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reading vlog 15: a very snowy, readingful day. @rebeccaeatsbooks
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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-cookies Book: 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
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.com desk: FlexiSpot Comhar Standing Desk They gave me a code because I let them know how much I love them lol. For US buyers code:【YTB30】for $30 OFF For CAN buyers code:to get CA$50 OFF over CA$500 US site: bit.ly/3mNrop3 CAN site: bit.ly/3YN38Rg 30-day, risk-free return policy, we should get matching desks!
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/22605/9781609451349 Housekeeping by Marilynne Robinsonbookshop.org/a/22605/9781250769763 The 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/22605/9781839764318 Thank you @VersoBooks ! A Horse at Night by Amina Cain bookshop.org/a/22605/9781948980135 Thank you Dorothy Project! The Wall by Marlen Haushofer bookshop.org/a/22605/9780811231947 Thank you @newdirectionspublishing9469 ! First Love by Gwendoline Rileybookshop.org/a/22605/9781681376905 Look for the new edition from NYRB! The Story of a New Name (book 2 of Neapolitan quartet) by Elena Ferrante bookshop.org/a/22605/9781609451349 Housekeeping by Marilynne Robinson bookshop.org/a/22605/9781250769763 The Argonauts by Maggie Nelson bookshop.org/a/22605/9781555977351 Recommendations!! Story time with Seth Rogan Bear attack episode: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-ballad-of-mount-doogie-dowler/id1583325095?i=1000543576821 Thresholds podcast: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/thresholds/id1501963287 The Rehearsal on HBO: youtube.com/watch?v=2fjPFt8cpic Love 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 baked tell me you love my boots. do it. 3 cakes I baked:smittenkitchen.com/2022/06/strawberry-brita-cake joythebaker.com/2021/03/dedes-strawberry-pistachio-doberge-cake kingarthurbaking.com/recipes/raspberry-lemon-cake-recipe Ruby.Stencil Tattoo angel: instagram.com/ruby.stencil The one and only Lindsey: @inandof instagram.com/inandof Julie: @linenlibrarian Ben (and ohad):@benjaminjournal Books: July Plant Dreaming Deep by May Sarton bookshop.org/a/22605/9780393315516 The Yellow Wall Paper by Charlotte Perkins Gilman bookshop.org/a/22605/9780143105855 Boulder by Eva Baltasar bookshop.org/a/22605/9781913505387 Delphi by Clare Pollard bookshop.org/a/22605/9781982197896 Diary of a Film by Niven Govinden bookshop.org/a/22605/9781646051809 Trust by Hernan Diaz bookshop.org/a/22605/9780593420317 The English Understand Wool by Helen DeWitt bookshop.org/a/22605/9780811230070 Aurelia Aurelia by Kathryn Davis bookshop.org/a/22605/9781644450789 The High Road by Edna O’Brien bookshop.org/a/22605/9780374538804 Tell Me How it Ends by Valeria Luiselli bookshop.org/a/22605/9781566894951 Aftermath by Rachel Cusk bookshop.org/a/22605/9781250828293 The Hard Crowd by Rachel Kushner bookshop.org/a/22605/9781982157692 August The Woman Who Killed the Fish by Clarice Lispector bookshop.org/a/22605/9780811229609 Detransition, Baby by Torrey Peters bookshop.org/a/22605/9780593133385 Sphinx by Anne Garreta bookshop.org/a/22605/9781941920091 Death by Landscape by Elvia WIlk bookshop.org/a/22605/9781593767150 Checkout 19 by Claire-Louise Bennett bookshop.org/a/22605/9780593420492 Women Talking by Miriam Toews bookshop.org/a/22605/9781635574340 Something Special by Iris Murdoch bookshop.org/a/22605/9780393335217 Love Me Tender by Constance Debre bookshop.org/a/22605/9781635901740 Girlhood by Melissa Febos bookshop.org/a/22605/9781635579314 Videos mentioned: Journal of a Solitude, my favorite book of 2021: youtube.com/watch?v=PpwlQLQGfhs Delphi and Diary of a Film vlog: youtube.com/watch?v=QhCZpLtlbbg&t=14s Paradise Rot vlog: youtube.com/watch?v=byPNDWhZUbw My 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/3PFv7OF Conditioner: amzn.to/3Phh6a2 Hair Cream: amzn.to/3OfMLY1 Magic cheap shampoo: amzn.to/3Pm7laJ More affordable conditioner option: amzn.to/3cswzpl More 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 @inandof some books mentioned: Know My Name by Chanel Miller: bookshop.org/a/22605/9780735223721 Long Division by Kiese Laymon: bookshop.org/a/22605/9781982174828 The Right to Sex by Amia Srinivasan: bookshop.org/a/22605/9780374248529 Body Work by Melissa Febos bookshop.org/a/22605/9781646220854 Argonauts by Maggie Nelson bookshop.org/a/22605/9781555977351 My Brilliant Friend by Elena Ferrante bookshop.org/a/22605/9781609450786 Literally anything by Adrienne Rich bookshop.org/a/22605/9780393311624 The Overstory by Richard Powers bookshop.org/a/22605/9780393356687 Disappearing Earth by Julia Philips bookshop.org/a/22605/9780525436225 Barbarian Days by William Finnegan bookshop.org/a/22605/9780143109396 H is for Hawk by Helen Macdonald bookshop.org/a/22605/9780802124739 Circe by Madeline Miller bookshop.org/a/22605/9780316556323 Salvage the Bones by Jesmyn Ward bookshop.org/a/22605/9781608196265 The Vegetarian by Han Kang bookshop.org/a/22605/9781101906118 Signs Preceding the End of the World by Yuri Herrera