used book shopping with my bookfriend Lindsey and me!! Rebecca Eats Books 2022-02-25 | My bookish friend Lindsey came to visit all the way from Atlanta and we went to The Book Barn in niantic, ct, bought too many books, ate lobster rolls, froze at the beach, witnessed a snow storm, and showed you what we bought. Videos mentioned:Lindsey’s previous appearance / her favorite books of 2021: youtu.be/sX4sTpiw8nAPrevious trip to the Book Barn: youtu.be/rbPEm2bau5oBooks mentioned:Written on the Body Jeanette Wintersonbookshop.org/a/22605/9780679744474Mating Norman Rushbookshop.org/a/22605/9780679737094Pond Claire Louise Bennetbookshop.org/a/22605/9780399575907Alma / Too Bright to See Linda Greggbookshop.org/a/22605/9781555973575Wayward Lives Beautiful Experiments Saidiya Hartmanbookshop.org/a/22605/9780393357622What Willow Says by Lynn Bucklegoodreads.com/book/show/57184923-what-willow-saysThe Mountain Lion by Jean Staffordbookshop.org/a/22605/9781590173527Transit Rachel Cuskbookshop.org/a/22605/9781250151797Aftermath by Rachel Cuskbookshop.org/a/22605/9781250828293The Lucky Ones Rachel Cuskbookshop.org/a/22605/9780007161324The House of the Spirits Isabel Allendebookshop.org/a/22605/9781501117015Paula Isabel Allendebookshop.org/a/22605/9780063021792The Awakening Kate Chopinbookshop.org/a/22605/9780743487672I capture the Castle by Dodie Smithbookshop.org/a/22605/9780312201654Carson McCullers Member of the Weddingbookshop.org/a/22605/9780618492398A Fairly Honourable Defeat Iris Murdochbookshop.org/a/22605/9780141186177When I was a Child I Read Books by Marilynne Robinsonbookshop.org/a/22605/9781250024053Still Life by AS Byattbookshop.org/a/22605/9780684835037Herland by Charlotte Perkins Gilmanbookshop.org/a/22605/9781977589903Mortals Norman Rushbookshop.org/a/22605/9780679737117Thousand Cranes Yasunari Kawabata bookshop.org/a/22605/9780679762652Love After Love Ingrid Persaudbookshop.org/a/22605/9780593157589Providence Anita Brooknerbookshop.org/a/22605/9780679738145Ida Gertrude Steinbookshop.org/a/22605/9780300169768Lies, Secrets, and Silence Adrienne Richbookshop.org/a/22605/9780393312850What is Found There Poetry and Politics Adrienne Richbookshop.org/a/22605/9780393312461Nothing Natural by Jenny Diskigoodreads.com/book/show/758861.Nothing_NaturalFriends and Relations by Elizabeth Bowenbookshop.org/a/22605/9781014257710A Proper Marriage Doris Lessinggoodreads.com/book/show/328416.A_Proper_MarriageThe Needle’s Eye Margaret Drabblebookshop.org/a/22605/9780156029353Home Marilynne Robinsonbookshop.org/a/22605/9781250784025Lila Marilynne Robinsonbookshop.org/a/22605/9781250784032Enormous Changes at the Last minute Grace Paleybookshop.org/a/22605/9780374515249✨Bookshop Favorites: bookshop.org/shop/RebeccaRubin✨Goodreads: goodreads.com/user/show/70845234-rebecca✨Instagram: instagram.com/rebeccaeatsbooks✨Storygraph: app.thestorygraph.com/profile/rebeccaeatsbooks✨Ko-fi, buy hushpuppy a virtual dog treat 🦴! ko-fi.com/rebeccaeatsbooks✨email: rebsluvslibraries@gmail.com
reading vlog 19: new house, biography of X Rebecca Eats Books 2023-03-16 | welcome to the first week of my new life! in which i enthusiastically set up my new office and actually talk about a book with you. book:Biography of X by Catherine Lacy bookshop.org/a/22605/9780374606176 (comes out March 21)✨Bookshop Favorites: bookshop.org/shop/RebeccaRubin✨Goodreads: goodreads.com/user/show/70845234-rebecca✨Instagram: instagram.com/rebeccaeatsbooks✨Ko-fi, buy hushpuppy a virtual dog treat 🦴! ko-fi.com/rebeccaeatsbooks✨email: rebsluvslibraries@gmail.comdesk:FlexiSpot Comhar Standing DeskThey gave me a code because I let them know how much I love them lol. For US buyers code:【YTB30】for $30 OFFFor CAN buyers code:to get CA$50 OFF over CA$500US site: bit.ly/3mNrop3 CAN site: bit.ly/3YN38Rg 30-day, risk-free return policy, we should get matching desks!
my 2022 reading wrap-up Rebecca Eats Books 2023-01-16 | books that ruined my life this year, most-manless books i read this year, sweetest book of the year, the book with the best narrator, and a bunch of other books i just loved this year. see all the books here: bookshop.org/shop/RebeccaRubin✨Bookshop Favorites: bookshop.org/shop/RebeccaRubin✨Goodreads: goodreads.com/user/show/70845234-rebecca✨Instagram: instagram.com/rebeccaeatsbooks✨Storygraph: app.thestorygraph.com/profile/rebeccaeatsbooks✨Ko-fi, buy hushpuppy a virtual dog treat 🦴! ko-fi.com/rebeccaeatsbooks✨email: rebsluvslibraries@gmail.com
reading vlog 18: rereading three of my all-time favorite books ever Rebecca Eats Books 2022-10-25 | join me for a poorly recorded and very overdue (sorry!!!) week or so of reading some old favorites I’ve never discussed on here before. I hope you know I really love you nerds. Thanks for being real rad internet friendz. books:The Story of a New Name by Elena Ferrante bookshop.org/a/22605/9781609451349Housekeeping by Marilynne Robinsonbookshop.org/a/22605/9781250769763The Argonauts by Maggie Nelsonbookshop.org/a/22605/9781555977351✨Bookshop Favorites: bookshop.org/shop/RebeccaRubin✨Goodreads: goodreads.com/user/show/70845234-rebecca✨Instagram: instagram.com/rebeccaeatsbooks✨Storygraph: app.thestorygraph.com/profile/rebeccaeatsbooks✨Ko-fi, buy hushpuppy a virtual dog treat 🦴! ko-fi.com/rebeccaeatsbooks✨email: rebsluvslibraries@gmail.com
september reading wrap-up // 2022 Rebecca Eats Books 2022-10-12 | september 2022 wrap-up: seven books! books!!!Is Mother Dead by Vigdis Hjorth bookshop.org/a/22605/9781839764318Thank you @VersoBooks !A Horse at Night by Amina Cain bookshop.org/a/22605/9781948980135Thank you Dorothy Project!The Wall by Marlen Haushofer bookshop.org/a/22605/9780811231947Thank you @newdirectionspublishing9469 !First Love by Gwendoline Rileybookshop.org/a/22605/9781681376905Look for the new edition from NYRB!The Story of a New Name (book 2 of Neapolitan quartet) by Elena Ferrante bookshop.org/a/22605/9781609451349Housekeeping by Marilynne Robinson bookshop.org/a/22605/9781250769763The Argonauts by Maggie Nelson bookshop.org/a/22605/9781555977351Recommendations!!Story time with Seth Rogan Bear attack episode: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-ballad-of-mount-doogie-dowler/id1583325095?i=1000543576821Thresholds podcast: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/thresholds/id1501963287The Rehearsal on HBO: youtube.com/watch?v=2fjPFt8cpicLove you nerds!
july and august wrap-up // 2022 Rebecca Eats Books 2022-09-10 | july and august wrap-up: 21 books! Some serious bangers including my favorite book I’ve read so far this year. and some updates on where I’ve been and mostly the cakes I’ve bakedtell me you love my boots. do it. 3 cakes I baked:smittenkitchen.com/2022/06/strawberry-brita-cakejoythebaker.com/2021/03/dedes-strawberry-pistachio-doberge-cakekingarthurbaking.com/recipes/raspberry-lemon-cake-recipeRuby.Stencil Tattoo angel: instagram.com/ruby.stencilThe one and only Lindsey: @inandof instagram.com/inandofJulie: @linenlibrarian Ben (and ohad):@benjaminjournal Books:JulyPlant Dreaming Deep by May Sarton bookshop.org/a/22605/9780393315516The Yellow Wall Paper by Charlotte Perkins Gilman bookshop.org/a/22605/9780143105855Boulder by Eva Baltasar bookshop.org/a/22605/9781913505387Delphi by Clare Pollard bookshop.org/a/22605/9781982197896Diary of a Film by Niven Govinden bookshop.org/a/22605/9781646051809Trust by Hernan Diaz bookshop.org/a/22605/9780593420317The English Understand Wool by Helen DeWitt bookshop.org/a/22605/9780811230070Aurelia Aurelia by Kathryn Davis bookshop.org/a/22605/9781644450789The High Road by Edna O’Brien bookshop.org/a/22605/9780374538804Tell Me How it Ends by Valeria Luiselli bookshop.org/a/22605/9781566894951Aftermath by Rachel Cusk bookshop.org/a/22605/9781250828293The Hard Crowd by Rachel Kushner bookshop.org/a/22605/9781982157692AugustThe Woman Who Killed the Fish by Clarice Lispector bookshop.org/a/22605/9780811229609Detransition, Baby by Torrey Peters bookshop.org/a/22605/9780593133385Sphinx by Anne Garreta bookshop.org/a/22605/9781941920091Death by Landscape by Elvia WIlk bookshop.org/a/22605/9781593767150Checkout 19 by Claire-Louise Bennett bookshop.org/a/22605/9780593420492Women Talking by Miriam Toews bookshop.org/a/22605/9781635574340Something Special by Iris Murdoch bookshop.org/a/22605/9780393335217Love Me Tender by Constance Debre bookshop.org/a/22605/9781635901740Girlhood by Melissa Febos bookshop.org/a/22605/9781635579314Videos mentioned:Journal of a Solitude, my favorite book of 2021: youtube.com/watch?v=PpwlQLQGfhsDelphi and Diary of a Film vlog: youtube.com/watch?v=QhCZpLtlbbg&t=14s Paradise Rot vlog: youtube.com/watch?v=byPNDWhZUbwMy 4k q+a: youtube.com/watch?v=RnDPJB1bxCw&t=4s✨Bookshop Favorites: bookshop.org/shop/RebeccaRubin✨Goodreads: goodreads.com/user/show/70845234-rebecca✨Instagram: instagram.com/rebeccaeatsbooks✨Storygraph: app.thestorygraph.com/profile/rebeccaeatsbooks✨Ko-fi, buy hushpuppy a virtual dog treat 🦴! ko-fi.com/rebeccaeatsbooks✨email: rebsluvslibraries@gmail.com
