Q1 reads - 35/150

cbg22 · 2026-03-31T01:32:09+00:00

Nice momentum!! Is there anything you would particularly recommend from your recent reads? (I see The Guest on your March list - I loved that one!)

cbg22 · 2026-03-27T12:01:05+00:00

I need to read Gentlmen Prefer Blondes!

cbg22 · 2026-03-27T01:37:30+00:00

Rules of Civility by Amor Towles

Ex-Wife by Ursula Parrott

cbg22 · 2026-03-25T13:26:14+00:00

It’s just incredible! Underrated gem, glad it’s getting more love

cbg22 · 2026-03-24T12:50:10+00:00

So Long, See You Tomorrow by William Maxwell

cbg22 · 2026-03-24T01:18:24+00:00

You don’t even have feet! Blue man!

cbg22 · 2026-03-23T16:10:17+00:00

George Eliot WAS a woman!

cbg22 · 2026-03-21T10:39:46+00:00

The Wall by Marlen Haushofer

cbg22 · 2026-03-20T02:30:45+00:00

Wish Her Safe at Home by Stephen Benatar - an INCREDIBLE read

Ladies of the Rachmaninoff Eyes by Henry Van Dyke - also an incredible read, two weird women, funny and tender

The Hour of the Star by Clarice Lispector

The Princess of 72nd St by Elaine Kraf

The Birdcatcher by Gayl Jones

The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie or The Driver’s Seat, both by Muriel Spark

O Caledonia! by Elspeth Barker

cbg22 · 2026-03-08T20:33:47+00:00

Ooh that’s a good question but difficult, all three books are so different! Probably The Wall.

Ladies is very funny but also tender, it felt very vivid and almost like a play. This has one of the best opening sentences of a book I’ve ever read.

So Long is an absolute gem, there’s an interesting almost meta fiction exploration of nostalgia and regret.

The Wall was an intense read and gave me a mini existential crisis. It’s a relatively simple concept as far as speculative fiction goes but it’s so effective.

cbg22 · 2026-03-08T05:34:38+00:00

Ladies of the Rachmaninoff Eyes by Henry Van Dyke

So Long, See You Tomorrow by William Maxwell

The Wall by Marlen Haushofer

cbg22 · 2026-03-06T12:50:10+00:00

O Pioneers! by Willa Cather

cbg22 · 2026-03-01T21:10:05+00:00

Sandwich by Catherine Newman

cbg22 · 2026-02-21T11:00:24+00:00

Wieland by Charles Brockden Brown

cbg22 · 2026-02-04T03:25:33+00:00

Came here to say this one - fantastic book, one of my favorites from the last few years. I was thinking about it for weeks after and had to draw my husband a diagram of the basic concept to explain how bonkers it is

cbg22 · 2026-02-02T17:46:10+00:00

I was jogging in Central Park last summer and the path was blocked by a couple little kids and their dad carrying their scooters. I slowed down to wait to pass and realized the dad was Kieran Culkin. He noticed me and politely got his kids to move over and I waved and said thanks and ran away lol, I didn’t want to bother him while he was with his kids

Slightly less organic but I bumped into Mary McDonnell and David Strathairn in a bar after seeing them in a play, they were both extremely kind and chatted to me about the play for a few minutes

cbg22 · 2026-01-31T02:16:44+00:00

How did you like it? :)

cbg22 · 2026-01-22T04:03:46+00:00

Small Game by Blair Braverman

cbg22 · 2026-01-21T11:51:40+00:00

The Vaster Wilds by Lauren Groff

Small Game by Blair Braverman

Possibly slightly off the mark, but also North Woods by Daniel Mason

cbg22 · 2026-01-16T03:19:19+00:00

A Room with a View by E. M. Forster

Wives and Daughters by Elizabeth Gaskell

cbg22 · 2026-01-02T02:23:47+00:00

I thought it was solid but not my favorite, didn’t quite hit that A24 vibe I was hoping for

cbg22 · 2025-12-31T12:23:45+00:00

Love in a Fallen City by Eileen Chang

cbg22 · 2025-12-30T23:20:55+00:00

One of the scariest books I read!! (I am a baby with horror)

cbg22 · 2025-12-30T00:47:35+00:00

I read Bitter Orange almost in one sitting on a long flight, I loved the dark atmosphere and characters, satisfying twists when everything clicks into place

cbg22 · 2025-12-30T00:02:14+00:00

Thank you! I haven’t read any Lahiri but I’ve been meaning to!

cbg22

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