bookshop.org/a/22605/9781908276421 Lindsey’s ( @inandof on the gram) Iris Murdoch recommendations: The Italian Girl bookshop.org/a/22605/9781504049221 A Severed Head bookshop.org/a/22605/9780140020038 The Nice and the Good amzn.to/3yUPCjB The Unicorn amzn.to/3PIzVCK some of Hushpuppy’s favorites: Work Won’t Love You Back by Sarah Jaffe bookshop.org/a/22605/9781568589374 How To Do Nothing by Jenny Odell bookshop.org/a/22605/9781612198552 Rachel Kushner on Apology Podcast podcasts.apple.com/no/podcast/rachel-kushner/id1487653217?i=1000515993278 THANK 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/22605/9781982197896 Diary of a Film by Niven Govinden bookshop.org/a/22605/9781646051809 @deepvellumpublishing6375 The High Road by Edna O’Brien bookshop.org/a/22605/9780374538804 Rachel Kushner Reads Edna O’Brien’s story podcast: newyorker.com/podcast/fiction/rachel-kushner-reads-edna-obrien Connecticunt magazine: instagram.com/connectic_nt Videos 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/22605/9780593316375 Small Things Like These by Claire Keegan bookshop.org/a/22605/9780802158741 Avalon by Nell Zink bookshop.org/a/22605/9780593534892 Nightwood by Djuna Barnes bookshop.org/a/22605/9780811216715 The Last Samurai by Helen DeWitt bookshop.org/a/22605/9780811225502 Lathe of Heaven by Ursula K. Leguin Too Bright to See by Linda Gregg (forgot to talk about this ughhhhh!!!) As You Were by Elaine Feeney bookshop.org/a/22605/9781771964432 Indelicacy by Amina Cain bookshop.org/a/22605/9781250785718 Lucy by Jamaica Kincaid bookshop.org/a/22605/9780374527358 Of Woman Born by Adrienne Rich bookshop.org/a/22605/9780393541427 Member of the Wedding by Carson McCullers bookshop.org/a/22605/9780618492398 bookmail I received: WHAT SHOULD I READ FIRST??? 1,000 Coils of Fear by Olivia Wenzel bookshop.org/a/22605/9781646220502 Sent by catapult Strangers to Ourselves by Rachel Aviv bookshop.org/a/22605/9780374600846 Sent by @fsg The Novelist by Jordan Castro bookshop.org/a/22605/9781593767136 Sent by softskull Ill Feelings by Alice Hattrick bookshop.org/a/22605/9781558612303 Sent by @feministpress Hurricane Girl by Marcy Dermansky bookshop.org/a/22605/9780593320884 Sent by knopf The Garden of Broken Things by Francesca Momplaisir bookshop.org/a/22605/9780593321065 The Displacements by Bruce Holsinger bookshop.org/a/22605/9780593189719 Sent by @riverheadbooks Pig Years by Ellen Gaydos bookshop.org/a/22605/9780593318959 A Strange Woman by Leyla Erbil bookshop.org/a/22605/9781646051489 Sent by @deep vellum Diary of a Film by Niven Govinden bookshop.org/a/22605/9781646051809 Revenge of the Scapegoat by Caren Beilin bookshop.org/a/22605/9781948980074 Sent by Dorothy Project Elizabeth Finch by Julian Barnes bookshop.org/a/22605/9780593535431 Sent by Knopf Delphi 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/22605/9780141186177 Very Cold People by Sarah Manguso bookshop.org/a/22605/9780593241226 Eros the Bittersweet Anne Carson bookshop.org/a/22605/9781564781888 The Exhibition of Persephone Q Jessi Jezewska Stevens bookshop.org/a/22605/9781250785930 Diving into the Wreck Adrienne Rich bookshop.org/a/22605/9780393346015 Paradise Rot Jenny Hval bookshop.org/a/22605/9781786633835 Vladimir Julia May Jonas bookshop.org/a/22605/9781982187637 What is Found There: Notebooks on Poetry and Politics Adrienne rich bookshop.org/a/22605/9780393312461 The Glass Hotel Emily St. John Mandel bookshop.org/a/22605/9780525562948 The Awakening Kate Chopin bookshop.org/a/22605/9780486277868 Path of Totality Niina Pollari bookshop.org/a/22605/9781593767037 Tender Ariana Harwicz bookshop.org/a/22605/9781913867126 Still life AS Byatt bookshop.org/a/22605/9780684835037 Runaway Alice Munro bookshop.org/a/22605/9781400077915 At the Bottom of the River Jamaica Kincaid bookshop.org/a/22605/9780374527341 Videos mentioned: Booktube anniversary tag: youtube.com/watch?v=yPkfj-qHlBc Kim Jeyoung 1982: youtube.com/watch?v=qrAx2qUzI58&t=25s Paradise Rot and Vladimir Vlog: youtube.com/watch?v=byPNDWhZUbw Recommendations: Smitten Kitchen sweet potato salad with pepita dressing: smittenkitchen.com/2020/02/sweet-potato-salad-with-pepita-dressing Long Reads’ Great American Wasteland: longreads.com/2022/03/08/great-american-wasteland-lauren-stroh Atlanta: youtube.com/watch?v=k8_t9pWIZiE Kids books booklist: bookshop.org/lists/favorite-kids-books-626bb21d-3af8-41c1-b239-589ef9ef6915 Kids 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/22605/9781786633835 Vladimir Julia May Jonasbookshop.org/a/22605/9781982187637 Diving into the Wreck Adrienne Richbookshop.org/a/22605/9780393346015 What is Found There Adrienne Richbookshop.org/a/22605/9780393312461 Watch me chat with Lindsey about books here: youtu.be/KQw0EdZULm4 And here: youtu.be/sX4sTpiw8nA Connecticunt Zine: instagram.com/connectic_nt Search 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/sX4sTpiw8nA My convo with my partner Justin: youtu.be/dkmb_VNzFDM Moms: youtu.be/cYL4aJX09qc Dads: youtu.be/lmJ0_iWfmgQ Midyear favorites: youtu.be/GIHSZZksKJM 2021 year-end favorites: youtu.be/PpwlQLQGfhs Other 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
