dear slow readers…

hi, i'm dee (the heroine) and this is my corner🌟

dear slow readers…let’s talk about pressure, social media and needing to proved yourself as a ‘reader’

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[MayBhank]

I still remember telling my friend I haven’t been reading much and only managed to ONLY read about 4 books/month for the past few months. She just looked at me in shock and said “dude, that is A LOT of books” Thats when I realized that I’m doing just fine. Sometimes I just have to talk to people outside of the book community to remind me what a freaking nerd i am to be be complain about reading 4 books a month 😂

[charlieri]

It’s maddening that the spaces we’ve created to share a love of books has had productivity culture impressed on it. This idea that if you love something you need to do it better and faster and make a business from it! Thank you for the video, it has given me some food for thought.

[yasminbereadin]

the number of books people read in the book community is literally WILD and its easy to forget that, im sUCH a slow reader so i really have to remind myself that

[doowopshopgal]

This is so true. I need to slow down and stop reading every second. I do have a life. So what if I skip reading for a day who’s watching??

[anyonymswede]

I have dyslexia. When I try to read faster, I have to go back, because I have missed important details.

[mariadillon]

Loved your video it made me smile and was so uplifting. I totally agree with what you said. I am, and always will be, a slow reader. I love to savour the words and imagine the stories unfolding in my head… which I can’t do if I skim read. To get the most from my books I underline any beautiful phrases or life lessons that are relevant at the moment of reading. I then upload these onto my tablet for future reference. I find that in doing this I can record any new learnings or inspirations… it really feels that I am squeezing the relevant bits out of each book. Before doing this I was still a slow reader but found I went from book to book forgetting the valuable lessons that they held. I read about 24 books per year….some of these are rereads. Happy reading! 📚📖📙

[mafiabugsy]

I already knew that I could never read as many books as booktubers read, like it's genuinely insane to me how many books a person can read in a month. I read a book a month, and I love having new books regardless of whether I finished or not. I wish I could read more, but I don't belittle my self worth based on how many books I can read.

[books]

omg thank you for making this because as a self proclaimed ‘slow’ reader I always make myself feel bad for not reading as much as other people!! thank you for validating me and making the video I’ve been wanting to make for years! 🙌🏻🧡

[BookishTexan]

Thanks for this.
I'm a slow reader, but I usually don't think about it very much. But I was planning a video over the weekend and so I counted up the number of novels I had read and I did, for just a moment, feel a little self-conscious.

[rananajjar]

Great video!
my problem is not that I compete with others, it's competing with my past self and comparing my past reading with my current situation. I work a full time job and it tires me to the point I don't feel like reading and that make me feel guilty 😅

[kellymcfarlane]

As someone who reads too many books in a month, I can’t remember half of them 😂😂 it’s definitely not a flex. Reading slower would probably let me enjoy reading more but I feel pressure (from absolutely no one because I don’t have a YouTube channel) to read all of the books.

[SlantedSpines]

This message is so important!! Like, when I think to pre-booktube life, I read mayyyybe two books a month? And now I feel I "need" to read at least five books a month to "keep up" with sharing reviews with my followers. But I am definitely going to keep this perspective in mind as I start classes this fall and perhaps feel overwhelmed 🙏 Thanks for sharing this!!

[elliterate]

late to this video but hugely appreciate this as a thought! it's so rough when seeing how other people get through things fast and panicking and feeling guilty about not keeping up, so it's nice to see that other people feel the same way :)

[zamo_shangase]

I feel seen ! Absolutely loved this video. Thank you for making it 💕

[lissette]

Thank you so much for this video because it really opened my eyes to stop feeling bad that I don’t read as fast as other people it’s okay

[bookishplants]

Thanks for this video! I've felt bad about posting anything book related for the same reason that I haven't been reading as much. Even if I did read a good amount, it's still significantly less than the average booktuber, bookstagrammer, etc. Good to know there's a good number of slow readers. I'm sure we'll all get through our books eventually 😊.

[janicemacdougall]

This is such a wonderful video!!! I love to read because I love to read and not for the book count etc. :) I don't read a lot of books/month and that's ok with me as I have other hobbies/passions and responsibilities. I don't pressure on myself because if I did then I would probably begin to hate reading.

[thatothernigeriangirl]

i'm a very slow reader and i take pride in it even because it shows in the reviews i write. but even if i didn't review books, i would still love reading slow. life changes when we get to different phases and so does our reading.

[anjaxuanreads]

Lovely video!! Could you put subtitles on?

[saranvdv]

I’m actually trying to read less!! I want to savour books more!