Ireland has always had an amazing literary scene. It's a country known for its writers. Have you read Fiona Scarlett's Boys Don't Cry?
@WickedScorpio2 күн бұрын
LOVE this video and your commentary on this topic 👏 I don't engage with booktok personally. Not because I think any less of it, but because nearly all I interact with on IG and YT is book content and I need one app that is not flooded with books lol. but I am so over this "anti-intellectualism" and gate-keeping on reading. if someone thinks booktok gives bad recs, fix your algorithm. let people read what they want.
@shwetaaaaaaaaaaaa3 күн бұрын
It really helps to watch this video at 1.7x speed. ❤
@emptycupofjo3 күн бұрын
Can you please list these titles in the description box or pin a comment!
@bridgetteslater25193 күн бұрын
A Certain Hunger and Boy Parts are my fav! ❤ Animal by Lisa Taddeo has similar vibes.
@ABaddieWhoReads4 күн бұрын
Another factor people always miss is that booktok is the gateway to getting people reading again. For many of us, reading was an escape during childhood. But as life went on, we became busy and entertained ourselves with other means. Booktok has enabled countless individuals to pick up a book again. Not to mention getting non-readers interested in reading at all! While yes booktok is promoting a whole new type of consumerism and mass publishing, many books are rushed and not thoroughly edited, it is still the CHOICE of the reader to actually pick up that book. While yes, many books have been published that lack quality, plot, and prose, many others have been eloquently written. While yes, mediocre authors are getting a lot of attention, smaller and more niche authors are also being recognised. So sure, maybe we started off with a Maas or Hoover book, but that inevitably led us to pick up Atwood, Morrison, Baldwin, Ferrante and so much more!
@JoeSpivey024 күн бұрын
I enjoyed this discussion very much and might even add to it on my channel. But please don't cake ANY criticism of booktok and its effects as misogynistic perversions. From what I've seen, the majority of criticisms have called out short-form content whoever happens to be holding the camera. Some of us who have misgivings about booktok (and tiktok as a whole) are simply pointing out that the bouncy, restive nature of reels cannot possibly delve into the mentioned books in the same way that prolonged KZbin videos or written reviews can.
@rodneyphillips98724 күн бұрын
HI, you are smart and articulate (in my opinion). But with this one, you may have proved those complaints complaints> BTW, please try The Virgin Suicides and The Lonely Passion of Judith Hearne (smile)
@cindyfreese2544 күн бұрын
It took me forever to read this, some profound moments but overall just average for a dysfunctional sister story. 3 stars
@endereverdeen5 күн бұрын
i looooved boy parts and also found it through tiktok! such a brilliant book
@epatoutoupatricia58675 күн бұрын
Have u read Annie Bot ? If not u gotta do a review
@Divyv5205 күн бұрын
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@carlyboyer39186 күн бұрын
Love the books in this video and also love the sonny angel microphone 👼✨
@ivy-ys8or6 күн бұрын
ive read a lot of these books, they're great! booktok is great if you find the side that fits you, i <3 litfic booktok
@teneshaanderson47616 күн бұрын
Love talking at night. Talk about longing she gives Sally Rooney a run for her money
@BookishTexan7 күн бұрын
This was great. Thanks
@Readatrix7 күн бұрын
These are great recs. Maybe for a future video revisit this through a different lens. Romance novels have a guaranteed HEA -- Happily Ever After Ending -- or HFN -- Happy for Now Ending. If it ends in tragedy, it becomes a love story or another genre. So, literary fiction with a romantic plot and a happy ending.
@NataliaCicigoi7 күн бұрын
So many great books. I love how you unpacked how misogynistic and shallow the anti-booktok rhetoric is just by speaking about great books that are praised in booktok.
@meggieskettie7 күн бұрын
I love that distilling all of Booktok down to something “anti-intellectual” is in itself anti-intellectual like-you genuinely think such a large community of people only read 1 or 2 types of books? 🤪
@micslibrary7 күн бұрын
love the way you spoke about this :')💗
@BluebirdDobbins8 күн бұрын
This was just recommended to me and I’m so happy!! You hit the nail on the head! Why are we so mad at women reading and finding joy?! I used to frown down at romance and only read what I thought was *smart* - and it was silly and narrow minded! Now I’m reading primarily romance with eveything else sprinkled in because it’s FUN and feels like I’m escaping into a cute movie. Anyway, thank you for making this!
@SavidgeReads8 күн бұрын
I am soooooo excited for A Language of Limbs. I ordered it from your part of the world as the buzz I’ve been seeing for it is amazing. The Intermezzo pre-talk rules and regs have been a bit odd here too. I’ve still not read my proof. Ha. Ps. I felt that moment when you’d recorded and you mic hadn’t been on.
@meghan58438 күн бұрын
this is a really great video! i love that you mentioned the sexism of the thought that when women popularize something it is seen as stupid and could not possibly be deep or intellectual or good, like romance and fantasy books and definitely the entire idea of chick flicks. it’s something that really annoys me. also the idea that book tok equals bad because a lot of more popular booktokers are also women, specifically young women. so thank you for this! like maybe you need to diversify yourself and your for you page rather than decide that book tok is bad and that’s it’s all romance and fantasy. also! fantasy and romance can often be written well if you actually look for a good book also while watching this video i literally kept thinking that you look like Madeline argy, you’re literally so gorgeous.
@booksbybrie8 күн бұрын
love this video!! booktok is soooo much more than ACOTAR lol
@minaa1078 күн бұрын
great video!! the new “anti intellectual” discourse on tiktok annoyed me so much because it’s only reiterating the same criticism of booktok over and over again. once people understand you can curate your fyp and seek out the type of reviewers/books you enjoy, the world will be a better place
@NovelsWithNicole8 күн бұрын
They could have just said thanks for recommending books they hadn't seen before. I don't think it is kind to praise one person at the expense of another (in general).
