I’ve never understood parents who heavily censor the content that their teenage children read. There’s a big difference between ensuring your 4th grader isn’t reading Danielle Steel novels and telling a kid who is Carrie’s age that «Carrie» by Stephen King isn’t appropriate for them. There are many worse things kids could be doing than …
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35 Book Memes for Literary Types
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 …
Seguir leyendo ‘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
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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Author of fantasy series ‘The Glacian Trilogy’ shows what it’s like in real time to write the heartbreaking end to a beloved character
«The thought never occurred to me that it’s hard for the authors too….»