Uploaded April 2019 | Updated September 2026, 3 weeks ago

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Books mentioned:
Save Me the Plums: My Gourmet Memoir, Ruth Reichel
The Brutal Telling, Louise Penny
Future Home of the Living God, Louise Erdrich
Trust Exercise, Susan Choi
Normal People, Sally Rooney

PLEASE FORGIVE THE WEIRD COLOR OF THIS VIDEO.

Sally Rooney's recent New Yorker Story, Color and Light
newyorker.com/magazine/2019/03/18/color-and-light

Unfortunate Rooney Hype, leave the woman to build her career!

washingtonpost.com/entertainment/books/at-28-sally-rooney-has-been-called-the-voice-of-her-generation-believe-the-hype/2019/04/16/7e1de312-6050-11e9-9ff2-abc984dc9eec_story.html?utm_term=.05a1add23be6

lithub.com/lets-all-stop-pigeonholing-sally-rooney-as-a-millennial-writer

The Basics of Book Reviewing, Steve Donoghue
youtube.com/watch?v=g58Jofuw9NE

My goodreads review using the Donoghue guidelines (includes a lot of spoilers, so read with caution)

goodreads.com/review/show/2771571683