Wyrm Lore

Disclaimer: I am in no way trying to judge others for their reading habits, you do you. This is just me reflecting on my personal reading habits, my own reasons for reading, and how these are no longer in alignment. We are all different types of readers, and if none of this applies to you or your reasons, that’s okay.

Another recycled Substack post, but here we are.

When I look at my reading habits of 2024, I can’t help but feel unsatisfied. I’ve read some good and enjoyable books (see My favourites of 2024), so that’s not it. I also don’t mind the books I’ve read that I gave less than 3.5 star ratings. They might have been on my TBR for ages, they might have been an experiment in trying something different, or they just piqued my curiosity in some way. They were still worth reading, otherwise, I wouldn’t have finished them. I have no qualms dropping books that are not to worth it to me, because life’s too short.

So why am I unsatisfied?

I’ve read 73 text-based books. I’m excluding manga and the one graphic novel from this number; not because they aren’t “real books” (because they are!), but they feel like an entirely different reading experience to me personally. I do include short stories and novellas in that number. So, 73 books. A significant amount of books, not extreme. Still, it’s just an arbitrary number that doesn’t say much.

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