The main issue as to why I haven't finished my books are the fates. Waiting for coil reset is very different when it comes to waiting for fates. Unlike coil, if you don't actively pay attention (or have someone doing it for you), there is a high chance you will miss the fate. Coil, you can do and get a chance for a drop; however, you do not have to actively pay attention to look for that specific fate.

Besides, there's a difference between doing an instance vs. sitting hours on end for a specific fate. Though you can be doing something else, there are times where the hoard of players waiting for the fate to finish it before you even arrive. And back to the coil thing, I rather cherish coil lockout so I can craft and do things rather than sit and wait for a dumb fate to pop.

(I've actually yet to wait for 2+ hours for a fate, and the time I did wait for an hour or so I was doing something else. But the issue is still there... It's boring waiting to do something that happens once in a blue moon... and if you miss the chance, you practically double your wait time.)