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/sX4sTpiw8nA Previous trip to the Book Barn: youtu.be/rbPEm2bau5o Books mentioned: Written on the Body Jeanette Wintersonbookshop.org/a/22605/9780679744474 Mating Norman Rushbookshop.org/a/22605/9780679737094 Pond Claire Louise Bennetbookshop.org/a/22605/9780399575907 Alma / Too Bright to See Linda Greggbookshop.org/a/22605/9781555973575 Wayward Lives Beautiful Experiments Saidiya Hartmanbookshop.org/a/22605/9780393357622 What Willow Says by Lynn Bucklegoodreads.com/book/show/57184923-what-willow-says The Mountain Lion by Jean Staffordbookshop.org/a/22605/9781590173527 Transit Rachel Cuskbookshop.org/a/22605/9781250151797 Aftermath by Rachel Cuskbookshop.org/a/22605/9781250828293 The Lucky Ones Rachel Cuskbookshop.org/a/22605/9780007161324 The House of the Spirits Isabel Allendebookshop.org/a/22605/9781501117015 Paula Isabel Allendebookshop.org/a/22605/9780063021792 The Awakening Kate Chopinbookshop.org/a/22605/9780743487672 I capture the Castle by Dodie Smithbookshop.org/a/22605/9780312201654 Carson McCullers Member of the Weddingbookshop.org/a/22605/9780618492398 A Fairly Honourable Defeat Iris Murdochbookshop.org/a/22605/9780141186177 When I was a Child I Read Books by Marilynne Robinsonbookshop.org/a/22605/9781250024053 Still Life by AS Byattbookshop.org/a/22605/9780684835037 Herland by Charlotte Perkins Gilmanbookshop.org/a/22605/9781977589903 Mortals Norman Rushbookshop.org/a/22605/9780679737117 Thousand Cranes Yasunari Kawabata bookshop.org/a/22605/9780679762652 Love After Love Ingrid Persaudbookshop.org/a/22605/9780593157589 Providence Anita Brooknerbookshop.org/a/22605/9780679738145 Ida Gertrude Steinbookshop.org/a/22605/9780300169768 Lies, Secrets, and Silence Adrienne Richbookshop.org/a/22605/9780393312850 What is Found There Poetry and Politics Adrienne Richbookshop.org/a/22605/9780393312461 Nothing Natural by Jenny Diskigoodreads.com/book/show/758861.Nothing_Natural Friends and Relations by Elizabeth Bowenbookshop.org/a/22605/9781014257710 A Proper Marriage Doris Lessinggoodreads.com/book/show/328416.A_Proper_Marriage The Needle’s Eye Margaret Drabblebookshop.org/a/22605/9780156029353 Home Marilynne Robinsonbookshop.org/a/22605/9781250784025 Lila Marilynne Robinsonbookshop.org/a/22605/9781250784032 Enormous 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
Rebecca Eats Books 2022-02-06 | january wrap-up // 2022 books mentioned: An American Childhood by Annie Dillardbookshop.org/a/22605/9780060915186 Mating by Norman Rushbookshop.org/a/22605/9780679737094 Childhood by Tove Ditlevsenbookshop.org/a/22605/9780374722937 The Shipping News by Annie Proulxbookshop.org/a/22605/9780671510053 A Month in the Country by JL Carrbookshop.org/a/22605/9780940322479 videos mentioned: A Month in the Country Vlog: youtube.com/watch?v=S9ordUPRWEQ 4 Types of Books video:youtube.com/watch?v=TjswzcxZRBc&list=PLuZCeh0Uaf9eceCFqt2kZfIG7JGDvewbl&index=26&t=46s people mentioned: Julie aka Linen Librarian: youtube.com/channel/UC3zQHIyzCdimT16yWSK7MWA Lindsey aka @inandof: instagram.com/inandof Alex aka @lillcherrycordial: instagram.com/lilcherrycordial not book things mentioned: Station 11 on HBO Trailer:youtube.com/watch?v=ybaY2A7YmxM Sheila Heti’s diary entrees in the NYtimes:nytimes.com/column/sheila-heti Normal 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
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 translation 4 are tinies 5 were published in 2021 And 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-8be9-51db4d5e9cdd Thanks 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
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/22605/9780385543767 Braiding Sweetgrass bookshop.org/a/22605/9781571313560 The Morning Star bookshop.org/a/22605/9780399563423 A Little Devil in America bookshop.org/a/22605/9781984801197 Close Range: Wyoming Stories bookshop.org/a/22605/9780684852225 Bewilderment bookshop.org/a/22605/9780393881141 Runaway bookshop.org/a/22605/9780063036710 Merge Left bookshop.org/a/22605/9781620975640 The Sum of Us bookshop.org/a/22605/9780525509561 Mating bookshop.org/a/22605/9780679737094 Pond bookshop.org/a/22605/9780399575907 Agatha 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 🙄 ugh Sleepless nights discussion:youtube.com/watch?v=Ur08V7y73J0&t=551s Instagram highlight on Reading confidence:instagram.com/stories/highlights/18256867648016983 Buy Lindsay Tigue’s poetry collection, System of Ghosts !!!! bookshop.org/a/22605/9781609384012 Lindsay Tigue on IGinstagram.com/lindsaytigue Lindsay Glass on IGinstagram.com/inandof Lindsay 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/22605/9780358572091 Kindly sent to me by @Hmhco Journal of a Solitude May Sartonbookshop.org/a/22605/9780393309287 Feather on the Breath of God Sigrid Nunezbookshop.org/a/22605/9781250816238 New People Danzy Sennabookshop.org/a/22605/9780399573149 The Unsettling of America Wendell Berrybookshop.org/a/22605/9781619025998 The Weak Spot Lucie Elvinbookshop.org/a/22605/9781593766306 Kindly sent to me by sofstkull We Were Witches Ariel Gorebookshop.org/a/22605/9781558614338 Austerlitz W G Sebaldbookshop.org/a/22605/9780812982619 Desperate Characters Paula