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This week, we’re talking about ABC’s summer series about psychics, vampires, angels, and more based on novels by Charlaine Harris. We’re joined by our good friend Marie Ann Fernandez-Silva to talk about why this one…didn’t quite work for us.
Thanks to Stefan Chin for our theme music: www.twitter.com/pilocrates
Find us all on Twitter: Marie Ann: twitter.com/mfdezsilva Nicole: twitter.com/sweeneysays Marines: twitter.com/mynameismarines twitter.com/snark_squad www.snarksquad.com
I read Handbook for Mortals
I had the truly, unironically #blessed opportunity to see the original Twitter investigation of Handbook for Mortals when it first appeared on the NYT Bestseller list. For a moment, Book Twitter came together, like the repressed Veronica Marses they are, and detected the shit out of the book no one had heard of that pushed (the amazing, worth the hype) The Hate U Give from its number one spot.
Since then, the case has only gotten stranger, partly because the author, Lani Sarem, seems to be completely unapologetic about what she’s done.
I have to admit that I was curious about the book from moment one. Snarking bad books is kind of a thing for me. Thus started the war within between ignoring her and hoping it would all go away and dragging the book because it had to be shit, right?
Right, well, here we are.
The first page starts with ms whoever saying she's NEVER had a "normal" day before. NEVER. Maybe brief normal moments. #snarkformortals
— Marines (@mynameismarines) September 16, 2017
I imagine those brief normal moments in her day are bathroom breaks? #snarkformortals pic.twitter.com/vETrTwRWPI
— Marines (@mynameismarines)
September 16, 2017
oh, honey, have I got some news for you#snarkformortals pic.twitter.com/9GiHeG93ER
— Marines (@mynameismarines)
September 16, 2017
I'll never forget this one particular, super important day-- BUT FIRST, LET ME TELL YOU ABOUT THE COLORS I DYE MY HAIR LOL. #snarkformortals
— Marines (@mynameismarines)
September 16, 2017
Bitch, we've all had windy days. #snarkformortals
— Marines (@mynameismarines)
September 16, 2017
Levi's jeans "ripped in all the right places": a guide by me#snarkformortals pic.twitter.com/oweamXam2N
— Marines (@mynameismarines)
September 16, 2017
Yes, she's really taking time to describe her outfit, and it includes jeans "ripped in all the right places." #snarkformortals
— Marines (@mynameismarines)
September 16, 2017
She RARELY thinks about how she wants a photographer around to capture how awesome she looks. RARELY. #snarkformortals pic.twitter.com/oMWb4IJqfz
— Marines (@mynameismarines)
September 16, 2017
"Even when she was in a hurry, she never looked like she was rushing or running, but instead floating gingerly." #snarkformortals pic.twitter.com/Wfyh5aiXYL
— Marines (@mynameismarines)
September 16, 2017
BOOKTERNET AESTHETICS [27/?] | mynameismarines
*snarks about acomaf*
*cries*
Hi Marines, I just wanted to say that I love your booktube channel so much, specially your reviews of sjm books where you highlight problems. I think you were one the first people, that I knew, who took to explain what was wrong rather than conforming to what the booktube community already thought. Also as a POC, I appreciate your social media presence and I feel like there is someone who understands what I mean, when I talk about diversity. Sending much love!
Thank you so much! My reviews of Throne of Glass and ACOTAR were some of the first that I ever made. I felt confident in what I wanted to say, but I remember being a little intimidated because I hadn’t seen very many creators who gave super critical reviews. I’m so happy that people appreciate those reviews and my content overall. Honestly, thank you again.
I’m on a little bit of a BookTube break because I got worn out by the diversity discussion recently, so this piece of encouragement was much needed. It reminds me why I keep speaking up and speaking out and why I keep reviewing critically and specifically.
Lastly, guys if there is a creator out there who you appreciate, let them know! It’s one of many ways we can support content creation and it helps spread some love, especially when times are tough.
Hi, I was wondering what made you and Marines decide to start your own con? I know that you guys want to create a more inclusive space for specifically booktube people of all walks, but what happened at BEA to give you guys the spark? Just general atmosphere or something specific? I think I missed that, as I am a relatively new follower. I do think it's an awesome idea though, and I am currently trying to see if I can work it into my schedule <3
Not a problem :) We were actually planning this before the BEA stuff happened, but got even more motivation once that fell through.
