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Mid-year reading check-in

Mid-year reading check-in

I am too cringe for TikTok

Jul 03, 2025
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My daughter advised me to start a BookTok/YouTube account, even though she thinks it will be cringe. When I said I might start believing in Botox if I saw myself on video that much, she reminded me the videos would not be for me to watch— they’d be for other people.

Genius. This is the clear difference between her generation and mine.

Until I hire a carpenter to build my new built-ins (happy birthday to me) as backdrop, I don’t think I’ll be tempted to expand my platform beyond this email newsletter. But this trending mid-year check-in I first saw on

Leigh Stein
’s TikTok seems like fun and not a waste of makeup for those participating.

In words and stills:

Best book I’ve read so far

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