Book CommuniTEA: Bad friends, kidneys, stop DNFing books, and NFT palooza [CC]

Get Surfshark VPN at https://surfshark.deals/OWENS - enter promo code OWENS for 83% off and 3 extra months for free! ~this #booktube video has #captions~ 🍂Hiii! #BookCommuniTEA is back and this time it's more a recap of some "hot takes" that have gone around the community in October, culminating with the hot mess NFT extravaganza 😩. Lot of Nigel in this episode 😘. Thanks for watching ! This video is sponsored by Surfshark TIME STAMPS 00:01 Intro 01:20 Bad Art Friend TL;DR 07:52 Insult to authors to DNF? 12:49 Buying books pities authors? 17:02 Keep personal preferences out of reviews 23:33 NFT palooza 🍂Alexa's video:    • Who Is the Bad Art Friend? WRITER DRAMA EX...   🍂Mara's live:    • Let's catch up! Realm of Ruins NFT and oth...   🍂Heather's video:    • In Defense of DNF’s // Why Everyone Should...   ARTICLES & THREADS 🍁Authors attempted to launch NFT project recap: https://www.themarysue.com/6-popular-... 🍁Bad Art Friend: https://www.independent.co.uk/life-st... ; https://www.nytimes.com/2021/10/05/ma... 🍁Finish Every Book You Start: https://www.independent.co.uk/voices/... 🍁NFT explainers: https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-5... ; https://www.theverge.com/2021/3/15/22... 🍁Threads on the NFT sitch: https://twitter.com/BadWritingTakes/s... ; https://twitter.com/Megan_Manzano/sta... ; https://twitter.com/afongwrites/statu... 🍂WAYS TO SUPPORT MY CHANNEL: -Please give the video a thumbs up! -Subscribe! -Comment! -Share this video! -Use my affiliate links (below) when purchasing from Bookshop.org, LibroFM or Scribd -Buy Me A Coffee if you feel so inclined: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/saidbyjess -Patreon:   / jessowens   🍁If you want to send me mail: PSC 812 Box 909 FPO, AE 09627 United States 🍂Bookshop.org affiliate link: https://bookshop.org/shop/jessowens *Disclosure: I am an affiliate of Bookshop.org and I will earn a commission if you click through and make a purchase * 🍂Love audiobooks? Try Libro FM: http://libro.fm/referral?rf_code=lfm2... 🍂Scribd: You get 60 days free & I get 30 days: https://www.scribd.com/g/6ro4w5 🍂List of Black-owned bookstores: https://www.oprahmag.com/entertainmen... 🍂Alternatives to Book Depository for international readers or UK editions: -Blackwell's: https://blackwells.co.uk/bookshop/home (not affiliated) *Free shipping to the U.S. -Bookshop.org: https://uk.bookshop.org (not affiliated) -Betterworldbooks: https://betterworldbooks.com (not affiliated) 🌎 GLOBAL ISSUES -https://wearethechange.carrd.co/ 📲COME SAY HELLO: -Instagram:   / saidbyjess   -Nigel's Instagram 🐶:   / itsnigeldude   -Twitter:   / _saidbyjess   -Book CommuniREAD Twitter:   / bookcommuniread   -Book CommuniREAD Discord:   / discord   -Goodreads:   / jesiowens   -For BUSINESS inquiries: [email protected] -For CommuniTEA: [email protected] 🍂I don't own the rights to this music. Music from Royalty Free Music from Epidemic Sound Try Epidemic Sound here: https://www.epidemicsound.com/referra... Any video on my channel is reflective solely of my opinion and is for entertainment purposes only. Any copyrighted materials or excerpts are for "fair use" for such purposes as criticism, comment, news reporting, teaching, scholarship, and research. Fair use is a use permitted by copyright statute that might otherwise be infringing. (Copyright Disclaimer Under Section 107 of the Copyright Act of 1976)