everyone should read this book
Ok, there are a lot of books I wish everyone could read. If I had to choose just one, it would be Dear Ijeawele by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, but this one is pretty important.
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what I’m clicking:
Devastating photos of the California fires and 8 ways you can help | The Millennial Walt Disney | Glossing Africa | Can Tiny Houses and Minimalism really make you happier? | A really badass BMX biker
what I’m wanderlusting:
Fogo Island, Newfoundland
what I’m watching:
I just rewatched all of Stranger Things in anticipation of the new season and it made me feel all warm and fuzzy inside.
what I’m reading:
Emily Culliton
I like a book that totally changes your perspective about something, and this is one of those books. I really think it should be required reading for anyone in politics, healthcare, law, law enforcement, pharmaceuticals, urban development, education, and media. Did I miss anyone?
Did it make me cry: Yes.
Did it make me laugh: Yes, there was one funny part.
Did it make me miss a subway stop: Almost, but I wouldn’t necessarily call this a “page-turner”.
Would I recommend it: Yes! But be warned that the writing is atrocious and the narrator is totally insufferable. It’s still worth reading.
Would I read it again: I would read certain parts again, yes.
Would it be a good movie: Why isn’t this a documentary already?!?!?!?!? Netflix! Buy this idea!
what I’m reading right now:
The Sympathizer and I love it so much.
the best book I read in September:
the best book I read in August:
the best book I read in July:
the best book I read in June:
The Ministry of Utmost Happiness
the best book I read in May:
the best book I read in April:
the best book I read in March:
the best book I read in February:
The Bone Clocks and Days of Abandonment
the best book I read in January:
what’s on my bookshelf waiting to be read:
Anthropology of an American Girl
what books are on my list to buy (this will take me months to actually do):
Do Not Say We Have Nothing by Madeleine Thien
Hot Milk by Deborah Levy
Underground Railroad by Colson Whitehead
M Train by Patti Smith
That Patty Hearst book
Seveneves by Neal Stephenson
The Beautiful Ones Are Not Yet Born
What Belongs to You by Garth Greenwell
I Love Dick (which is being made into a TV show by Jill Soloway!)
After interviewing Helen Ellis, I added a few books from her “classic trashy” book club to my list.
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