Right? Because it feels like you one, like you found the pot of gold if you are on the

five-star side of the coin. I don't know, I just feel like I found a book that's for

me and not for everyone and it makes me feel like a special snowflake. Sometimes it's

good to be a special, really snowflake.

Hey everyone, I'm Ann Bogall and this is What Should I Read Next Episode 48. Welcome to

the show that's dedicated to answering the question that plagues every reader. What should

I read next? We don't get posse on this show. What we will do here is give you the information

you need to choose your next read. Every week we'll talk all things books and reading

and do a little literary matchmaking with one guest.

My guest today is Maxwell Dunn from San Diego, California. Max Hales from a fascinating corner

of the Bookish Internet, BookTube. Never heard of it? Well, I hadn't either until recently,

but luckily Max is here to fill us in on all the details. We cover substantial, engaging,

challenging, literary fiction, some experimental works and some books that are just fun to

talk about. Here's Max. Max, welcome to the show. Thank you, thanks for having me. Oh, it's

my pleasure. Thanks for coming on. We have a mutual friend and what I know about you is

you are a really nice guy and a Booktuber. Yeah, so BookTube is a small-ish community

relatively on the YouTube community where people talk about books. So it's basically like

a giant book club where people share what they're reading. They make recommendations. They

do reviews of books they've been reading. It's really kind of whatever you make of it as

a Booktuber or as someone who watches BookTube. It's a big community of not just creators,

but there's also a big audience as well. How did you first find it? I, you know, this

is a question that I get asked frequently and I can't really remember. It was probably

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