Wrong. It says a lot about what readers read and how some writers choose to write.

I have zero problem with publishers marketing books to me. Like yes, show me what you’re selling. Narrow them down into a genre so it’s less work for me.

And I don’t really care what authors think of it to be honest. Their job is to write books, the publishers job is to sell the book and my job is to pick what to buy and read, which is made a whole lot easier using genre. The one it affects the least is the writer. I bet if they were told there are no genres anymore and as a result sales have dropped because now you’re just in a sea of everything else they would start singing a different tune.

Haters gonna hate. It is what it is. Trick is to not be so bothered by what other people think or say.

The Farseer trilogy. I hated Molly when I was a teen, but when I reread as an adult I totally saw it from her PoV, my bad.

No, OP specifically asking about average Americans who just reads.

We’re not American but still an English speaking country. If going by people I know who read I would say the average would be like 4-6

No, not always. Even if I did enjoy the first one and mean to read the second and however many afterwards, I just tend to move on.

I don’t read Klune because of exactly this. As a gay man one would think he would know better about using other peoples tragedy in such a shameful manner.

Most here will probably disagree with me but then again most people aren’t from indigenous cultures where they had this sort of horrific bullshit inflicted on them.

Between 0 minutes and 15 hours (the longest I’ve binged). Depends on the book really and whatever life things are happening on any particular day. Though my apps tell me my average is 2.1 hours a day.

What are you trying to read?

Most children books are deliberately written in a way that’s easy for them to visualise, whereas a lot of adult books don’t prioritise reading level. Also there’s much more variety in writing styles and difficulty in adult books. And as adult readers how you read as an individual changes. Maybe you just need to find authors/books more suited to you.

Red Rising the series isn’t really YA, that may be why you got recommended it, the readers don’t associate it the whole thing with being YA, only the first book kind of.

Some tropes that are associated with YA are present in adult books too, like the age of characters.

Maybe you just need to state no YA in the future or anything with young characters even if it’s adult or if you want more smut, etc.

Red Rising the series isn’t really YA, that may be why you got recommended it, the readers don’t associate it the whole thing with being YA, only the first book kind of.

Some tropes that are associated with YA are present in adult books too, like the age of characters.

Maybe you just need to state no YA in the future or anything with young characters even if it’s adult or if you want more smut, etc.

I don’t put a rating, so 0 stars for DNFs

I don’t put a rating, so 0 stars for DNFs

I missed the whole YA thing and wish I had read more of the genre at the age because I think I would’ve loved them, especially Harry Potter.

No, I remember being bored at times, but they were never ‘ruined’.

I rate books on how much I enjoyed reading them, not necessarily on how well they’re written.

No rating - DNF 1 star - Did not enjoy (1 stars are extremely rare for me though. If a book is around a 1 star it usually goes to DNF pile. 1 stars usually come from books I had to finish for book clubs, etc)

2 star - Enjoyed it enough to finish

3 star - Liked it

4 star - Loved it

5 star - Couldn’t put it down/had a book hangover

It’s up to their estate. And if they fumble it I don’t have to keep reading.

Comics can and have been formatted into audio - Gaiman’s Sandman is excellent.

People always complain about the characters not being fleshed out in 3 body and I have to disagree. You just have to look a little deeper.

I think this has a lot to do with cultural differences.

I like completing, setting a goal (this year 52) and tracking books too, but even if I didn’t I don’t think I would like more of the books I read.

In my experience only like 10% of books are 5 stars. 20ish% are DNFs and the vast majority is somewhere in between. I don’t think reading less or slower would change those ratios much. I either like a book or I don’t.