Erin Somers Book Recommendations & Book Mentions

Erin Somers

Recently tried to listen to The Anatomy Lesson by Philip Roth whilst running…too weird even for me

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This episode is great—well-written, vivid, somehow melancholy. And it’s characteristic of Tiffany’s book, which is, on the one hand, elegantly written, evidence-based, and rational, and on the other, off-kilter, animated by a profound and consuming, almost manic, loneliness.

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Just remembered how one time I set out to read all the Pulitzer Prize winning novels in order (classic pointless project) and I got like 20 pages into Booth Tarkington's The Magnificent Ambersons (the second ever winner) and was like "fuck no I'm out"

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wild rumor going around about a new Donna Tartt book coming out tomorrow based on this Goodreads page....guys she moved Little, Brown with The Goldfinch and books aren't typically published on Thursdays..... https://t.co/VGDN4x4FXK

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"ductfuls of bile"......this is great from @tonytula https://www.thenation.com/article/culture/sally-rooney-beautiful-world-where-are-you/

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OR! Desperate Characters by Paula Fox

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actual picture of me, the only person who liked lapvona

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one of the major lessons i have taken from reading pretty much every word Jonathan Franzen has ever written is essays complaining about new technology are embarrassing. going to strive to never publish one of those

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For the @TheAVClub, I wrote about three of my favorite books of the year: The Netanyahus by Joshua Cohen, Second Place by Rachel Cusk, and Heaven by Mieko Kawakami. https://www.avclub.com/the-a-v-club-s-15-favorite-books-of-2021-1848195657?utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=SocialMarketing&utm_campaign=dlvrit&utm_content=avclub

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My best guess at how Barack Obama ranks Jonathan Franzen's novels: 1. Crossroads 2. Freedom 3. The Corrections Has not read: Purity, Strong Motion, 27th City lmk if you disagree