For those of you who don’t know what “Booktok” means, I will give you the rundown. It’s a new take on a book club in the form of social media. On the app, TikTok readers all over the world express their favorite books and come together as a community to exchange ideas, reviews, and books they’ve recently loved reading.
Month: March 2023
Most Banned Books in the U.S. Is It Necessary?
For decades society has been a victim of censorship, whitewashing, and banning. Either history is told a different way, or it is retold in hushed tones. As if shouting, it would erupt mass chaos and destruction. Book banning can be seen in two ways: either an attempt at shielding younger generations away from accurate aspects of life that they will, regardless, find out about in the future; or an attempt at hiding history and developing in students a narrow worldview. It means a denial of First Amendment rights and proven psychological deficits.
7 Audiobooks to Improve your Life
Improve your finances, boost your productivity, develop your emotional intelligence, and enhance your personal branding by listening to these 7 amazing books in your free time.
DRIFTING IN IMAGINATION
My time passes in a series of emotionsHaunted heart and thoughtless motions.My skin crawls at my head’s resolutions,Wishing I could keep stuffing, but it’s useless. I repeat a similar mantra throughout my dayEntwined in segments of fear and pain.I say, “Stuff it down, try not to feel.”The numbness helps me remember it’s real. The thoughts […]
Op-Ed: The Top 5 Sandra Brown Books and Why You Need to Start Reading Them
Since a very young age, I have been obsessed with books. Series like The Berenstain Bears, Diary of a Wimpy Kid, and even Cam Jansen was a big part of my childhood. However, it wasn’t until I read Harry Potter, along with Charlotte’s Web, that I truly understood how people could boast about books. Books became my sanctuary, a means of escaping reality, and a way to learn and live through different stories.
Ann Napolitano’s “Hello Beautiful” Picked as Oprah’s 100th Book
Oprah Winfrey started her famous book club back in 1996, and she just chose her 100th book–Ann Napolitano’s “Hello Beautiful”. Oprah, known as the “queen of books”, said the book pays homage to Louisa May Alcott’s “Little Women”. “Hello Beautiful” follows four sisters over three decades in the city of Chicago as they are tested with trials. Oprah called it “one of the best books” she’s read in a long time.
BITTER ICE AND ANGRY FIRE
“Some say the world will end in fire,Some say in ice.From what I’ve tasted of desireI hold with those who favor fire.But if it had to perish twice,I think I know enough of hateTo say that for destruction iceIs also greatAnd would suffice.”– “Fire and Ice”by Robert Frost Ice consumes my very soul;This bitterness inside […]
Walmart Launches Clean Beauty Line
Walmart’s Vice President of Beauty Creighton Kiper stated, “Clean Beauty at Walmart is an online shop that helps our customers find beauty products that are made without ingredients they may not want.” Walmart wants to work with its customers to make sure there are products available that align with the customer’s values. This clean beauty shop features over 900 products, and around 80 percent of them are under ten dollars.
Facts About the Books You Were Forced to Read in High School
To read or not to read, that is the question. The required reading in high school was enjoyable for some and bothersome for others, but the literature left an impact either way. There are a lot of fascinating stories behind the novels we all grew up reading. So without further ado, here are some facts about 5 of your favorite (or not) books from high school.
WHEN DAY BREAKS
Change is happening before my eyes. IWalk through the orchard in the dead of night.Peacefully I see stars and sky to find A place where I can shine like stars so bright.The stars spell out words I’ve been trying to hear,Like life will turn around, and life’s all right. I’ve learned so much in changing […]
Stephenie Meyer Announced Release of Two More Twilight Books
In 2020, Meyer published Midnight Sun, a retelling of “Twilight” from vampire Edward Cullen’s perspective rather than Bella Swan’s, which sold one million copies in its first week. Naturally, fans of the 2020 novel have been begging Meyer for a sequel, but the author says she’s not planning on it. She explained that the process was “not a super pleasant one” and that it was difficult to retell the established story with established dialogue to align with the original novel.
Prince Harry Sets the Record Straight in his memoir, ‘Spare’
Prince Harry’s ‘Spare’ could be many things if you just take the word of any tabloid or recent pop culture headline: Scathing; a full-throated rebuke of the royals still at court; another heap of media fodder to expand upon the already near decade long shelf life of Prince Harry and Megan Markle’s tumultuous relationship with the spotlight, AND the royal court.
