booktok & the hotgirlification of reading

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  @anjah8249 · 2 years ago

  I love that reading is cool again! I only wish borrowing books from the library was trending as well. Because honestly who has the money and space to buy dozens of books every year?

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  @blinkbones3236 · 2 years ago

  Possible cultural difference because I'm French; i've never noticed this "ppl who read in public are pretentious" attitude here. I read a lot on public transportation, and in the warmer days I read in sunny outside spots a lot too. No one has ever questionned whether I was pretending or showing off and frankly I doubt anyone really notices.

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  @itselote · 2 years ago

  i feel like the actual problem about booktok it’s that people just read the books that are popular and trendy instead of exploring their own style and taste but hey at least young people are reading more and that’s good

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  @lunatykica5636 · 2 years ago

  Wild to me people take a risk buying trendy booktok books instead of testing them out at the library

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  @noodlesauce2553 · 2 years ago

  “You read to me as I shit” is absolutely wild lmaooo😂😂😂

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  @ArtichokeHunter · 2 years ago (edited)

  "looking at their phones instead of looking at books" is interesting because like... ebooks exist. unless you're really looking hard you aren't gonna know that someone on their phone isn't reading. plus we should all get over judging strangers on public transit for whatever they're doing as long as it isn't hurting anyone

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  @pennyraehawkins9788 · 2 years ago (edited)

  <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WxDd8ocpcHk&amp;t=2306">38:26</a> I completely agree portraying abuse isn’t inherently bad. The problem with CoHo is she writes abuse and tells readers it’s romance. There’s a massive difference between the two.

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  @Luumus · 2 years ago

  Honestly if there&apos;s one thing that can be &quot;hotgirlificated&quot; is reading. Even if it&apos;s just for aesthetics, even if the book choices aren&apos;t often the most high-brow. I am very happy to see the kids start reading more and thinking it&apos;s cool. It&apos;s certainly better than what I got, which was getting bullied for reading back in middle-school and having to read in the bathroom to not get teased.

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  @yentl · 3 months ago

  When I was younger it was so hard to find people that had “reading” as a hobby and now everyone’s doing it on TikTok

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  @Morgan-oo3el · 2 years ago

  I also feel like booktok is really focused on fantasy romance books and so many of those books are full of abusive and mean male &quot;protagonists&quot;

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  @madisoncera · 2 years ago

  i started working at my local library about 6 months ago. i have fully flipped from a “buy a cool looking book at barnes n noble and if i don’t like it at least i have a book on my shelf” girl to a “information should be free and accessible, and even if i can’t keep it on my physical bookshelf for more than a couple months, it’s worth reading because reading is worth it” girl. i also really advocate for audiobooks and ebooks for people that have mobile devices. overall, i am always happy to see fellow 20 somethings checking out books, no matter how &quot;high brow&quot; or &quot;trashy&quot; the covers make them out to be.

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  @soho6435 · 2 years ago (edited)

  My favourite authors are Dostoevsky and Hakan Gunday (a Turkish author) and one time I was reading Dostoevsky and a guy came up to me and said &quot;you don&apos;t have to pretend you like Dostoevsky&quot;... I was flabbergasted. People thinking reading is being pretentious is interesting to me because I know a lot of smart people who don&apos;t read and as a reader myself, I am definitely not smart lol <br>But then again TikTok uses everything as an aesthetic and literally ruins absolutely everything

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