@RhiannaVarney8 күн бұрын
I love a lot of these books too! I recently read The Water Cure on your recommendation and I loved it :)
@user-qu8zs7vs1x8 күн бұрын
Actual recommendations start at 3:58
@isha35638 күн бұрын
Also, I reas All's Well based on your recommendation and I'm in love now.
@isha35638 күн бұрын
If someone claims that all books recommended to them are bad, then the issue is their algorithm. Internet is HUGE. There are creators for everything. As a lit fic person who hasn't read fantasy or YA in 10 years or so, I have found so many creators on booktube and bookstagram (ticktok banned in my country) that matches my taste.
@Kornbhangra-hc2tf8 күн бұрын
90 percent of booktok is lowbrow art. And it is not booktok that is ruining a multi billion dollar industry, it is the other way round.
@cheesecakescakes45478 күн бұрын
Thank you so much for this video and especially for mentioning All’s Well. It is one of my favorite books I’ve read this year and I really don’t think that people talk about it enough. Although I don’t have TikTok, I have heard that people mostly talk negatively about the Booktok community. Maybe because of the “Booktok” shelves in certain book stores. I hope that people don’t generalize and bring to the community instead of judging from afar💞💞
@e4mi7 күн бұрын
I read "All's Well" last year and it was a 5/5 but it was heartbreaking for me to read. I took 2-3 months to read it because I related to the chronic pain too well. I have a condition that widely varies from cane or bed ridden to "perfectly fine". It was so hard but it is a book so many people need to read imo
@eimajhteb82888 күн бұрын
I really wanna read I who have never known men!!!
@harrisonkefford8 күн бұрын
Are we not all pro-"anything that encourages reading"? BookTok should be celebrated! If anything it's an opening for people to books both new/old that they may have otherwise never ever been exposed too. I love walking into the handful of bookstores I go to and seeing the BookTok section, because you can almost guarantee that someone is in there at the same time as you that is buying something they've seen via it. Again, WE SHOULD CELEBRATE BOOKTOK!
@eimajhteb82888 күн бұрын
Girl what’s that lil elf
@jenntruong60238 күн бұрын
It's a Sonny Angel- they are really cute figurines that people love to collect! My daughter has a mini collection and she gave me a couple as well
@paulinagala_8 күн бұрын
if you don't like the recommendations from the booktok accounts you follow, then you're following the wrong people. there are amazing books in booktok, you just have to find them 😉
@NerdyNurseReads8 күн бұрын
👏🏻 👏🏻 👏🏻 🎤 ⬇️
@kiranreader8 күн бұрын
your little sonny angel is so cute! i haven't seen that before
@georgiabrunt26888 күн бұрын
I think people also forget that videos are curated to what you view, so if someone is only getting romance booktok novels they aren't really searching for books that interest them. When I had Tiktok I got the most popular booktok recommendations at the time (It Ends With Us, ACOTAR and others from a few years ago), now I've used Instagram and KZbin to actually search genres that I love and low and behold I get books recommended to me that I actually like. (Also no issue with only reading the most popular booktok books because some of the ones I've read have slapped!)
@youseemnormal8 күн бұрын
We’re very glad you’re back!!!
@disisally8 күн бұрын
your microphone baby and I spending this entire video staring at each other 👁️👄👁️
@disisally8 күн бұрын
(you're going to influence me into reading all's well i fear)
@SlaggyBookClub8 күн бұрын
Besties 💖
@ChanelChapters8 күн бұрын
I also don’t get the shade thrown at booktok - if people are reading, that’s great, it doesn’t matter what the books are
@ninakenda6 күн бұрын
I mean yes but if colleen hoover is all they‘re talking about its just annoying💀because its not good literature
@ivy-ys8or6 күн бұрын
@@ninakenda but they are binge-able which gets people into reading. after a while you realize her books suck but they are a good start lol
@wearenotseriousatseventeen70728 күн бұрын
thank you for this video! there are literally so many good books i've found thanks to booktok, and sometimes people don't understand that it's an algorithm and booktok is as diverse as people’s reading tastes. you can influence what content you see and find people with similar reading tastes and books that you like too 🙃
@softsilverscent9 күн бұрын
May I ask where your jumper is from? Looks lovely
@SlaggyBookClub8 күн бұрын
Cos!
@janetgriffin77799 күн бұрын
I am so incredibly jealous that you got to read Intermezzo already!!!
@SlaggyBookClub8 күн бұрын
Can’t believe my life!
@user-gq4lh6yd9g10 күн бұрын
If your library does not have any of these and you buy them and they are not for you then give them to a free little library in your area! They have an app where you can find them 🙂
@NataliaCicigoi11 күн бұрын
So many great suggestions to add to my TBR. Also thank you for your explanation of litfic, now I have a less meandering way of explaining it haha
@book-omniverse11 күн бұрын
Can't wait to read Intermezzo
@LaurenNeufeld2711 күн бұрын
What does "slaggy" refer to? So curious.
@SlaggyBookClub9 күн бұрын
it's a reference to Angus, Thongs and Perfect Snogging! my old (very unserious) tiktok handle was slaggy_lindsay so when i made a booktok account it was an extension of that
@LaurenNeufeld278 күн бұрын
@@SlaggyBookClub Ahh ok cool! Thank you. I randomly found your KZbin account and now I'm obsessed. After watching your "weird girl lit" video, I went out and bought Bunny my Mona Awad. I devoured it in two days and cannot stop thinking about it. Thanks so much for your recommendations, I will continue to look forward to your videos.