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YouTube video by The Drowned Kingdom Saga Brian Bell of BellTube | PAGE CHEWING: CHAPTER SERIES Ep.16

PAGE CHEWING returns in fine form for 2026
as @maedbetweenpages.bsky.social & I
get the honour of chatting with
one of the best booktubers & people out there
the fantastic Brian Bell of BellTube !
LIVE Sat. February 7, 2026 2PM EASTERN!

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The cognitive dissonance of witnessing fascism in real time, trying to fight it locally, and also needing to decide what my daughter is going to have for her bento for school today is damn near driving me insane.

Thank god for books and book content. Truly the only time I can take a deep breath.

Time for the annual Booktube tradition...complaining about the books I read 😊

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Correction, apologies! 230 pm Eastern is the time for the live!

If you guessed Ghibli from my last post...you'd be right! 🌱

I finally get to share all the amazing Ghibli goods we bought before leaving Japan 👀

What's your favorite Ghibli movie??

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Can you guess the topic of my next video?? 👀

Last few hours to get Magic, Maps, and Mischief for just 0.99c if you're looking for something heart-warming and cosy to read over the next week.

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Please ignore my now out-of-season book recommendations as I unbox some of my all time fantasy favs 😂

Only one more box to go!!

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You're the best 🥹💕

Thank you so much Krystle 🥹

It's been a point of discourse for about a year now but it feels like a lot of discussions don't take the next step to talk about the root cause or what we can do about it...so I hope I can offer a few of those here :)

Oh yay!! I hope it gives you some food for thought 👀

Over consumption, Anti-intellectualism, Trope-ification, Shallow reviews....all of these have been plaguing the book community recently.

What if I told you that WE are the problem?
The good news is that means that WE can also fix it ✨️

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Can we hit our $35k stretch goal today?
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YouTube video by Maed Between the Pages IS READING DIVERSELY REALLY THAT IMPORTANT? || What does it do for us?

I would love to hear your thoughts on this topic here or in the comments on this video!

We had some really good discussions when this was first released. 🧵 5/5

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The last time we had this discourse, this video (🔗 in next section) was my contribution to the topic, & I think it's still very relevant. I'd like to postulate that what you choose to read DOES matter, but not for the way others will perceive you. It matters because of what it can do for YOU. 🧵 4/5

While this is a beautiful thing, reading publicly online is extremely different from reading privately. The Observer Effect is in full force: just the act of being perceived changes the thing itself. It adds a new perspective to this (usually) private hobby, & it takes some getting used to. 🧵 3/5

I feel like the community goes through this discourse in waves every few years, but this round seems particularly far-reaching; probably because so many more people are reading and, as a result, there are many new voices in the online book space. 🧵 2/5

Recently, I've been seeing a lot of discourse about peoples' reading choices.

Pressure to read certain things or read quickly, criticism of both engaging and not engaging critically with what you read, and do our reading choices really matter at all? What is the point of this hobby of ours? 🧵 1/5

Review: Brigands and Breadknives by Travis Baldree

Today we're reviewing Brigands and Breadknives, another heartwarming (if decidedly more action-packed) adventure, this time featuring a scene-stealing chaos goblin.

Thanks @torbooks.bsky.social for the ARC!

Was lisening to some old Dessa yesterday & this hook seemed exceptionally pertinent:

"I found your pale-faced blue-lipped God beneath the kitchen table. Starving and eating paper. He showed me what you wrote and what you'd asked. Love, nothing can live on prayers like that."
- Doomtree, The Wren

I need your advice on which unread books to prioritize in Unboxing my Library pt.3 👀📚

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The continuation of my 5 Star Audit is live!!
Let's see if I agree with my past self about what makes something the best of the best 👀

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うん！アメリカにいる

Get you a partner who looks at you the way I look at the original hardcover of A Natural History of Dragons by @swantower.bsky.social 😍

5 Star Audit video coming soon!! 👀👀👀

Taking a break from doomscrolling for a few days has really helped my mental health.
Finding the balance between staying informed & keeping myself sane has been,& will still remain, a challenge, but moments like this help infinitely:

Tsundoku Club's November pick & Sumire frolicking in a corn maze🍂

ICYMI the big news last week, THE BOOK OF SPORES anthology is coming soon to Kickstarter!!! 🍄🍄‍🟫

Follow the KS pre-launch page HERE: www.kickstarter.com/projects/fan...

Today, the White House Press Secretary told the country that this ridiculous damn ballroom is “the president’s main priority”…not reopening the government, not lowering the cost of groceries, not lowering the cost of housing, not lowering the cost of healthcare….building a ballroom

I love how crucial you are to the social networks in this space...you're everywhere!! 🙌✨️

Some wonderful humans right there :)

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