Bookish Pet Peeves!
A lot of booktubers have been making videos on pet peeves so I thought I might join in on this one. Setting this all out on dot points I realise that I have quite a few...jeeez I'm easily riled up.
So do you agree with these points or am I just crazy!
These ones or more based on people:
1. When people lean over my shoulder and start trying to read what I'm reading:
Please tell me I am not the only one who finds this incredibly annoying! I'll just be sitting there minding my own business, quietly reading and a friend might try and read over my shoulder. Obviously because I can sense them standing behind me I shut the book and glare at them. And then they have the nerve to give me that smirk and then say "Are you reading something naughty?" I nearly explode every time this happens.
2. When people try and talk to me while I'm obviously reading
Look, I don't mind if it;s a quick chat and they're just asking for help, BUT when they keep talking...enough said
3. When people spoil things for me
Usually when I'm reading a book that I know has had a lot of hype around it I avoid the internet in general. Because I know there is just going to be that one person that forgets to put a spoiler warning. But if someone comes up to me and deliberately or by accident spoils me I get so mad. I'm not a person who loves spoilers at all. I don't mind theories before the novel has come out though!
4. When people ask for spoilers
This one is just as bad as the previous one. I hate spoilers so therefore I don't like giving out them either and when someone pesters me for spoilers it annoys the crap out of me. What part of no do you not understand? The N or the O? And they go on to say, "You might as well tell me because I can always look on the internet." My answer will always be no.
Next few points are based on the book:
1. Cover changes
I hate it when a series is following a certain cover scheme whether it may be the colour or the people on the front cover, but I hate it when the next book comes out and BAM it's just completely different. It completely jacks up your collection of the series. I also hate it when the sizing changes and this usually happens with paperback.
2. Stories that are stretched out into series or trilogies
One series comes to mind and this is The Selection. Don't get me wrong I love this series but the first two novels can be one book. They don't need to it out into two books, they're short enough as it is. It's almost like the publishers are just doing it to make more money...
3. Not having the double quotation marks ""
I know this is a really odd one but I have no idea why it annoys me. You know when you're reading a book and when they speak they only use '. It annoys me, it's meant to be ". I only like this when it's highlighting a persons thoughts but even then that irks me slightly. I just feel like the author got lazy and couldn't be bothered to press an extra key "shift".
Obviously I could go on and say how I hate insta-love and love-triangles but those are the obvious ones. So do you agree? Yes or No? I'm crazy right?
What're your bookish pet peeves?