Rebecca Eats Books | Mid-year superlatives! stats and favorites of the year so far @rebeccaeatsbooks | Uploaded July 2021 | Updated October 2024, 48 minutes ago.
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/22605/9781949172478

most likely to make you rethink getting an MFA:
The Friend by Sigrid Nunez bookshop.org/a/22605/9780735219458

most likely to make you rethink getting a phd:
The Life of the Mind by Christine Smallwood
bookshop.org/a/22605/9780593229897
And
Want by Lynn Steger Strong
bookshop.org/a/22605/9781250247544

most submersing:
Swimming Home by Deborah Levy
bookshop.org/a/22605/9781620401699

most likely to give you an existential crisis:
Blueberries: Essays Concerning Understanding by Ellena Savage
bookshop.org/a/22605/9781922268563

most likely to make you leave your artsy boyfriend for a handy, dependable man:
Second Place by Rachel Cusk
bookshop.org/a/22605/9780374279226

Most likely to be found on the shelf of a she-shed:
The Cost of Living: A Working Autobiography by Deborah Levy
bookshop.org/a/22605/9781635573534


Videos in which I discuss each of these books:
Mayor of Leipzig:
youtu.be/mIeh_M8Fmt4
The Friend:
youtube.com/watch?v=tqVW9V6FzD4&t=1637s
The Life of the Mind and Want:
youtube.com/watch?v=cYL4aJX09qc&t=595s
Swimming Home:
youtube.com/watch?v=JQ56xjkntIw&t=12s
Blueberries:
youtube.com/watch?v=q4-5B5o7w44&t=3s
Second Place:
youtu.be/YJwPRCfRAxs?t=1718
The Cost of Living:
youtube.com/watch?v=iHqc259dfog

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Thanks. Xo, Rebs