#TikTok book club

[fixing-canva-book-covers]

Fixing Canva cover art: Practice Makes Perfect by Sarah Adams.

This is one of the first ones I fixed. Design-wise, I actually really love this cover! I just wish it didn’t fall down so spectacularly on the dozen or so weird anatomical issues on display. I reshaped their faces, provided a subtle contrasting outline around their profiles to make them pop a little more (they’re the main characters after all!) and gave this poor girl back her ass. And the back of her head. And her shoulder. I can see what they were going for with the guy, but again, this poor guy is just totally lacking shoulders and like, human joints. So I de-plasticened him a little bit. And I gave him more human proportions for his face and head, and bulked up that lacklustre looking hair.

It’s subtle, but I think the changes make all the difference!

[aalghul]

"jason's on booktok" jason thinks tiktok is still musical.ly

[jeslo]

Astarion and Durge are my Roman Empire.

[starswallowingsea]

"Colleen Hoover could write Crime & Punishment but Dostoevsky couldn't---" I am going to stop you right there. Colleen could never write classic Russian literature and I don't think Dostoevsky had an interest in writing trashy romance novels

[autumnsprophecy]

Combatting Censorship

Ao3 could be attacked by the conservative government. If possible, save and download your favorite fics. 2SLGBTQIA+ content is prominent on Ao3, which makes it a potential target. It could be banned or regulated in the United States.

Pride parades could be attacked by the conservative government. Especially in states like Florida. Remember your right to freedom of expression, and its legal protection under the Bill of Rights.

TikTok will likely be banned. Download your favorite videos for preservation purposes, so that they do not become lost media.

As I mentioned in a previous post, book bans will likely increase. Most schools and libraries will have boxes of these books that you can take for free. I would suggest doing so for preservation and archival purposes.

Examples of Titles At Risk For Being Banned Include, But Are Not Limited To:

Their Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neale Hurston

The Hate You Give by Angie Thomas

I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter by Erika Sánchez

The Color Purple by Alice Walker

This Book Is Gay by Juno Dawson

We Are Everywhere by Matthew Reimer and Leighton Brown

The Crane Wife by CJ Hauser

Giovanni's Room by James Baldwin

Fairest by Meredith Talusan

How To Live Free In A Dangerous World by Shayla Lawson

Tomorrow Will Be Different by Sarah McBride

The Hundred Years' War On Palestine - A History of Settler Colonial Conquest and Resistance by Rashid Khalidi

Palestinian Identity by Rashid Khalidi

[tierras]

cdmx recs?

[spurgie-cousin]

Meri dropped Kody and picked up the art of cursing and you know what? I'm living

[slythernnn]

Decided to hop on the Hozier challenge bandwagon lol

[omarfor-orchestra]

Ok yes not everyone can write a book yes I got mad at actors writings books because they're not writers no ValeRomani does not count

[braodrickpatrick-1]

Chapter Two Everlasting Love

I Love d You before I M e t You Pg. 28 JOURNAL ENTRY “MONTH OF MAY.” We dance the night away and kissed for hours. Shots after shots, round after round living in the midnight moment amongst the stars. But time itself seemed to have passed its curfew. You asked me to drive us back home, so I grab the car keys. Here we go driving into the midnight breeze. It was an hour drive back to the city as I looked over as saw you fast asleep, for only the heavens itself could create such a thing. My head started to pound as I tried to remain focus on the road, but then I felt a taste of blood kiss my lips as my eyes started to close while driving into the midnight mist. Boom! It’s an accident. Love, we had an accident

SIGHT OF LOVE

They say falling in love is a choice. Then why does it feel as if the laws of free will doesn’t apply at the sight of you? My heart forever tangle within your reach. and pulled at the thought of you. Yet I am forever woven within the fabrics of your heaven. As for love itself is written in the heavens amongst the stars.

I Loved You before I Met You: A Love Story by Braodrick Patrick 

About the Book: A girl discovers her lover's journal, a journal she promised to never read, and quickly finds that it is filled with his poetic thoughts regarding their love story. This book is written in a collection of poems and storytelling about two teenagers who fall in love at first sight. But sometimes love doesn't last forever as one of them soon learns that their cancer has returned and a battle that was thought to have been won is far from over. Could this be the end of love at first sight or is this the beginning of a true love story? Sometimes love itself is written in the heavens amongst the stars.

My Debut Novel is out now world wide. Novel is available online purchase at Amazon.com, Barnes & Nobles, Walmart.com, Book A Million, and many more Nationwide Book Stores.

[deanmafia]

I do have some stuff to post guys 🤓 I graduated too so more free time for things :)

[primmsmatic]

When you see a tiktok about a book where the main character is turning into a shark and the reaction was so intriguing you get it from the library and now you’re teary at work cause clearly its a metaphor about a chronic or terminal illness and you’re in your feels immediately

[pogasssm]

i LOVE that even thru all that trauma my baby sister is still a sensible person im so proud of her even if she still lives in hell she’s so resistant to their backwards logic and it’s beautiful

[lifblogs]

So last night I was up all night again because of allergies. Usually I will start a non-relaxing behavior accidentally as they’re showing up, and I will be awake on TikTok or something for hours and hours. I’m sick. You’d think I’d want to read or watch TV or movies. Nope. Can’t relax. Can’t sleep. It won’t happen. So I noticed this connection between all my slow anaphylactic episodes or near-anaphylactic where it builds overnight. Apparently the brain will not let you sleep in this situation, or even relax because it MUST remain vigilant because it can sense this can be life or death. So, that actually makes a ton of sense because why wouldn’t the brain want you to keep tabs on something like this? Can’t relax with hobbies because oops, you’re not vigilant enough. So I have to stop blaming myself for nights like this. Well, tonight is okay, but I went to bed at 5:00 AM and just had a sick day.

[spurgie-cousin]

i took a pause making sister wives tiktok content after Garrison passed and have really only been making VERY half-assed Duggar stuff, since the Jana speculation was at least kind of interesting.

but now that's over and they're boring again, so I have two ideas for a video I'd actually be interested in making:

now people have made Jill Rod videos before don't get me wrong, even some bigger creators, but there definitely aren't as many people aware of her as any other fundie family that's talked about on TT and i feel like there's some serious shock potential there lol

but I also think people love to hate Robyn and don't really know much about her, so that could go over well too, esp since SW interest is picking up again.