When my English teacher saw that I'm reading in English she gave me one tip "translate only that words you really don't know, or you cannot figure out what it means by the context" of course I was always checking if I understood correctly, but it really works. And I was always getting a confidence boost when I understood what certain words means

I'm just using the same word people are using while describing the original book cover

I am reading books not collecting them. They are meant to be read not to look pretty on the shelf

Ok. After a day I see that I missed some information. They know what this book is about, there is a chance they already read it. They are just making Fuss about it cause it doesn't look like they wanted it to look. So bullying and throwing SHlT on publishing house is childish

Yeah buy different edition of books you already have I get it, I have few different editions.

My problem (or maybe their idk) is fact that that they are refusing to buy the translation because of the cover ( add a little bit of bullying the publishing house, talking shir etc.)

Sometimes i have that idea ( few weeks ago I saw beautiful covers of Romeo and Juliet and Macbeth) but this isn't why I'm buying books. but I totally understand your idea about covers.

I just don't understand that situation with Babel

Yeah it's still the same language. Your not choosing book in your second language because the cover is prettier than in your language.

That fits too. I tried to come up with something catchy

I agree with you. For me the cover is the last thing I look at when I make a decision. I've read the worst book with beautiful cover and the most beautiful book with disgusting cover. So I don't pay attention to it that I know others can look at it different. But covers of "Babel" are not the ugliest I've seen so I don't understand their problem

I'm trying to read the same amount of books that I will buy in a year ( I have a problem with buying books so I have limit, 4 books per month, 48 a year). But I'm not very good at keeping with it. I've already bought 58 books (maybe 2/3 more in December) and read only 50. So technically I'm falling behind. But I don't care about it.

I am in a toxic part of book community where you should read like 10/15 books per month and you cannot listen to audiobooks cause " It doesn't count as reading ". So I'm just giving up on goal next year and I will try to read and enjoy it even more