i'm someone who loves reading physically but whenever i'm a little bored with what's going on, i skim for "just a few pages!" to see what's next and then suddenly i'm at the end of the book and i've spoiled the ending for myself. this most recently happened with Sunrise On The Reaping and House of Earth and Blood. but i don't mark those books as finished cause i technically didn't read the whole thing, and then for some reason i want to skip ahead and reread my favorite parts even though... if i actually read the book i'll be rereading them anyway?!?!? which in turn makes my reading process 2-3x longer

this has been a bad reading habit of mine for years, so it'll be pretty damn hard to break, but i'm determined to- i'm so tired of spoiling books for myself 😫 one thing i've noticed is that i won't do this for audiobooks cuz it's too annoying, but i like reading & listening. i have tried immersive reading but my eyes want to read faster than the narrator and there is no one speed that works for me. i have the same skipping problem with ebooks too. i've also tried reading while doing something with my hands (like playing with putty) which does help a lot, but my family makes fun of me for it...

has anyone else had this issue and broken free of it? i'm desperate, i will try anything!

edit: adding that i am ADHD-inattentive because that might help contextualize it a little bit.

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immediately confused when looking to add this book since the author has two books: 'the last library' and 'the last chance library'. both have similar descriptions so I assume the author changed the name and cover at some point? Im logging this once since this is the cover I have

I have less than 200 pages to finish the book and I can’t get a copy of the 3rd book and i cannot finish TDR and wait for TBD 😭, so i will be pausing it until I can find it. Wish me luck!

I tried searching the club for a post like this first so I apologize if I missed it. But there are librarians in here so... Why might a library might have volumes 1 and 3-5 of a manga but not have volume 2!? like not that it's checked out, they just don't have it. I understand why they might only have volume 1, or like the first couple volumes and no further, but missing volume 2 is weird right??? How is anyone supposed to check out volumes 3-5 if there is no volume 2!? And on that note, why would a library have like, volume 19 and 22 only. It just seems strange to me idk lol. Is it because of requests???? I don't normally look for manga at the library bc i just read them online or buy the physical copy from a bookstore, but I thought I'd check and I noticed that the list of volumes available for some of the manga they have were weird so thats why I'm asking lol. Edit: and if its an ebook version, it wouldn't be due to damage or loss right!? 😅

Just was thinking about this today. Do you y’all count your graphic novels in your total book count for the year? Curious about others’ opinions.

The Girl With All the Gifts and The Boy on The Bridge by M.R. Carey. I love them both 🙏 I haven't read Koli but it sounds like it could fit this genre also.