i stayed up all night reading this book
Hello!
I’m going to South Africa next week (I’ll be instagramming, like, ten times a day) so you won’t be hearing from me for a while. See you in November!
this week’s style icon:
Baronne Van Zuylen on a camel in Egypt
what I’m clicking:
Camp John Waters | One simple trick to not get accused of sexual harassment | Portraits of Senegal | Fashion vs. Harvey Weinstein | The man who forgot he was a rap legend | Putting witnesses in jail | I love a good cult exposé |This surprisingly dramatic story about mattress bloggers
what I’m wanderlusting:
See you soon, Phinda
what I’m coveting:
what I’m watching:
I FINALLY watched The Big Sick. It was cute and it made me laugh and cry, but it’s definitely more of a traditional rom-com than I expected it to be.
what I’m reading:
Uh, I messed up last week’s newsletter, so here’s last week’s review with the correct book. Sorry!
Johann Hari
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!
Ariel Levy
I picked up this book the other night intending to read a few pages before bed, but I could not put it down. I read the whole thing in one sitting and stayed up way past my bedtime. It was so worth it.
Did it make me cry: Yes, it’s devastating.
Did it make me laugh: Yes, it’s very funny.
Did it make me miss a subway stop: No, but it would have if I read it on the subway.
Would I recommend it: YAAASSSSSSS!
Would I read it again: Eh, probably not.
Would it be a good movie: No. It’s too sad and the humor would just not work on film.
what I’m reading right now:
The Sympathizer. I’m savoring it.
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.
What are you reading? (You can reply to this email and tell me)
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