TikTok is ruining your reading.
Are BookTok Books Making Us Worse Readers? | A Deep Dive on “TV Books” and Intentional Reading
Is BookTok helping or hurting the way we read? In this video, I explore the rise of what I call “TV books”—fast-paced, addictive reads that mirror TikTok’s dopamine-heavy content. Are these novels deepening our love of reading or just shortening our attention spans?
This is for the girl who craves more from her media. The one who wants to love books again, but finds herself stuck in cycles of shallow stories that don’t satisfy. Together we’ll break down the impact of BookTok, how publishing is changing, and why intentional reading still matters.
💡 Key Topics:
– How BookTok transformed the publishing industry
– Why romance, fantasy, and romantasy dominate the feed
– The unconscious effects of “easy reads”
– Why classic literature still hits different
– How to build a media diet that shapes you for the better
Timestamps:
00:00 Intro: The BookTok Effect
00:49 What are “TV books”?
01:11 Your English teacher was onto something
02:55 The rise of romantasy and viral fiction
04:15 The good, the bad, and the overlooked impact
05:09 Why your book choices shape you
05:40 How to read with intention
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