Disappearing Earth by Julia Phillips

This is another one of those random fiction books I ordered in an Amazon frenzy because I saw it on a "best new novels" list. I also remember being swayed by two things: the first edition hard cover (which I did not get) and that the plot was set in remote Russia. 

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Cultish: The Language of Fanaticism by Amanda Montell

Sometimes my specific interests lead me into believing actual textbooks will make for entertaining reading and this is exactly what happened here with Cultish: The Language of Fanaticism by Amanda Montell. I saw someone talking about it on Twitter, added it to my list, and realized 1 chapter in that I was reading something you'd find on a syllabus. Not that I minded too much, Meg and I met doing our MA in linguistics, but it doesn't exactly scream "poolside pleasure" either.

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Eileen by Ottessa Moshfegh

My experience reading Ottessa Moshfegh is unique in that I have never had higher hopes picking up the rest of an author's work. My first time reading her work was My Year of Rest and Relaxation which I absolutely loved and picked for my top read of the year. I immediately ordered her two other novels: Death in Her Hands (reviewed in full here) and Eileen. I felt let down by both but am so committed to Rest and Relaxation that I keep googling Moshfegh looking for her next release date.

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Beautiful Day by Elin Hilderbrand

I read a Hilderbrand novel every spring because for me it's like an official launch of summer. The majority of her books are set on Nantucket Island in the summertime and I just love going there mentally. This is not her newest book but it's one I hadn't read yet and I was glad to be reading more of her 'normal' stuff after striking out with a series she wrote set in St. John most recently.

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May Recap

May felt good after this past winter. The weather wasn't a total asshole and people are hanging out again after two years of being scared of it! Here's what we got up to...

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Summer Reading List 2022

MAMMA MIA IT'S SUMMER AGAIN. I thought we'd never come out of this past winter alive but here we are, ready to bask in the sunshine but also indoors with the AC how we like it. 

Here are our picks for summer reading, let us know what you think!

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The Nineties by Chuck Klosterman

I sort of know I should be embarrassed to still love Chuck Klosterman in my 30s, but I cannot and will not stop. Klosterman's non-fiction book on the 1990s was one of my most anticipated releases of early 2022. We have to have something to look forward to in this godforsaken world! 

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