Foxbookshop.org/a/22605/9780393351101 Signs Preceding the End of the Worldbookshop.org/a/22605/9781908276421 Mona Pola Oloixaracbookshop.org/a/22605/9780374211899 Offshore Penelope Fitzgeraldbookshop.org/a/22605/9780544361515 Open Water Caleb Azuma Nelsonbookshop.org/a/22605/9780802157942 Simple Passion Annie Ernauxbookshop.org/a/22605/9781583225745 Four Humors Mina Seckinbookshop.org/a/22605/9781646220465 Kindly sent by catapult Linds(a/e)ys mentioned: (IG handles) @inandof @lindsaytigue Podcast: once upon a time at Bennington College: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/welcome-to-once-upon-a-time-at-bennington-college/id1521731236?i=1000536841204 Article 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_NonSubs Latke 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 moms The Cost of Living - Deborah Levy bookshop.org/a/22605/9781635573534 Circe - Madeline Millerbookshop.org/a/22605/9780316556323 A Children’s Bible - Lydia Milletbookshop.org/a/22605/9781324005032 Books to give yer dads What are You Going Through - Sigrid Nunezbookshop.org/a/22605/9780593191415 Barbarian Days - William Finneganbookshop.org/a/22605/9780143109396 House of Broken Angels - Luis Alberto Urreabookshop.org/a/22605/9780316154895 books for friends who are readers Desperate Characters - Paula Foxbookshop.org/a/22605/9780393351101 Housekeeping - Marilynne Robinsonbookshop.org/a/22605/9781250769763 Asylum Road - Olivia Sudjic books to give yer friends who aren’t really readers Assembly - Natasha Brownbookshop.org/a/22605/9780316268264 Your Duck is My Duck - Deborah Eisenbergbookshop.org/a/22605/9780062688781 My Year of Rest and Relaxation - Otessa Moshfeghbookshop.org/a/22605/9780525522133 Priestdaddy - Patricia Lockwoodbookshop.org/a/22605/9780399573262 books for yer friends who are writers: Bleaker House - Nell Stevensbookshop.org/a/22605/9781101972861 How to write an autobiographical novel - Alexander Cheebookshop.org/a/22605/9781328764522 Austerlitz - WG Sebaldbookshop.org/a/22605/9780812982619 Lost Children Archive - Valeria Luiselibookshop.org/a/22605/9780525436461 books for kids From the Mixed Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler - E.L. Konigsburgbookshop.org/a/22605/9780689711817 Manu: A Graphic Novel Kelly Fernandezbookshop.org/a/22605/9781338264180 Julian is a Mermaidbookshop.org/books/julian-is-a-mermaid/9780763690458 Hips on the drag queenbookshop.org/a/22605/9780762467655 Big Bath Housebookshop.org/books/the-big-bath-house-9780593181966/9780593181959 Orange Is an Apricot, Green Is a Tree Frogbookshop.org/a/22605/9781648960147 books for teens Ghost World - Daniel Clowesbookshop.org/a/22605/9781560974277 Brown Girl Dreaming - Jacqueline Woodsonbookshop.org/a/22605/9780147515827 No One is Talking About This - Patricia Lockwood books for recent college grads Severance - Ling Mabookshop.org/a/22605/9781250214997 Temporary - 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/22605/9781908276421 Mona by Pola Oloixarac bookshop.org/a/22605/9780374211899 Offshore by Penelope Fitzgerald bookshop.org/a/22605/9780544361515 Open Water by Caleb Azuma Nelson bookshop.org/a/22605/9780802157942 Video in Justin’s office with his books: youtu.be/dkmb_VNzFDM Tricky endings video (with Ties by Dominco Starnone): youtube.com/watch?v=iMwbnOIzjEo&list=PLuZCeh0Uaf9eceCFqt2kZfIG7JGDvewbl&index=19&t=94s Alex’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-started Annie Axtell’s wiggly pillows: annieaxtell.com My bookshelves in the living room: cb2.com/helix-96-walnut-bookcase/s471145 Justin'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/22605/9781631498671 A Severed Head Iris Murdochbookshop.org/a/22605/9780140020038 Pond Claire-Louise Bennettbookshop.org/a/22605/9780399575907 Checkout 19 Claire-Louise Bennett goodreads.com/book/show/56155207-checkout-19 Love and Other Thought Experiments Sophie Wardbookshop.org/a/22605/9780593314302 Provinces of Night William Gaybookshop.org/a/22605/9780385499286 Atmospheric Disturbances Rivka Galchenbookshop.org/a/22605/9780312428433 Assembly Natasha Brownbookshop.org/a/22605/9780316268264 Jessica: instagram.com/jessicas_bookstack The Andy Milonakis Show imdb.com/title/tt0460621 Notes on Humiliation Vivian Gornickharpers.org/archive/2021/10/put-on-the-diamonds-notes-on-humiliation-vivian-gornick This American Life on embarrassing storiesthisamericanlife.org/749/my-bad Tell 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