curly hair routine with links + help me pick my next haircut! Rebecca Eats Books 2022-07-20 | IS THIS WHAT YOU MEANT WHEN YOU ASKED FOR MY CURLY HAIR ROUTINE? IS THIS AS EMBARRASSING AS IT FEELS???Also, what am I doing wrong? Fellow curly heads, drop your favorite curly products and tips below. And friends, always always remember to plop!! Every product is linked below.Tell me what haircut you think I should get!!! Products:Shampoo: amzn.to/3PFv7OFConditioner: amzn.to/3Phh6a2Hair Cream: amzn.to/3OfMLY1Magic cheap shampoo: amzn.to/3Pm7laJMore affordable conditioner option: amzn.to/3cswzplMore affordable leave-in option: amzn.to/3ISgIwh✨Bookshop Favorites: bookshop.org/shop/RebeccaRubin✨Goodreads: goodreads.com/user/show/70845234-rebecca✨Instagram: instagram.com/rebeccaeatsbooks✨Storygraph: app.thestorygraph.com/profile/rebeccaeatsbooks✨Ko-fi, buy hushpuppy a virtual dog treat 🦴! ko-fi.com/rebeccaeatsbooks✨email: rebsluvslibraries@gmail.com
4k question and answer: books, food, and a celebrity guest cameo! Rebecca Eats Books 2022-07-20 | we discuss books, podcasts, gardening, reading recommendations, indie publishers, political views, food, wine, tv, advice to my younger self, teaching and why i could never go back to being a teacher, college and career. there’s one question i refuse to answer but the answer to all of the other ones is Adrienne Rich. Adrienne Rich is the answer to every question. celebrity cameo from the one and only Lindsey @inandofsome books mentioned:Know My Name by Chanel Miller: bookshop.org/a/22605/9780735223721Long Division by Kiese Laymon: bookshop.org/a/22605/9781982174828The Right to Sex by Amia Srinivasan: bookshop.org/a/22605/9780374248529Body Work by Melissa Febos bookshop.org/a/22605/9781646220854Argonauts by Maggie Nelson bookshop.org/a/22605/9781555977351My Brilliant Friend by Elena Ferrante bookshop.org/a/22605/9781609450786Literally anything by Adrienne Rich bookshop.org/a/22605/9780393311624The Overstory by Richard Powers bookshop.org/a/22605/9780393356687Disappearing Earth by Julia Philips bookshop.org/a/22605/9780525436225Barbarian Days by William Finnegan bookshop.org/a/22605/9780143109396H is for Hawk by Helen Macdonald bookshop.org/a/22605/9780802124739Circe by Madeline Miller bookshop.org/a/22605/9780316556323Salvage the Bones by Jesmyn Ward bookshop.org/a/22605/9781608196265The Vegetarian by Han Kang bookshop.org/a/22605/9781101906118Signs Preceding the End of the World by Yuri Herrera bookshop.org/a/22605/9781908276421Lindsey’s ( @inandof on the gram) Iris Murdoch recommendations:The Italian Girl bookshop.org/a/22605/9781504049221A Severed Head bookshop.org/a/22605/9780140020038The Nice and the Good amzn.to/3yUPCjBThe Unicorn amzn.to/3PIzVCKsome of Hushpuppy’s favorites:Work Won’t Love You Back by Sarah Jaffe bookshop.org/a/22605/9781568589374How To Do Nothing by Jenny Odell bookshop.org/a/22605/9781612198552Rachel Kushner on Apology Podcast podcasts.apple.com/no/podcast/rachel-kushner/id1487653217?i=1000515993278THANK YOU I LOVE YOU NERDS✨Bookshop Favorites: bookshop.org/shop/RebeccaRubin✨Goodreads: goodreads.com/user/show/70845234-rebecca✨Instagram: instagram.com/rebeccaeatsbooks✨Storygraph: app.thestorygraph.com/profile/rebeccaeatsbooks✨Ko-fi, buy hushpuppy a virtual dog treat 🦴! ko-fi.com/rebeccaeatsbooks✨email: rebsluvslibraries@gmail.com
vlog 17: summer new release ARCs Delphi and Diary of a Film. plus picnics, friends, lobsters Rebecca Eats Books 2022-07-14 | Spend a few days with me while I work my way through the new releases publishers sent me so far this summer! I read Delphi by Clare Pollard (Avid Reader Press), Diary of a Film by Niven Govinden (Deep Vellum), cooked meals for friends, went on a picnic, ate ice cream, worked in my garden, and made out with my dog, Hushpuppy. books mentioned:Delphi by Clare Pollard: bookshop.org/a/22605/9781982197896Diary of a Film by Niven Govinden bookshop.org/a/22605/9781646051809 @deepvellumpublishing6375 The High Road by Edna O’Brien bookshop.org/a/22605/9780374538804Rachel Kushner Reads Edna O’Brien’s story podcast: newyorker.com/podcast/fiction/rachel-kushner-reads-edna-obrienConnecticunt magazine: instagram.com/connectic_ntVideos mentioned:Bookmail: youtu.be/AAWvQ2TeBBE✨Bookshop Favorites: bookshop.org/shop/RebeccaRubin✨Goodreads: goodreads.com/user/show/70845234-rebecca✨Instagram: instagram.com/rebeccaeatsbooks✨Storygraph: app.thestorygraph.com/profile/rebeccaeatsbooks✨Ko-fi, buy hushpuppy a virtual dog treat 🦴! ko-fi.com/rebeccaeatsbooks✨email: rebsluvslibraries@gmail.com
I’m back! Catch-up, road trip debrief, reading wrap-up, bookmail. Rebecca Eats Books 2022-07-03 | Hello! I am home from my 2-month long road trip. I missed you! Thanks for not breaking into my house even though I posted my absence online! In this video I do a quick recap of the trip, talk about the books I read along the way, and show off the books I got in the mail while I was gone. Skip the first 5 minutes to avoid trip talk and get straight to the books, if you want!!! 4K q+a coming! Please put your questions below!books I read:Companion Piece by Ali Smith bookshop.org/a/22605/9780593316375Small Things Like These by Claire Keegan bookshop.org/a/22605/9780802158741Avalon by Nell Zink bookshop.org/a/22605/9780593534892Nightwood by Djuna Barnes bookshop.org/a/22605/9780811216715The Last Samurai by Helen DeWitt bookshop.org/a/22605/9780811225502Lathe of Heaven by Ursula K. LeguinToo Bright to See by Linda Gregg (forgot to talk about this ughhhhh!!!) As You Were by Elaine Feeney bookshop.org/a/22605/9781771964432Indelicacy by Amina Cain bookshop.org/a/22605/9781250785718Lucy by Jamaica Kincaid bookshop.org/a/22605/9780374527358Of Woman Born by Adrienne Rich bookshop.org/a/22605/9780393541427Member of the Wedding by Carson McCullers bookshop.org/a/22605/9780618492398bookmail I received: WHAT SHOULD I READ FIRST???1,000 Coils of Fear by Olivia Wenzel bookshop.org/a/22605/9781646220502 Sent by catapultStrangers to Ourselves by Rachel Aviv bookshop.org/a/22605/9780374600846Sent by @fsgThe Novelist by Jordan Castro bookshop.org/a/22605/9781593767136 Sent by softskullIll Feelings by Alice Hattrick bookshop.org/a/22605/9781558612303Sent by @feministpressHurricane Girl by Marcy Dermansky bookshop.org/a/22605/9780593320884Sent by knopfThe Garden of Broken Things by Francesca Momplaisir bookshop.org/a/22605/9780593321065The Displacements by Bruce Holsinger bookshop.org/a/22605/9780593189719Sent by @riverheadbooksPig Years by Ellen Gaydos bookshop.org/a/22605/9780593318959A Strange Woman by Leyla Erbil bookshop.org/a/22605/9781646051489Sent by @deep vellumDiary of a Film by Niven Govinden bookshop.org/a/22605/9781646051809Revenge of the Scapegoat by Caren Beilin bookshop.org/a/22605/9781948980074Sent by Dorothy Project Elizabeth Finch by Julian Barnes bookshop.org/a/22605/9780593535431Sent by KnopfDelphi by Claire Pollard bookshop.org/a/22605/9781982197896 Sent by avid reader press✨Bookshop Favorites: bookshop.org/shop/RebeccaRubin✨Goodreads: goodreads.com/user/show/70845234-rebecca✨Instagram: instagram.com/rebeccaeatsbooks✨Storygraph: app.thestorygraph.com/profile/rebeccaeatsbooks✨Ko-fi, buy hushpuppy a virtual dog treat 🦴! ko-fi.com/rebeccaeatsbooks✨email: rebsluvslibraries@gmail.com
look through every book on my TBR and tell me what to bring on my roadtrip!!! Rebecca Eats Books 2022-04-15 | Here are all the details of my upcoming roadtrip and a tour of my embarrassingly large TBR pile.Tell me what books to eat on this trip!-What should I bring from my TBR?-How many books is a reasonable amount?-What should I download to my Kindle?-What audiobooks should we download to listen to while we drive?-What Virginia Woolf do I need to re-eat as an adult?-Do you have any recs for must do's in any of these locations??Thanks for the help! Love you nerds!✨Bookshop Favorites: bookshop.org/shop/RebeccaRubin✨Goodreads: goodreads.com/user/show/70845234-rebecca✨Instagram: instagram.com/rebeccaeatsbooks✨Storygraph: app.thestorygraph.com/profile/rebeccaeatsbooks✨Ko-fi, buy hushpuppy a virtual dog treat 🦴! ko-fi.com/rebeccaeatsbooks✨email: rebsluvslibraries@gmail.com
february and march wrap-up // 2022 Rebecca Eats Books 2022-04-08 | february and march wrap-up 2022 Two months worth of reads! Over a dozen good books. Poetry, short stories, new releases, even a classic!! books mentioned:A Fairly Honourable Defeat by Iris Murdoch bookshop.org/a/22605/9780141186177Very Cold People by Sarah Manguso bookshop.org/a/22605/9780593241226Eros the Bittersweet Anne Carson bookshop.org/a/22605/9781564781888The Exhibition of Persephone Q Jessi Jezewska Stevens bookshop.org/a/22605/9781250785930Diving into the Wreck Adrienne Rich bookshop.org/a/22605/9780393346015Paradise Rot Jenny Hval bookshop.org/a/22605/9781786633835Vladimir Julia May Jonas bookshop.org/a/22605/9781982187637What is Found There: Notebooks on Poetry and Politics Adrienne rich bookshop.org/a/22605/9780393312461The Glass Hotel Emily St. John Mandel bookshop.org/a/22605/9780525562948The Awakening Kate Chopin bookshop.org/a/22605/9780486277868Path of Totality Niina Pollari bookshop.org/a/22605/9781593767037Tender Ariana Harwicz bookshop.org/a/22605/9781913867126Still life AS Byatt bookshop.org/a/22605/9780684835037Runaway Alice Munro bookshop.org/a/22605/9781400077915At the Bottom of the River Jamaica Kincaid bookshop.org/a/22605/9780374527341Videos mentioned:Booktube anniversary tag: youtube.com/watch?v=yPkfj-qHlBcKim Jeyoung 1982: youtube.com/watch?v=qrAx2qUzI58&t=25sParadise Rot and Vladimir Vlog: youtube.com/watch?v=byPNDWhZUbwRecommendations: Smitten Kitchen sweet potato salad with pepita dressing: smittenkitchen.com/2020/02/sweet-potato-salad-with-pepita-dressingLong Reads’ Great American Wasteland: longreads.com/2022/03/08/great-american-wasteland-lauren-strohAtlanta: youtube.com/watch?v=k8_t9pWIZiEKids books booklist: bookshop.org/lists/favorite-kids-books-626bb21d-3af8-41c1-b239-589ef9ef6915Kids books Highlight: instagram.com/stories/highlights/18132289261254423✨Bookshop Favorites: bookshop.org/shop/RebeccaRubin✨Goodreads: goodreads.com/user/show/70845234-rebecca✨Instagram: instagram.com/rebeccaeatsbooks✨Storygraph: app.thestorygraph.com/profile/rebeccaeatsbooks✨Ko-fi, buy hushpuppy a virtual dog treat 🦴! ko-fi.com/rebeccaeatsbooks✨email: rebsluvslibraries@gmail.com
