Tag: hyper consumption
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How Bookstagram Has Changed Since 2018
I remember a time where the trending YA books could be counted on one hand, when the cult classics of The Hunger Games and The Infernal Devices were still talked about ardently, TOG was getting more promotion than ACOTAR, and when the kinds of posts that would come across my feed were inherently simpler –…
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The Pressure and Subsequent Burnout of Bookstagram
Continuing from last week’s discussion post, let’s dive into the pressures of up-keeping a bookish social media account, specifically a Bookstagram account. I don’t have experience with a BookTok (and I will not be getting one anytime soon) but I will be mentioning booktoks as a part of the pressures of maintaining your brand and…
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Have Libraries Gone Out of Fashion?
In a time of hyper consumerism, you would think that utilising libraries as a means of free reading would be taken up by more readers. After all, the number of books being published in a month is increasing well above the average reading speed of many and the financial strain these book hauls have can…