My 12yo did something similar over the weekend. She hasn't read at home since she started middle school. We used to read to her at night, but she negotiated a later bedtime without stories which was fine with us. In elementary school, she'd have to take tests throughout the year and earn x amount of points for a nine weeks. She doesn't have that this year. But over the weekend she asked if she couldn't sleep could she read for a little bit. I know my kid needs her sleep, but if she's actually reading, I'm not going to say no.

Boys from Biloxi....I loved it. It was a different kind of book but does have a decent legal element to it

I do think his later books aren't as good as his early books but that is a complaint you can make against other authors eg Patricia Cornwell

Warning to all. Do not waste your time on The Last Chairlift. It is a horrible book. Boring and repetitious for 900 pages

Yeah. The sales charts for popular and successful series I've seen basically have book two at about 50% of the sales of book one, and book three at about 30% of the sales of book one.

But that ending….Come on. Ridiculous

I'm with you. A physical book is nice, but other modes are sooo much more convenient. I'm an audiobook guy because I find I can focus on the story more when I can keep my hands busy while listening.

You must not have read the "equivalent" part...

Wow, that's horrible too!

People also don't seem to be interested in continuing a series even if the next book is available for various reasons. This is a phenomenon I've seen my library in libby. The first book in a series you've got to wait weeks for, but you can check out the sequel(s) any time you like

The best tip I heard, similare to #1: Set a very small goal of pages you want to read - like maybe just 1 Page a day.

So that you have to take the book and start reading, most times you will probably read more, but it gets you to the habit of reading every day.

Hah, now you mention it, it does. From the few I have read anyway.

yes

yesss Lord of Chaos's cover made me laugh my ass off when I saw it the first time

what the... what the fuck is that cover

yeah, I read them all in 2020 and holy crap were those books and titles bad

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It feels like a regurgitation of every article ever written about how to develop a reading habit.

> we do not have him in public school where they are required to ready novels by kindergarten

wat, no, that doesn't happen

Kids are expected to know how to read most of their phonemes by the end of Kindergarten and they're expected to be able to read the 50-100 high frequency words.

also, hell yeah, that classic "read when you should be asleep" - I think I first did that when I was 6?

Yes, pretty much all of them. Translations are by their nature suspect.

But I have heard that the English translations of Frederick Hegel are actually easier to understand than the original.

But somebody is having fun with ChatGPT

Because humans don’t usually write Reddit posts like generic Wikipedia listicles.

Ok ChatGPT

> find a series you enjoy because then you always have another book lined up to look forward to.

Ehh, I’m not sure I agree on this. There’s series that are kinda boring to begin then improve later on.

The Witcher is like this for me. Especially as I’m reading The Tower of Swallows right now, the earlier few books weren’t that enjoyable for me.

And while I haven’t read Wheel of Time yet, I see comments regarding some books that people don’t enjoy but keep reading anyway.

Quick Edit: A “bad” book is a book someone is unfamiliar with in my opinion, it could be better than at face value.

The same thing that happened to Anne Rice's works after she died. Her estate went "You're going to write us a check for how much?" and then they signed on the line.

[For people who don't know, Anne Rice was very, very controlling of her work and how it was adapted and/or used. She allowed no fandom publications, and was....difficult to work with. Which was her right, it was her work. But she also started a feud with the dude who owns/owned Popeyes Chicken because he refurbished a building in the French Quarter to be a restaurant, and the building had featured in one of her books, and she felt he ruined her book by doing it because she hated his style. Which was kind of tacky, but it was an empty Mercedes' dealership before or something like that. Lady was...unique. Then she died. And her estate has let the adaptations run wild.]

My brilliant friend series. Some of the best books I’ve ever read… and I recommend them with such sincerity when I talk to someone about books. But if they see the terrible cover, bam! I know they’re thinking something sappy/cheesy, like a bad romance novel. These books deserve better.