reading vlog 16: reading Paradise Rot and Vladimir. loved one and was disappointed by the other!! Rebecca Eats Books 2022-03-12 | My friend Lindsey picked two books she wants to borrow, so I need to read them. Books mentioned:Paradise Rot Jenny Hvalbookshop.org/a/22605/9781786633835Vladimir Julia May Jonasbookshop.org/a/22605/9781982187637Diving into the Wreck Adrienne Richbookshop.org/a/22605/9780393346015What is Found There Adrienne Richbookshop.org/a/22605/9780393312461Watch me chat with Lindsey about books here: youtu.be/KQw0EdZULm4And here: youtu.be/sX4sTpiw8nAConnecticunt Zine: instagram.com/connectic_ntSearch Party on HBO: hbomax.com/series/urn:hbo:series:GXa-mxg4SNINiYAEAAAF3✨Bookshop Favorites: bookshop.org/shop/RebeccaRubin✨Abebooks used books: affiliates.abebooks.com/4eaoon✨Goodreads: goodreads.com/user/show/70845234-rebecca✨Instagram: instagram.com/rebeccaeatsbooks✨Storygraph: app.thestorygraph.com/profile/rebeccaeatsbooks✨Ko-fi, buy hushpuppy a virtual dog treat 🦴! ko-fi.com/rebeccaeatsbooks✨email: rebsluvslibraries@gmail.com
one-year youtube anniversary tag! cringey look back at my tube origin. Rebecca Eats Books 2022-03-02 | It’s been a year y’all! Let’s take an embarrassing walk down memory lane, answer some reflective questions, get gushy about friends, and talk about my plans for this channel and its future. Videos mentioned:My favorites’ favorites: youtu.be/sX4sTpiw8nAMy convo with my partner Justin: youtu.be/dkmb_VNzFDMMoms: youtu.be/cYL4aJX09qcDads: youtu.be/lmJ0_iWfmgQMidyear favorites: youtu.be/GIHSZZksKJM2021 year-end favorites: youtu.be/PpwlQLQGfhsOther Channels mentioned:Cj @CJReads Ben @benjaminjournal Iggy @literaryiggy Questions:1. how have you changed from your first video to now?2. what video are you most proud of and why?3. what's your most popular video?4. what was an unexpected surprise of being on YouTube?5. what's the hardest thing about creating videos for YouTube?6. Thoughts on equipment? What has been the most useful piece of equipment you've bought?7. have you had to deal with negative feedback or comments? How did you handle it?8. what advice would you give to someone thinking of starting YouTube?I tag @benjaminjournal and @literaryiggy ! I know your anniversaries are coming up too!✨Bookshop Favorites: bookshop.org/shop/RebeccaRubin✨Abebooks used books: affiliates.abebooks.com/4eaoon✨Goodreads: goodreads.com/user/show/70845234-rebecca✨Instagram: instagram.com/rebeccaeatsbooks✨Storygraph: app.thestorygraph.com/profile/rebeccaeatsbooks✨Ko-fi, buy hushpuppy a virtual dog treat 🦴! ko-fi.com/rebeccaeatsbooks✨email: rebsluvslibraries@gmail.com
january wrap-up // 2022 Rebecca Eats Books 2022-02-06 | january wrap-up // 2022books mentioned:An American Childhood by Annie Dillardbookshop.org/a/22605/9780060915186Mating by Norman Rushbookshop.org/a/22605/9780679737094Childhood by Tove Ditlevsenbookshop.org/a/22605/9780374722937The Shipping News by Annie Proulxbookshop.org/a/22605/9780671510053A Month in the Country by JL Carrbookshop.org/a/22605/9780940322479videos mentioned:A Month in the Country Vlog: youtube.com/watch?v=S9ordUPRWEQ4 Types of Books video:youtube.com/watch?v=TjswzcxZRBc&list=PLuZCeh0Uaf9eceCFqt2kZfIG7JGDvewbl&index=26&t=46speople mentioned:Julie aka Linen Librarian: youtube.com/channel/UC3zQHIyzCdimT16yWSK7MWALindsey aka @inandof: instagram.com/inandofAlex aka @lillcherrycordial: instagram.com/lilcherrycordialnot book things mentioned:Station 11 on HBO Trailer:youtube.com/watch?v=ybaY2A7YmxMSheila Heti’s diary entrees in the NYtimes:nytimes.com/column/sheila-hetiNormal Gossip Podcast:youtube.com/watch?v=ybaY2A7YmxM✨Bookshop Favorites: bookshop.org/shop/RebeccaRubin✨Goodreads: goodreads.com/user/show/70845234-rebecca✨Instagram: instagram.com/rebeccaeatsbooks✨Storygraph: app.thestorygraph.com/profile/rebeccaeatsbooks✨Ko-fi, buy hushpuppy a virtual dog treat 🦴! ko-fi.com/rebeccaeatsbooks✨email: rebsluvslibraries@gmail.com
reading vlog 15: a very snowy, readingful day. Rebecca Eats Books 2022-02-01 | A day-in-the-life, in which a blizzard hits New England, I pick a book to read cover to cover during my snow day, with breaks for cookie baking, dog walking, sock knitting, stew cooking, yada yada. Cookie recipe: (make these)joythebaker.com/2021/04/dads-very-best-browned-butter-chocolate-chip-cookiesBook:A Month in the Country by J. L. Carr: bookshop.org/a/22605/9780940322479✨Bookshop Favorites: bookshop.org/shop/RebeccaRubin✨Goodreads: goodreads.com/user/show/70845234-rebecca✨Instagram: instagram.com/rebeccaeatsbooks✨Storygraph: app.thestorygraph.com/profile/rebeccaeatsbooks✨Ko-fi, buy hushpuppy a virtual dog treat 🦴! ko-fi.com/rebeccaeatsbooks✨email: rebsluvslibraries@gmail.com
favorite books of 2021: the tastiest 15 fiction and 5 nonfiction books I read last year Rebecca Eats Books 2022-01-10 | Happy new year, nerds! 2021 was my best year of reading to date. I learned a lot about who I am as a reader and what I want from a book. Apparently its good sentences, self reference, and great sex scenes! In 2021 I read 98 books and here are my 20 favorites. Of these 20:15 are fiction and 5 are non fiction (I mistakenly put Simple Passion with the fiction. It’s a memoir. I’m a dumbdumb)2 were written by men/18 by women 5 were works in translation4 are tinies5 were published in 2021And 1 is an advanced copy of a 2022 release. You can see all of these books (that are available for purchase) on bookshop in one list here: bookshop.org/lists/my-20-favorite-books-of-2021-096393ba-2a27-4b1d-8be9-51db4d5e9cddThanks for spending some of your 2021 with me! -REB✨Goodreads: goodreads.com/user/show/70845234-rebecca✨Instagram: instagram.com/rebeccaeatsbooks✨Storygraph: app.thestorygraph.com/profile/rebeccaeatsbooks✨Ko-fi, buy hushpuppy a virtual dog treat 🦴! ko-fi.com/rebeccaeatsbooks✨email: rebsluvslibraries@gmail.com
my favorites’ favorites! Rebecca Eats Books 2022-01-04 | in which I force some people I loveto talk about their favorite books of the year, including the YouTube debuts of future celebrities like Lindsey Glass and my father. as a bonus, Hushpuppy appears in almost every clip.and some juicy literary gossip for fans of Claire Luchette’s Agatha of Little Neon !!some books mentioned within:Hidden Valley Road bookshop.org/a/22605/9780385543767Braiding Sweetgrass bookshop.org/a/22605/9781571313560The Morning Star bookshop.org/a/22605/9780399563423A Little Devil in America bookshop.org/a/22605/9781984801197Close Range: Wyoming Stories bookshop.org/a/22605/9780684852225Bewilderment bookshop.org/a/22605/9780393881141Runaway bookshop.org/a/22605/9780063036710Merge Left bookshop.org/a/22605/9781620975640The Sum of Us bookshop.org/a/22605/9780525509561Mating bookshop.org/a/22605/9780679737094Pond bookshop.org/a/22605/9780399575907Agatha of Little Neon bookshop.org/a/22605/9780374265267✨Bookshop Favorites: bookshop.org/shop/RebeccaRubin✨Goodreads: goodreads.com/user/show/70845234-rebecca✨Instagram: instagram.com/rebeccaeatsbooks✨Storygraph: app.thestorygraph.com/profile/rebeccaeatsbooks✨Ko-fi, buy hushpuppy a virtual dog treat 🦴! ko-fi.com/rebeccaeatsbooks✨email: rebsluvslibraries@gmail.com
A big ol pile of new books! Look at all my Hanukah presents! Rebecca Eats Books 2021-12-18 | Look at all my new toys! I have so many new books to show you! I guess you could call it a “haul”Take a shot every time I say I’m excited to read one of these books 🙄 ughSleepless nights discussion:youtube.com/watch?v=Ur08V7y73J0&t=551sInstagram highlight on Reading confidence:instagram.com/stories/highlights/18256867648016983Buy Lindsay Tigue’s poetry collection, System of Ghosts !!!! bookshop.org/a/22605/9781609384012Lindsay Tigue on IGinstagram.com/lindsaytigueLindsay Glass on IGinstagram.com/inandofLindsay Lohan on IG:Just kidding, you have google✨Bookshop Favorites: bookshop.org/shop/RebeccaRubin✨Goodreads: goodreads.com/user/show/70845234-rebecca✨Instagram: instagram.com/rebeccaeatsbooks✨Storygraph: app.thestorygraph.com/profile/rebeccaeatsbooks✨Ko-fi, buy hushpuppy a virtual dog treat 🦴! ko-fi.com/rebeccaeatsbooks✨email: rebsluvslibraries@gmail.com
