Friday Book Debrief Vol 18
By The Book Slut
Friday Book Debrief Vol 18
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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My Own Words
Ruth Bader Ginsburg
£12.99 £12.34I happily got the audiobook from my library to accompany the paperback that has been on my shelf too long, happily because of how RBG herself is on some of the tracks! The book is a culmination of speeches, articles, and arguments she’s penned throughout her remarkable career— so a wonderful read for anyone with an aspiration of any kind. - Mel
Normal People: One million copies sold
Sally Rooney
£9.99 £9.49I am rereading Normal People in anticipation for the show, which comes out at the END OF THE MONTH (screams with excitement). This book is without a doubt, an all-time favourite ❤️ - Courtney
Convenience Store Woman
SAYAKA MURATA
£9.99 £9.49Saw a few snaps and reviews of this on Bookstagram, so I picked it up when the cover caught my eye at my local secondhand shop. Slim little books are helping me keep up my reading pace during New Zealand's coronavirus lockdown, and so far this one is weirddddd. I like it. - Nikki
Perfect Tunes
Emily Gould
£14.99 £14.24Recently got to about 100 pages of this forthcoming book from Avid Reader Press and my mouth opened in shock at a certain turn of events. Up until then I had been bristling along at a fast pace, gorging on my own early aughts memories of New York City with the characters. I don’t know where this will go now—but I’m eager to find out! - Jessica Maria
The Bear and the Paving Stone
Toshiyuki Horie
£8.99 £8.54I am finding it very difficult to devote any time to reading at the moment. Which is where collections of short stories come in. My perfect reprieve from staring at a screen for hours on end, breaking up long days spent inside with a cup of tea and travels to others lands. In this particular case; the French countryside, the beach and the home of an archbishop. - PL
Letter from Birmingham Jail
Jr. Martin Luther King
£3.00 £2.85As one of the most famous orators of the 20th century. Dr King’s “Letter from a Birmingham Jail” gives a passionate rebuttal to the statements given from white clergymen. It talks about justice against injustice, action against no action. Dr King’s commitment to nonviolence directs action. It certainly motivates the bystander to act, if not in the 60s, but now. - Leo
Minna Needs Rehearsal Space
Dorthe Nors
£7.99 £7.59I opened this up after finishing Karate Chop: Stories which was a wild ride in itself. But MINNA NEEDS REHEARSAL SPACE is a whole new level of bizarre. I feel like nowadays "lyrical" and "unique" are thrown around with as much abundance and vigour as confetti at weddings (on a par with "Rooney-eque") but this book is without a doubt one of the most distinctive idiosyncratic pieces of literature I have ever stumbled across. As an example: Minna wants to devote herself to ecology. Minna wants to involve a kid in it. Minna wants to try and be like the rest. Lars ought to help her but Lars uses condoms. Lars is on his bike and gone. Lars is Lars. The whole book is like this, imagine the opposite of Milkman, this book is it. It has to be seen to be believed. God I love it. - The Book Slut