Book Talk and BookTok
Whether you enjoy romance novels, mysteries, or even adapted Wattpad stories, BookTok has what you’re looking for.
The ever-so-popular app TikTok, has created a platform for book lovers of all forms to elevate up and coming authors, publish reviews, and express a shared love of interest with others. If you’re looking for a new book to log in your Goodreads, Booktok has exactly what you need.
As of recently, author Lynn Painter’s Better Than the Movies series has skyrocketed in the fiction romance community. The book has provided what our generation needs, a romance story with a happy ending. Readers are automatically drawn in by the allusions to various areas of pop culture, making references to multiple titles in classic romance literature and lyrics such as those of Taylor Swift.
For those who are both interested in the music scene and literature, Daisy Jones and the Six by Taylor Jenkins Reid is engaging, while following complicated relationship dynamics, fame, and addiction. The book is written in a documentary format, integrating backstories from all characters, and creating a strong emotional response to the basis of the story, lead characters Daisy Jones and Billy Dunne’s rocky dynamic.
Reid has contributed to the book community with several popular titles such as Malibu Rising, The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo, and Carrie Soto Is Back.
If you’re looking to get into reading, or as myself, are simply looking for another trip to the bookstore, Booktok has what you’re looking for.
