Alli the Book Giraffe

Hello readers! It’s time for a book tag. This one is about bad reading habits. I can’t find the original, but Google says it was created by The Book Jazz on Instagram.

I’m honestly excited for this one. The rules are pretty simple. You just name a few of your worst bookish habits. I try my best to work on most of my bad reading habits, but I am nowhere near perfect at keeping up with that.

#1 Spoiling Character Deaths

I have this really bad habit when I love a character from a book or series, and I think they might die. If I become attached to a character I really love, I will Google to see if they die. I can’t take the anticipation!

I also do this if there is a prominent character that is a dog or a cat. I cannot take violent animal death or violence toward animals at all. And I know many people are the same.

I was watching the new Superman movie for the first time this week. When the dog Krypto showed up, I looked at my boyfriend and asked if he died. He had already seen the movie, and he assured me the dog would be fine.

#2 Not Sticking to my TBR

I have been trying to improve on this one. But I do have a habit of making a TBR post on here and then not reading a single book on it. I have read 2 of the 4 books on my February TBR, and I started a 3rd. So, I did well this month. However, I don’t usually do that well.

I love making TBRs every month, so I won’t quit writing them. But I am trying to stick to them more!

#3 Character Name Amnesia

This is something I have always struggled with. I can be currently reading a book or watching a show, and I can’t tell you most of the characters’ names. I know them apart from one another, but names never stick.

When I tell you guys a synopsis of a book, I have to go to Goodreads to find the main character’s name. I’m terrible with character names!

#4 Procrastinating Starting a New Book

After I finish a book, I go through this limbo phase where I can’t bring myself to start something new. I might even start and read 20 pages of 2 or 3 books before I actually read one.

I don’t always know what I am in the mood for. I’ll go through Goodreads and look for what to read, but I can’t always find something easily.

I think this actually happens the most when I previously finish a book I didn’t really feel strongly about, either positively or negatively. It doesn’t give me motivation to keep going.

Honestly, I have been trying to pick my next book and even sometimes start it before I finish the previous one to give me a boost. I need to try this more!

#5 Not DNFing Series

This is another one I have been trying to work on a lot these past couple of months. I am really bad at pushing myself to keep going when I am not really enjoying a series.

This usually happens when I really enjoyed book one, but then I like each book less and less. I keep the hope going that I’ll eventually love another book in the series.

At this point, if I am not enjoying a book in the series, I won’t force myself to keep going (most of the time). It really depends on the series and the author. But I’m trying to improve!

#6 Quitting Challenges and Readathons

This is probably my worst habit of them all. I have a habit of joining a reading challenge, readathon, or read-along, and then abandoning it.

I think this comes from my perfectionist tendencies. I will very thoroughly plan things out with any sort of reading challenge. Then, I won’t stick with my exact plans, which causes me to abandon ship completely.

A way I’ve been trying to combat this in 2026 is the tracker that I told you guys about in my reading goals post. I printed the one with every single month on it to challenge myself to read more consistently.

In the middle of January, I was very busy and didn’t read much. However, I am still filling it out each day I read! I will be showing you guys my progress in my reading goals update next month!

I am learning to let go a little bit. It isn’t as serious as I am making it. I didn’t read as many days as I wanted in January, but I am still happy with how I did.

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What are your bad bookish habits? I had a really fun time doing this tag and reading a lot of other ones that people have done.

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Happy blogging and bookish adventures! 📚🦒✨

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