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/22605/9780374280468 Light Years James Salter bookshop.org/a/22605/9780679740735 Sympathy Olivia Sudjic bookshop.org/a/22605/9781328916204 Friends and Dark Shapes Kavita Bedford bookshop.org/a/22605/9781609456641 Vanishing Twins: A Marriage Leah Dieterich bookshop.org/a/22605/9781593762919 On Freedom: Four Songs of Care and Constraint Maggie Nelson bookshop.org/a/22605/9781644450628 My Hurricane (Kavita/Maggie) vlog:youtube.com/watch?v=tSGNU2jEqG4&t=783s The Chair on Netflix: youtube.com/watch?v=eOqtBtWGl1Q Reservation Dogs on Hulu: youtube.com/watch?v=RoHewFAkrWU Peach Pie Recipecooking.nytimes.com/recipes/1021296-peaches-and-cream-pie?action=click&module=Global%20Search%20Recipe%20Card&pgType=search&rank=32 Is 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%20Club gawker.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.com Thanks. 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/22605/9781609456641 On Freedom Maggie Nelson bookshop.org/a/22605/9781644450628 Vanishing Twins Leah Dieterich bookshop.org/a/22605/9781593762919 Friends: Jessica: @jessicas_bookstack (ig) Iggy: @literaryiggy youtube.com/watch?v=-lErf8HKVCM&t=1146s CJ: @CJReads Other: Rudy Jude: rudyjude.com Arq: shoparq.com Key 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.com Thanks. 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=381s A few of the books mentioned: Homegoing Ya Gyasi: bookshop.org/a/22605/9781101971062 Luster Raven Leilani: bookshop.org/a/22605/9780374194321 Neapolitan Novels Elena Ferrante: bookshop.org/books/my-brilliant-friend/9781609450786 Dept of Speculation Jenny Offill: bookshop.org/a/22605/9780345806871 Other Links: WWOOF wwoofusa.org Up 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=uWA7GtDmNFU Washington Humane Society humanerescuealliance.org Beasts of the Southern Wild movie youtube.com/watch?v=pvqZzSMIZa0 New Yorker Fiction podcast newyorker.com/podcast/fiction Skin care god: @BenjaminGreen facewash: Cosrx Low-pH Good Morning Gel Cleanserulta.com/p/low-ph-good-morning-gel-cleanser-xlsImpprod16661017 Vitamin C: oznaturals.com/collections/ozn-serums/products/vitamin-c-facial-serum Retinol:cerave.com/skincare/serums/skin-renewing-retinol-serum Brimfield 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/22605/9781640093164 The Divorce by Cesar Aira bookshop.org/a/22605/9780811230933 How to Write an Autobiographical Novel by Alexander Chee bookshop.org/a/22605/9781328764522 Wayward by Dana Spiotta bookshop.org/a/22605/9780593318737 It by Stephen King bookshop.org/a/22605/9781501142970 All the books read here are discussed further in my July wrap-up: youtube.com/watch?v=4K2qQd5qm54 Podcast Justin was a guest on: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/jeffery-jenkins-justin-peck-congress-first-civil-rights/id424060143?i=1000530020646 So many links: Asheville: Bookstore: malaprops.com Tacos: http://whiteducktacoshop.com Beautiful pots: eastfork.com North Georgia: Black Rock Mountain State Park: gastateparks.org/BlackRockMountain Atlanta: Really great bookstore: acappellabooks.com Strawberry Matcha: littletartatl.com Thai Food: talatmarketatl.com Lindsay ❤️: @inandof South Carolina: The Penn Center Reconstruction Era Museum: http://home.nps.gov/reer/planyourvisit/penn-center.htm Savannah: A1 Dive Bar: theoriginalpinkies.com Antiques mall:pickerjoes.com Richmond: Jewish Deli: yelp.com/biz/perlys-richmond-2 Beautiful things: shopnanin.com DC: Amazing dinner: tailupgoat.com Other 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.com Thanks. Xo, Rebs
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/22605/9781593766580 Ghost Forest Pik-Shuen Fung bookshop.org/a/22605/9780593230961 Seeing Ghosts Kat Chow bookshop.org/a/22605/9781538716328 The Dry Heart Natalia Ginzburg bookshop.org/a/22605/9780811228787 The Emissary Yoko Tawada bookshop.org/a/22605/9780811227629 Welcome to America Linda Bostrom Knausgaard bookshop.org/a/22605/9781642860412 The Lover Marguerite Duras bookshop.org/a/22605/9780375700521 Too Much and Not the Mood Durga Chew-Bose bookshop.org/a/22605/9780374535957 Blow Down Your House Gina Frangello bookshop.org/a/22605/9781640093164 The Divorce Cesar Aira bookshop.org/a/22605/9780811230933 Wayward Dana Spiotta bookshop.org/a/22605/9780593318737 How to Write an Autobiographical Novel Alexander Chee bookshop.org/a/22605/9781328764522 The BEST Cookie Recipe joythebaker.com/2021/04/dads-very-best-browned-butter-chocolate-chip-cookies Fiction on TV:theatlantic.com/culture/archive/2021/07/tv-adaptations-fiction/619442 Y2K fashion:harpersbazaar.com/culture/features/a37078963/y2k-fashion-is-back-are-its-bad-vibes-back-too tiktok.com/@fashiongirl42069?is_copy_url=1&is_from_webapp=v1 Videos mentioned: youtu.be/rbPEm2bau5o Friends 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.com Thanks. 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/22605/9781538716328 Ghost Forest by Pik-Shuen Fung: bookshop.org/a/22605/978059323096 Videos mentioned: California Vlog: youtu.be/rBXsPA1Uc_U Pure Flame by Michelle Orange: youtu.be/N2I3zPom4LI Books about fathering: youtube.com/watch?v=lmJ0_iWfmgQ&t=155s Used Book Heaven: The Book Barn bookbarnniantic.com Parul 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.html Sleepless Nights by Elizabeth Hardwick: bookshop.org/a/22605/9780940322721 Xoxo, 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/22605/9781949172478 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 Smallwoodbookshop.org/a/22605/9780593229897 And Want by Lynn Steger Strongbookshop.org/a/22605/9781250247544 most submersing: Swimming Home by Deborah Levybookshop.org/a/22605/9781620401699 most likely to give you an existential crisis: Blueberries: Essays Concerning Understanding by Ellena Savagebookshop.org/a/22605/9781922268563 most likely to make you leave your artsy boyfriend for a handy, dependable man: Second Place by Rachel Cuskbookshop.