What is it like as a reader with no inner monologue or aphantasia?

I have a very vivid visualization and inner monologue and after watching a video of a woman who has neither, at all, I am floored in how you read? How your experience stories? Please enlighten me!

Damn I was really hoping this was a standalone novel

I’m planning a few rereads of series next year which I have read at some point, some even as recent as this year.

So I have to ask, do rereads count towards your yearly book goal? I’d love to hear your why’s or why not’s as I try to decide if I’ll count them.

But they’re wrong. I’m not the delicate white-feathered bird they believe me to be. I’m the darkness of cold gutters and merciless nights, the bruised shadows beneath a thief’s desperate eyes. I’m nothing but a lie, a twisted reflection, a black swan.

Girl, you are no black swan. You are a headless chicken at best.

hi there!! i’m looking to get into a good book series in 2026. most of this past year i read standalones, which were nice, but i miss following characters through multiple installments. the last real series i read was heroes of olympus, which is my absolute favorite, and im hoping to reread soon (even though im in my twenties). i have the mistborn series, and it’s on my tbr for 2026 but im not sure i’ll love it. i tend to love fantasy/mythology as well as dystopian. should i start off with mistborn or do you have other suggestions? thank you in advance 🫶

EDIT: thank you all so much for these incredible suggestions!! my tbr has grown so much (in a good way). eternally grateful to the pagebound community for being so caring and sharing their expertise 🫶🫶🫶

Y’all ever finish a PERSONAL five-star months ago, and while you’re adding in stuff for the yearly recap, you see a good bit of 1-2 star reviews? I’m always standing there like so🧍‍♂️it feels a little awkward because it sort of makes me feel like I should’ve read it as deep as the reviewer, I guess? One thing this app has taught me, though, is that taste is very, very, very, very, very, very, VERYYYYYY subjective.

I’ve had this book on my tbr for some time but I was scared I won’t like it because it’s YA and I prefer to read more "mature" books lately 😆 BUT after trying to read a fantasy romance where characters are 22 and don’t act their age (plus the writing feels off too) I decided to give it a go. AND I LOVE IT SO FAR ❤️ (and in a way it feels more mature? 🤔😆)

Lewd dancing ginger bread men? 😏🕺🏼

In case this helps anyone else, I started reading a random edition of the book and (like some others here) found it difficult to read, especially Joseph’s speech.

I went to look up an original text (or something close to it) — found the one edited by Alexandra Lewis, Fifth Norton Critical Edition. It went back to the original two volumes, among other things. From the preface by the editor: “Charlotte made considerable revisions to Emily’s novel, diluting the use of dialect and (possibly in conjunction with the printers) modifying paragraphing and punctuation well beyond the scope of correction of obvious errors.”

Breaking the paragraphs back up definitely helped (my) reading flow, AND every time Joseph says something you can find it in the footnote in “plain” English. And I’m not a native speaker, so the struggle was REAL🙂‍↕️

Maybe there are other editions of the book that tried to follow the original text over Charlotte’s edit, I haven’t checked any others 🫣 Feel free to drop such editions in the comments