Donna and I hope you’re all enjoying Labor Day Weekend!
As summer unofficially winds down, we wanted to pop into your inboxes to ask about your:
What was your favorite book you read this summer? I’ll start: My favorite—far and away, not even close—was ‘The Transit of Venus’ by Shirley Hazzard. It had a riveting story and the writing was spectacular.
I have been very curious about The Transit of Venus since I read your review! This is super cheesy but I just finished “Nine Perfect Strangers” by Liane Moriarty because I’d started watching the show on Hulu and was impatient to find out what happens. It was corny as all get out but I zipped through it. I just started “Severence” by Ling Ma.
"Belly of the Beast: The Politics of Anti-Fatness as Anti-Blackness" was a great non-fiction read. "Breast and Eggs" is the best fiction read of the summer!
I loved “Drive Your Plow Over the Bones of the Dead” so much! The plot captured me from the very beginning, and the gorgeous writing made me feel like I was on the mountainside with the characters.
The Three-Body Problem by Cixin Liu (translated by Ken Liu). Science fiction based on some real physics. Also a good dose of history and politics. Some parts feel dull but overall a book with imaginative setting and plot.
I finally broke down and read Wolf Hall, and really dug it. I also listened to Rebecca on a solo road trip, thanks to your rec, and it was an engrossing, creepy companion.
OK, I’m a few weeks late to this, but I wanted to chime in and say I read a great beach read this summer: “The Plot” by Jean Hanff Korelitz, which was a light, fun, page-turner/thriller with themes that will appeal to book lovers. I also really enjoyed “Lake Success” by Gary Shteyngart, wherein he made me care about a clueless super-wealthy hedge fund manager. I recently read that Shteyngart was a consultant for the TV show “Succession,” which makes a lot of sense after reading “Lake Success.”
Let's discuss: What was your favorite book this summer?
I have been very curious about The Transit of Venus since I read your review! This is super cheesy but I just finished “Nine Perfect Strangers” by Liane Moriarty because I’d started watching the show on Hulu and was impatient to find out what happens. It was corny as all get out but I zipped through it. I just started “Severence” by Ling Ma.
Purchased “Afterparties” by Anthony Veasna So last weekend and love the stories in it so far. Such a shame that he died so young.
"Belly of the Beast: The Politics of Anti-Fatness as Anti-Blackness" was a great non-fiction read. "Breast and Eggs" is the best fiction read of the summer!
I loved “Drive Your Plow Over the Bones of the Dead” so much! The plot captured me from the very beginning, and the gorgeous writing made me feel like I was on the mountainside with the characters.
Autobiography of a Face + Truth and Beauty combo
My Struggle - Book One, Karl Ove Knausgard
Detransition, Baby was a great new release and I’m excited to revisit A Sport and a Pastime, a summer reread fave!
The Three-Body Problem by Cixin Liu (translated by Ken Liu). Science fiction based on some real physics. Also a good dose of history and politics. Some parts feel dull but overall a book with imaginative setting and plot.
I finally broke down and read Wolf Hall, and really dug it. I also listened to Rebecca on a solo road trip, thanks to your rec, and it was an engrossing, creepy companion.
OK, I’m a few weeks late to this, but I wanted to chime in and say I read a great beach read this summer: “The Plot” by Jean Hanff Korelitz, which was a light, fun, page-turner/thriller with themes that will appeal to book lovers. I also really enjoyed “Lake Success” by Gary Shteyngart, wherein he made me care about a clueless super-wealthy hedge fund manager. I recently read that Shteyngart was a consultant for the TV show “Succession,” which makes a lot of sense after reading “Lake Success.”