Love so many of these! I want to listen to Sophia bush talk all day so that Mary Oliver one might be a good one for me! Also Lor’s second memoir… I love her so I need to read!
Yes: 💛💛💛💛 of course, but also There’s Always This Year.
No: Daily Rituals: How Artists Work. I love the idea, short snippets about the routines of all kinds of artists. But the book was at least 80% white men. Give me a break and be serious.
lol, Rachel Khong wrote a novel and you said, SHOULD HAVE BEEN A SHORT STORT and took 3/4 of the book out 😂😂 We read so many books together (even if you were really, really late on Beautyland, it’s ok, nobody’s perfect) and that was the best part! I am reading Another Word for Love rn (except not in public places, because TEARS).
SHBASS = Should have been a short story!! So blessed to read so many books with you and you only bully me a little when I am slow on the uptake which seems only fair.
I love this Yes, Maybe, No list idea, I might borrow it sometime in the future, if you don’t mind. Of course will totally credit you for the brilliance! I’m curious, if a book goes on the No list for you, do you finish reading it? I find it so hard to finish reading a book that’s a no for me. I feel like I’m waisting my time. I’m currently reading a book that’s so popular at the moment, but I can’t get through it and feel like the odd person out.
Ooh please borrow! I would be honored. Honestly I need to work on putting books down that aren't working for me. In the case of The Real Americans I powered through because I wanted to participate fully in the discourse lol. I can't decide if it was worth it or not. I am always in favor of DNFing though. Life is short! There are so many good books out there.
The Heart is a Lonely Hunter! I just read it in April, and it kicked off my own McCullers obsession. I've since read a collection of her short stories and also just finished the Dearborn bio. It's one of the saddest true stories I've ever read. She wrote what she knew, and that's heartbreaking
Absolutely. So devastating. I wasn't expecting Heart is a Lonely Hunter to move me so deeply. Reading it right after the biography was powerful. So excited to dig into her other work. I'm thinking of doing the Member of the Wedding next.
Yes: If Beale Street Could Talk. Especially on audio.
No: I didn't finish this and would also never recommend it so I feel ok putting it here. The More of Less by Joshua Becker. I was expecting some minimalist decluttering inspiration and instead it was very much a white middle class preacher telling me what to do. I've had enough of that in my life.
Love so many of these! I want to listen to Sophia bush talk all day so that Mary Oliver one might be a good one for me! Also Lor’s second memoir… I love her so I need to read!
Yes - Gideon the Ninth. It’s Lesbian Necromancers in space. How could you say no?
No - It Ends With Us. Just no, no, no. It should have ended before this book started.
Yes: 💛💛💛💛 of course, but also There’s Always This Year.
No: Daily Rituals: How Artists Work. I love the idea, short snippets about the routines of all kinds of artists. But the book was at least 80% white men. Give me a break and be serious.
Ahhh yes yes to TATY. Also pleease be serious. Lordy.
lol, Rachel Khong wrote a novel and you said, SHOULD HAVE BEEN A SHORT STORT and took 3/4 of the book out 😂😂 We read so many books together (even if you were really, really late on Beautyland, it’s ok, nobody’s perfect) and that was the best part! I am reading Another Word for Love rn (except not in public places, because TEARS).
SHBASS = Should have been a short story!! So blessed to read so many books with you and you only bully me a little when I am slow on the uptake which seems only fair.
I love this Yes, Maybe, No list idea, I might borrow it sometime in the future, if you don’t mind. Of course will totally credit you for the brilliance! I’m curious, if a book goes on the No list for you, do you finish reading it? I find it so hard to finish reading a book that’s a no for me. I feel like I’m waisting my time. I’m currently reading a book that’s so popular at the moment, but I can’t get through it and feel like the odd person out.
Ooh please borrow! I would be honored. Honestly I need to work on putting books down that aren't working for me. In the case of The Real Americans I powered through because I wanted to participate fully in the discourse lol. I can't decide if it was worth it or not. I am always in favor of DNFing though. Life is short! There are so many good books out there.
Exactly! Thank you!
The Heart is a Lonely Hunter! I just read it in April, and it kicked off my own McCullers obsession. I've since read a collection of her short stories and also just finished the Dearborn bio. It's one of the saddest true stories I've ever read. She wrote what she knew, and that's heartbreaking
Absolutely. So devastating. I wasn't expecting Heart is a Lonely Hunter to move me so deeply. Reading it right after the biography was powerful. So excited to dig into her other work. I'm thinking of doing the Member of the Wedding next.
This is the one I read, A Member of the Wedding is in there but some of the shorter ones are just as memorable.
Who Has Seen the Wind is a story that haunts me, especially after the Dearborn book.
https://bookshop.org/p/books/collected-stories-of-carson-mccullers-carson-mccullers/11283603?ean=9780395925058
Yes: If Beale Street Could Talk. Especially on audio.
No: I didn't finish this and would also never recommend it so I feel ok putting it here. The More of Less by Joshua Becker. I was expecting some minimalist decluttering inspiration and instead it was very much a white middle class preacher telling me what to do. I've had enough of that in my life.
oh good tip on If Beale Street Could Talk! I haven't read that one. Ew the Becker sounds like a big no.
I started my Baldwin education this year and it's the first one I read and my favorite so far.
YES: The Curse of Pietro Houdini by Derek Miller and You Are Here, David Nicholls. Our NOs we don’t finish so it feels unfair to diss them.
Cool! Yes - it's a good skill to know when to just put a book down. Thank you for reading!