Uploaded January 2021 | Updated September 2026, 3 weeks ago

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I went a wee bit crazy with the Christmas gift cards lads. Also I got a hair cut! Did you receive any books for the holidays?!

✨ Things I mentioned/read✨
The Topeka School by Ben Lerner: bookshop.org/a/12158/9781250758002
All the Birds, Singing by Evie Wyld: bookshop.org/a/12158/9780345802507
There There by Tommy Orange: bookshop.org/a/12158/9780525436140
Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit by Jeanette Winterson: bookshop.org/a/12158/9780802135162
Drifts by Kate Zambreno: bookshop.org/a/12158/9780593087213
How to Write an Autobiographical Novel: Essays by Alexander Chee: bookshop.org/a/12158/9781328764522
Swimming Home by Deborah Levy: bookshop.org/a/12158/9781620401699
Kitchen by Banana Yoshimoto: bookshop.org/a/12158/9780802142443
Tenth of December: Stories by George Saunders: bookshop.org/a/12158/9780812984255
Exciting Times by Naoise Dolan: bookshop.org/a/12158/9780062968746
Dominicana by Angie Cruz: bookshop.org/a/12158/9781250205933
Lot: Stories by Bryan Washington: bookshop.org/a/12158/9780525533689
Things I Don't Want to Know: On Writing by Deborah Levy: bookshop.org/a/12158/9781635572247
Eileen by Ottessa Moshfegh: bookshop.org/a/12158/9780143128755
Dear Life: Stories by Alice Munro: bookshop.org/a/12158/9780307743725

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