Lovely post! I totally agree with this blindly following Booktok trend instead of thinking clearly what we readers actually need. It’s totally fine to just read on your kindle and not buy a physical copy or even a limited edition. I have to say I did get influenced by it and wanted it buy physical copies of books that I already read and can be read on my iPad. There’s nothing wrong with buying physical copied but this trend of blindly buying books as ‘shelf trophies’ is certainly a very common trend on Booktok. I also enjoy the part of Sienna Simone’s ‘Priest’, to be honest I don’t like the old cover but I didn’t think think about these book covers don’t even imply the key elements in the books, that’s a lovely insight!! Happy reading📖💕
This is so fascinating. My 12-year-old daughter recently read a novel that she loved and couldn't stop talking about, which, of course, was music to my book-loving ears. But she talked almost as much, and even more passionately, about how much she hated the book cover (it was a paperback copy of The Silver Linings Playbook with pictures of Bradley Cooper and Jennifer Lawrence). I thought she was just being her weird little self, but of course, as so often happens, when I think she's being weird she's actually evincing the TikTok zeitgeist. Thank you for explaining my tween, Alyssa!
As an old books professional (aka miss bible) I can definitely see how books have always been aesthetic objects throughout their history and I love that we have come around to being interested in a more almost artisanal approach to book design with the sprayed edges and special editions. It's interesting to see how interest in book collecting has evolved with technology - I've always been really resistant to the kindle because I want the object itself! But I love the idea of the trophy books and I could totally get behind that practice. Maybe I'll become a kindle girly?
Lovely post! I totally agree with this blindly following Booktok trend instead of thinking clearly what we readers actually need. It’s totally fine to just read on your kindle and not buy a physical copy or even a limited edition. I have to say I did get influenced by it and wanted it buy physical copies of books that I already read and can be read on my iPad. There’s nothing wrong with buying physical copied but this trend of blindly buying books as ‘shelf trophies’ is certainly a very common trend on Booktok. I also enjoy the part of Sienna Simone’s ‘Priest’, to be honest I don’t like the old cover but I didn’t think think about these book covers don’t even imply the key elements in the books, that’s a lovely insight!! Happy reading📖💕
This is so fascinating. My 12-year-old daughter recently read a novel that she loved and couldn't stop talking about, which, of course, was music to my book-loving ears. But she talked almost as much, and even more passionately, about how much she hated the book cover (it was a paperback copy of The Silver Linings Playbook with pictures of Bradley Cooper and Jennifer Lawrence). I thought she was just being her weird little self, but of course, as so often happens, when I think she's being weird she's actually evincing the TikTok zeitgeist. Thank you for explaining my tween, Alyssa!
This is so interesting, Sarah! Thank you!
As an old books professional (aka miss bible) I can definitely see how books have always been aesthetic objects throughout their history and I love that we have come around to being interested in a more almost artisanal approach to book design with the sprayed edges and special editions. It's interesting to see how interest in book collecting has evolved with technology - I've always been really resistant to the kindle because I want the object itself! But I love the idea of the trophy books and I could totally get behind that practice. Maybe I'll become a kindle girly?
Miss Bible! Thank you for your unique perspective. I do think you should become a Kindle girlie, I will send you some stickers :)