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Marc Nash's avatar

Starting this today. Looking forward to it

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Books on GIF's avatar

Thanks, Marc! Enjoy!

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Kate G's avatar

Nice review. This is a skip for me. I am not a fan of memoir as I find them self-indulgent, so even though she sort of calls herself out, I have other things I would rather read. Stay cool this week!

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Books on GIF's avatar

Thanks, Kate! Yeah, it looks like it's going to be an awful week. Not looking forward to the subway, the sweat and the smells lol. Keep cool!

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Jaymi “the OC BookGirl”'s avatar

Very thorough and informative review! Not sure it’s for me but loved hearing your take.

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Books on GIF's avatar

Thanks for reading, Jaymi!

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Molly Young's avatar

I love this write-up. I had to race out of Greenlight that night to relieve the babysitter (heh) but please flag me down next time we cross paths—would love to chat Iris Murdoch and everything else.

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Books on GIF's avatar

Thank you so much, Molly! Will do! Excited to hear your thoughts on Iris! Congrats on the great event at Greenlight. It was so packed!

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Leigh Stein's avatar

my husband is very upset I don’t thank our cat in my acknowledgements

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Books on GIF's avatar

What's the cat's name?! You gotta shout out the cat in your next book, Leigh!

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Leigh Stein's avatar

His name is Desmond (after the character on Lost)

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Abra McAndrew's avatar

I loved the acknowledgements and all the literary name dropping throughout the memoir portion. I guess if CL comes knocking, you gotta open up!

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Books on GIF's avatar

Ha! I was describing this book to someone who said it sounded like ‘Liars’ by Manguso and I was like I think she’s in here lol!

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