october and november wrap-up // 2021 Rebecca Eats Books 2021-12-07 | It’s a 2 for 1 special! I didn’t do any wrapping of nothing in October, but I’m back to breeze through everything from the last 2 months. Some good stuff was read! And some stinkers were suffered through! Love you nerds. books mentioned:Three Rooms Jo Hamyabookshop.org/a/22605/9780358572091Kindly sent to me by @Hmhco Journal of a Solitude May Sartonbookshop.org/a/22605/9780393309287Feather on the Breath of God Sigrid Nunezbookshop.org/a/22605/9781250816238New People Danzy Sennabookshop.org/a/22605/9780399573149The Unsettling of America Wendell Berrybookshop.org/a/22605/9781619025998The Weak Spot Lucie Elvinbookshop.org/a/22605/9781593766306Kindly sent to me by sofstkullWe Were Witches Ariel Gorebookshop.org/a/22605/9781558614338Austerlitz W G Sebaldbookshop.org/a/22605/9780812982619Desperate Characters Paula Foxbookshop.org/a/22605/9780393351101Signs Preceding the End of the Worldbookshop.org/a/22605/9781908276421Mona Pola Oloixaracbookshop.org/a/22605/9780374211899Offshore Penelope Fitzgeraldbookshop.org/a/22605/9780544361515Open Water Caleb Azuma Nelsonbookshop.org/a/22605/9780802157942Simple Passion Annie Ernauxbookshop.org/a/22605/9781583225745Four Humors Mina Seckinbookshop.org/a/22605/9781646220465Kindly sent by catapult Linds(a/e)ys mentioned: (IG handles)@inandof@lindsaytiguePodcast: once upon a time at Bennington College: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/welcome-to-once-upon-a-time-at-bennington-college/id1521731236?i=1000536841204Article on Claude Fredericks:newyorker.com/magazine/2021/11/08/the-most-ambitious-diary-in-history-claude-fredericks?utm_source=nl&utm_brand=tny&utm_mailing=TNY_Magazine_Daily_NonSubs_110121&utm_campaign=aud-dev&utm_medium=email&bxid=5c33a8542ddf9c392a7bea0a&cndid=52006344&hasha=a1ded48d1bfabbcf1540a3f202ca79e1&hashb=2a7e23533f47e90698c9c39f3dc99596e0201b94&hashc=1bc1198106ef87bbffa473b1a242dbcdf7242f5764b08de16a06316b76c566ca&esrc=Auto_Subs&utm_term=TNY_Magazine_Daily_NonSubsLatke recipe: smittenkitchen.com/2008/12/potato-pancakes-latkes✨Bookshop Favorites: bookshop.org/shop/RebeccaRubin✨Goodreads: goodreads.com/user/show/70845234-rebecca✨Instagram: instagram.com/rebeccaeatsbooks✨Storygraph: app.thestorygraph.com/profile/rebeccaeatsbooks✨Ko-fi, buy hushpuppy a virtual dog treat 🦴! ko-fi.com/rebeccaeatsbooks✨email: rebsluvslibraries@gmail.com
the books Im giving for the holidays Rebecca Eats Books 2021-11-26 | Books make the best gifts!!books to give yer momsThe Cost of Living - Deborah Levy bookshop.org/a/22605/9781635573534Circe - Madeline Millerbookshop.org/a/22605/9780316556323A Children’s Bible - Lydia Milletbookshop.org/a/22605/9781324005032Books to give yer dadsWhat are You Going Through - Sigrid Nunezbookshop.org/a/22605/9780593191415Barbarian Days - William Finneganbookshop.org/a/22605/9780143109396House of Broken Angels - Luis Alberto Urreabookshop.org/a/22605/9780316154895books for friends who are readersDesperate Characters - Paula Foxbookshop.org/a/22605/9780393351101Housekeeping - Marilynne Robinsonbookshop.org/a/22605/9781250769763Asylum Road - Olivia Sudjicbooks to give yer friends who aren’t really readersAssembly - Natasha Brownbookshop.org/a/22605/9780316268264Your Duck is My Duck - Deborah Eisenbergbookshop.org/a/22605/9780062688781My Year of Rest and Relaxation - Otessa Moshfeghbookshop.org/a/22605/9780525522133Priestdaddy - Patricia Lockwoodbookshop.org/a/22605/9780399573262books for yer friends who are writers:Bleaker House - Nell Stevensbookshop.org/a/22605/9781101972861How to write an autobiographical novel - Alexander Cheebookshop.org/a/22605/9781328764522Austerlitz - WG Sebaldbookshop.org/a/22605/9780812982619Lost Children Archive - Valeria Luiselibookshop.org/a/22605/9780525436461books for kidsFrom the Mixed Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler - E.L. Konigsburgbookshop.org/a/22605/9780689711817Manu: A Graphic Novel Kelly Fernandezbookshop.org/a/22605/9781338264180Julian is a Mermaidbookshop.org/books/julian-is-a-mermaid/9780763690458Hips on the drag queenbookshop.org/a/22605/9780762467655Big Bath Housebookshop.org/books/the-big-bath-house-9780593181966/9780593181959Orange Is an Apricot, Green Is a Tree Frogbookshop.org/a/22605/9781648960147books for teensGhost World - Daniel Clowesbookshop.org/a/22605/9781560974277Brown Girl Dreaming - Jacqueline Woodsonbookshop.org/a/22605/9780147515827No One is Talking About This - Patricia Lockwoodbooks for recent college gradsSeverance - Ling Mabookshop.org/a/22605/9781250214997Temporary - Hilary Leichterbookshop.org/a/22605/9781566895668✨Bookshop Favorites: bookshop.org/shop/RebeccaRubin✨Goodreads: goodreads.com/user/show/70845234-rebecca✨Instagram: instagram.com/rebeccaeatsbooks✨Storygraph: app.thestorygraph.com/profile/rebeccaeatsbooks✨Ko-fi, buy hushpuppy a virtual dog treat 🦴! ko-fi.com/rebeccaeatsbooks✨email: rebsluvslibraries@gmail.com
reading vlog 14: a week of reading short books Rebecca Eats Books 2021-11-24 | In which I spend a week reading books shorter than 150 pages, including one I really didn’t jive with that many people love, I also show my typical morning routine, give a lengthy bookshelf tour and a TBR shelf tour, receive some exciting book and non book mail including an ARC of Trust by Domenico Starnone, and of course smother my dog, hushpuppy.Books I read this week:Signs Preceding the End of the World by Yuri Herrera bookshop.org/a/22605/9781908276421Mona by Pola Oloixarac bookshop.org/a/22605/9780374211899Offshore by Penelope Fitzgerald bookshop.org/a/22605/9780544361515Open Water by Caleb Azuma Nelson bookshop.org/a/22605/9780802157942Video in Justin’s office with his books: youtu.be/dkmb_VNzFDMTricky endings video (with Ties by Dominco Starnone): youtube.com/watch?v=iMwbnOIzjEo&list=PLuZCeh0Uaf9eceCFqt2kZfIG7JGDvewbl&index=19&t=94sAlex’s Lifekit Episode on lifting weights: Yes, you can lift weights! Here's how to overcome gym intimidation and start training. npr.org/2021/10/07/1044016040/weightlifting-strength-training-tips-getting-startedAnnie Axtell’s wiggly pillows: annieaxtell.comMy bookshelves in the living room: cb2.com/helix-96-walnut-bookcase/s471145Justin's book! bookshop.org/a/22605/9780226756226✨Bookshop Favorites: bookshop.org/shop/RebeccaRubin✨Goodreads: goodreads.com/user/show/70845234-rebecca✨Instagram: instagram.com/rebeccaeatsbooks✨Storygraph: app.thestorygraph.com/profile/rebeccaeatsbooks✨Ko-fi, buy hushpuppy a virtual dog treat 🦴! ko-fi.com/rebeccaeatsbooks✨email: rebsluvslibraries@gmail.com
september wrap-up // 2021 Rebecca Eats Books 2021-10-12 | This month: seven books, two 5-star fantasticos, one big disappointment, a buddy read, and a desperate plea for hiking recommendations.Kim Jiyoung Born 1982 Cho Nam-Joo (Author) Jamie Chang (Translator)bookshop.org/a/22605/9781631498671A Severed Head Iris Murdochbookshop.org/a/22605/9780140020038Pond Claire-Louise Bennettbookshop.org/a/22605/9780399575907Checkout 19 Claire-Louise Bennett goodreads.com/book/show/56155207-checkout-19Love and Other Thought Experiments Sophie Wardbookshop.org/a/22605/9780593314302Provinces of Night William Gaybookshop.org/a/22605/9780385499286Atmospheric Disturbances Rivka Galchenbookshop.org/a/22605/9780312428433Assembly Natasha Brownbookshop.org/a/22605/9780316268264Jessica: instagram.com/jessicas_bookstackThe Andy Milonakis Show imdb.com/title/tt0460621Notes on Humiliation Vivian Gornickharpers.org/archive/2021/10/put-on-the-diamonds-notes-on-humiliation-vivian-gornickThis American Life on embarrassing storiesthisamericanlife.org/749/my-badTell me your favorite place with a week’s worth of day hikes!!✨Bookshop Favorites: bookshop.org/shop/RebeccaRubin✨Goodreads: goodreads.com/user/show/70845234-rebecca✨Instagram: instagram.com/rebeccaeatsbooks✨Storygraph: app.thestorygraph.com/profile/rebeccaeatsbooks✨Ko-fi, you can buy hushpuppy a virtual dog treat! ko-fi.com/rebeccaeatsbooks✨email: rebsluvslibraries@gmail.com
august wrap-up // 2021 Rebecca Eats Books 2021-09-03 | This was a very sexy month y’all! Loved and recommend all of these, most are 4s but there’s one 5-star b-b-b-banger. Also, some tv, some pie, some dRaMaAa in the lit crit world. Everyone Knows Your Mother is a Witch Rivka Galchen bookshop.org/a/22605/9780374280468Light Years James Salter bookshop.org/a/22605/9780679740735 Sympathy Olivia Sudjic bookshop.org/a/22605/9781328916204Friends and Dark Shapes Kavita Bedford bookshop.org/a/22605/9781609456641 Vanishing Twins: A Marriage Leah Dieterich bookshop.org/a/22605/9781593762919On Freedom: Four Songs of Care and Constraint Maggie Nelson bookshop.org/a/22605/9781644450628My Hurricane (Kavita/Maggie) vlog:youtube.com/watch?v=tSGNU2jEqG4&t=783sThe Chair on Netflix: youtube.com/watch?v=eOqtBtWGl1QReservation Dogs on Hulu: youtube.com/watch?v=RoHewFAkrWUPeach Pie Recipecooking.nytimes.com/recipes/1021296-peaches-and-cream-pie?action=click&module=Global%20Search%20Recipe%20Card&pgType=search&rank=32Is book reviewing dead?nplusonemag.com/issue-40/the-intellectual-situation/critical-attrition/?utm_source=Sailthru&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Book%20Club%208.20.21&utm_term=Vox%20Book%20Clubgawker.com/media/the-intellectuals-are-having-a-situation?utm_source=Sailthru&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Book%20Club%208.20.21&utm_term=Vox%20Book%20Club✨Bookshop Favorites: bookshop.org/shop/RebeccaRubin✨Goodreads: goodreads.com/user/show/70845234-rebecca✨Instagram: instagram.com/rebeccaeatsbooks✨Storygraph: app.thestorygraph.com/profile/rebrub✨Ko-fi, you can buy Hushpuppy a virtual dog treat! ko-fi.com/rebeccaeatsbooks✨email: rebsluvslibraries@gmail.comThanks. Xo, Rebs
reading vlog 12: Maggie Nelson, Kavita Bedford, weather, new pants, key lime pie Rebecca Eats Books 2021-08-27 | In which y’all got me so hyped about Friends and Dark Shapes by Kavita Bedford that I had to read it immediately, I dabble in an ARC of On Freedom, the new Maggie Nelson, I take myself on an adventure that results in new pants, I survive hurricane Henri, and a bookstagram celebrity comes over! Books:Friends and Dark Shapes Kavita Bedford bookshop.org/a/22605/9781609456641On Freedom Maggie Nelson bookshop.org/a/22605/9781644450628Vanishing Twins Leah Dieterich bookshop.org/a/22605/9781593762919Friends: Jessica: @jessicas_bookstack (ig)Iggy: @literaryiggy youtube.com/watch?v=-lErf8HKVCM&t=1146sCJ: @CJReads Other:Rudy Jude: rudyjude.comArq: shoparq.comKey Lime Pie: anewsletter.alisoneroman.com/p/key-lime-pie-video✨Bookshop Favorites: bookshop.org/shop/RebeccaRubin✨Goodreads: goodreads.com/user/show/70845234-rebecca✨Instagram: instagram.com/rebeccaeatsbooks✨Storygraph: app.thestorygraph.com/profile/rebrub✨Ko-fi, buy hushpuppy a virtual dog treat 🦴! ko-fi.com/rebeccaeatsbooks✨email: rebsluvslibraries@gmail.comThanks. Xo, Rebs
