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Why did hobbies become hobbies again? 

This week, Cutie Corner returns with special guests Nora Mestrich and Ash Casper joining Jess to talk about reading, BookTok, Colleen Hoover, productive leisure, the affects of the pandemic, and quiet quitting. They don’t talk about Henry Bemis. 

references 

• The New York Times: How TikTok Became a Best-Seller Machine 
• Brooklyn Public Library (BPL)'s IG: @bklynlibrary 
• The Atlantic: How Hobbies Infiltrated American Life 
• The New York Times Combined Print & E-Book Fiction Best Seller List 
• NPR: What is 'quiet quitting,' and how it may be a misnomer for setting boundaries at work 
• Pottery Wheel Throwing 
• BPL's Books Unbanned