I might either do Overdrive or Hoopla by getting a library card one day.
So, I can get audiobooks better.
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the struggle 
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I donāt really have a comment on the āare there more writers than readersā thing but as an avid reader I can recommend some sci-fi that Iāve been loving lately
- Nyxia by Scot Reintgen was on the NYT bestseller list but I recommend this because Iāve had the pleasure of meeting Scott and heās seriously the nicest person you will ever talk to and the most encouraging. He does a lot for new writers and his series is genuinely good
- The Three Body Problem
- Station Eleven by Emily St. John Mandel
- Who Fears Death by Nnedi Okorafor
- Parable of the Sower by Octavia E. Butler
Iāve also been reading a lot of Kurt Vonnegut and Ray Bradbury which Iāve always enjoyed. And although older/classics, Blue Mars, Hyperion, Foundations, Childhoodās End, and Neuromancer were all stories that I read this year and loved.
Donāt be worried if there are more writers than readers. Itās okay to be Sunday writers if the industry ends up being too competitive for us and thereās nothing wrong with self publishingā¦thatās what Iām trying to be better at accepting. For me right now I donāt care if no one ever reads my story again I just want to finish it and undo all the things about it that people told me to do that made me miserable and made me hate my own work.
And more people are reading than we think. My own students are constantly talking about Harry Potter and how now theyāre reading Warriors and Eragon and Brandon Sanderson novels. I donāt like J K Rowling but if her writing is getting kids into reading then I am not going to stand in the way of that.
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ā§ļ½„ļ¾: * ā§ļ½„ļ¾:* If today, all you did was hold yourself together, Iām proud of you.ā§ļ½„ļ¾: *ā§ļ½„ļ¾: *
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I just have a suspicion that keeping up with bookweb trends is going to cause you to ignore a universe of great literature.
Maybe itās because I have followed booktube EXTREMELY CASUALLY (my favorite booktuber is Generally Pooky) but never have I ever heard the name āRay Bradburyā ever come out of a booktuberās lips. Never. In my life.
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My favorite booktuber is Jack Edwards, who seems to like Shakespeare, Sally Rooney and The Great Gatsby. Of course, he seemed to like Heartstopper too, but never mind that. I love his video about how reading Wattpad books scarred him for life. ć½(ļ¾Šļ¾)ļ¾
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If he likes Shakespeare, heāll love the Norse Sagas!
Of course, this line of thinking is how I scarred @sunlets for life with Berserk. Be specific when you say you like dark fantasy, thatās all Iām saying.
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I engage with bookstagram and take everything with a grain of salt because I wasted my money on Shadow and Bone trilogy thanks to the hype. But I read it all because I review books on my IG account and I wanted to warn people against the trilogy.
As for being an avid reader, I did just come here after reading and feeling like ranting even though Iām not done reading yet 
This book is a different kind of unacceptable compared to S&B. The MC is tolerable personality wise unlike Alina in S&B. Everything else is not. The entireā¦
deep breath
I shouldnāt start ranting about a book too much before I finish reading it.
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Iāve been watching Jack Edwards here and there and today āaw heck with it!ā I subscribed 
His tastes are not my tastes at all, but heās funny and I can learn about contemporary books, so thatās nice 
Also, I like how he roasts books XD Is there a fantasy booktuber that is similar to him?
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There seem to be a lot of fantasy booktubers, but Iāve never watched any so I really donāt know if any of them are as likable as JE. But you could check them out and see what you find. (*ļ¼¾-ā) ä¹
https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=fantasy+booktube
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I thought maybe you might have some recommendations, but thanks for looking it up I immediately recognize one there. Iāve come across bookswithemilyfoxā¦but sheās not really for me. I thought āmaybeā because her name has a fox in it
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You should try Libby. All you need is a library card which you can apply for online. Some places canāt access the app but if you can itās completely worth it.
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Thereās definitely more readers than writers. But Iād say that most do go based off of whatās popular. Until last year I didnāt touch anything that you count as the bookweb. So Iād say more read whatās popular than are in that community.
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I see.
DARK FANTASY IS A BIG DAMN GENRE!
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Only bigger after learning about Dark Fantasy Anime!
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At least Berserk has inspired good music.
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And violence, i bet.
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Yeah, but thatās not an argument for who has read him. I mean, I quite literally have never brought his name up here for any recommendations, and I loved the oddity of his short storiesāand if I really really think about the creepy vibe I sometimes put in my shorts, heās an influence. Anything under 5K Iāve written (and weāll above 500) shows that Iāve read authors like him, Poe, King, ect. Demented drama suits me.
Iāve just never had a reason to bring him up and I seriously need a reread to familiarize myself with the works again.
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