i have no idea what day it is!
Turns out it’s Thursday, not Wednesday. Sorry I’m late.
this week’s style icon:
what I’m clicking:
Don’t even talk to me until I’ve had my second la croix | A blind man’s safari | The not-so-glossy future of magazines | I can’t stop watching this NYT video about gravitational waves
what I’m wanderlusting:
what I’m coveting:
Those Balenciaga crocs
what I’m watching:
Bullet the Bison is looking for a new home
what I’m reading:
Emily Culliton
I’ve had this book on my desk for weeks, but I assumed it was stupid until the New York Times recommended it. I read it and I was right: It’s stupid, but there’s something kind of fun about a book like this.
Did it make me cry: No.
Did it make me laugh: Maybe?
Did it make me miss a subway stop: No.
Would I recommend it: I actually kind of enjoyed reading it because almost the entire book takes place on the same street where my office is. But unless you live or work in Brooklyn Heights, I would not recommend this book.
Would I read it again: No.
Would it be a good movie: No.
what I’m reading right now:
Chasing the Scream, still
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.
What are you reading? (You can reply to this email and tell me)
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