booktok Archives - Empoword Journalism https://www.empowordjournalism.com/tag/booktok/ Led by women. Uniting and empowering journalists across the globe. Mon, 10 Mar 2025 15:11:52 +0000 en-GB hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 It’s Time The UK Rekindled Its Love Of Reading https://www.empowordjournalism.com/all-articles/features/its-time-the-uk-rekindled-its-love-of-reading/ https://www.empowordjournalism.com/all-articles/features/its-time-the-uk-rekindled-its-love-of-reading/#respond Tue, 11 Feb 2025 14:22:38 +0000 https://www.empowordjournalism.com/?p=63948 If you’re anything like me, the beginning of a new year signals a chance to completely reinvent yourself. Every December 31st, my head is filled with fantasies of the 'new me'.

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]]> https://www.empowordjournalism.com/all-articles/features/its-time-the-uk-rekindled-its-love-of-reading/feed/ 0 The Rise of East Asian Literature and Ayako Yuzuki’s ‘Butter’ https://www.empowordjournalism.com/all-articles/the-rise-of-east-asian-literature-and-ayako-yuzukis-butter/ https://www.empowordjournalism.com/all-articles/the-rise-of-east-asian-literature-and-ayako-yuzukis-butter/#respond Sat, 29 Jun 2024 23:58:35 +0000 https://www.empowordjournalism.com/?p=59732 Ayako Yuzuki's novel Butter soon got me out of a reading slump, and transported me back to happy times in Japan.

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]]> https://www.empowordjournalism.com/all-articles/the-rise-of-east-asian-literature-and-ayako-yuzukis-butter/feed/ 0 Are love stories making us fall out of love with romance? https://www.empowordjournalism.com/all-articles/features/are-love-stories-making-us-fall-out-of-love-with-romance/ https://www.empowordjournalism.com/all-articles/features/are-love-stories-making-us-fall-out-of-love-with-romance/#respond Wed, 05 Jun 2024 13:48:35 +0000 https://www.empowordjournalism.com/?p=57469 Fewer chick flicks are hitting the cinemas and real love stories seem few and far between, so it’s time we look at how we’re talking about and consuming romance. Has the media made us more pessimistic about relationships?

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]]> https://www.empowordjournalism.com/all-articles/features/are-love-stories-making-us-fall-out-of-love-with-romance/feed/ 0 Fourth Wing and The Rise of the New Adult Genre https://www.empowordjournalism.com/all-articles/entertainment/literature/fourth-wing-and-the-rise-of-the-new-adult-genre/ https://www.empowordjournalism.com/all-articles/entertainment/literature/fourth-wing-and-the-rise-of-the-new-adult-genre/#comments Mon, 05 Feb 2024 05:51:09 +0000 https://www.empowordjournalism.com/?p=52722 With the second instalment of Rebecca Yarros' Fourth Wing hitting shelves only six months after its original release, and three more instalments of The Empyrean New Adult genre book series planned, BookTok has been divided over its quality. 

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]]> https://www.empowordjournalism.com/all-articles/entertainment/literature/fourth-wing-and-the-rise-of-the-new-adult-genre/feed/ 1 Does The Song Of Achilles By Madeline Miller Deserve Its BookTok Hype? https://www.empowordjournalism.com/all-articles/does-the-song-of-achilles-by-madeline-miller-deserve-its-booktok-hype/ https://www.empowordjournalism.com/all-articles/does-the-song-of-achilles-by-madeline-miller-deserve-its-booktok-hype/#respond Wed, 26 Jul 2023 20:21:09 +0000 https://www.empowordjournalism.com/?p=44094 TikTok’s algorithm has the power to transform novels into bestsellers overnight. The Song of Achilles by Madeline Miller is no exception to this. But with so many books trending weekly, does this mythology-inspired novel actually deserve the hype?

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]]> https://www.empowordjournalism.com/all-articles/does-the-song-of-achilles-by-madeline-miller-deserve-its-booktok-hype/feed/ 0 How BookTok is influencing the next generation of readers https://www.empowordjournalism.com/all-articles/how-booktok-is-influencing-the-next-generation-of-readers/ https://www.empowordjournalism.com/all-articles/how-booktok-is-influencing-the-next-generation-of-readers/#respond Fri, 21 Jul 2023 23:29:20 +0000 https://www.empowordjournalism.com/?p=43727 As a thriving digital subculture, BookTok is changing the way books are marketed to younger audiences. While critics object that the BookTok phenomenon reduces literature to a matter of aesthetics, it also offers insights into how we consume media and culture.

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]]> https://www.empowordjournalism.com/all-articles/how-booktok-is-influencing-the-next-generation-of-readers/feed/ 0 Happy Place by Emily Henry is my Book of the Summer https://www.empowordjournalism.com/all-articles/entertainment/happy-place-by-emily-henry-is-my-book-of-the-summer/ https://www.empowordjournalism.com/all-articles/entertainment/happy-place-by-emily-henry-is-my-book-of-the-summer/#respond Wed, 21 Jun 2023 22:10:32 +0000 https://www.empowordjournalism.com/?p=40489 On the surface, Happy Place by Emily Henry explores the main character, Harriet, being confronted with the concept of spending her annual group holiday with her ex-fiancé

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]]> https://www.empowordjournalism.com/all-articles/entertainment/happy-place-by-emily-henry-is-my-book-of-the-summer/feed/ 0 Blake Lively and Justin Baldoni Cast in the ‘It Ends with Us’ Film Adaptation https://www.empowordjournalism.com/all-articles/blake-lively-and-justin-baldoni-casted-for-it-ends-with-us-film-adaptation/ https://www.empowordjournalism.com/all-articles/blake-lively-and-justin-baldoni-casted-for-it-ends-with-us-film-adaptation/#respond Mon, 06 Feb 2023 12:14:55 +0000 https://www.empowordjournalism.com/?p=37323 The leading cast for the movie adaption of Colleen Hoover’s bestselling novel It Ends With Us has been revealed.

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]]> https://www.empowordjournalism.com/all-articles/blake-lively-and-justin-baldoni-casted-for-it-ends-with-us-film-adaptation/feed/ 0 How BookTok is Impacting YA Fiction on the Bestseller Charts https://www.empowordjournalism.com/all-articles/how-booktok-is-impacting-ya-fiction-on-the-bestseller-charts/ https://www.empowordjournalism.com/all-articles/how-booktok-is-impacting-ya-fiction-on-the-bestseller-charts/#comments Sun, 18 Dec 2022 22:44:35 +0000 https://www.empowordjournalism.com/?p=36549 Social media users are rising constantly, but one platform which has grown considerably in popularity is TikTok - especially amongst young people and creators who film short videos to create a variety of content to appeal to people scrolling through the app. One area of TikTok that has become particularly popular in the past two years is book recommendations and reviews. 

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]]> https://www.empowordjournalism.com/all-articles/how-booktok-is-impacting-ya-fiction-on-the-bestseller-charts/feed/ 1 The Emerging Competitiveness of Reading https://www.empowordjournalism.com/all-articles/the-emerging-competitiveness-of-reading/ https://www.empowordjournalism.com/all-articles/the-emerging-competitiveness-of-reading/#comments Sun, 10 Apr 2022 23:10:43 +0000 https://www.empowordjournalism.com/?p=23539 Reading has always been a great escape for those who love it, it offers people the chance to be a part of enchanting stories about lives we aren’t currently living. But is the ever-emerging popularity of competitive reading on book Twitter and booktok turning a peaceful activity into a stressful sport?

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