Hello pagebounders!! Well, I've come across a lot of videos recently talking about the cons and pros of BookTok and Bookstagram. But what I want to know is, in your opinion, does it do more harm than help to the book community? I think for me since I'm only in Bookstagram it doesn't really harm the book community since these kind of people are not very popular there however I've seen a few. However I don't know how it is in Booktok, can someone tell me??

Hellow boundlings! I hope you're having a great morning/afternoon/evening where ever you are.

I think we need to hype up unknown and indie authors more, so what are your CRIMINALLY underrated book recs? Like an almost non-existent (or just non-existent) fandom on PB.

For me, it's Last Stop by Gloria Oliver, which I finished earlier this month, at least I think so. I'm the ONLY one who's finished and rated it. Literally only one review which is mine. It has less than 10 posts as well, mostly mine probably and another person's from what I remember. There's no one to talk to about it so I'm kinda losing my mind. 😇 It's a contemporary fantasy thriller, something I don't think I've read before, but it's really unique! The characters are diverse as well, which I loved.

Fun fact, I found out about this book through a giveaway on here! If it weren't for PB, I probably wouldn't have discovered it, so thank you PB 🙂‍↕️

This is basically how it felt after reading this book:

"What little Meursault says or feels or does resonates with all he does not say, all he does not feel, all he does not do." yes!! it took sleeping on the book for these connections to start forming, but I think there's more to his reaction to the sun and constant awareness of his own discomfort, for example

"Camus acknowledged employing an 'American method' in writing The Stranger, in the first half of the book in particular: the short, precise sentences; the depiction of a character ostensibly without consciousness; and, in places, the tough guy tone. Hemingway...and others had pointed the way." good to hear I'm not crazy: this is what had me laughing at the book early on, was the degree to which it sounded like Hemingway. wasn't sure that that was intentional, but apparently so