So a few days ago I think there was a discussion here about people skipping prologues/epilogues and stuff like that In a similar vein, i've seen videos/comments of people say that they only read dialogue, or they skip big paragraphs... or use AI to "read" (aka summarize an entire book in a paragraph) Now my question is.. is this real? Or is it rage bait?

Personally I can understand people skipping prologues/epilogues. I think there might be a confusion between prologues/forewords/introductions, so fair enough, I get it. (Enough about this bc it is not the focus of this post and has already been discussed 😂)

But... only reading dialogue? That can't be real right? Does anyone actually know someone who does this stuff? I'm feeling like it must be something for engagement, right?? To get people to interact..??

I always feel a little iffy about marking a comic as 'read', thereby adding it to my yearly reading goal. I'd be the first one to tell you that comics are just as valid as literature as any novel, but they still feel like distinct mediums to me. On top of that, finishing a comic book never takes as much effort for me as reading a book, and as such, it doesn't have the same sense of ackomplishment when I mark it as finished. On the other hand, they are both books in essence and are available on pagebound for a reason. Less effort isn't no effort either, most of the comics I read are very text-heavy, and stat-damaged that I am, I find that I'm less inclined to read something if I can't add it. The middle-ground I've settled on is that if I own a comic in a collection, I'll only add the collection book rather than every single issue, and I don't add comics with little to no text. I also still aim to reach my yearly reading goal in novels only, even if I read comics on top of that.

Does anyone else do something similar? Or am I just overthinking this? I'm curious what you think!

Hey guys! So i see a lot of people that have theorys about books and think a lot about it and make connections and stuff and i just wanted to see if there were other people who just let the story unfold by itself without really thinking about it that much or like creating theory in their heads. Like idk im kind of an overthinker in real life so i think that when i read its like the moment when my mind switches off and just stops thinking. But yeah i just wanted to look for my people😊😊