This coming year, BEA has decided to severely limit the amount of book reviewers they will allow to attend, and are basing that off of following. No one knows where this magical number of followers sits, but it drastically limits the amount of people who will be allowed to go. In addition, they have implemented an extreme vetting process in which you, as a reviewer, have to detail what you do in a professional capacity every day to promote the book industry and provide references. That also limits a ton of people, including younger reviewers who do so much for promotion but don’t have references. They also had some icky language in articles that came out around this time talking about “millennial girls” in a condescending way as if all reviewers fall into that category and as if they don’t want to turn around and take millennial girls money (which they do… if you even take one look at BookCon’s advertising). Not to mention that BEA is a PAYED event! Reviewers pay the crazy ticket prices to get there, to promote the event, to get the books to promote, etc. The whole thing was a mess and really the last straw for a lot of people.
We had already been planning to start a con because we wanted more from book events. We were sick of all of the topics pertaining to reviewers spewing the same stuff, appealing to the most beginner level. Yes, beginner advice panels have merit. But not every panel and not at every event. We wanted more. We wanted to see more than the same 10 faces on every panel. We wanted all bookish platforms to be included. We didn’t want just YA reviewers, but everyone and every genre. We wanted time for people to hang out (because that’s the most fun about book events anyway…hanging out with friends you barely get to see, not the running like banshees for arcs).
We wanted more. And that’s why we started this event.
We hope you guys are as excited as we are :)
are snark squad recapping oitnb any time? Or s3 of vm? :)
I’ve got no plans to watch or recap OITNB in the near future. I’ve heard good things but it doesn’t call out to me and there is already so much stuff on our list of things to do sooner….
Like S3 of Veronica Mars. I promise you, we are working on this sloooowly. We’ve got the first 3 episodes done and ready to post, but we’re waiting until we have the whole season near to done before posting so we don’t leave everyone hanging again.
SOON.
Hiya, I'm writing a book which contains an African American female as one of my main characters and I hope I'm not bothering you by asking, but I was just wondering about how to write physical descriptors. Because for the most part if I want to indicate her physical appearance, I'll write 'dark skin' or state 'African American' but I came to this one line when I'm introducing her and I say 'The black girl inquired'. Is that okay? I probably seem stupid asking I'm just trying to learn & am unsure
Your question absolutely does not seem stupid. Thank you for asking even if I’m so bad at Tumblr sometimes, this reply is probably super late. Anyway, I’m primarily going to direct you to this post that serves as a description guide: http://writingwithcolor.tumblr.com/post/96830966357/writing-with-color-description-guide-words-for
I often describe myself as brown or a brown person or something along those lines and a lot of time it makes non-brown people uncomfortable…? I think there is a weird feeling attached to calling someone brown or black as if it’s a bad thing. It isn’t! I hope that post is helpful and good luck on your writing journey.
"For this world allows ya no more than one cupful o' dreams. So be strong stingy with yer time... and run." . 02/72 Emma Vol. 1 by Kaoru Mori ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
"We are capable of big lives. A big history. Why settle? Why choose the practical thing, the mundane thing? We are born to dream and make the things we dream about." 01/72 The Sun is Also a Star by Nicola Yoon. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
A bookish event for any platform of any size, as well as for all those who participate in the community.
@thoughtsontomes and I are so excited and we would love to see you there!
http://booknetfest.com/
Pre-registration link: https://goo.gl/KWvPOS
A Court of Mist and Fury Live-Tweets (Part 1)
Hello! I'm reading A Cort of Mist and Fury and I pretty thoroughly hate it. Here are some selected reactions from #ACOMAF, part 1.
