It’s happens to me too, I’m a very anxious person and even when I’m watching a movie or a video I will constantly check the time left but it’s not to a degree that bothers me, I’ve even learnt to skim carefully to just see the page number and avoid spoilers in books lol.

I recently downgraded two books to one star because I tried to recall something I liked about them and nothing came to mind

Yes, the relatability of something does not depend on the gender or race of characters, but in the ability of the author to make them emulate real human emotions.

I agree, writing is an art and thus shouldn’t be pushed, Martin and Rothfuss have taken a ridiculous amount of time so it has even become an inside joke in the book community, but they’re already name brands and have the luxury of doing that; in the meantime we should be looking and supporting other authors.

You can always buy the books as they come out and wait to read them until the series is done

At this point I know of more cancelled series on Netflix that I know of cancelled books series

I read both because at the time I had the delusion that the wait wouldn’t be that long. When I read ASOIAF, Winds of Winter was still listed as coming out in 2020 and we all know how that went. Something similar happened with KingKiller, I had no idea that the third book had been underway for so long, so I just figured I would just wait a little and then I could read books 2 and 3 together, which hasn’t happened yet.

In general, I usually engage with new series all the time and have no issue waiting for the sequel to come out, sometimes a book will be in my tbr list but it’s not top priority so when I come back to it I have the nice surprise that its series is now finished and I can binge read it. I’ll only avoid series where the author has been vocal about cancelling or not wanting to finish them, which is not that common.

Haven’t read her and probably never will because her genre isn’t my thing, but I’ve been on Booktube for a long time and a few years ago everyone loved her so I find it kinda weird that now that she’s gaining popularity they say her books are awful.

1984 gives you all the reasons you need to know on why you shouldn’t ban books, it’s better to teach why those ideologies are wrong and learn to read critically

I like the idea that every story has been told, but it’s how you tell the story that will make you stand out