Rebecca Eats Books
Recent reads and I rant about the internet
updated
book:
Biography of X by Catherine Lacy bookshop.org/a/22605/9780374606176 (comes out March 21)
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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!
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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 Robinson
bookshop.org/a/22605/9781250769763
The Argonauts by Maggie Nelson
bookshop.org/a/22605/9781555977351
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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 Riley
bookshop.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!
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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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!
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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
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✨email: rebsluvslibraries@gmail.com
Books mentioned:
Paradise Rot Jenny Hval
bookshop.org/a/22605/9781786633835
Vladimir Julia May Jonas
bookshop.org/a/22605/9781982187637
Diving into the Wreck Adrienne Rich
bookshop.org/a/22605/9780393346015
What is Found There Adrienne Rich
bookshop.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
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✨email: rebsluvslibraries@gmail.com
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
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✨Storygraph: app.thestorygraph.com/profile/rebeccaeatsbooks
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✨email: rebsluvslibraries@gmail.com
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 Winterson
bookshop.org/a/22605/9780679744474
Mating Norman Rush
bookshop.org/a/22605/9780679737094
Pond Claire Louise Bennet
bookshop.org/a/22605/9780399575907
Alma / Too Bright to See Linda Gregg
bookshop.org/a/22605/9781555973575
Wayward Lives Beautiful Experiments Saidiya Hartman
bookshop.org/a/22605/9780393357622
What Willow Says by Lynn Buckle
goodreads.com/book/show/57184923-what-willow-says
The Mountain Lion by Jean Stafford
bookshop.org/a/22605/9781590173527
Transit Rachel Cusk
bookshop.org/a/22605/9781250151797
Aftermath by Rachel Cusk
bookshop.org/a/22605/9781250828293
The Lucky Ones Rachel Cusk
bookshop.org/a/22605/9780007161324
The House of the Spirits Isabel Allende
bookshop.org/a/22605/9781501117015
Paula Isabel Allende
bookshop.org/a/22605/9780063021792
The Awakening Kate Chopin
bookshop.org/a/22605/9780743487672
I capture the Castle by Dodie Smith
bookshop.org/a/22605/9780312201654
Carson McCullers Member of the Wedding
bookshop.org/a/22605/9780618492398
A Fairly Honourable Defeat Iris Murdoch
bookshop.org/a/22605/9780141186177
When I was a Child I Read Books by Marilynne Robinson
bookshop.org/a/22605/9781250024053
Still Life by AS Byatt
bookshop.org/a/22605/9780684835037
Herland by Charlotte Perkins Gilman
bookshop.org/a/22605/9781977589903
Mortals Norman Rush
bookshop.org/a/22605/9780679737117
Thousand Cranes Yasunari Kawabata
bookshop.org/a/22605/9780679762652
Love After Love Ingrid Persaud
bookshop.org/a/22605/9780593157589
Providence Anita Brookner
bookshop.org/a/22605/9780679738145
Ida Gertrude Stein
bookshop.org/a/22605/9780300169768
Lies, Secrets, and Silence Adrienne Rich
bookshop.org/a/22605/9780393312850
What is Found There Poetry and Politics Adrienne Rich
bookshop.org/a/22605/9780393312461
Nothing Natural by Jenny Diski
goodreads.com/book/show/758861.Nothing_Natural
Friends and Relations by Elizabeth Bowen
bookshop.org/a/22605/9781014257710
A Proper Marriage Doris Lessing
goodreads.com/book/show/328416.A_Proper_Marriage
The Needle’s Eye Margaret Drabble
bookshop.org/a/22605/9780156029353
Home Marilynne Robinson
bookshop.org/a/22605/9781250784025
Lila Marilynne Robinson
bookshop.org/a/22605/9781250784032
Enormous Changes at the Last minute Grace Paley
bookshop.org/a/22605/9780374515249
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books mentioned:
An American Childhood by Annie Dillard
bookshop.org/a/22605/9780060915186
Mating by Norman Rush
bookshop.org/a/22605/9780679737094
Childhood by Tove Ditlevsen
bookshop.org/a/22605/9780374722937
The Shipping News by Annie Proulx
bookshop.org/a/22605/9780671510053
A Month in the Country by JL Carr
bookshop.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
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✨email: rebsluvslibraries@gmail.com
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
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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
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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:
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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
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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 IG
instagram.com/lindsaytigue
Lindsay Glass on IG
instagram.com/inandof
Lindsay Lohan on IG:
Just kidding, you have google
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books mentioned:
Three Rooms Jo Hamya
bookshop.org/a/22605/9780358572091
Kindly sent to me by @Hmhco
Journal of a Solitude May Sarton
bookshop.org/a/22605/9780393309287
Feather on the Breath of God Sigrid Nunez
bookshop.org/a/22605/9781250816238
New People Danzy Senna
bookshop.org/a/22605/9780399573149
The Unsettling of America Wendell Berry
bookshop.org/a/22605/9781619025998
The Weak Spot Lucie Elvin
bookshop.org/a/22605/9781593766306
Kindly sent to me by sofstkull
We Were Witches Ariel Gore
bookshop.org/a/22605/9781558614338
Austerlitz W G Sebald
bookshop.org/a/22605/9780812982619
Desperate Characters Paula Fox
bookshop.org/a/22605/9780393351101
Signs Preceding the End of the World
bookshop.org/a/22605/9781908276421
Mona Pola Oloixarac
bookshop.org/a/22605/9780374211899
Offshore Penelope Fitzgerald
bookshop.org/a/22605/9780544361515
Open Water Caleb Azuma Nelson
bookshop.org/a/22605/9780802157942
Simple Passion Annie Ernaux
bookshop.org/a/22605/9781583225745
Four Humors Mina Seckin
bookshop.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
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books to give yer moms
The Cost of Living - Deborah Levy
bookshop.org/a/22605/9781635573534
Circe - Madeline Miller
bookshop.org/a/22605/9780316556323
A Children’s Bible - Lydia Millet
bookshop.org/a/22605/9781324005032
Books to give yer dads
What are You Going Through - Sigrid Nunez
bookshop.org/a/22605/9780593191415
Barbarian Days - William Finnegan
bookshop.org/a/22605/9780143109396
House of Broken Angels - Luis Alberto Urrea
bookshop.org/a/22605/9780316154895
books for friends who are readers
Desperate Characters - Paula Fox
bookshop.org/a/22605/9780393351101
Housekeeping - Marilynne Robinson