2k q+a and a house tour!! Podcasts, books, astrology signs, tropes, furniture!!! Rebecca Eats Books 2021-08-23 | 2K questions! Non-book things: like gardening, adopting hushpuppy, tattoos, podcasts, sun moon rising. And book questions: like slump-busters, books and authors I’ll never read again, my favorite period of American Literature, embarrassing admission about A Wrinkle in Time, and book tropes I hate. And! A mini house and furniture tour!Also I weirdly got nervous, freaked out, and skipped half the questions. Im sorry! Don’t hate me!lots o' links:1k q+a video: youtube.com/watch?v=WBia4UPss2M&t=381sA few of the books mentioned:Homegoing Ya Gyasi: bookshop.org/a/22605/9781101971062Luster Raven Leilani: bookshop.org/a/22605/9780374194321Neapolitan Novels Elena Ferrante: bookshop.org/books/my-brilliant-friend/9781609450786Dept of Speculation Jenny Offill: bookshop.org/a/22605/9780345806871Other Links:WWOOF wwoofusa.orgUp Top Acres Roof Top Farms uptopacres.com/index.html(My beautiful best friend is single by the way)Grizzly Man movie youtube.com/watch?v=uWA7GtDmNFUWashington Humane Society humanerescuealliance.orgBeasts of the Southern Wild movie youtube.com/watch?v=pvqZzSMIZa0New Yorker Fiction podcast newyorker.com/podcast/fictionSkin care god: @BenjaminGreen facewash: Cosrx Low-pH Good Morning Gel Cleanserulta.com/p/low-ph-good-morning-gel-cleanser-xlsImpprod16661017Vitamin C: oznaturals.com/collections/ozn-serums/products/vitamin-c-facial-serumRetinol:cerave.com/skincare/serums/skin-renewing-retinol-serumBrimfield Flea Market: brimfieldantiquefleamarket.com
reading vlog 11: road trip in the southeast. I bought too many books. Rebecca Eats Books 2021-08-18 | In which my partner Justin drives all over the southeastern US while I sit in the passenger seat and talk about books. Plus: I spend the day with my internet crush; cameos from both my parents in their respective favorite places; Justin is on a podcast and gives me a civil war history lesson at a museum. Spanish moss is pretty!Books I read on the trip:Blow Your House Down by Gina Frangello bookshop.org/a/22605/9781640093164The Divorce by Cesar Aira bookshop.org/a/22605/9780811230933How to Write an Autobiographical Novel by Alexander Chee bookshop.org/a/22605/9781328764522Wayward by Dana Spiotta bookshop.org/a/22605/9780593318737It by Stephen King bookshop.org/a/22605/9781501142970All the books read here are discussed further in my July wrap-up: youtube.com/watch?v=4K2qQd5qm54Podcast Justin was a guest on: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/jeffery-jenkins-justin-peck-congress-first-civil-rights/id424060143?i=1000530020646So many links:Asheville:Bookstore: malaprops.comTacos: http://whiteducktacoshop.comBeautiful pots: eastfork.comNorth Georgia:Black Rock Mountain State Park: gastateparks.org/BlackRockMountainAtlanta:Really great bookstore: acappellabooks.comStrawberry Matcha: littletartatl.comThai Food: talatmarketatl.comLindsay ❤️: @inandofSouth Carolina:The Penn Center Reconstruction Era Museum: http://home.nps.gov/reer/planyourvisit/penn-center.htmSavannah:A1 Dive Bar: theoriginalpinkies.comAntiques mall:pickerjoes.comRichmond:Jewish Deli: yelp.com/biz/perlys-richmond-2Beautiful things: shopnanin.comDC:Amazing dinner: tailupgoat.comOther tuber mentioned: @Claire Reads Books 💙✨Bookshop Favorites: bookshop.org/shop/RebeccaRubin✨Goodreads: goodreads.com/user/show/70845234-rebecca✨Instagram: instagram.com/rebeccaeatsbooks✨Storygraph: app.thestorygraph.com/profile/rebrub✨Ko-fi, you can support me with a virtual coffee! ko-fi.com/rebeccaeatsbooks✨email: rebsluvslibraries@gmail.comThanks. Xo, Rebs
july wrap-up // 2021 Rebecca Eats Books 2021-08-07 | July Wrap-Up’twas a month, y’all. One ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ killer and one absolute stinker, lots of tinies, a couple memoirs, two essay collections, the world’s best chocolate chip cookie recipe, and the tiktoks that made me chortle. Jane Maggie Nelson bookshop.org/a/22605/9781593766580Ghost Forest Pik-Shuen Fung bookshop.org/a/22605/9780593230961Seeing Ghosts Kat Chow bookshop.org/a/22605/9781538716328The Dry Heart Natalia Ginzburg bookshop.org/a/22605/9780811228787The Emissary Yoko Tawada bookshop.org/a/22605/9780811227629Welcome to America Linda Bostrom Knausgaard bookshop.org/a/22605/9781642860412The Lover Marguerite Duras bookshop.org/a/22605/9780375700521Too Much and Not the Mood Durga Chew-Bose bookshop.org/a/22605/9780374535957Blow Down Your House Gina Frangello bookshop.org/a/22605/9781640093164The Divorce Cesar Aira bookshop.org/a/22605/9780811230933Wayward Dana Spiotta bookshop.org/a/22605/9780593318737How to Write an Autobiographical Novel Alexander Chee bookshop.org/a/22605/9781328764522The BEST Cookie Recipe joythebaker.com/2021/04/dads-very-best-browned-butter-chocolate-chip-cookiesFiction on TV:theatlantic.com/culture/archive/2021/07/tv-adaptations-fiction/619442Y2K fashion:harpersbazaar.com/culture/features/a37078963/y2k-fashion-is-back-are-its-bad-vibes-back-tootiktok.com/@fashiongirl42069?is_copy_url=1&is_from_webapp=v1Videos mentioned: youtu.be/rbPEm2bau5oFriends mentioned: Lindzee @inandof✨Bookshop Favorites: bookshop.org/shop/RebeccaRubin✨Goodreads: goodreads.com/user/show/70845234-rebecca✨Instagram: instagram.com/rebeccaeatsbooks✨Storygraph: app.thestorygraph.com/profile/rebrub✨Ko-fi, you can support me with a virtual coffee! ko-fi.com/rebeccaeatsbooks✨email: rebsluvslibraries@gmail.comThanks. Xo, Rebs
reading vlog: two ghost stories about grief Rebecca Eats Books 2021-07-27 | In which I finally got around to editing and posting this vlog I recorded over 4th of July weekend. I read two new releases with women at the center who were grappling with the death of loved ones, being the children of Chinese immigrants, and the physical and emotional distances between the generations. One memoir, one fiction. I also bake, go used book shopping and bring home 10 books I definitely did not need, unhaul some books from my own shelves, sit by the beach, and force you to look at my garden with me. Obviously, gratuitous Hushpuppy footage throughout. Books mentioned:Seeing Ghosts by Kat Chow: bookshop.org/a/22605/9781538716328Ghost Forest by Pik-Shuen Fung: bookshop.org/a/22605/978059323096Videos mentioned:California Vlog: youtu.be/rBXsPA1Uc_UPure Flame by Michelle Orange: youtu.be/N2I3zPom4LIBooks about fathering: youtube.com/watch?v=lmJ0_iWfmgQ&t=155sUsed Book Heaven: The Book Barn bookbarnniantic.comParul Seghal Review of Wayward by Dana Spiotta: nytimes.com/2021/06/23/books/review-wayward-dana-spiotta.html✨Bookshop Favorites: bookshop.org/shop/RebeccaRubin✨Goodreads: goodreads.com/user/show/70845234-rebecca✨Instagram: instagram.com/rebeccaeatsbooks✨Storygraph: app.thestorygraph.com/profile/rebrub✨Ko-fi, you can support me with a virtual coffee! ko-fi.com/rebeccaeatsbooks✨email: rebsluvslibraries@gmail.com
Read-along wrap-up // Sleepless Nights by Elizabeth Hardwick Rebecca Eats Books 2021-07-20 | THANK YOU TO EVERYONE WHO PLAYED ALONG Didion’s Review: archive.nytimes.com/www.nytimes.com/books/98/07/26/specials/hardwick-nights.htmlSleepless Nights by Elizabeth Hardwick: bookshop.org/a/22605/9780940322721Xoxo, Rebs✨Bookshop Favorites: bookshop.org/shop/RebeccaRubin✨Goodreads: goodreads.com/user/show/70845234-rebecca✨Instagram: instagram.com/rebeccaeatsbooks✨Storygraph: app.thestorygraph.com/profile/rebrub✨Ko-fi, you can support me with a virtual coffee! ko-fi.com/rebeccaeatsbooks✨email: rebsluvslibraries@gmail.com
Mid-year superlatives! stats and favorites of the year so far Rebecca Eats Books 2021-07-12 | In which I review some stats on all 52 books I have read so far this year and talk about my 8 favorites.Most Popular, Class of 2021!!!!:most re-readable:The Mayor of Leipzig by Rachel Kushner bookshop.org/a/22605/9781949172478most likely to make you rethink getting an MFA:The Friend by Sigrid Nunez bookshop.org/a/22605/9780735219458most likely to make you rethink getting a phd:The Life of the Mind by Christine Smallwoodbookshop.org/a/22605/9780593229897AndWant by Lynn Steger Strongbookshop.org/a/22605/9781250247544most submersing:Swimming Home by Deborah Levybookshop.org/a/22605/9781620401699most likely to give you an existential crisis:Blueberries: Essays Concerning Understanding by Ellena Savagebookshop.org/a/22605/9781922268563most likely to make you leave your artsy boyfriend for a handy, dependable man:Second Place by Rachel Cuskbookshop.org/a/22605/9780374279226Most likely to be found on the shelf of a she-shed:The Cost of Living: A Working Autobiography by Deborah Levybookshop.org/a/22605/9781635573534Videos in which I discuss each of these books:Mayor of Leipzig:youtu.be/mIeh_M8Fmt4The Friend:youtube.com/watch?v=tqVW9V6FzD4&t=1637sThe Life of the Mind and Want:youtube.com/watch?v=cYL4aJX09qc&t=595sSwimming Home:youtube.com/watch?v=JQ56xjkntIw&t=12sBlueberries:youtube.com/watch?v=q4-5B5o7w44&t=3sSecond Place: youtu.be/YJwPRCfRAxs?t=1718 The Cost of Living: youtube.com/watch?v=iHqc259dfog✨Bookshop Favorites: bookshop.org/shop/RebeccaRubin✨Goodreads: goodreads.com/user/show/70845234-rebecca✨Instagram: instagram.com/rebeccaeatsbooks✨Storygraph: app.thestorygraph.com/profile/rebrub✨Ko-fi, you can support me with a virtual coffee! ko-fi.com/rebeccaeatsbooks✨email: rebsluvslibraries@gmail.comThanks. Xo, Rebs
