It's the last snack-sized episode of Season 1! We're sad about that, but we're excited about books. And apparently - so are you guys! Hooray for that. Tune in for an ep in which McComas leans into her love of memoir (seriously, apparently it's all she reads) while SoRo tries to convince you that a book about the end of the world can be 'uplifting'. Happy reading! DM us on Instagram to tell us what you love.
SM:
For a gory, all-in BTS on the downfall of Elizabeth Holmes and her ‘Unicorn’ start-up Theranos: Bad Blood, Secrets and Lies in a Silicon Valley Startup, John Carreyrou, Booktopia
For spiky breakups and varied, honest life advice: Tiny, Beautiful Things, Cheryl Strayed, Booktopia
For gorgeous food writing filled with yearning for meaning and identity: Blood Bones & Butter, Gabrielle Hamilton, Booktopia
For a ballsy, female jaunt through 1940s Mexico: A Visit to Don Otavio, Sybille Bedford, Booktopia
For an unbelievable memoir you won’t be able to forget in a hurry: Educated, Tara Westover, Booktopia
SM BONUS:
Conversations With Friends, Sally Rooney, Booktopia (better than Normal People!)
Brideshead Revisited, Evelyn Waugh, Booktopia
An American Marriage, Tayari Jones, Booktopia
Everything I Know About Love, Dolly Alderton, Booktopia
Sydney, Delia Falconer, Booktopia
SR:
For a story that is gorgeous, devastating and so satisfying, try: Life After Life, Kate Atkinson, Booktopia
For a food memoir that’s also not all about food: The Gastronomical Me, M.F.K Fisher, Booktopia
For a story that captures some essential part of being a young woman trying to figure out how the world and love works and what you want for your life: The Best of Everything, Rona Jaffe, Booktopia
An uplifting book about the end of the world? Doesn’t seem legit, but it’s true in: Station Eleven, Emily St. John Mandel, Booktopia
According to SoRo, this is Jane Austen’s best book: Persuasion, Jane Austen, Booktopia
SR BONUS:
Self-Help, Lorrie Moore, Booktopia
The Odd Woman and The City, Vivian Gornick, Booktopia
Eve’s Hollywood, Eve Babitz, Booktopia
Home Cooking, Laurie Colwin, Booktopia
Dept of Speculation, Jenny Offill, Booktopia
See ya next week for our Season 1 finale! We’re not crying you’re crying. Ok we’re definitely crying.
S&S