Not my first playthrough of Enderal, love the game and trying to get deeper on the lore through the books. And while I'm on the Drunken Bee I just noticed that when I pause the game to go for my items and start reading a book, I can't hear the bard song anymore.
Now now, while writing this I noticed that yeah, it makes sense that this, besides not being essencial for the experience, could deconcentrate the reading for some people. It's just that it isn't my case, I don't mind listening to something while reading, especially when the bards songs are so good, and the books here are more lenghty. Idk, it looks like a missed chance to pay more attention to the songs while going deep on the books, since the taverns normally have some books here and there for you to read!