Ep 191: How BookTok and Gen Z Are Changing the Way We Read + Best Books Lately (with Alex Cash)

10 Things To Tell You

Laura Tremaine

Society & Culture, Unknown, Personal Journals

4.7 • 930 Ratings

🗓️ 17 October 2023

⏱️ 82 minutes

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Summary

Where a 40-something aunt (me) chats with her 20-something niece (Alex) about what we're reading, where we get our book recommendations, and how the algorithm affects both of these things. I often find my 24-year-old niece reading on the couch in our shared home. Sometimes she's pulled something off my bookshelves, but more often she's in her own world of reading, influenced by her age, tastes, and, of course, TikTok. In this episode, Alex and I talk about the differences in what her generation is reading (and why) and mine. Then we share the best books we've both read lately. I loved talking with her officially on microphone because it reminded me that there is always so much to learn from other generations. (And because I always love to talk about reading.) FULL SHOW NOTES HERE MENTIONED in this episode: Wattpad Chloe In Letters Ep. 187 Book Bans: 5 Things A Librarian Wants You To Know Currently Reading Podcast Series of Unfortunate Events series by Lemony Snicket Harry Potter series by J.K. Rowling Twilight series by Stephenie Meyer The Glass Menagerie by Tennessee Williams The Pearl by John Steinbeck A Court of Thorns and Roses series by Sarah J. Maas A Certain Hunger by Chelsea G. Summers Bunny by Mona Awad The Corrections by Jonathan Franzen Less by Andrew Sean Greer The Need by Helen Phillips The Nothing Man by Catherine Ryan Howard 56 Days by Catherine Ryan Howard Billy Summers by Stephen King JOIN SECRET STUFF FOR MONTHLY READING ROUNDUPS Alex's Best Books Lately: The Secret History by Donna Tartt Cannery Row by John Steinbeck Euphoria by Lily King Pet Sematary by Stephen King Laura's Best Books Lately: How To Stay Married: The Most Insane Love Story Ever Told by Harrison Scott Key Happiness Falls by Angie Kim The Trap by Catherine Ryan Howard The Great Work of Your Life by Steven Cope SPONSORS: Betterhelp // Go to Betterhelp.com/YOU for 10% off your first month Lume // Go to LumePodcast.com and use code YOU for 40% off your starter pack SUBSCRIBE to 10 Things To Tell You so you never miss an episode! CLICK HERE for episode show notes FOLLOW @10ThingsToTellYou on Instagram FOLLOW @10ThingsToTellYou on Facebook JOIN the 10 Things To Tell You Connection Group SIGN UP for episode emails, links, and show notes JOIN the Secret Stuff Patreon BUY THE BOOK: Share Your Stuff. I'll Go First. by Laura Tremaine BUY THE BOOK: The Life Council: 10 Friends Every Woman Needs by Laura Tremaine Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	I'm Laura Tremaine and I have 10 things to tell you.
0:07.0	I'm Laura Tremaine and I have 10 things to tell you.
0:12.0	And you have 10 things to tell you. And you have 10 things to tell.
0:15.0	This show is about connection,
0:18.0	with each other and with ourselves.
0:20.0	And the hope is that the things we talk about here
0:22.0	will be fuel for better conversations and a personal awareness.
0:26.4	Each episode has a prompt or a topic that I want you to take to your journal, text to a friend,
0:31.9	or share on social media using the hashtag 10
0:34.9	Things to Tell You. This is a show about digging deeper and sharing our
0:39.4	stuff. I'll go first. One of the biggest changes in my life in the last few years is that
0:46.0	we've gained a family member. Okay not exactly as one of our oldest nieces she was
0:51.8	already part of our family.
0:54.2	But we gained a new household member, I should say.
0:57.5	My niece Alex is my sister's second child,
1:01.2	and she, along with her older sister Kate who we talk about in this
1:05.0	episode they were both born when I was in college. Like me, Alex grew up in
1:10.3	Oklahoma and graduated from the University of Oklahoma and like me she moved to
1:16.2	Los Angeles after college and started working in television production.
1:20.9	Besides our particular life paths, Alex and I have a lot in common, including that we both love to read.
1:29.0	But whenever we talk about what we're reading or what our respective algorithms are saying about
1:34.8	reading it is very clear that there are some generational differences and
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