A misplaced comma on page ONE. I'm so happy I'm reading ACOMAF. #snarkandfury
— Mari (@mynameismarines)
May 19, 2016
"Chapter 1. I vomited into the toilet..." SAME, FEYRE. #snarkandfury
— Mari (@mynameismarines)
May 19, 2016
Four pages in. Author has mentioned cold marble on three of those pages. Should I be paying attention to the marble or...? #snarkandfury
— Mari (@mynameismarines)
May 19, 2016
Maybe it's a fae thing? She's strong, her legs are longer (TRUE THING) and now she doesn't breathe, she sighs through her nose #snarkandfury
— Mari (@mynameismarines)
May 19, 2016
"I uncoiled to my feet." #snarkandfury
— Mari (@mynameismarines)
May 19, 2016
Chapter 2, Tamlin's lips have formed a thin line so that's a definite #YADrinkingGame shot. This isn't even YA... #snarkandfury
— Mari (@mynameismarines)
May 19, 2016
"His green eyes were like chips of ice..." Be wary of competing visuals in your descriptions, guys. ICE IS BLUE/CLEAR. #snarkandfury
— Mari (@mynameismarines)
May 19, 2016
Page 10: Feyre complains about parties and receiving lots of gifts for a whole page. Not a joke. #snarkandfury
— Mari (@mynameismarines)
May 19, 2016
I'm super waiting for Tamlin to exhibit some behavior he 100% didn't exhibit in book 1. #snarkandfury
— Mari (@mynameismarines)
May 19, 2016
Every single semicolon used in this book so far has been used incorrectly. EVERY. SINGLE. ONE. #snarkandfury
— Mari (@mynameismarines)
May 19, 2016
"Beyond that... [SLEEPS FOR 30 MIN BORED BY HER OWN STORY] while Tamlin was the one who paid for my everyday clothes..." #snarkandfury
— Mari (@mynameismarines)
May 19, 2016
I'VE JUST SPENT 5 MINUTES OF MY LIFE TRYING TO SIGH THROUGH MY NOSE WHILE TALKING. #snarkandfury
— Mari (@mynameismarines)
May 19, 2016
I'm too fresh off reading Breaking Dawn to miss the cold marble, glittering hair, field of flowers similarities here... #snarkandfury
— Mari (@mynameismarines)
May 19, 2016
I hate when men make animal noises at women in fiction, but Tamlin is actually an animal. More or less sexy? #snarkandfury
— Mari (@mynameismarines)
May 19, 2016
2. WHOSE FINGERS ARE THEY? WHO IS UNBUTTONING HIS PANTS WITH SMART FINGERS? #snarkandfury
— Mari (@mynameismarines)
May 19, 2016
JUST KIDDING because there are no deleted extras in Fifty Shades. EL publishes every godforsaken word. #snarkandfury
— Mari (@mynameismarines)
May 19, 2016
Then she tells us that Lucien rides up to the guy who looks like he's in charge of building a house in the village. #snarkandfury
— Mari (@mynameismarines)
May 20, 2016
Fae Hard Hat? #snarkandfury
— Mari (@mynameismarines)
May 20, 2016
Sweat and determination? #snarkandfury
— Mari (@mynameismarines)
May 20, 2016
Hello My Name Is Guy In Charge of Building This House sticker? #snarkandfury
— Mari (@mynameismarines)
May 20, 2016
Authoritative shoes? #snarkandfury
— Mari (@mynameismarines)
May 20, 2016
This is the mystery I want solved. #snarkandfury
— Mari (@mynameismarines)
May 20, 2016
It seems Maas is purposefully accentuating a power imbalance between Tamlin and Feyre for the purposes of sinking this ship. #snarkandfury
— Mari (@mynameismarines)
May 20, 2016
WAIT. "Fairly bland compared to Ianthe's." Damn. We almost had self-confidence. #snarkandfury
— Mari (@mynameismarines)
May 20, 2016
In further Bella/Feyre similarities, Feyre has friends she just keeps around for selfish purposes and to use as a crutches. #snarkandfury
— Mari (@mynameismarines)
May 20, 2016
Rhys is here and he's saved Feyre against her will and in the most asshole way possible! Continuity! #snarkandfury
— Mari (@mynameismarines)
May 20, 2016
The writing gets better during dialogue but I can't stand any of the characters that are speaking. #snarkandfury pic.twitter.com/gO3Z6uG3Ek
— Mari (@mynameismarines)
May 20, 2016
Every time Maas uses another . . . I hear Ariel in my head going "what's that word again?" #snarkandfury pic.twitter.com/yOUfVJWPxL
— Mari (@mynameismarines)
May 20, 2016
You know it's getting cray-zee when ellipses are showing up with parenthetical em dashes in the same sentence TWO WORDS APART. #snarkandfury