2021 reading so far | mid-year book freakout tag Rebecca Eats Books 2021-07-07 | In which I reflect on my year in reading so far. Let's get freaky. Books mentioned:The Cost of Living: bookshop.org/a/22605/9781635573534Spring: bookshop.org/a/22605/9781101969960That new sally roon roon: bookshop.org/a/22605/9780374602604That new Maggie Nelson: bookshop.org/a/22605/9781644450628That new Lauren Groff:bookshop.org/a/22605/9781594634499That new Claire Vaye Watkins:bookshop.org/a/22605/9780593330210That new Liliy King: bookshop.org/a/22605/9781094059327That new Sarah Moss: bookshop.org/a/22605/9780374606046Mayor of Leipzig: bookshop.org/a/22605/9781949172478Hamnet: bookshop.org/a/22605/9780525657606Long Division:bookshop.org/a/22605/9781982174828Fake Accounts: bookshop.org/a/22605/9781948226929Second Place: bookshop.org/a/22605/9780374279226Cassandra at the Wedding: bookshop.org/a/22605/9781590176016No One Is Talking about This: bookshop.org/a/22605/9780593189580Milkman: bookshop.org/a/22605/9781644450000Blue Nights: bookshop.org/a/22605/9780307387387The Friend: bookshop.org/a/22605/9780735219458Lost in the City: bookshop.org/a/22605/9780060795283✨Bookshop Favorites: bookshop.org/shop/RebeccaRubin✨Goodreads: goodreads.com/user/show/70845234-rebecca✨Instagram: instagram.com/rebeccaeatsbooks✨Storygraph: app.thestorygraph.com/profile/rebrub✨Ko-fi, you can support me with a virtual coffee! ko-fi.com/rebeccaeatsbooks✨email: rebsluvslibraries@gmail.comThanks. Xo, Rebs
june wrap-up//2021 Rebecca Eats Books 2021-07-05 | 10 books, including two five-star bangers, a coupla big ol' busts, one I sent to my mother, and one that made me feel like a dum dumBooks mentioned: Little Labors: bookshop.org/a/22605/9780811222969The Cost of Living: bookshop.org/a/22605/9781635573534A House in Norway: bookshop.org/a/22605/9781909408319The Friend: bookshop.org/a/22605/9780735219458Higher Ground: bookshop.org/a/22605/9781950354627Sleepless Nights: bookshop.org/a/22605/9780940322721Ongoingness: bookshop.org/a/22605/9780940322721The Art of Cruelty: bookshop.org/a/22605/9780393343144The Portrait of a Mirror: bookshop.org/a/22605/9781419752162The Mars Room: bookshop.org/a/22605/9781476756585Jaylens mentioned: @TheBarandtheBookcase Last call for thoughts/comments/questions/concerns about Sleepless Nights! I promise I'm working on that video. Email me, DM me, even if (especially if?) you dnf'ed it, read the synopsis and said hell no, or had another strong take! ✨Bookshop Favorites: bookshop.org/shop/RebeccaRubin✨Goodreads: goodreads.com/user/show/70845234-rebecca✨Instagram: instagram.com/rebeccaeatsbooks✨storygraph: app.thestorygraph.com/profile/rebrub✨Ko-fi, you can support me with a virtual coffee! ko-fi.com/rebeccaeatsbooks✨email: rebsluvslibraries@gmail.comThanks. Xo, Rebs
dad books: on being fathered, fathering, and historical big papas Rebecca Eats Books 2021-06-20 | In which I discuss memoirs about having dads, books about being dadas, novels about daddies, and bonus section: historical fiction about famous daddios Books mentioned:Priestdaddy by Patricia Lockwoodbookshop.org/a/22605/9780399573262Educated by Tara Westoverbookshop.org/a/22605/9780399590504When Breath Becomes Air by Paul Kalanithibookshop.org/a/22605/9780812988406 Between the World and Me by Ta-Nehisi Coatesbookshop.org/a/22605/9780812993547Spring by Karl Ove Knausgaardbookshop.org/a/22605/9780399563386Gilead by Marilynne Robinsonbookshop.org/a/22605/9781250784018 The House of Broken Angels by Luis Alberto Urreabookshop.org/a/22605/9780316154895Lincoln in the Bardo by George Saundersbookshop.org/a/22605/9780812985405Hamnet by Maggie O’Farrellbookshop.org/a/22605/9780525657606What books did I miss?? Why do dads write so many letters??Happy fathers day to all the papas. ✨Bookshop Favorites: bookshop.org/shop/RebeccaRubin✨Goodreads: goodreads.com/user/show/70845234-rebecca✨Instagram: instagram.com/rebeccaeatsbooks✨Ko-fi, support me and buy me a virtual coffee if you’re feeling generous! ko-fi.com/rebeccaeatsbooks✨email: rebsluvslibraries@gmail.comThanks. Xo, Rebs
reading vlog 9: three books Ellena Savage loves on wealth, property, inequality, writing, and DOGS Rebecca Eats Books 2021-06-16 | in which I shamelessly feed my Blueberries obsession by reading three of Ellena Savage's favorite books from last year, bake with rhubarb, complain about the heat, eat cake, play with a puppy, and further discuss scholar @CJReads 's theoretical masterpiece: the DWM. Books mentioned: Blueberries: bookshop.org/a/22605/9781922268563A House in Norway by Vigdis Hjorth: bookshop.org/a/22605/9781909408319The Friend by Sigrid Nunez: bookshop.org/a/22605/9780735219458Higher Ground by Anke Stelling: bookshop.org/a/22605/9781950354627Ellena Savage’s Substack Newsletter: littlethrobs.substack.comVideos mentioned:March wrap up with my review of Blueberries: youtu.be/q4-5B5o7w44Video in which I discuss Ties by Domenico Starnone: youtu.be/iMwbnOIzjEoCJ explains DWM: youtube.com/watch?v=nerifjEBgzYOther things:Mare of Easttown on HBO: youtube.com/watch?v=bm7RmpzCeyk✨Bookshop Favorites: bookshop.org/shop/RebeccaRubin✨Goodreads: goodreads.com/user/show/70845234-rebecca✨Instagram: instagram.com/rebeccaeatsbooks✨Ko-fi, support me and buy me a virtual coffee if you’re feeling generous! ko-fi.com/rebeccaeatsbooks✨email: rebsluvslibraries@gmail.comThanks. Xo, Rebs
may wrap-up and june readalong announcement! // 2021 Rebecca Eats Books 2021-06-05 | Ten books, one home run, and one dnf, also an article, a podcast, and a tv show! EAT UP!!!🎉June readalong deets🎉:Read Sleepless Nights by Elizabeth Hardwick with me in June! Please? Get a copy below or from your local library, send me your thoughts/questions/reactions at any point this month, and check back in July for a review!Cheap used copy: abebooks.com/servlet/BookDetailsPL?bi=30919239463&searchurl=ds%3D20%26kn%3Dsleepless%2Bnights%2Bby%2Belizabeth%2Bhardwick%26sortby%3D17&cm_sp=snippet-_-srp1-_-title1New copy: bookshop.org/a/22605/9780940322721May books:Near to the Wild Heart by Clarice LispectorUsed: affiliates.abebooks.com/jWR7e6New: bookshop.org/a/22605/9780811220026 Your Duck Is My Duck by Deborah EisenbergUsed: affiliates.abebooks.com/kj4KO3New: bookshop.org/a/22605/9780062688781With Teeth by Kristen ArnettNew: bookshop.org/a/22605/9780593191507Things We Lost to the Water by Eric NguyenNew: bookshop.org/a/22605/9780593317952Long Division by Kiese LaymonNew: bookshop.org/a/22605/9781982174828Idaho by Emily Ruskovich Used: affiliates.abebooks.com/kj4KOnNew: bookshop.org/a/22605/9780812984460Mayor of Leipzig by Rachel Kushner ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️New: bookshop.org/a/22605/9781949172478Cassandra at the Wedding by Dorothy BakerUsed: affiliates.abebooks.com/GjbyKrNew: bookshop.org/a/22605/9781590176016Things I Don’t Want to Know by Deborah LevyUsed: affiliates.abebooks.com/VyOkOaNew: bookshop.org/a/22605/9781635572247Freshwater by Akwaeke EmeziUsed: affiliates.abebooks.com/ZdVGVQNew: bookshop.org/a/22605/9780802128997My Korean Mother and I speak to the Dead:harpersbazaar.com/culture/features/a36395655/my-korean-mother-and-i-speak-to-the-dead/?utm_source=Sailthru&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Lit%20Hub%20Daily:%20May%2012%2C%202021&utm_term=lithub_master_listRachel Cusk on Bookworm Podcast:kcrw.com/culture/shows/bookworm/rachel-cusk-second-place?utm_source=KCRW&utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=kcrw-show-rssUnderground Railroad adaptation for television:youtu.be/_Pq5Usc_JDAFriends mentioned:CJ: @CJReads Grace: @GKReads Lindsay: instagram.com/inandof✨Bookshop Favorites: bookshop.org/shop/RebeccaRubin✨Goodreads: goodreads.com/user/show/70845234-rebecca✨Instagram: instagram.com/rebeccaeatsbooks✨Ko-fi, support me and buy me a virtual coffee if you’re feeling generous! ko-fi.com/rebeccaeatsbooks✨email: rebsluvslibraries@gmail.comThanks. Xo, Rebs
Two life stories: Akwaeke Emezi’s Freshwater and Deborah Levy’s Things I Don’t Want to Know Rebecca Eats Books 2021-06-02 | In which it rains all weekend and I spend most of it in bed complaining about the weather and occasionally reading. How many times can ya girl say the word trauma in one vlog?!?!?!Karma bookstore: bookstore.karmakarma.orgThe Mayor of Leipzig (SO GOOD): bookshop.org/a/22605/9781949172478The Hard Crowd by Rachel Kushner: bookshop.org/a/22605/9781982157692Cassandra at the Wedding: bookshop.org/a/22605/9781590176016Too Much and Not the Mood: bookshop.org/a/22605/9780374535957Rookie Mag (RIP): rookiemag.comDeborah Levy Living Auto Trilogy:Things I Don’t Want to Know: bookshop.org/a/22605/9781635572247The Cost of Living: bookshop.org/a/22605/9781635573534Real Estate: bookshop.org/a/22605/9781635572216Ghost Forest: bookshop.org/a/22605/9780593230961Seeing Ghosts: bookshop.org/a/22605/9781538716328 Freshwater: bookshop.org/a/22605/9780802128997✨Bookshop Favorites: bookshop.org/shop/RebeccaRubin✨Goodreads: goodreads.com/user/show/70845234-rebecca✨Instagram: instagram.com/rebeccaeatsbooks✨Ko-fi, support me and buy me a virtual coffee if you’re feeling generous! ko-fi.com/rebeccaeatsbooks✨email: rebsluvslibraries@gmail.comThanks. Xo, Rebs
