This Is What Happened When I Face Swapped With My Books
A few weeks ago, I was messing around on Snapchat. I had used the face swap setting with friends before but not on my own phone. Because I was the only face in the frame, the app suggested I face swap with the photos on my camera roll.
Being a dedicated #bookstagrammer, it’s not uncommon for me to have photos of books on my phone. So, in chronological order, the options that popped up were a selfie, a photo of my mom, and ... a book with a face on it. Snapchat’s fancy face-recognition technology was good, quite good, but not good enough. So, I swapped faces with awesome read of the summer, The Girls by Emma Cline.
One thing led to another and I decided to see what other books I could swap faces with. I only had one other book on hand with a face in it, but found a few more online. In the end, Snapchat would only accept three books as faces. Here they are. (And, here is how I look normally.)
1. The Book Thief
I’ve actually not read this one, but I remember it making the rounds a few years back. Any book that is about a book, or about people who read books, is all good to me. Snapchat also approved of this very realistic face, as you can see:
2. The Girls
When I first read the synopsis for this book, I thought, “Gahh, that sounds depressing.” But then one day I was headed to Silent Book Club after work and realized I didn’t have a book on me, so I went by Target to see what they had.
I picked up The Girls and realized it was exactly what I needed. A coming-of-age, sort-of dark but extremely well-written drama to get completely lost in. What an excellent choice.
3. A Little Life
I only just finished reading A Little Life last week. It blew me away. The one thing I will say about this book is that it’s best if you read it during a time when you don’t have a lot of social outings planned. Because books draw you in and allow you to empathize so deeply with the characters, this book can actually leave you in a depressed funk. Thus, I would not recommend reading it, say, before a job interview.
But, it is an excellent deep dive into what it’s like to live in New York City, especially as a creative professional, and what friendship can be, and how much luck plays a part in all of our lives.
Not my best look, though.
As a review, here is what my books and I look like when we face swap:
A Saturday night well-spent :) enjoy!