I love books.
There is nothing I enjoy more than reading, discussing, writing, and analyzing books.
Bookstagram: @smittenbystories / Netgalley: sensitive.reads
Let Me Tell You What I Mean: Didion Does it Again
My main takeaway from this collection is that the more niche, specific, and obsessed with a pitch an author is, the more salacious and enjoyable the resulting article is to read.
Imagine Wanting Only This: On Abandoned Spaces
When I blindly pick up a book and the Midwest is a main component it feels familiar, almost cozy. I am familiar with multiple cities mentioned in Kristen Radke’s Imagine Wanting Only This and I didn’t know that going in.
Heatwave, Or, Holden Caulfield Vacations À La Française
I imagine Heatwave as a modern retelling of Catcher the Rye, but Holden Caulfield is a seventeen-year-old French incel vacationing in the Landes with his family. Needless to say, I did not like this cynical little book.