reading vlog 7: Kiese Laymon, Eric Nguyen, painting, planting, whats a Hurricane Katrina novel??? Rebecca Eats Books 2021-05-19 | reading vlog 7: Kiese Laymon, Eric Nguyen, painting, planting, and a discussion of what makes a Hurricane Katrina novelIn which I read Kiese Laymon’s first novel, Long Division and Eric Nguyen’s debut, Things We Lost to the Water, two novels that explore the theme of familial legacies of trauma and Hurricane Katrina in the American South. I also randomly decide to paint my kitchen, hang out in the garden, ride my bike, discuss the recent allegations of racism towards Deborah Levy, and spend lots of time with my dog, Hushpuppy. books mentioned:Things We Lost to the Water by Eric Nguyen bookshop.org/a/22605/9780593317952or abebooks.com/servlet/BookDetailsPL?bi=30916947270&searchurl=ds%3D20%26kn%3DThings%2BWe%2BLost%2Bto%2Bthe%2BWater%2Bby%2BEric%2BNguyen%26sortby%3D17&cm_sp=snippet-_-srp1-_-title1Long Division by Kiese Laymon bookshop.org/a/22605/9781982174828 orabebooks.com/servlet/BookDetailsPL?bi=22818455013&cm_sp=Searchmod-_-NullResults-_-BDPWith Teeth by Kristen Arnett bookshop.org/a/22605/9780593191507 orabebooks.com/servlet/BookDetailsPL?bi=30917168532&searchurl=kn%3DWith%2BTeeth%2Bby%2BKristen%2BArnett%26sortby%3D17&cm_sp=snippet-_-srp1-_-image1The Yellow House by Sarah M. Broom (used and cheap!) abebooks.com/servlet/BookDetailsPL?bi=30744836080&searchurl=kn%3DThe%2BYellow%2BHouse%2Bby%2BSarah%2BM.%2BBroom%26sortby%3D17&cm_sp=snippet-_-srp1-_-title1orbookshop.org/a/22605/9780802149039Breasts and Eggs by Mieko Kawakami bookshop.org/a/22605/9781609455873orabebooks.com/servlet/SearchResults?cm_sp=SearchF-_-TopNavISS-_-Results&kn=breasts%20and%20eggs%20mieko%20kawakami&sts=tHeavy by Kiese Laymon bookshop.org/a/22605/9781501125669orabebooks.com/servlet/SearchResults?cm_sp=SearchF-_-topnav-_-Results&kn=Heavy%20by%20Kiese%20Laymon&sts=tThe Underground Railroad by Colson Whitehead: abebooks.com/servlet/SearchResults?bi=0&bx=off&cm_sp=SearchF-_-Advtab1-_-Results&ds=30&kn=colson%20whitehead%20the%20underground%20railroad&recentlyadded=all&sortby=17&sts=tThe Underground Railroad miniseries on Amazon: amazon.com/The-Underground-Railroad/dp/B08XC2DV8Nvideos mentioned:books on motherhood: youtu.be/cYL4aJX09qc Breasts and Eggs Vlog: youtu.be/N2I3zPom4LIFriendsssss mentioned:Ig: youtube.com/channel/UCnUfXhGfNdCq5WQDOouTC_QBen: @BenjaminGreen Lindsay: @inandof on instagramResistance Podcast: gimletmedia.com/shows/resistance/brh4k4g/f-your-water-fountain✨Bookshop Favorites: bookshop.org/shop/RebeccaRubin✨Goodreads: goodreads.com/user/show/70845234-rebecca✨Instagram: instagram.com/rebeccaeatsbooks✨Ko-fi, support me and buy me a virtual coffee if you’re feeling generous! ko-fi.com/rebeccaeatsbooks✨email: rebsluvslibraries@gmail.comThanks. Xo, Rebs
MOoOOOoM: my favorite books on moms, mothering, not mothering, and being mothered Rebecca Eats Books 2021-05-07 | Watch @CJReads ’s video for more books about mothering!!!!!: youtube.com/watch?v=QXBBlpIU4tA&t=476sSheila Heti interviews Elena Ferrante 💞: hazlitt.net/feature/be-silent-recover-my-strength-start-again-conversation-elena-ferranteOrange World (short story) by Karen Russel: newyorker.com/magazine/2018/06/04/orange-worldLions on Leashes (essay) by Rachel Cusk: nytimes.com/2015/03/22/magazine/raising-teenagers-the-mother-of-all-problems.htmlbooks mentioned:on being a mother:A Life’s Work by Rachel Cusk: NEW: bookshop.org/a/22605/9781250828255USED: abebooks.com/servlet/SearchResults?cm_sp=SearchF-_-topnav-_-Results&kn=A%20Life%92s%20Work%20by%20Rachel%20Cusk&sts=tDept. of Speculation by Jenny Offill: NEW: bookshop.org/a/22605/9780345806871USED: abebooks.com/servlet/SearchResults?cm_sp=SearchF-_-topnav-_-Results&ds=20&kn=Dept.%20of%20Speculation%20by%20Jenny%20Offill&sts=tThe Argonauts by Maggie Nelson: NEW: bookshop.org/a/22605/9781555977351USED: abebooks.com/servlet/SearchResults?cm_sp=SearchF-_-topnav-_-Results&kn=The%20Argonauts%20by%20Maggie%20Nelson&sts=tWant by Lynn Steger Strong: NEW:bookshop.org/a/22605/9781250247544USED: abebooks.com/servlet/SearchResults?cm_sp=SearchF-_-topnav-_-Results&kn=Want%20by%20Lynn%20Steger%20Strong&sts=tOrange World by Karen Russell: NEW: bookshop.org/a/22605/9780525566076USED:abebooks.com/servlet/SearchResults?cm_sp=SearchF-_-topnav-_-Results&kn=Orange%20World%20by%20Karen%20Russell&sts=tThe Golden State by Lydia Kiesling: NEW: bookshop.org/a/22605/9781250238115USED:abebooks.com/servlet/SearchResults?cm_sp=SearchF-_-topnav-_-Results&kn=The%20Golden%20State%20by%20Lydia%20Kiesling&sts=ton maybe not being a mother:The Life of the Mind by Christine Smallwood: NEW: bookshop.org/a/22605/9780593229897USED:abebooks.com/servlet/SearchResults?cm_sp=SearchF-_-topnav-_-Results&kn=The%20Life%20of%20the%20Mind%20by%20Christine%20Smallwood&sts=tMotherhood by Sheila Heti: NEW: bookshop.org/a/22605/9781250214782USED: abebooks.com/servlet/SearchResults?cm_sp=SearchF-_-topnav-_-Results&kn=Motherhood%20by%20Sheila%20Heti&sts=tBlue Nights by Joan Didion: NEW: bookshop.org/a/22605/9780307387387USED:abebooks.com/servlet/SearchResults?cm_sp=SearchF-_-topnav-_-Results&kn=Blue%20Nights%20by%20Joan%20Didion&sts=ton being mothered:Heavy by Kiese Laymon: NEW: bookshop.org/a/22605/9781501125669USED:abebooks.com/servlet/SearchResults?cm_sp=SearchF-_-topnav-_-Results&kn=Heavy%20by%20Kiese%20Laymon&sts=tOn Earth We’re Briefly Gorgeous by Ocean Vuong: NEW: bookshop.org/a/22605/9780525562023USED:abebooks.com/servlet/SearchResults?cm_sp=SearchF-_-topnav-_-Results&ds=20&kn=on%20Earth%20We%92re%20Briefly%20Gorgeous%20by%20Ocean%20Vuong&sts=tWhat did I miss??!?!✨Bookshop Favorites: bookshop.org/shop/RebeccaRubin✨Goodreads: goodreads.com/user/show/70845234-rebecca✨Instagram: instagram.com/rebeccaeatsbooks✨Ko-fi, support me and buy me a virtual coffee if you’re feeling generous! ko-fi.com/rebeccaeatsbooks✨email: rebsluvslibraries@gmail.comThanks. Xo, Rebs
1k q+a: career, problematic favs, wine, and an embarrassing photo dump Rebecca Eats Books 2021-05-04 | Thanks for 1k you lovable nerds! Frankly I'm offended there wasn't one question about hushpuppy 🐶.What are some great backlist essay collections I need to pick up??? What’s your desert island book???Buy yourself a copy of Gilead: bookshop.org/a/22605/9781250784018Q's:1. How many books do you eat in a year?2. Career path/college/job stuff?3. What’s your favorite flavor of books?4. Beverage of choice?5. Tips for getting better at analyzing books?6. What genre would you like to read more of?7. What book do you think would make a great graphic novel?8. Have you ever liked more plot driven books?9. Embarrassing photo dump! 10. Who would play you in a movie version of your life?11. Desert Island Disc book?12. Fave tattoo?✨Bookshop Favorites: bookshop.org/shop/RebeccaRubin✨Goodreads: goodreads.com/user/show/70845234-rebecca✨Instagram: instagram.com/rebeccaeatsbooks✨Ko-fi, support me and buy me a virtual coffee if you’re feeling generous! ko-fi.com/rebeccaeatsbooks✨email: rebsluvslibraries@gmail.comThanks. Xo, Rebs
april wrap-up // 2021 Rebecca Eats Books 2021-05-02 | happy may! 9 books, a podcast, and an essay for your eating pleasure. Milkman by Anna Burns bookshop.org/a/22605/9781644450000Real Life by Brandon Taylor bookshop.org/a/22605/9780525538882Hour of the Star by Clarice Lispector bookshop.org/a/22605/9780811219495Acts of desperation by Megan Nolan bookshop.org/a/22605/9780316429856Hot Stew by Fiona Moszley bookshop.org/a/22605/9781643751559Blue Nights by Joan Didion bookshop.org/a/22605/9780307387387Breasts and Eggs by Mieko Kawakami bookshop.org/a/22605/9781609455873Pure Flame by Michelle Orange bookshop.org/a/22605/9780374238704Coventry by Rachel Cusk bookshop.org/a/22605/9781250619587Coventry in Granta: granta.com/coventryBrandon Taylor on colorful blobs: blgtylr.substack.com/p/the-scammery-of-representationInvisibilia podcast episode: npr.org/2021/04/20/989307753/eat-the-rich vlog in which I discuss Milkman and Real Life: youtu.be/rBXsPA1Uc_Uvlog in which I discuss Breasts and Eggs and Pure Flame: youtu.be/N2I3zPom4LIMariam’s newbie tag!: youtu.be/R5RfvtqzF7Q✨Bookshop Favorites: bookshop.org/shop/RebeccaRubin✨Goodreads: goodreads.com/user/show/70845234-rebecca✨Instagram: instagram.com/rebeccaeatsbooks✨Ko-fi, support me and buy me a virtual coffee if you’re feeling generous! ko-fi.com/rebeccaeatsbooks✨email: rebsluvslibraries@gmail.comThanks. Xo, Rebs
reading vlog 6: Breasts and Eggs, Pure Flame, Hemingway, pie, 1k!, and what even is feminist!?!? Rebecca Eats Books 2021-04-30 | In which I read two books that were billed as feminist, and disagree with that classification for at least one of them. Plus, a hike, a key lime pie, a lot of Hushpuppy content, and some marital bickering. 💞1k q+a is coming! Thank you all!💞 Leave your questions in the comments below.💞Breasts and Eggs by Mieko Kawakami bookshop.org/a/22605/9781609455873Pure Flame by Michelle Orange bookshop.org/a/22605/9780374238704Hemingway on PBS: pbs.org/kenburns/hemingway✨Bookshop Favorites: bookshop.org/shop/RebeccaRubin✨Goodreads: goodreads.com/user/show/70845234-rebecca✨Instagram: instagram.com/rebeccaeatsbooks✨Ko-fi, support me and buy me a virtual coffee if you’re feeling generous! ko-fi.com/rebeccaeatsbooks✨email: rebsluvslibraries@gmail.comThanks. Xo, Rebs
