. Just these three books I can't do that So I have no problem waiting For used copies of anything to come along and I have no problems staying away from from something That other people are seeing or reading. I have no problems with that at all I've never seen the 1998 godzilla movie. Um, I've never seen guardians of the galaxy. I've never seen Um, I have no problem staying away. It doesn't bother me There's plenty of other things to do Question 11 the final question after you've bought the new books. You can't wait to get to How long do they sit on your shelf before you get to them? Um Again Just whenever this is not something I consider a problem. Okay, that's the 11 questions It seems to me that that these questions are for people who are really Anal about their reading habits. I'm not um So most of these questions are are non issues For me I gather this list was written to be to be funny and for the person for for the purpose of getting funny answers out of people So whatever Thanks, katie tastick and see you all later