a quick booknet fest recap and a return to library check-ins!

new hair, new lens, old format
📚 the books! (links are bookshop affiliate links) 📚
Under the Skin, by Linda Villarosa: bookshop.org/a...
His Name is George Floyd, by Robert Samuels and Toluse Olorunnipa: bookshop.org/a...
Sandy Hook, by Elizabeth Williamson:bookshop.org/a...
An Immense World, by Ed Yong: bookshop.org/a...
Y/N, by Esther Yi: bookshop.org/a...
Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, by Gabrielle Zevin: bookshop.org/a...
Stories of Your Life, by Ted Chiang: bookshop.org/a...
Solomon's Crown, by Natasha Siegel: bookshop.org/a...
Yellowface by R. F. Kuang: bookshop.org/a...
✨ other stuff mentioned ✨
booknet fest!! booknetfest.com/
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[@niamhl6964]

Yay library check ins!! We love to see it. Also LOVING your hair, it's so cute!!

[@niamhl6964]

I love hearing about Booknetfest, it sounds like such a fun event! I remember being subscribed to Sam and Marines when the first one was announced, and wishing so badly I could go. Still haven't been able to attend (living in Ireland has it's downsides lol) but hoping it continues for years because it just sounds wonderful

[@okidokiboki]

i hope you get the chance to go to booknet fest one day too, it is so much fun!

[@SavidgeReads]

'I have enough in my life with Taylor Swift and Vanderpump Rules' an iconic sentence. Lovely to have a new video from you as always.

[@okidokiboki]

haha thank you, it's my life motto at this point

[@Tutankhamun18Reads]

Looking forward to your eventual booktubw prize video on those non fictions.

[@okidokiboki]

me too, even if i know it's going to take me forever to actually put it together!

[@bookishsabrina]

I'd be really interested to hear your thoughts on Yellowface when you're done because I was very underwhelmed by it and have a lot of feelings. I don't want to tarnish your reading of it though if you aren't finished with it. I had fun while reading it but it has not held up to any scrutiny in my mind. Also welcome home!!

[@okidokiboki]

thank you❤️ and yes, i'm super curious how yellowface is going to go for me too. i had a mixed experience with poppy war, and based on the yellowface reviews i've seen, i sort of expect to have the same issues...but in a way that i hope actually helps clarify why her writing does and doesn't work for me at the same time?? i have no idea, we'll see!

[@mattie1478]

Yellowface goes into those publishing details A Lot and for me, it's exactly what made it work so well. On the other hand I'm a writer and have been following the industry for 3+ years so I know exactly what the protagonist means when she describes e.g. signing with a small press or having her editor get fired suddenly. That is what makes her human for me and balances out all of her self absorbed petty bullshit lol. For me it's a book about how the publishing industry fosters envy, loneliness, and fierce competition between writers, and then enables the worst traits of people that it takes in. Idk how interesting it is for people that aren't in the industry though so I'm curious to hear your thoughts once you finish it!

[@okidokiboki]

interesting, i've heard such strong feelings in both directions about the book, i'm curious to see where i land on it too!

[@normand1242]

😜 Promo sm