Around the Blogosphere
- Siena recommends 10 nonfiction books that read like fiction.
- Doing Dewey reviews Beowulf: A New Translation.
- The NYT explains “How Crying on TikTok Sells Books” (and yes BookTokkers are being paid by publishers).
- Amy lists Greek myths that need more retellings.
- Caro shares 2021 releases by Black authors to be excited for.
- Taylor shares 4 easy ways to support small publishers.
- Liv shares 6 Asian-owned bookstores you can support.
- The Orangutan Librarian shares books about ambition.
- Michael posts about Martha Jones from Doctor Who to celebrate fiction’s fearless females.
- Sammi reviews All the Murmuring Bones by A. G. Slatter.
Highlights at Pages Unbound
- A Classic I Just “Didn’t Get:” Madame Bovary
- Classic Books That Should Get Graphic Novel Adaptations
- Ok, a Negative Review Might Actually Make Me Not Read Your Book (Discussion)
- The Best Sherlock Holmes Mystery for Beginners
- How to Approach Reading a Classic
- The Power of Revisiting the World of Tolkien (Guest Post by Edith-Marie)
- Tolkien Opinions and Habits Survey Results
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Thank you for mentioning my post! I found the NYT article about TikTok really interesting, and I was surprised that TikTok has affected book sales to such a degree.
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I found it quite interesting, too! And also possibly…overblown? I believe the sales are up and some accounts are very popular, but after looking into TikTok myself, I do think there are many bookish accounts that get roughly 300 views per video. I think all the publishers and authors who joined hoping to go mega-viral after that article will not find it so easy.
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Thank you so much for including my post! 🥰 That article was so interesting and I can’t wait to catch up on some of these other amazing posts! ✨
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You’re very welcome!
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Thank you for sharing my post! I’m actually on spring break now (THANK GOD) and one of the things I’m treating myself to is reading other people’s stuff :). So this comes at a perfect time! Yay! I always look forward to these posts, too. So thank you, not only for sharing my piece, but for doing the work to curate this collection each month of great pieces I may’ve (and most likely did as pandemic teaching is insane and IS IT SUMMER YET??) missed.
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Thank you so much for mentioning my post, I’m so happy to see that you liked it! ❤
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Thanks for linking to my Beowulf review! I had so much fun with that book, I’d love for more people to pick it up. And I’m excited to check out Siena’s nonfiction recs 🙂
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I’m super late, but thank you so much for sharing my post! You’ve got a great roundup of posts here.
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