Hoarding Books
The LA Times had an article about Generation Alpha a few weeks ago. I sent it to the twins because I was cackling over the dek: “They are already being called ‘feral,’ ‘illiterate,’ and ‘doomed’.”
I also laughed at the fact that the article spoke about Boomers, Millennials, Gen Z, and Gen Alpha. Um… hello? What about Gen X?
But after laughing about the article with my little Gen Zs, I turned to Josh and said, “If Gen Alpha doesn’t read, we need to start hoarding books because they’re going to shut down the publishing industry like Gen Z is killing off dating apps.
“Start hoarding?” Josh asked. Yes, we own a lot of books. Maybe more books than I could finish in this lifetime. But they’re not new books. They’re not just published books. (Except for the ones that are currently just published, but they will be old by the time Gen Alpha grows up and kills books.)
I feel like it’s my job to keep the publishing world marching forward.
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As Gen X, somehow we are constantly being overlooked. But also – I’m raising two voracious Gen Alpha readers who are book hoarders themselves. These articles do fascinate me though!
Idk – with BookTok having people extolling the virtues of the feel of a book in your hand (as well as reading), they might come around!
As Gen X, I appreciate the lack of attention
Thank you for ignoring me; please continue to let me go about my business undisturbed.
I’m with you — book hoarding to save the publishing world and quality literature! Keep the books aliiiiive! Thank you for giving my teetering piles of unread books a greater purpose, ha.
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