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Nov 2022
1h 31m

Episode 22: BookTok

Zoe & Hannah
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Reading is FUN(damental)! On this week's episode, Zoe and Hannah are discussing the viral sensation known as BookTok. They chat about how TikTok's completely changed the publishing industry, the authors who've benefited from it the most (looking at you, Colleen Hoover), and why it's helped so many people fall back in love with reading. Hannah also dishes on her love of fanfiction and why it gets a bad rap, while Zoe explains why she doesn't give very many books five-star reviews. They also discuss their favorite books and which ones they want to re-read in the future. Enjoy!

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