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 Levybookshop.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 ✨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 Thanks. 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/22605/9781635573534 Spring: bookshop.org/a/22605/9781101969960 That new sally roon roon: bookshop.org/a/22605/9780374602604 That new Maggie Nelson: bookshop.org/a/22605/9781644450628 That new Lauren Groff:bookshop.org/a/22605/9781594634499 That new Claire Vaye Watkins:bookshop.org/a/22605/9780593330210 That new Liliy King: bookshop.org/a/22605/9781094059327 That new Sarah Moss: bookshop.org/a/22605/9780374606046 Mayor of Leipzig: bookshop.org/a/22605/9781949172478 Hamnet: bookshop.org/a/22605/9780525657606 Long Division:bookshop.org/a/22605/9781982174828 Fake Accounts: bookshop.org/a/22605/9781948226929 Second Place: bookshop.org/a/22605/9780374279226 Cassandra at the Wedding: bookshop.org/a/22605/9781590176016 No One Is Talking about This: bookshop.org/a/22605/9780593189580 Milkman: bookshop.org/a/22605/9781644450000 Blue Nights: bookshop.org/a/22605/9780307387387 The Friend: bookshop.org/a/22605/9780735219458 Lost 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.com Thanks. Xo, Rebs
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 dum Books mentioned: Little Labors: bookshop.org/a/22605/9780811222969 The Cost of Living: bookshop.org/a/22605/9781635573534 A House in Norway: bookshop.org/a/22605/9781909408319 The Friend: bookshop.org/a/22605/9780735219458 Higher Ground: bookshop.org/a/22605/9781950354627 Sleepless Nights: bookshop.org/a/22605/9780940322721 Ongoingness: bookshop.org/a/22605/9780940322721 The Art of Cruelty: bookshop.org/a/22605/9780393343144 The Portrait of a Mirror: bookshop.org/a/22605/9781419752162 The Mars Room: bookshop.org/a/22605/9781476756585 Jaylens 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.com Thanks. 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/22605/9780399573262 Educated by Tara Westoverbookshop.org/a/22605/9780399590504 When Breath Becomes Air by Paul Kalanithibookshop.org/a/22605/9780812988406 Between the World and Me by Ta-Nehisi Coatesbookshop.org/a/22605/9780812993547 Spring by Karl Ove Knausgaardbookshop.org/a/22605/9780399563386 Gilead by Marilynne Robinsonbookshop.org/a/22605/9781250784018 The House of Broken Angels by Luis Alberto Urreabookshop.org/a/22605/9780316154895 Lincoln in the Bardo by George Saundersbookshop.org/a/22605/9780812985405 Hamnet by Maggie O’Farrellbookshop.org/a/22605/9780525657606 What 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.com Thanks. 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/22605/9781922268563 A House in Norway by Vigdis Hjorth: bookshop.org/a/22605/9781909408319 The Friend by Sigrid Nunez: bookshop.org/a/22605/9780735219458 Higher Ground by Anke Stelling: bookshop.org/a/22605/9781950354627 Ellena Savage’s Substack Newsletter: littlethrobs.substack.com Videos mentioned: March wrap up with my review of Blueberries: youtu.be/q4-5B5o7w44 Video in which I discuss Ties by Domenico Starnone: youtu.be/iMwbnOIzjEo CJ explains DWM: youtube.com/watch?v=nerifjEBgzY Other 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.com Thanks. 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-_-title1 New copy: bookshop.org/a/22605/9780940322721 May books: Near to the Wild Heart by Clarice Lispector Used: affiliates.abebooks.com/jWR7e6 New: bookshop.org/a/22605/9780811220026 Your Duck Is My Duck by Deborah Eisenberg Used: affiliates.abebooks.com/kj4KO3 New: bookshop.org/a/22605/9780062688781 With Teeth by Kristen Arnett New: bookshop.org/a/22605/9780593191507 Things We Lost to the Water by Eric Nguyen New: bookshop.org/a/22605/9780593317952 Long Division by Kiese Laymon New: bookshop.org/a/22605/9781982174828 Idaho by Emily Ruskovich Used: affiliates.abebooks.com/kj4KOn New: bookshop.org/a/22605/9780812984460 Mayor of Leipzig by Rachel Kushner ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ New: bookshop.org/a/22605/9781949172478 Cassandra at the Wedding by Dorothy Baker Used: affiliates.abebooks.com/GjbyKr New: bookshop.org/a/22605/9781590176016 Things I Don’t Want to Know by Deborah Levy Used: affiliates.abebooks.com/VyOkOa New: bookshop.org/a/22605/9781635572247 Freshwater by Akwaeke Emezi Used: affiliates.abebooks.com/ZdVGVQ New: bookshop.org/a/22605/9780802128997 My 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_list Rachel Cusk on Bookworm Podcast:kcrw.com/culture/shows/bookworm/rachel-cusk-second-place?utm_source=KCRW&utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=kcrw-show-rss Underground Railroad adaptation for television:youtu.be/_Pq5Usc_JDA Friends 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.com Thanks. 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.org The Mayor of Leipzig (SO GOOD): bookshop.org/a/22605/9781949172478 The Hard Crowd by Rachel Kushner: bookshop.org/a/22605/9781982157692 Cassandra at the Wedding: bookshop.org/a/22605/9781590176016 Too Much and Not the Mood: bookshop.org/a/22605/9780374535957 Rookie Mag (RIP): rookiemag.com Deborah Levy Living Auto Trilogy: Things I Don’t Want to Know: bookshop.org/a/22605/9781635572247 The Cost of Living: bookshop.org/a/22605/9781635573534 Real Estate: bookshop.org/a/22605/9781635572216 Ghost Forest: bookshop.org/a/22605/9780593230961 Seeing 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.com Thanks. 