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DNF @ 52%.

I will judge this book for being pretentious.

I borrowed this from the library. THE DIGITAL LIBRARY. And I read it (half of it, HALF OF A GRAPHIC NOVEL) on my PHONE. Because THIS reader absolutely is not tired of reading on screens. I love my kindle, and my phone. I love the convenience of having thousands of books at my fingertips and can be as indecisive as I want and never be stuck without something to read. I love the customizability of them. How when my eyes are tired, I can just increase the font size a bit. Or bold it. I love that I can read whatever I want without advertising it to the world at large. I love that I don't have to schlep around a huge, heavy bag just to have a book with me. I love that it lights up so I don't need a separate light source to read at night, and I can adjust it to not disturb those around me. I love that I can just look up a word I don't know, or translate something, or make a note without needing to hit up an office supply store, or mark my page without having to scramble for something flattish. So many things to love about my e-reader, that when I saw "The Book of the Future" claiming that "we are tired of reading on screens", and describing the "ideal" book as basically a hardcover, I just had to roll my eyes. And it was at that point that I decided to DNF this.

Enjoy your hardcovers, I guess. If you're into that sort of thing. You do you.

I just didn't find this enjoyable. Most of the half of it that I went through was not relevant to me.

I don't like poetry. I'm certainly not trying to MEMORIZE it in order to assault casual passersby with my renditions of it. Ugh. Hard pass.

I have recently come to appreciate magical realism a bit more than I used to, but I'm actually more on the "I'll take my realism with a side of evidence based facts, thanks". (I read a lot of nonfiction these days.)

I'm not a writer, have no aspirations to be a writer. Just because I read doesn't mean that I want to write.

I'm not a book-sniffer, and I'm downsizing my hoard, and definitely don't confuse fiction with reality. I don't stress over whether to finish a book or not. If it's not working for me, or I'm not enjoying it, then I'll DNF it. Or I'll push through if I feel like it's either going to be worth it in the end, or at least to hone my shredding blades for my review. Whatever I feel like in the moment regarding that book. Or THIS book.

Just about the only thing that I can agree with is that punctuation matters. I criticize confusing or misused punctuation and grammar a lot in my reviews, even though I am not a perfect punctuator myself. (But I'm also not professionally publishing anything to be purchased either.)

Like... I guess I just didn't vibe with this that much because, to me, it's really just not that serious. I love books as a medium for sharing ideas and information and stories. I love reading, I love admiring other people's bookshelves and seeing what they are into and getting some recommendations from them and talking about books, and just sharing the love of reading. I love audiobooks (which I skimmed the rest and notice Mr. Snider didn't deign to offer an opinion about) AND count them as reading.

I don't care what other people read or how they read. I will never tell someone they are doing it wrong, or that MY way is the right way. That someone is reading at all is great, and I love it and encourage it.