lazy sunday
h e l l o t h e o
this week’s style inspo:
I’m fully obsessed with Nudie Suits right now.
what I’m clicking:
The art of ignoring emails | The Canadian Kardashians and their wild (and scary) story of dating a Nigerian billionaire | My valentine to public libraries | The odyssey of a counterfeit Saudi prince | This is how we radicalized the world | Inside LA’s cult of betterness | The congressional uniform is about to change … and Victoria’s Secret is behind the times | I’m obsessed with these ugly mansions on zillow | Happy Thanksgiving, our national day of mourning | This is hands-down one of the most horrifying stories of 2018
what I’m listening to:
Serial Season 3. Depressing, fascinating, and yet again inconclusive.
what I’m wanderlusting:
I’ve still never been to the Getty Villa and I feel like I really need to go.
what I’m watching:
Hannah Gadsby’s Nanette will make you laugh and sob. Adam Sandler’s 100% Fresh is so stupid that it’s actually kind of sweet and endearing and funny.
what I’m coveting:
All the jewels from Cleopatra’s Bling.
what I’m writing about:
The horrifying (and sort of hilarious) true story of what happened to me at a hotel in the Catskills.
what I’m reading:
Melissa Broder
This was our bookclub pick for October and it came highly recommended. But I’m pretty sure I hated it. I don’t know what I hated about it the most, but here are the things I hated about it in no particular order: the plot, the main character, both of the love interests, the magical realism (I generally eyeroll at this unless it’s done incredibly well), the sex scenes, the sad subplot about the dog, the resolution. The things I didn’t hate: the group therapy sessions.
Did it make me cry: No.
Did it make me laugh: No.
Did it make me miss a subway stop: No.
Would I recommend it: No.
Would I read it again: No.
Would it be a good movie: No.
Rachel Kushner
What a gem of a book this is. It’s so disturbing yet so beautiful and the best part is that it makes you identify with and sympathize with all of these objectively horrible people like child murderers and serial killers and even Ted Kaczynski!
Did it make me cry: It’s really sad.
Did it make me laugh: No.
Did it make me miss a subway stop: No.
Would I recommend it: Yes, I really loved it and I'd like to know if you loved it too.
Would I read it again: Possibly, but I’m more interested in reading other books by her.
Would it be a good movie: I think it’s too scary and nobody would ever get this produced because there’s only room in the media for one women’s prison situation and that’s already occupied by Orange is the New Black. (Even though this book is the exact opposite of that book.)
Meg Wolitzer
This book is fine. It’s totally fine. Meg Wolitzer is a powerhouse, but she’s also SO hit or miss. This book isn’t a hit, but it’s not really a miss either. It’s fine.
Did it make me cry: No.
Did it make me laugh: No.
Did it make me miss a subway stop: No.
Would I recommend it: No.
Would I read it again: No.
Would it be a good movie: No.
Jeanne McCulloch
I love a juicy memoir, but this one wasn’t quite juicy enough. But, it’s short and sweet and a gossipy glimpse into the lives of others.
Did it make me cry: No.
Did it make me laugh: No.
Did it make me miss a subway stop: No.
Would I recommend it: I would only recommend this book to people who spend a lot of time in the Hamptons. Otherwise I think you’d find it hard to care about anything that’s happening.
Would I read it again: No.
Would it be a good movie: I think if it were turned into an indie dark comedy, it would be excellent. Who doesn’t love a wedding movie?!
Jessica Knoll
This book. This book! It’s such a treat. It’s like junk food for the brain, but the kind of junk food you buy at the health food store. Even though it’s so trashy and wonderful, it’s actually very dark and smart. If you read Luckiest Girl Alive, you know that Jessica Knoll has a way of drawing you into a suspenseful story littered with Chanel purses and Gucci sneakers that is also somehow a really genius commentary on the world at large.
Did it make me cry: No.
Did it make me laugh: Yes.
Did it make me miss a subway stop: No.
Would I recommend it: YESSSSS READ THIS BOOK IT’S SO FUN. It’s the reality TV expose you’ve always wanted.
Would I read it again: I mean, maybe, but now I know what happens in the end so I’d have to completely forget the plot first.
Would it be a good movie: Has there ever been a movie about reality TV? I think this would be an incredible movie.
what I’m bookclubbing:. We’ll be discussing Motherhood by Sheila Heti on Thursday, November 29 in Brooklyn! Join us!
the best book I read in…
October: The Mars Room
September: My Year of Rest and Relaxation
August: Sing, Unburied, Sing or The Book of Essie
July: Black Chalk
June: An American Marriage
May: The Perfect Nanny
April: Conversations with Friends
March: History of Wolves
February: Homesick for Another World
January: Anthropology of an American Girl