20 questions tag Rebecca Eats Books 2021-04-22 | In which I answer 20 questions about myself that you didn’t actually ask or want to know. I get embarrassed about problematic favs, admit to DNFing a booktube darling, get fired up discussing my disdain for the Pulitzer Prize for Literature, roll my eyes a lot, and make obnoxious sound effects with my mouth (sorry).Dog-ears forever! Down with big bookmark!The Bechdel Test: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bechdel_testIGGY: youtube.com/watch?v=vyjjPyF-Tb0 Qs:1. How many books is too many for a series?2. How do you feel about cliffhangers?3. Paperback or hardcover?4. Favorite book?5. Least favorite book?6. Love triangles, yes or no?7. Most recent book you couldn’t finish?8. A book you’re currently reading?9. The last book you’ve recommended to someone?10. Oldest book by publication date?11. Newest book by publication date?12. Favorite author?13. Buying books or borrowing books?14. A book you dislike that everyone loves?15. Bookmarks or dog ears?16. A book you can always reread?17. Can you read while listening to music?18. One POV or multiple?19. Read in one sitting or over multiple days?20. Who do I tag?✨Bookshop Favorites: bookshop.org/shop/RebeccaRubin✨Goodreads: goodreads.com/user/show/70845234-rebecca✨Instagram: instagram.com/rebeccaeatsbooks✨Ko-fi, you can support me with a virtual coffee! ko-fi.com/rebeccaeatsbooks✨email: rebsluvslibraries@gmail.comThanks. Xo, Rebs
happy Earth Day! let’s get sad and weird and in our brains about it. Rebecca Eats Books 2021-04-19 | In celebration of Earth Day this year (apr. 22), I bring you a list of books that ooze climate anxiety. Let’s have our fears wrestled with for us by fictional characters!books mentioned:The Wallcreeper by Nell Zink bookshop.org/a/22605/9780989760713Florida by Lauren Groff bookshop.org/a/22605/9781594634529Life of the Mind by Christine Smallwood bookshop.org/a/22605/9780593229897Weather by Jenny Offill bookshop.org/a/22605/9780385351102Housekeeping by Marilynne Robinson bookshop.org/a/22605/9781250769763Salvage the Bones by Jesmyn Ward bookshop.org/a/22605/9781608196265Please comment below what I’m missing! ✨Bookshop Favorites: bookshop.org/shop/RebeccaRubin✨Goodreads: goodreads.com/user/show/70845234-rebecca✨Instagram: instagram.com/rebeccaeatsbooks✨Ko-fi, you can support me with a virtual coffee! ko-fi.com/rebeccaeatsbooks✨email: rebsluvslibraries@gmail.comThanks. Xo, Rebs
reading vlog 5: a trip to the bay, Anna Burns’ Milkman, Brandon Taylor’s Real Life, friends, babies Rebecca Eats Books 2021-04-15 | In which I take my vaccinated self on a real life airplane, visit with sweet bookish friends, cuddle a newborn, have my first DNF of the year, open some book mail, read two booktube darlings, and have one hot, spicy take. Books:Milkman by Anna Burns bookshop.org/a/22605/9781644450000Real Life by Brandon Taylor bookshop.org/a/22605/9780525538882Walden Pond Books http://www.waldenpondbooks.comMariam instagram.com/anotherbookthought✨Bookshop Favorites: bookshop.org/shop/RebeccaRubin✨Goodreads: goodreads.com/user/show/70845234-rebecca✨Instagram: instagram.com/rebeccaeatsbooks✨Ko-fi, you can support me with a virtual coffee! ko-fi.com/rebeccaeatsbooks✨email: rebsluvslibraries@gmail.comThanks. Xo, Rebs
march wrap-up // 2021 Rebecca Eats Books 2021-04-04 | It’s a wrap-up, folks! I've got 11 books, plus 1 short story, 2 personal essays, and an op-ed for your greedy little reading appetites! So much goodness! Books mentioned:No One is Talking About This by Patricia Lockwood: bookshop.org/a/22605/9780593189580Swimming Home by Deborah Levy: bookshop.org/a/22605/9781620401699The Life of the Mind by Christine Smallwood: bookshop.org/a/22605/9780593229897Milk Fed by Melissa Broder: bookshop.org/a/22605/9781982142490BLUEBERRIES by Ellena Savage: bookshop.org/a/22605/9781922268563What Are You Going Through by Sigrid Nunez: bookshop.org/a/22605/9780593191415Spring by Karl Ove Knausgaard: bookshop.org/a/22605/9780399563386Spring by Ali Smith: bookshop.org/a/22605/9781101969960 Animal by Lisa Taddeo: bookshop.org/a/22605/9781982122126Minor Feelings by Cathy Park Hong: bookshop.org/a/22605/9781984820365Second Place by Rachel Cusk: bookshop.org/a/22605/9780374279226Videos mentioned:Internet novels: youtu.be/jtUMBqJNhPISwimming Home review: youtu.be/JQ56xjkntIwSpring Fever vlog: youtu.be/eoYGkmRwKUEReading vlog 4 in which I gush about Second Place: youtu.be/YJwPRCfRAxsShort pieces mentioned:Tressie McMillam Cottom: slate.com/human-interest/2014/01/adjunct-crisis-in-higher-ed-an-all-too-familiar-story-for-black-faculty.htmlBrandon Taylor: blgtylr.substack.com/p/i-read-your-little-internet-novelsJo Ann Beard: newyorker.com/magazine/1996/06/24/the-fourth-state-of-matterImbolo Mbue: newyorker.com/magazine/2021/03/22/the-case-for-and-against-love-potions✨Bookshop Favorites: bookshop.org/shop/RebeccaRubin✨Goodreads: goodreads.com/user/show/70845234-rebecca✨Instagram: instagram.com/rebeccaeatsbooks✨Ko-fi, you can support me by buying me a virtual coffee! ko-fi.com/rebeccaeatsbooks✨email: rebsluvslibraries@gmail.comThanks. Xo, Rebs
april fools!: literary fiction with tricky endings Rebecca Eats Books 2021-04-02 | In which I take this day as an excuse to discuss 5 books that are doing interesting things with format and perspective to give you endings you might not see coming. books mentioned:Ties: bookshop.org/a/22605/9781609453855Asymmetry: bookshop.org/a/22605/9781501166785There, There: bookshop.org/a/22605/9780525436140Summerwater: bookshop.org/a/22605/9780374105938Trust Exercise: bookshop.org/a/22605/9781250231260✨Bookshop Favorites: bookshop.org/shop/RebeccaRubin✨Goodreads: goodreads.com/user/show/70845234-rebecca✨Instagram: instagram.com/rebeccaeatsbooks✨Ko-fi, you can buy me a virtual coffee and support this weird nerd: ko-fi.com/rebeccaeatsbooksThanks. Xo, Rebs
reading vlog 4: Lisa Taddeo, Rachel Cusk, Cathy Park Hong, bike rides and backyard hangs. Rebecca Eats Books 2021-03-30 | In which I give a TBR tour, spend a lot of time in the kitchen, invade the personal space of both my dog and husband, wear overalls, take a trip to the library, desecrate the tradition of passover, and actually read and discuss a few books. Issa long one. Grace’s Irish Readathon: youtube.com/watch?v=OjQBDkvn9JgCJ’s Good Writing Good Plot: youtube.com/watch?v=em_siTU6elk&t=1sAlex’s discussion of Minor Feelings: youtube.com/watch?v=TeN-424UOcs&t=235sStop AAPI Hate: donate.givedirect.org/?cid=14711Torrey Peters episode of The Cut Podcast: thecut.com/2021/03/the-cut-podcast-were-all-failing-at-being-women.htmlBooks read and discussed:Animal by Lisa Taddeo bookshop.org/a/22605/9781982122126Minor Feelings by Cathy Park Hong bookshop.org/a/22605/9781984820365Second Place by Rachel Cusk bookshop.org/a/22605/9780374279226✨Bookshop Favorites: bookshop.org/shop/RebeccaRubin✨Goodreads: goodreads.com/user/show/70845234-rebecca✨Instagram: instagram.com/rebeccaeatsbooks
bar and the bookcase tag🍻🍻 Rebecca Eats Books 2021-03-28 | Jaylen asks us to pair cocktails with titles, and I abuse the privilege by getting on a soapbox. Justice for Taffy! Original Tag: youtube.com/watch?v=x_Pt-JK77IE&t=1sPrompts:Old Fashioned: Historical Fiction RecommendationSidecar: Book with a strong supporting characterManhattan: Book set in NY:Bloody Mary: Book that scared you/messed you upEspresso Martini: Book that kept you reading into the nightSazerac: Book that left you disorientedLong Island Iced Tea: Book that is doing TOO MUCH (bonus point if it works anyway ;)) Negroni: Book with a love triangleBay Breeze: Book with light, chill/heartwarming vibesDark and Stormy: Book that’s dark, thrilling, and menacing (bonus point if the setting matches!)Martini: Classic Recommendation ✨Bookshop Favorites: bookshop.org/shop/RebeccaRubin✨Goodreads: goodreads.com/user/show/70845234-rebecca✨Instagram: instagram.com/rebeccaeatsbooks
How to find and recommend the right books // the 4 types of readers Rebecca Eats Books 2021-03-24 | I bastardize a theory about the four types of readers there are and how you can use this theory to find books you’ll love and recommend books that others will love. I out myself as a hater of one of the most beloved books of the year and give you tips on how not to sound like a jerk when you don’t like a book. Tell me what kind of a reader you are below.WATCH CJ’S VID ON PLOT: youtube.com/watch?v=em_siTU6elkBooks with strong, fleshed out characters:There, There by Tommy OrangeThree Women by Lisa TaddeoHomegoing by Yaa GyasiEileen by Otessa MoshfeghConvenience Store Woman by Sayaka MurataPizza Girl by Jean Kyoung FrazierPlot driven books where stuff happens:Watch CJ: youtube.com/watch?v=em_siTU6elkExit West by Mohsin HamidWashington Black by Esi EdugyanWorldbuilding, setting-strong books:Disappearing Earth by Julia Phillips Summer Water by Sarah MossLost in the City by Edward P. JonesSalvage the Bones by Jesmyn WardBeautifully written books with delicious sentences:Luster by Raven LeilaniOn Earth We’re Briefly Gorgeous by Ocean VuongPriestdaddy by Patricia LockwoodThe Sellout by Paul Beatty Outline by Rachel CuskTopics of Conversation by Miranda PopkeyLost Children Archive by Valeria Luiselli Watch Nancy Pearl talk more about this here: youtube.com/watch?v=WjDMbixPSeQLink to the shop in Oakland where I got my hat 🙃 shopbookshop.com✨Bookshop Favorites: bookshop.org/shop/RebeccaRubin✨Goodreads: goodreads.com/user/show/70845234-rebecca✨Instagram: instagram.com/rebeccaeatsbooks
