i try and end on chapters but if its been a bit i will skim the last page to remind myself.

If I had an absolute terrible time following the night before then I’ll read a paragraph or two to make it make sense…. Normally if I’m struggling that hard I quit early so I don’t have to back track. Otherwise I pick up where I left off…. I can even leave days /weeks between and still generally pick up where I left

Usually none. Maybe the last sentence if there was a break in the middle of the page.

I always try to stop reading at the end of a chapter so I don’t have to reread. But if not I’ll go back to the top of the page or a few paragraphs.

None. The concept never even crossed my mind!

Considering I always push it too far and fall asleep while reading, I usually have to backtrack a few pages the next day.

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I don't care about design unless it's detrimental to my ability to read the book, then I care and I am not pleased. I'm surprised the publisher allowed such changes which seem to conflict with accessibility standards. Issues like the typeface and lack of contrast between background color and the text opens up the publisher to problems should someone decide to sue. But, they must not care, or don't know about the importance of accessibility and just wanted to please the author. :|

Generally, the aesthetics of a book don't matter much to me, but I also never see books with aesthetics like the one you're describing. What you've mentioned would be distracting enough to me that I probably wouldn't read the book.

I wanted to do the 52 books challenge (1 per week) a couple years ago, but last year I set my goal to 24. A lot more realistic, but I still read 16 and a half. I'm trying again this year! And I'm trying not to get depressed over that :) also, somebody said some people read over 100 books a year. Lol, it must be very tiring. 150? I don't know if I believe that, unless they have eidetic memory or read short books lol

Tolkein wanted the Lord of the Rings to be presented as an ancient manuscript, rediscovered after a library fire, and he wanted copies to actually be scorched a bit before they were sold, to add some tactile and olfactory sensation reinforcing this notion. His publisher said it couldn't be done.

I think the grey background is a big no from me, but everything else is cool and quirky

I once started reading a book where all the words were spelled phonetically.

I had to put it down after only a few pages, it was a chore to read.

last year i did bingo reading challenge from Goodreads, where you get randomly generated card with various genres so i got to explore them.

this year i am doing a challenge to read around from different countries, as diverse as it gets. it's pretty fun browsing books and learning more about authors.

I cannot listen to anything dubbed in American English. I get irritated quickly for some reason. It's almost cringe-inducing.

Some dubbed anime are fine because recently they've started using more-professional voice actors, so dub quality has gone up.

But english-dubbed (American English) content on Netflix, for example, sounds really bad to me.

There's something very wrong with American-English dubbed content. It feels unnatural and it makes me uncomfortable.

I've read on other subs/websites that part of the reason is because the dubbed lines need to match a pre-set timespan and emotion/expression, so it IS unnatural because the lines and emotions are crammed in to match the footage. Whereas in American content, the lines can be delivered more freely and naturally (if the actors are talented), so the acting is more convincing overall.

British-english dubbed content still sounds foreign, so maybe we just attribute any weird quirks to the language difference instead of the dubbing process, even if the dub is sub-par.

A good book designer makes the choices that reflect the vision of the book. A lot of times writers have ideas about what they want. They will mention specific fonts and margins. But if you actually talk to them about WHY they want those things, a good designer can accomplish them better without sacrificing readability.

The number of books is not as important as the content you grasp from any number of books you read.

I am currently doing the Proust challenge wherein I'm trying to complete all 7 books of in search of lost time by Marcel Proust this year!!

I flip books before I buy them because I don’t want the eye strain caused by an amateurs lack of effort.

Self centered.

I don’t have enough friends that read, so I’m using a 12 books from 12 friends group on StoryGraph. I will select a book from each month’s options and read it. If I’m lucky, I’ll already own it or the library will have it available.

I’m also willing to use a rec from people I follow on IG if I really needed to.

The best thing about challenges is they aren’t contests. You don’t lose if you can’t read as many books as someone else.

I’d say you have better created a masterpiece if you’re going to make people work to read it. You also don’t want to discount the skill necessary to make things quirky and better, instead of quirky and worse. It sounds like your friend isn’t comfortable in their ability to get their story across using their chosen medium, and so is forced to utilise alternative methods to do so. Do you think you would have finished the book if you didn’t know the author?

I’d say you have better created a masterpiece if you’re going to make people work to read it. You also don’t want to discount the skill necessary to make things quirky and better, instead of quirky and worse. It sounds like your friend isn’t comfortable in their ability to get their story across using their chosen medium, and so is forced to utilise alternative methods to do so. Do you think you would have finished the book if you didn’t know the author?

I'm fine with wonky aesthetics if it suits the theme or narrative of the book in some way, or is otherwise just part of the author's vision. I may not always personally like it, but I will respect it.

However, if it's wonky just because of lazy publishing/editing, then i'll be a bit put off. Quality writing can and will make it tolerable, as long as the work is still legible, but a certain degree of presentation is important to avoid making the act of reading unnecessary unpleasant.

One classic a month... Just that. The rest is whatever I want to read at the moment.

Yes, it definitely matters to me! I prefer easily readable fonts and simple formatting/typography. I don't really want to be distracted by "aesthetics", unless the aesthetics are illustrations or photographs that accompany the story.