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 novel In 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/22605/9780593317952 or 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-_-title1 Long Division by Kiese Laymon bookshop.org/a/22605/9781982174828 orabebooks.com/servlet/BookDetailsPL?bi=22818455013&cm_sp=Searchmod-_-NullResults-_-BDP With 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-_-image1 The 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-_-title1 orbookshop.org/a/22605/9780802149039 Breasts and Eggs by Mieko Kawakami bookshop.org/a/22605/9781609455873 orabebooks.com/servlet/SearchResults?cm_sp=SearchF-_-TopNavISS-_-Results&kn=breasts%20and%20eggs%20mieko%20kawakami&sts=t Heavy by Kiese Laymon bookshop.org/a/22605/9781501125669 orabebooks.com/servlet/SearchResults?cm_sp=SearchF-_-topnav-_-Results&kn=Heavy%20by%20Kiese%20Laymon&sts=t The 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=t The Underground Railroad miniseries on Amazon: amazon.com/The-Underground-Railroad/dp/B08XC2DV8N videos mentioned: books on motherhood: youtu.be/cYL4aJX09qc Breasts and Eggs Vlog: youtu.be/N2I3zPom4LI Friendsssss mentioned: Ig: youtube.com/channel/UCnUfXhGfNdCq5WQDOouTC_Q Ben: @BenjaminGreen Lindsay: @inandof on instagram Resistance 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.com Thanks. 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=476s Sheila Heti interviews Elena Ferrante 💞: hazlitt.net/feature/be-silent-recover-my-strength-start-again-conversation-elena-ferrante Orange World (short story) by Karen Russel: newyorker.com/magazine/2018/06/04/orange-world Lions on Leashes (essay) by Rachel Cusk: nytimes.com/2015/03/22/magazine/raising-teenagers-the-mother-of-all-problems.html books mentioned: on being a mother: A Life’s Work by Rachel Cusk: NEW: bookshop.org/a/22605/9781250828255 USED: abebooks.com/servlet/SearchResults?cm_sp=SearchF-_-topnav-_-Results&kn=A%20Life%92s%20Work%20by%20Rachel%20Cusk&sts=t Dept. of Speculation by Jenny Offill: NEW: bookshop.org/a/22605/9780345806871 USED: abebooks.com/servlet/SearchResults?cm_sp=SearchF-_-topnav-_-Results&ds=20&kn=Dept.%20of%20Speculation%20by%20Jenny%20Offill&sts=t The Argonauts by Maggie Nelson: NEW: bookshop.org/a/22605/9781555977351 USED: abebooks.com/servlet/SearchResults?cm_sp=SearchF-_-topnav-_-Results&kn=The%20Argonauts%20by%20Maggie%20Nelson&sts=t Want by Lynn Steger Strong: NEW:bookshop.org/a/22605/9781250247544 USED: abebooks.com/servlet/SearchResults?cm_sp=SearchF-_-topnav-_-Results&kn=Want%20by%20Lynn%20Steger%20Strong&sts=t Orange World by Karen Russell: NEW: bookshop.org/a/22605/9780525566076 USED:abebooks.com/servlet/SearchResults?cm_sp=SearchF-_-topnav-_-Results&kn=Orange%20World%20by%20Karen%20Russell&sts=t The Golden State by Lydia Kiesling: NEW: bookshop.org/a/22605/9781250238115 USED:abebooks.com/servlet/SearchResults?cm_sp=SearchF-_-topnav-_-Results&kn=The%20Golden%20State%20by%20Lydia%20Kiesling&sts=t on maybe not being a mother: The Life of the Mind by Christine Smallwood: NEW: bookshop.org/a/22605/9780593229897 USED:abebooks.com/servlet/SearchResults?cm_sp=SearchF-_-topnav-_-Results&kn=The%20Life%20of%20the%20Mind%20by%20Christine%20Smallwood&sts=t Motherhood by Sheila Heti: NEW: bookshop.org/a/22605/9781250214782 USED: abebooks.com/servlet/SearchResults?cm_sp=SearchF-_-topnav-_-Results&kn=Motherhood%20by%20Sheila%20Heti&sts=t Blue Nights by Joan Didion: NEW: bookshop.org/a/22605/9780307387387 USED:abebooks.com/servlet/SearchResults?cm_sp=SearchF-_-topnav-_-Results&kn=Blue%20Nights%20by%20Joan%20Didion&sts=t on being mothered: Heavy by Kiese Laymon: NEW: bookshop.org/a/22605/9781501125669 USED:abebooks.com/servlet/SearchResults?cm_sp=SearchF-_-topnav-_-Results&kn=Heavy%20by%20Kiese%20Laymon&sts=t On Earth We’re Briefly Gorgeous by Ocean Vuong: NEW: bookshop.org/a/22605/9780525562023 USED:abebooks.com/servlet/SearchResults?cm_sp=SearchF-_-topnav-_-Results&ds=20&kn=on%20Earth%20We%92re%20Briefly%20Gorgeous%20by%20Ocean%20Vuong&sts=t What 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.com Thanks. 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/22605/9781250784018 Q'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.com Thanks. Xo, Rebs
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/22605/9781644450000 Real Life by Brandon Taylor bookshop.org/a/22605/9780525538882 Hour of the Star by Clarice Lispector bookshop.org/a/22605/9780811219495 Acts of desperation by Megan Nolan bookshop.org/a/22605/9780316429856 Hot Stew by Fiona Moszley bookshop.org/a/22605/9781643751559 Blue Nights by Joan Didion bookshop.org/a/22605/9780307387387 Breasts and Eggs by Mieko Kawakami bookshop.org/a/22605/9781609455873 Pure Flame by Michelle Orange bookshop.org/a/22605/9780374238704 Coventry by Rachel Cusk bookshop.org/a/22605/9781250619587 Coventry in Granta: granta.com/coventry Brandon Taylor on colorful blobs: blgtylr.substack.com/p/the-scammery-of-representation Invisibilia podcast episode: npr.org/2021/04/20/989307753/eat-the-rich vlog in which I discuss Milkman and Real Life: youtu.be/rBXsPA1Uc_U vlog in which I discuss Breasts and Eggs and Pure Flame: youtu.be/N2I3zPom4LI Mariam’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.com Thanks. 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/22605/9781609455873 Pure Flame by Michelle Orange bookshop.org/a/22605/9780374238704 Hemingway 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.com Thanks. Xo, Rebs
