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La red social TikTok It has a subcommunity dedicated to lovers of books with one billion active users per month called #BookTokwhere people take advantage of this space to review, debate or even parody publications.
This space also serves to discover the creators and stories that have shone in the world of books and that later become great films and television series.
“The world of cinema and television “It has been nourished by powerful stories whose magic is so great that it was inevitable that they would jump from books to the screen,” reads a #BookTok statement.
Some examples of film adaptations made from books are the entire saga of films such as “Harry Potter,” “The Lord of the Rings,” “Twilight,” “The Hunger Games”among others.
This subcommunity is a place to discover new ways of experiencing the world of letters, with Internet users who talk about books, authors, literary adventures.
There are many examples of TikTok accounts focused on literary themes, some of them are Mr. Book or Sebastián Taborda, which help to better understand literary content, such as publications of Gabriel García Márquez.
#BookTok is a TikTok subcommunity dedicated to literature Credit: TikTok: mrbooksec
your book “One Hundred Years of Solitude” is about to hit streaming with an adaptation that will capture the world of Macondo and will reflect the life of the Buendías.
Another adaptation has been the best seller by the writer Laura Esquivel: “Like water for chocolate”which shook Mexican cinema three decades ago and has recently been back, now on the small screen.
The chef Zahie Tellezan expert in the gastronomic world, has spoken about this story on this social network, “as a good cook, she knows well that behind a delicious dish, there is a good anecdote that has transcended generations.”
With more than 300 thousand followers, the influencer Aranza, better known as Entre Letras, addresses curiosities related to movies and books, one of them is “Stuart little”.
“(She) tells us the story of an art researcher who, one Christmas, while watching Stuart Little with his daughter, saw in the background of a scene a painting that had been missing for almost 100 years! So pay close attention to the production design that embellishes your favorite stories! Maybe there you will find some treasure that the world has not stopped searching for.”
Entre letras is a TikTok account that addresses literary themes Credit: TikTok: entreletrasea
A film that could be seen in Mexican cinema was “Break the circle”directed by Justin Baldoni and starring Blake Lively; There are content creators who talk about this story like Book of Jorge, who did his analysis, with spoilers, which generates a debate on the internet.
Zoomft is an account dedicated 100 percent to movie buffs, because in addition to giving advice in this field, it also gives book recommendations to learn more about the seventh art.
“In the world of books, there are great titles that give us many more tools to train our eye, perfect our writing, editing and directing techniques and, above all, strengthen our love for stories told on the big screen. Are you looking for a book to help you learn more about cinema? Zoom F7 has some suggestions that you should have in your personal library.”