— Mari (@mynameismarines)
May 20, 2016
I have no doubt that Rhys will turn around, but I don't like when I feel manipulated by writing. #snarkandfury
— Mari (@mynameismarines)
May 22, 2016
Like, when Rhys even has softer beds???? ALRIGHT ALREADY. #snarkandfury
— Mari (@mynameismarines)
May 22, 2016
Let me fix this dialogue for SJM: "How often do you wander around in my mind?" "When it's for your own good." #snarkandfury
— Mari (@mynameismarines)
May 22, 2016
I've been waiting for a page that doesn't use an em dash since I started reading. IT'S PAGE 58. #snarkandfury
— Mari (@mynameismarines)
May 22, 2016
Maas just described someone's steps as grounded. IDK. IDK. #snarkandfury
— Mari (@mynameismarines)
May 22, 2016
"Rhys slid incredulous eyes at her." #snarkandfury pic.twitter.com/DHXMRiYnlX
— Mari (@mynameismarines)
May 22, 2016
"Mor sliced one of the muffins in two in a steady sweep of her knife." I always have to hack at my muffins, but I'm not fae. #snarkandfury
— Mari (@mynameismarines)
May 22, 2016
I know Feyre went through some bad stuff, but she's still a pretty big dick to everyone who endured slavery FOR YEARS. #snarkandfury
— Mari (@mynameismarines)
May 26, 2016
I like when authors write that a character "bares their teeth" during an argument. #snarkandfury pic.twitter.com/kbFyeAvHVp
— Mari (@mynameismarines)
May 26, 2016
"We walked a casual distance apart. Tired. I was so-- tired." WTF IS THAT EM DASH IF NOT A DASH SENT FROM HADES TO TORMENT ME? #snarkandfury
— Mari (@mynameismarines)
May 27, 2016
"Someone was shouting my name from far away. Alis--Alis." FYI: The character's name is NOT Alis-Alis. Just a cool em dash...#snarkandfury
— Mari (@mynameismarines)
May 28, 2016
477 em dashes in part one of #ACOMAF. I made it with my liver still functioning I think. #snarkandfury
— Mari (@mynameismarines)
May 28, 2016
Everybody’s strange everywhere. Most of the trick of being a social animal is pretending you’re not. But who do you fool? Nobody worth talking to.
The Boy Who Lost Fairyland by Catherynne M. Valente
Today I’m talking about the lack of diversity on YouTube and within BookTube and what we can do to change that.
*Hint: it involves checking out the channels of these wonderful, diverse creators making videos about books. I want to keep adding to this list, so if you are a POC BookTuber, let me know and I’ll add you!
A Clockwork Reader AJ Reads Ashley Dominique Bedtime Bookworm BettyBotterzBooks Bookish Realm Books are my Social Life Books Undone (Rachel Kern) BooksAndBigHair BooksandBullshit BooksNChilli Brown Girl Reading Cherie Lampley ClarisseReads dani! dany! danie! Denise D. Cooper Disis19 Hearts... Don't Stop Readin' FangirlNoir FreeFormLady InkBonesBooks Inthebookcorner isareads Jellafy Joana Sousa KeyReadThat Krystol the book worm Lamp Sunnies Latin Lector Liken Books LiyareadsYA LovingDemBooks LuLo Fangirl majibookshelf Marie Vizuete nabibliomania Oh Hey Sush OhEmVee Reads Paperback Prima Donna perpetualpages PixieTonic Pretty Brown Eye Reader Positive Writer nattersaur ReadLifeWildfire rincey reads Rocket Reads sandyreadsalot Sarai Talks Books sarcasmpersuasion SCSreads shemightbemonica StrangeShellie Shy NoteBooks squibblesreads Story Nut Symone Books TamikaUploaded That's What She Read The Boy Who Cried Books The Poptimist The Rejected Manuscript The Storyscape TheSkepticalReader thebookbasement These Sensational Reads Tiffany Tucker WhispersOfTheSilentWind
Aimee Lukes Carrie Takahata Books With B Frankie Reads It’s On Page 47 Michael Reads SomdahSaysSo The Book Traveler Musical Tati BooksWithWings ForTheLoveOfBooks littlespider9 The Novel Sanctuary Books-n-Broadway
On the silencing of #FakeReaderGirls
I’m assuming if you’re reading this, you’re already up to speed on what’s going on. If not, read this. Ok, I’m just going to jump in:
In his video, Steve admits to purposely going out and watching BEA videos that he claims to hate, so I can only assume that he did so in order to maliciously mock and belittle people.
