Can We REALLY Trust BookTok & Bookstagram?

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  @Lady.of.the.Library · 1 year ago (edited) · pinned

  Oh no!! I&apos;m sorry Patreons, I just saw that the patreon list doesn&apos;t roll in the video!! My apologies, all your names were put in, I must have un-clicked the &quot;roll&quot; box accidentally. THANK YOU TO MY PATREONS: 👇<br><br>Kayla Elizabeth<br>Johnny Lee<br>Ashley Jones<br>E. F.<br>Melanie Litwin<br>Louise<br>Fool at the centre of the universe<br>Fiona<br>Luzia Dominguez<br>Mimi WS<br>Lori Adams<br>Heather Field<br>adiallema<br>Karina Cordoba<br>Richard LeDuc<br>Luke Warner<br>Fred Fox<br>Nathan Fleurisma<br>Steven Veeneman<br>PTONPC<br>Jana Lorencova<br>Stefanie Settle<br>Leena Norms<br>Dina<br>Gibs<br>Aleks<br>Angry Logic<br>Dante Venvertloh<br>Martin Gelbenegger<br>Amy<br>Skull_Kid_Rach <br>Hayley<br>Justin Grant<br>Raya<br>Matt Lukes<br>Ian Cairns<br>Bing Cote Eagle<br>Tanya Hutchinson<br>Anna O&apos;Meara<br>David Weyant<br>Lesley Koch<br>Charlotte<br>Megan Norlin<br>Cody Martin<br>BoZoiD<br>Babette Vlaeminck<br>All The Happy Squirrels<br>Line<br>Nikita Avramy<br>Kelsey Martin<br>Amber Hain<br>mimo_sis<br>jeff norris<br>xaprof<br>Douglas Rutledge<br>Sam By All Means<br>Tali<br>Sherrie Taylor<br>soso<br>mike stone<br>Davezilla<br>Tina Hatch<br>Brittni D&apos;evermont<br>Niklas King<br>Doug Lemley<br>Nice OJ<br>InvincibleInk<br>Louise Hatfield<br>Amar Desai<br>Kevin lee solo<br>Gabriela Rudnicka<br>Kari Hofmann<br>Julia Pestke<br>Jenny Edevaine<br>Grey Hughes<br>Clare Gabriel<br>René Breckner<br>Margret Menke<br>Eric Taylor<br>Elizabeth Wright<br>Czurnabog<br>Adrian S<br>Marina <br>Charlotte Janina &nbsp;Colon <br>Chris Nicholl<br>James Duly<br>Rocky Cole<br>Patricia Recupero<br>Valkyrie<br>Lauren Wagstaff<br>liz<br>Corvus <br>Chris Morrison<br>Robert James Stove<br>Abbie Calvert<br>Rayna<br>shadow-r<br>Marina Cotofana<br>John Lavalle<br>Duncan Bell<br>Karina <br>Aimee Swartz<br>Mar B<br>The One and Only Egg Montoya<br>Kirstin_M <br>jennifer horner<br>Rachel Andrews<br>Amy MacEachern<br>Samantha Sutherland Artist<br>psykotedy<br>Randall Martin<br>Kay Time<br>Ebe Buzzi<br>Peter Ramkissoon<br>Brett Isernhagen<br>Karin Dwarswaard<br>Levi Margolies<br>Paul Morton<br>Donald Chung<br>richard needham<br>Lars Anderson<br>Fritz Anderson<br>kathryn marusik<br>Glen Rudolphi<br>Haley Ridley<br>Edmond Griffith-Jones<br>Valens Hawke<br>Kat Perreira<br>Sophia Meneely<br>Jett Vessels<br>Michael Mahaffey<br>RainbowBatsuit <br>Bird<br>Gigi27<br>Gnostic Informant<br>Souptastick <br>Violet V<br>Lauren Ganim<br>H Sarah Blumenthal<br>Ustya <br>Christopher France<br>Christina Frøkjær<br>Pleasing Terrors<br>Ghostland Radio<br>AutumnWave<br>Tamara Nikolai<br>Bill Terry<br>Peggy Jaeger<br>Nele<br>Olivia Watts<br>Stephen Clark<br>Rebekah Baker<br>Kala Dodson<br>Andrea Franke<br>J. C. Runolfson<br>Scriptmonkeys<br>Wee Lauren<br>Hermann Hillmann<br>Grey Hughes<br>Alicia Braulick-Zamfir<br>Micius Porcius<br>Ruth Krupa<br>Anticus Cornelius<br>Dennis Hammer<br>Barry Lindeman<br>Zac <br>Jane Tomondy<br>Michael Rosen<br>Jan Bojarp<br>Sam Elle<br>Sheryl Lee<br>Sarah Nicole<br>Keith Levkoff<br>Katarína Richterová<br>Phil <br>Elisabeth Mangold<br>Andy<br>Nea Ruth<br>Frank Hunt<br>James Milles<br>Holly B<br>Liz Jolly<br>Gil Fernandez<br>Emilia Schifter<br>Nicholas Reid<br>Alena Verhalen<br>Nathan<br>C<br>John Sheridan<br>Neil <br>Danie Gh<br>Jenn Oramous<br>Kaitlin Wymer<br>Luumus (Lumie)<br>A Patreon of the Ahts<br>Zugzug<br>Spaz<br>Laura Johnson<br>Mikki<br>Anna <br>Elizabeth<br>Oana Marin<br>Maria Konidaris<br>Taylor Alcantar<br>Hannah Roe<br>Charlie Morley<br>Jomarie Lorenz<br>Nae<br>Astrid Folker<br>Jen Bravo<br>Andrea Basile<br>Ksenija Stanojevic<br>Lucinda Chambers<br>Annika Arora<br>Jessica S.<br>Nellie Neal<br>winterburden<br>Tara McNeilly<br>Yasir Khalif<br>Meg James<br>Emily <br>Alison Campbell<br>Laurel McAllister<br>Sarah van der Veen<br>KittenInABowl<br>Stella Mimidas<br>Laura Cavallina<br>AC <br>Rebecca H<br>Antastesia <br>Ramona <br>Julianne Benford<br>June Ong<br>Andreea P.

