Twitter asks: Are books just an aesthetic?

Julia Fox spoke to Variety about her upcoming piece in a book. The defining moment of the interview was when the reporter asked about the genre.

It was a memoir at first, but now it's just like my first book.

The internet is obsessed with Fox and her instantly recognizable phrases. The real question is, do people actually read or is it just an act?

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Julia Fox is an important representation for the girls who are enamored by literature but don't read books, according to writer Bobuq Sayed.

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Fox's celebrity-to-author moment comes in tandem with another instance of book-related chaos. In a tour of her LA home with Architectural Digest, the star inadvertently sparked a debate about books as must-have interior decor with purely aesthetic value, when she revealed that her husband had to go to a bookstore and buy 400 books to fill the empty shelves in their home.

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Many people on the social networking site expressed astonishment at Tisdale's confession. She responded to the comments on her social media accounts. There are some books that I have in there, but not all of them, and there are 36 shelves that hold 22 books that I did not have, and any interior designer would do the same. I was honest about it, they do it all the time.

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Thanks to both Fox and Tisdale, the internet has become a place where people confess similar feelings towards books, once only used for reading, but now considered akin to a painting on a wall or a set of candles. The conclusion is that the two celebrities represent a growing demographic who like the idea of reading and the aesthetic of books. The act of reading itself might not be so much.

The act of posting the page of a literary gem on your IG story is getting closer to actually reading and finishing a novel. We have asked similar questions before. Rachel Thompson explored the idea of having every intention to finish a book, but not reaching that point. Some books are tailor-made for theInstagram cache with their bright, bold covers, while others boil down to hype. Abandoning a book shouldn't make you feel guilty. The interest in reading ebbs and flows depending on how busy life gets.

If you admit to abandoning a book you posted about, your followers will think you are crazy. Honesty is the best policy.

According to the research center, 25% of Americans haven't read a single book in the next five years. Between 2003 and 2016 the daily time spent reading dropped from 0.36 hours to 0.29 hours for Americans.

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Books continue to be popular in online spaces. Thanks to social media, books have gone beyond the physical shelf to enjoy a digital spotlight. TikTok has a large community that praises literature and even resulted in some major bookstores dedicating entire sections to the app's recommendations. The #booktwt is a popular topic on the social networking site, with many users creating a community of their own based on their reading interests.

It is all about perception with social media. People like to be seen as readers. It may soon translate to finishing the book that is sitting on our shelves.