Friday Book Debrief Vol 37
By The Book Slut
Friday Book Debrief Vol 37
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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A Map for Wrecked Girls
Jessica Taylor
£13.99Part teenage sister drama and part slow-moving episode of Lost, it’s been hard to put this one down. I have no idea how it might end or even whether or not I should be rooting for them to get off their deserted island. - Mel
Sula
Toni Morrison
£9.99 £9.49Does anything ever need to be said that doesn't sound superfluous when it comes to Morrison? She's in a category of her own and I am just happy to be able to wallow in her words. - Karen
On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous
Ocean Vuong
£9.99 £9.49I've heard so many incredible things about this book — and 30 pages in, it's already living up to them. Can't wait to read more of Vuong's luminous prose. - Nikki
Never Greener
Ruth Jones
£9.99 £9.49This is my first audiobook which I started a week or two ago; it's proving to be an enjoyable experience so far! The book (written by one of the stars of Gavin and Stacey) follows the parties of a revived extramarital affair and the repercussions it has for those around them. - Hannah
This is How You Lose the Time War: The epic time-travelling love story and Twitter sensation
Amal El-Mohtar and Max Gladstone
£12.99 £12.34I have been wanting to read this book for a long time ever since I heard of it but it was not available in India and expensive to export. A friend was kind enough recently to send a copy my way. It is everything I expected it to be and nothing that I thought it would be like simultaneously. The writing is lush and gorgeous and draws you right in. It is super fun and really delightful to read so far; I am absolutely loving it. - Areeb
In the Dream House: A Memoir
Carmen Maria Machado
£10.99 £10.44This is another one of those titles I have been wanting to read forever. I actually got an e-ARC last year but I avoided it as I was told the structuring on the page plays a huge role. I finally have a hardcopy, thanks to a generous spirit, and I have dived right in. Right from the start, I can easily say that this memoir is very much unlike anything I have read before. The language, the form, the narrative, everything is magnificent. - Areeb
Minor Detail
Adania Shibli
£12.99 £12.34I was drawn to this title after the whole McCann Booker fiasco. Shibli is Palestinian herself and I have been wanting to read more from this particular region so I am happy to prioritize an own voices book. It is actually a work in translation from the Arabic, done wonderfully by Elisabeth Jaquette. It is quite short and I am already halfway through. It is brutal and brilliant. Needless to say, I cannot recommend it enough. - Areeb
Daddy
EMMA CLINE
£14.99I have been a huge fan of Emma Cline since reading The Girls and this one does not disappoint. Cline's writing style driven by character development translates well even in short story format. I have read about three stories in this collection and cannot put this one down! - Marian
An Absolutely Remarkable Thing
Hank Green
£9.99 £9.49The first-ever audiobook I have ever listened to - since Harry Potter was on a cassette tape - that I haven't fallen asleep to within the first 10 minutes. It is batshit crazy. An unforeseeable plotline that keeps you on the edge of your (in my case driving) seat. Think; art(?), aliens(?) exasperated dreamscapes, sudden social media fame, delving into the philosophy of celebrity, whilst saving the world...(?) Also contains the most realistic bisexual protagonist I have ever encountered. - PL
Nine Perfect Strangers: The No 1 bestseller now a major Amazon Prime series
Liane Moriarty
£9.99 £9.49I am about half way through and still just waiting for someone to die. - PL