He then refers to the people at BEA and the popular authors there as fake readers and undeserving authors. 100% he is talking about YA authors. And for me, this struck a particular nerve, because so much of the discrediting of the YA category is based on internalized sexism - the idea that anything written by women or enjoyed by young girls is inherently shallow and lesser.
Then, after all of that, in the comments of the video he continues by writing:
Now, I want to stop here for a moment to point out that this is not just a booktuber. This man is also a professional reviewer - someone in the industry and with a position of power in publishing vocalizing (both in the video and the comment) what is an ALL TOO COMMON criticism thrown at women - that we’re shallow and fake, that we’re not intelligent, that the things we create and enjoy are unworthy.
When pressed on this view, he did not try to clarify or understand where the frustration was coming from. Instead, he lashed out and referred to the people upset by it as insane or not “thinking people.“ And in all his following comments and in a short video, his response to the entire thing has 100% been to only continue to belittle the feelings and opinions of others.
Now I will admit this: the two comments I left were snarky (in the blog I linked above, Elisabeth includes both of them in her discussion on the topic incase you want to judge for yourself). Why? Because I was frustrated at seeing yet another white man mocking not only women but also people and a community I care deeply about. If you post something on the internet mocking and belittling people, do not be surprised when they see it and don’t take kindly to it. And just like you are free to have your opinions and say whatever you want, the people you are hurting also are allowed to voice their opinions. Do I see either of the two comments I left as taking things too far? No. Do I regret them or discussing this on Twitter with other fellow creators who felt attacked by the video and comment? No.
Over on Twitter, people turned their frustration into an important discussion around the hashtag #FakeReaderGirls. I want to give a shout-out here to Mari, who not only wrote amazing commentary on everything that happened during and after the peak of the discussion, but she also helped raise up the voices of other girls and validate their choices as readers and people. You can read her breakdown on why this is more than just one video or one comment here and her thoughts on the backlash here.
Now, in the comments section of Steve’s video, there are some comments that call him names and are much more obviously angry. Do I think this approach works to further discussion? No. Would I ever advocate in favor for it? No. But I will also never question the anger of marginalized people. That anger and frustration is valid, even if the content of what they said was mean (although, tangentially, as someone who has had people on the internet throw everything from racist to sexist slurs at me just because I uttered the word “feminist” or once said I didn’t like that Orson Scott Card was homophobic, the comments on Steve’s video seemed mostly tame).
Plus, these commenters were, again, such a small part of a much bigger and important discussion that extends beyond Steve’s original video. It is a shame that we’re silencing an entire discussion because a couple people decided to go more on the offensive.
Unless I’m missing something, however, those handful of angry comments were basically the only ones he really had to experience. Meanwhile, a larger group of commenters decided to defend Steve by spouting off gross anti-woman and anti-feminist speech. And many of the people who decided to try and discuss the topic in general on twitter were met with much the same (if not far worse) hatred and bullying.
I want to end this on a note about discussions and “drama.” Here’s the thing: just because a discussion makes someone uncomfortable does not make it drama. Movements towards change are not always going to be filled with rainbows - sometimes conversations are tough. Sometimes people won’t always respond politely when they’re being attacked. And just because a group of women try to discuss frustrations or find solidarity with each other, does not make them a mob or insane. My hope for booktube is that we can have important discussions about gender, race, sexuality, ableism, and so on without it being written off as drama.
The best way to be the kind of girl you want to be is to do what that girl would do.
The Girl Who Soared Over Fairyland and Cut the Moon in Two by Catherynne M. Valente
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“He was not a man who told himself comfortable lies.” ― Robert Galbraith, Career of Evil
