i bought stick control and opened it and did the exercises maybe once or twice. then it turned out the way i actually became a much better drummer very quickly was by joining a band, because they were like "we're doing these songs" and i didn't know how to play them but they seemed like an interesting challenge.  this isn't a question but i just want you, and maybe other people if you post this, to know that the advice to ditch the books with the mind numbing exercises and find some music you care about is Good, especially because nobody *has* to play music unless they already loved it enough at some point to ignore everyone's advice and become a professional. thanks
1 kind of book that i think is fun is song books. also fun to make them, from the songs. get a song from a book or make a book from a song. fun either way