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[(Anonymous)]

No offense to anyone who gets their book recs from youtube or tiktok or wherever, you do you, but I genuinely can't understand doing it that way because you're not going to get what's good(or even enjoyable from my experience) you're just going to get what's popular. And sure sometimes those circles intersect but from my experience with books... they often don't.

Maybe it's just me but I've never had a stranger rec me a book and I've ended up liking it, I've always been bored or thought it just sucked, lol. Idk, book recs aren't something I'd listen to for anyone outside of my family and close friends because I feel the enjoyment of them is so subjective, so I'd never take the word of a stranger who may very well just have different quitting/jumping on points than me.

[(Anonymous)]

I don't know if people take recommendations from booktubers they just randomly stumbled across. I know for me, I have found one whose tastes align well with mine and the way she talks about the books usually give me a pretty good indication if it's something I'd enjoy as well.

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I do like rec lists (when they're very specific and I still vet the books and don't blindly buy) and I follow some people with similar taste so I "trust" them more, but I've never gotten people simply HAVING to read hyped books. Just. Why.
It's one thing if the hyped book in question sounds like something you'd enjoy, but to just read the book because everyone else is? Is it just cause you want people to talk to? I promise, less popular books also have fans.

[(Anonymous)]

I could never get book recs from *general* booktube (I'm not even touching booktok), but I do follow a couple people who are specifically horror readers, because I know my genre, and I can get an idea of like... oh, A and B both liked X new book, if I see that at my library it sounds worth checking out, that kind of thing. But outside of that bubble I see mostly people who read YA/fantasy/romance (I like fantasy, but I'm NOT taking recs from strangers on it bc yeah, it's very about what's popular, not good)

[(Anonymous)]

I do think there's a HUGE difference between mainstream booktok and booktok that you've curated via your own tastes. Like, I get a few 'new release/popular' booktoks that pop up now and then, but most of what's on my feed is stuff like, working on putting variety into your reading whether it's by seeking out more POC others, disability rep, LGBTQ+ rep, etc.

Also popular doesn't always mean bad. People are so quick to jump to, "Oh well everyone is recommending this, I definitely won't read it because it's gonna suck." which seems like a weird take to me.