'Reading is so sexy': gen Z turns to physical books and libraries
Book sales boom as readers escape the 'oversaturation and noise of the
wild west digital landscape'
They have killed skinny jeans and continue to shame millennials for
having side partings in their hair. They think using the crying tears
emoji to express laughter is embarrassing. But now comes a surprising
gen Z plot twist. One habit that those born between 1997 and 2012 are
keen to endorse is reading - and it's physical books rather than
digital that they are thumbing.
This week the 22-year-old model Kaia Gerber launched her own book
club, Library Science. Gerber, who this month appears on the cover of
British Vogue alongside her supermodel mum, Cindy Crawford, describes
it as "a platform for sharing books, featuring new writers, hosting conversations with artists we admire - and continuing to build a
community of people who are as excited about literature as I am".
"Books have always been the great love of my life," she added.
"Reading is so sexy."
https://www.theguardian.com/books/2024/feb/09/reading-is-so-sexy-gen-z-turns-to-physical-books-and-libraries
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