Friday Book Debrief Vol 16
By The Book Slut
Friday Book Debrief Vol 16
By The Book Slut
Every week we’re sharing what our some of our writers are currently reading. Please join in the chorus and tell us what you’ve been enjoying or slogging through in the comments!
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Normal People: One million copies sold
Sally Rooney
£9.99 £9.49I am 80 pages into the wondrous writings of Rooney who writes flawed, relatable, and downright frustrating characters with complete and utter ease. Characters you want to simultaneously punch and hug. I am reading this in anticipation of the new Hulu series coming out after devouring her other novel, Conversations With Friends, late last year. - Maggie
How to Write an Autobiographical Novel
Alexander Chee
£12.99 £12.34I've been savoring Chee's essays for a couple weeks. The topics vary between his professional and personal lives but all of his words are full of his heart and his intellect—I'd recommend it to all the writers out there. - Mel
The Child: the clever, addictive, must-read Richard and Judy Book Club bestselling crime thriller
Fiona Barton
£8.99 £8.54Honestly, I really should be reading something lighter than the mystery of a long-decomposed infant's body being found within the wall of a construction site. But I can't help that thrillers are my go-to for comfort! - Melissa
To Kill a Mockingbird
Harper Lee
£9.99 £9.49A much-loved classic which I admittedly didn't finish the first time around a few years ago. Hopefully this time I can redeem myself! - Hannah
The Starless Sea: The spellbinding Sunday Times bestseller
Erin Morgenstern
£9.99 £9.49I'm only, like, 10 pages in. Here's hoping it's as magical as The Night Circus. - Nikki
The Undocumented Americans
Karla Cornejo Villavicencio
£12.99 £12.34If this isn’t enough to jolt you right out of a reading slump, I don’t know what is! I’m a couple chapters in but could tell from the prologue that this was one special book: “I attempt to write from a place of shared trauma, shared memories, shared pain. . . a snapshot of pain, a high energy imaging of trauma brain.” Indeed. You can check out Karen Salgado’s excellent review and author interview for more on this gem. - Marian
The Collected Stories of Lydia Davis
Lydia Davis
£12.99 £12.34This past week I've been too distracted to really sit down and read for any length of time. I found solace in a recommendation for a short story from this collection, one called "Break It Down," and it was short and tremendous. My first Davis, and now I can't wait to continue to dip into this unread tome on my shelf. - Jessica Maria
The Shapeless Unease: A Year of Not Sleeping
Samantha Harvey
£9.99 £9.49It is common knowledge that I don’t sleep much, I routinely work 20+ hours days to the great dismay of our Global Managing Editor Jessica, who plagues my messages with “GO TO SLEEP” “FOR THE LOVE OF GOD WOMAN SLEEP” “I don’t want to be a mom but GO TO BED NOW” pretty much nightly. Picking up this collection of essays, it is doubtful that it will be acting as a sleep-aid, since I am hanging onto every word - it is an ununiformed higgledy-piggledy mess with very little structure in the most perfect of ways - and it is exactly the kind of book I need right now. - PL
Take Me Apart
Sara Sligar
£10.99 £10.44I was having a chat with a friend the other day, saying that I wish there was a book version of the documentary Finding Vivian Maier, and then this arrived in the mail.. Divine intervention? I think so. - The Book Slut