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_test IGGY: 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.com Thanks. 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/22605/9780989760713 Florida by Lauren Groff bookshop.org/a/22605/9781594634529 Life of the Mind by Christine Smallwood bookshop.org/a/22605/9780593229897 Weather by Jenny Offill bookshop.org/a/22605/9780385351102 Housekeeping by Marilynne Robinson bookshop.org/a/22605/9781250769763 Salvage the Bones by Jesmyn Ward bookshop.org/a/22605/9781608196265 Please 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.com Thanks. 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/22605/9781644450000 Real Life by Brandon Taylor bookshop.org/a/22605/9780525538882 Walden Pond Books http://www.waldenpondbooks.com Mariam 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.com Thanks. Xo, Rebs
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/22605/9780593189580 Swimming Home by Deborah Levy: bookshop.org/a/22605/9781620401699 The Life of the Mind by Christine Smallwood: bookshop.org/a/22605/9780593229897 Milk Fed by Melissa Broder: bookshop.org/a/22605/9781982142490 BLUEBERRIES by Ellena Savage: bookshop.org/a/22605/9781922268563 What Are You Going Through by Sigrid Nunez: bookshop.org/a/22605/9780593191415 Spring by Karl Ove Knausgaard: bookshop.org/a/22605/9780399563386 Spring by Ali Smith: bookshop.org/a/22605/9781101969960 Animal by Lisa Taddeo: bookshop.org/a/22605/9781982122126 Minor Feelings by Cathy Park Hong: bookshop.org/a/22605/9781984820365 Second Place by Rachel Cusk: bookshop.org/a/22605/9780374279226 Videos mentioned: Internet novels: youtu.be/jtUMBqJNhPI Swimming Home review: youtu.be/JQ56xjkntIw Spring Fever vlog: youtu.be/eoYGkmRwKUE Reading vlog 4 in which I gush about Second Place: youtu.be/YJwPRCfRAxs Short pieces mentioned: Tressie McMillam Cottom: slate.com/human-interest/2014/01/adjunct-crisis-in-higher-ed-an-all-too-familiar-story-for-black-faculty.html Brandon Taylor: blgtylr.substack.com/p/i-read-your-little-internet-novels Jo Ann Beard: newyorker.com/magazine/1996/06/24/the-fourth-state-of-matter Imbolo 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.com Thanks. 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/22605/9781609453855 Asymmetry: bookshop.org/a/22605/9781501166785 There, There: bookshop.org/a/22605/9780525436140 Summerwater: bookshop.org/a/22605/9780374105938 Trust 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/rebeccaeatsbooks Thanks. 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=OjQBDkvn9Jg CJ’s Good Writing Good Plot: youtube.com/watch?v=em_siTU6elk&t=1s Alex’s discussion of Minor Feelings: youtube.com/watch?v=TeN-424UOcs&t=235s Stop AAPI Hate: donate.givedirect.org/?cid=14711 Torrey Peters episode of The Cut Podcast: thecut.com/2021/03/the-cut-podcast-were-all-failing-at-being-women.html Books read and discussed: Animal by Lisa Taddeo bookshop.org/a/22605/9781982122126 Minor Feelings by Cathy Park Hong bookshop.org/a/22605/9781984820365 Second 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=1s Prompts: Old Fashioned: Historical Fiction Recommendation Sidecar: Book with a strong supporting character Manhattan: Book set in NY: Bloody Mary: Book that scared you/messed you up Espresso Martini: Book that kept you reading into the night Sazerac: Book that left you disoriented Long Island Iced Tea: Book that is doing TOO MUCH (bonus point if it works anyway ;)) Negroni: Book with a love triangle Bay Breeze: Book with light, chill/heartwarming vibes Dark 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_siTU6elk Books with strong, fleshed out characters: There, There by Tommy Orange Three Women by Lisa Taddeo Homegoing by Yaa Gyasi Eileen by Otessa Moshfegh Convenience Store Woman by Sayaka Murata Pizza Girl by Jean Kyoung Frazier Plot driven books where stuff happens: Watch CJ: youtube.com/watch?v=em_siTU6elk Exit West by Mohsin Hamid Washington Black by Esi Edugyan Worldbuilding, setting-strong books: Disappearing Earth by Julia Phillips Summer Water by Sarah Moss Lost in the City by Edward P. Jones Salvage the Bones by Jesmyn Ward Beautifully written books with delicious sentences: Luster by Raven Leilani On Earth We’re Briefly Gorgeous by Ocean Vuong Priestdaddy by Patricia Lockwood The Sellout by Paul Beatty Outline by Rachel Cusk Topics of Conversation by Miranda Popkey Lost Children Archive by Valeria Luiselli Watch Nancy Pearl talk more about this here: youtube.com/watch?v=WjDMbixPSeQ Link 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