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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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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25+ Writing Memes for First Draft Heroes

I think most folks would agree that showing up to the page can be the hardest part of the writing process. We think we need the right cocktail of inspiration, free time, and motivation. But it’s rare that those three things appear at the same time. It’s a boring truth that what it really takes …
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25+ of the Best Reading Memes of the Month (January 31, 2024)

The question of whether reading is an actual hobby has come up a lot in online discourse recently. There’s this idea floating around that reading in of itself doesn’t qualify as a hobby because it’s just another form of «media consumption.» Advocates of this theory claim that writing about books or analyzing literature counts as …
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25+ Memes for Writers Struggling With Blank Page Syndrome

Like many, one of my New Year’s resolutions is to write more. For pleasure, but perhaps also for pain? Because there’s nothing quite as cruel as parking yourself in front of a blank page. That blinking black line mocks you and your lack of ideas. I’m usually pretty good at marching past it, but sometimes …
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A Library of 28 Memes for Bookworms to Laugh Your Way Into the Weekend

One question that every single person who has stepped into my house and looked at my book collection has asked me is – «Wow, did you really read all these books?». Now, I know the right answer will be «No, of course I didn’t, and I probably won’t», but I have a reputation to keep, …
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TikToker Reveals the Naughty Truth About Romance Novels and Lists the Best «One Handed Reads» for Women Who Want «Steamy Beach Reads»

Men think we’re just reading our cute little romance novels. Stories about love that must be soOoOoOoOo boring. «Where’s the action? The explosions!» And that’s exactly what us women want the men to think so we can continue to indiscreetly be pervs in public and be left alone about it.    TikToker Megan Ilibeno posted …
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