bookshop.org/a/22605/9781250769763
Asylum Road - Olivia Sudjic
books to give yer friends who aren’t really readers
Assembly - Natasha Brown
bookshop.org/a/22605/9780316268264
Your Duck is My Duck - Deborah Eisenberg
bookshop.org/a/22605/9780062688781
My Year of Rest and Relaxation - Otessa Moshfegh
bookshop.org/a/22605/9780525522133
Priestdaddy - Patricia Lockwood
bookshop.org/a/22605/9780399573262
books for yer friends who are writers:
Bleaker House - Nell Stevens
bookshop.org/a/22605/9781101972861
How to write an autobiographical novel - Alexander Chee
bookshop.org/a/22605/9781328764522
Austerlitz - WG Sebald
bookshop.org/a/22605/9780812982619
Lost Children Archive - Valeria Luiseli
bookshop.org/a/22605/9780525436461
books for kids
From the Mixed Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler - E.L. Konigsburg
bookshop.org/a/22605/9780689711817
Manu: A Graphic Novel Kelly Fernandez
bookshop.org/a/22605/9781338264180
Julian is a Mermaid
bookshop.org/books/julian-is-a-mermaid/9780763690458
Hips on the drag queen
bookshop.org/a/22605/9780762467655
Big Bath House
bookshop.org/books/the-big-bath-house-9780593181966/9780593181959
Orange Is an Apricot, Green Is a Tree Frog
bookshop.org/a/22605/9781648960147
books for teens
Ghost World - Daniel Clowes
bookshop.org/a/22605/9781560974277
Brown Girl Dreaming - Jacqueline Woodson
bookshop.org/a/22605/9780147515827
No One is Talking About This - Patricia Lockwood
books for recent college grads
Severance - Ling Ma
bookshop.org/a/22605/9781250214997
Temporary - Hilary Leichter
bookshop.org/a/22605/9781566895668
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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
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Kim Jiyoung Born 1982 Cho Nam-Joo (Author) Jamie Chang (Translator)
bookshop.org/a/22605/9781631498671
A Severed Head Iris Murdoch
bookshop.org/a/22605/9780140020038
Pond Claire-Louise Bennett
bookshop.org/a/22605/9780399575907
Checkout 19 Claire-Louise Bennett
goodreads.com/book/show/56155207-checkout-19
Love and Other Thought Experiments Sophie Ward
bookshop.org/a/22605/9780593314302
Provinces of Night William Gay
bookshop.org/a/22605/9780385499286
Atmospheric Disturbances Rivka Galchen
bookshop.org/a/22605/9780312428433
Assembly Natasha Brown
bookshop.org/a/22605/9780316268264
Jessica: instagram.com/jessicas_bookstack
The Andy Milonakis Show
imdb.com/title/tt0460621
Notes on Humiliation Vivian Gornick
harpers.org/archive/2021/10/put-on-the-diamonds-notes-on-humiliation-vivian-gornick
This American Life on embarrassing stories
thisamericanlife.org/749/my-bad
Tell me your favorite place with a week’s worth of day hikes!!
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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 Recipe
cooking.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
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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
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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 Cleanser
ulta.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
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 💙
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’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
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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
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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
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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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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
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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!
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Books mentioned:
Priestdaddy by Patricia Lockwood
bookshop.org/a/22605/9780399573262
Educated by Tara Westover
bookshop.org/a/22605/9780399590504
When Breath Becomes Air by Paul Kalanithi
bookshop.org/a/22605/9780812988406
Between the World and Me by Ta-Nehisi Coates
bookshop.org/a/22605/9780812993547
Spring by Karl Ove Knausgaard
bookshop.org/a/22605/9780399563386
Gilead by Marilynne Robinson
bookshop.org/a/22605/9781250784018
The House of Broken Angels by Luis Alberto Urrea
bookshop.org/a/22605/9780316154895
Lincoln in the Bardo by George Saunders
bookshop.org/a/22605/9780812985405
Hamnet by Maggie O’Farrell
bookshop.org/a/22605/9780525657606
What books did I miss?? Why do dads write so many letters??
Happy fathers day to all the papas.
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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
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🎉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
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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
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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
or
abebooks.com/servlet/BookDetailsPL?bi=22818455013&cm_sp=Searchmod-_-NullResults-_-BDP
With Teeth by Kristen Arnett bookshop.org/a/22605/9780593191507
or
abebooks.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
or
bookshop.org/a/22605/9780802149039
Breasts and Eggs by Mieko Kawakami bookshop.org/a/22605/9781609455873
or
abebooks.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
or
abebooks.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
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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??!?!
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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?
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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
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💞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
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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?
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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!
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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
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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
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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
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Thanks. Xo, Rebs
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
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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
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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
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