More Fall Reads
I’m trying to finish Sally Rooney’s Beautiful Life, Where Are You? before Jonathan Franzen’s new novel, Crossroads, comes out tomorrow — I’ve been asked to lead the discussion on it at book club next month. Slim Aarons: Style, co-authored by my friend Kate Betts, is available October 19 — I can never get enough of his pictures. “In the summer of 1971, Michael Lesy and a friend found most of the snapshots in Snapshots 1971–77 in a dumpster behind a gigantic photo-processing plant in San Francisco. The photos were in the trash because the machines that printed them made them so fast — duplicates, triplicates, quadruplicates — that the people on the processing line couldn’t stop them.” I just picked up Snapshots 1971-77 and it is such a cool idea. And the second issue of Vogue Scandinavia and the new issue of The Gentlewoman are winging their way to me.
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I didn’t finish Beautiful Life, Where Are You – felt like a slog after her other two novels which I loved. Just pre-ordered Crossroads, thanks for the head’s up! There’s a really beautiful home book called Scandi Rustic by Rebecca Lawson, which I think you’d love for home inspiration.
I’m struggling with Beautiful Life, Where Are You?, too, and doubt I’ll finish it. Need to read Rooney’s first book, everyone raves about it. Thanks for Scandi Rustic, I will absolutely pick it up.
I completely forgot that Franzen has a new book coming out. He is one of my favorite authors. I also can’t get enough of Slim Aaron’s
I recently finished ‘Beautiful World, Where Are You’, but it was a struggle. It just wasn’t for me. It was my first read by Sally Rooney and I’m trying to figure out if I should give her earlier novels a try or not. Snapshots 1971-77 sounds fascinating and I’m excited to order. Marcheline Isabelle
I rarely stop a novel midway through, but I just couldn’t continue Beautiful Life, Where are You. For so many reasons that I won’t go into. I liked not loved Normal People, but was glad I read it.
Just read a sample of Beautiful Life and wasn’t for me but that’s the great thing about books, doesn’t have to be. Slim Aarons is a must and thanks for the heads up about Vogue. Will absolutely look for that snapshots book, what a intriguing concept.