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  @hourlybriana · 1 year ago

  If someone recommends &quot;A Little Life&quot; to me, I assume they hate me.

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  @ThoughtCemetery · 1 year ago

  I&apos;m strangely grateful for those &quot;booktok made me read it&quot; signs on shelves and tables. This way I definitely know which books to avoid like the plague.

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  @thcusandsunny · 1 year ago

  Very personal stance here but I was in my late 20s when I learned being a &quot;NYT bestseller&quot; doesn&apos;t mean anything as to the quality of the writing or whether it&apos;s for me.

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  @hannahbrennan2131 · 1 year ago

  The kind of books that are popular on BookTok and Bookstagram aren&apos;t my cup of tea, but I&apos;ve gotten so many amazing recommendations on BookTube,

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  @shauno5888 · 1 year ago

  Maybe I&apos;m old-fashioned, but I&apos;d be much more likely to pick up a book recommended to me by a friend or staff member than anything I&apos;d see online. &nbsp;The only exception is if the author themself posts something compelling.

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  @justcatb · 1 year ago

  I work in a library and I’ve done TikTok displays that haven’t been touched, yet our staff picks are constantly being used and a lot of patrons make a beeline for it! Maybe it’s different between libraries and bookshops. I prefer people recommended books to social media. Interesting topic though.

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  @RangerGucci · 1 year ago

  You absolutely can&apos;t trust anything on tiktok lol

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  @ifonlyicould · 1 year ago

  Court of Thorns and Roses was absolutely dire, I’ve read better stuff on Wattpad. I don’t get it.

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  @nathantaradiercks973 · 1 year ago

  As a prior bookseller, I completely agree. Talk to booksellers, browse shelves, frequent your library, speak with friends.

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  @mally6101 · 1 year ago (edited)

  I just cannot get over the absolute horrid quality of &quot;fantasy&quot; (or &quot;romantasy&quot;) books on TikTok. I saw someone online say that people who didn&apos;t enjoy Rebecca Yarros&apos; books (Fourth Wing, etc.) simply &quot;didn&apos;t understand world-building or know the fantasy genre well enough&quot;) EXCUSE ME?! Those garbage books have nothing on The Wheel of Time, the Mistborn series, The Poppy War, etc. These people are reading horrible quality literature and then looking down on people who call it out for being low quality. It&apos;s baffling.

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  @hallievanoutryve3109 · 1 year ago

  Dude, did not know the author of Crank was estranged from her daughter who inspired her book! Thank you for your empathetic comments for her daughter’s position. I hear so many judgmental and/or ignorant about people with addiction, so often from creators that I wouldn’t expect it. Having a tough day, so thank you. ❤

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