It’s true that literature will set us free. We’re so used to being bogged down by the noise of the internet, endlessly scrolling and filling our minds with thousands of hot takes, opinions, and jokes from people we will never know. But turn to the gentle pages of a novel, and your mind will thank …
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‘The Aesthetification of Everything’: Kindle Girlies, BookTok and How Reading Became an Aesthetic
It seems that everywhere you turn, what you’re doing has been turned into an «aesthetic.» In the online world, every mundane activity is an opportunity for branding, product placement, and up-sells. Hitting the gym requires a constellation of pre-workout supplements, Apple over-ear headphones, and Gymshark matching sets. You’re not getting your steps in, you’re going …
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‘Why are the pages so filled with so many words?’: Gen Z reader gets 34 pages into young adult novel, complains that it’s too difficult to read
We live in a world where literacy remains one of the most powerful and necessary skills that we can ever acquire but boy, does it sometimes seem like people don’t take it seriously sometimes. While this is kind of to be expected by those who claim to hate reading, the joys of content creator niches …
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25+ Book Memes for Fiction Lovers on the Right Side of BookTok
When did reading become a… trend? I don’t know why or how, but I’m kind of glad it did. Folks all over the internet are bonding over their favorite page-turners, and forming little online communities around the novels they love. People are buying Kindles at a breakneck pace and even getting accessories to trick them …
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30 Relatable Memes for Writers That’ll Make You Want to Take a Look at Your Last Draft
Procrastination’s older, more sophisticated cousin is Writer’s Block
‘It’s more consuming than reading’: Woman shares cozy aesthetic reading routine, is dragged and accused of overconsumption
If TikTok is good for one thing, it’s taking everyday activities and giving them ‘aesthetic’ rebrands. Think of all the kitchen restock videos that have cropped up lately, where a simple grocery store run turns into treating your fridge like you’re the office manager of a high-budget tech company. Or the aesthetic shower videos, where folks show off their museum-like body …
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A Shelf Full of Book Memes for Wholesome Bookworms and Local Librarians
Much like a meme, a book is a portal to another world. You can get lost for hours and hours in it, letting it expand your world one word at a time. The same is true of our meme lists. So it follows that a meme list about books is double magic and a surefire …
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Savvy Out-of-State Grandma Creates a YouTube Channel to Read Books to Her Grandchild From Afar
They say that it takes a village to raise a child–and for a lot of people, that village comes in the form of family members. For previous generations, it wasn’t uncommon for your entire ‘village’ to live in the same city, spending quality time with the kiddos and being there for all the major steps …
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‘It costs them double what I paid’: Library refuses to accept card payment for man’s late fine, he comes up with a clever plan to play the long game
This is a safe space for people to air out some of their petty revenge and malicious compliences, especially when it comes to the little guy refusing to surrender to big institutes that try to take advantage of them. We usually show our support to stories like these and give big virtual high-fives to people …
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Author criticizes reader for borrowing his book from the library: ‘It’s even better when you buy, not borrow, your copy’
I don’t think there are any institutions closer to universal goods than libraries. They provide a space for people of all ages to congregate for free and give them the resources necessary to better themselves. I spent so much of my time in high school and college in school libraries, and I was so much …
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