Ilana Masad (newly minted Ph.D.) Book Recommendations & Book Mentions

Ilana Masad (newly minted Ph.D.)

@MordecaiPMartin I love them, but I also recognize that I love them in part because I'm a writer and think about what storytelling means a lot of the time. I love so many! Helen Oyeyemi's Mr. Fox, Michael Zapata's The Lost Book of Adana Moreau, Moriel Rothman-Zecher's Before All the World for ex.

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Ilana Masad (newly minted Ph.D.)

Why do people seem to hate "Stoner" by John Williams so much? I just finished it (never read it before) and it's of its time and all but oof, the pathos, the glorious refusal to allow for the Cartesian mind/body split, the quiet drama of a small life!

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Ilana Masad (newly minted Ph.D.)

Good day to you! I reviewed @Gabino_Iglesias's incredibly new novel, THE DEVIL TAKES YOU HOME, for @nprbooks and I think you should read it (and also learn, like I did, more about noir as a genre because it's fascinating): https://t.co/pjp2XZJwyD

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Ilana Masad (newly minted Ph.D.)

I reviewed Gold Diggers by @SanjenaSathian for @nprbooks and you should sooo read this book. It's such a page turner and also so smart and loving and allows people to be flawed which 😍. https://t.co/doICM5Edov

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Ilana Masad (newly minted Ph.D.)

#7 is The Bell Jar by Sylvia Plath which I haven't read in over a decade as well and I already got it from the library because I'm thinking ahead and shit, like a responsible person who knows they'll finish the last book over a weekend when the library is closed.

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Ilana Masad (newly minted Ph.D.)

And, finally, for Day 30, I couldn't pick just one so I recommended: GOING DUTCH by James Gregor BORN PUBLIC by Greg Mania EDINBURGH by Alexander Chee WHAT BELONGS TO YOU by Garth Greenwell and MARRIAGE OF A THOUSAND LIES by SJ Sindu: https://t.co/xVS2pas4TT

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Ilana Masad (newly minted Ph.D.)

@girlziplocked Nearly all books choke me up a bit at the end, but most recently it was GLORY by NoViolet Bulawayo

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Ilana Masad (newly minted Ph.D.)

Please help me in wishing @_RachelCochran a happy book birthday for her incredible debut novel, THE GULF (@harperbooks), which is out today!!! (which you can find wherever books are sold or get from your library of choice) https://t.co/8mrFQztcc1

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Ilana Masad (newly minted Ph.D.)

For @nprbooks, I reviewed the excellent and gripping THE HAUNTING OF ALMA FIELDING by Kate Summerscale, which, if you're at all interested in the history of ghosts, the gothic, mystery, hauntings, and psychology, is well worth your time. https://t.co/Lw6GWXYR12

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Ilana Masad (newly minted Ph.D.)

Tis a momentous occasion: having finished the 700+ collection of Ursula K. Le Guin stories, I now get to choose a new book to read for pleasure. Wish me luck, because there's about a million on the TBR pile.

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