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summer required reading for adult girls in their 20s š
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items growing up, my favorite part of summer was getting required reading for school. here is what Iām currently reading, what Iāve read this summer, and whatās on my wtr list! this is the summer of reading books written before the year 2000, for me.
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first capote book for me, and it wonāt be my last. very captivating, true crime.
In Cold Blood: Truman Capote: 9780679745587
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she is my queen. my icon. my reason to keep doing what I do. Iām a student journalist and when I found out about joan didion recently, I havenāt stopped wanting to know about her, wanting to know her. itās an obsession!!! I wish she was still here wi...
JOAN DIDION | The Official Website | joandidion.org
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very modern take on the romance novel. trigger warning to beautiful girls: reddit is a core part of the story
Books - Just for the Summer: Jimenez, Abby
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this was the first of hers I read! I love her style of writing, and learning about pinnacle events in the ā60s!
White Album (FSG Classics) by Joan Didion
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this was probably the most poignant and well-put together set of essays Iāve read of hers so far. john wayne, howard hughes and the haight-ashbury district donāt seem to have much in common, but she connects them with such grace that you can see they...
Slouching Towards Bethlehem: Essays (FSG Classics)
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loved this, as always, as it is joan didion. why I write really solidified my respect for her, especially as the very-much-seen narrator of many of her novels and essays. weāre taught in english class, and even in journalism school to keep ourselves ...
Let Me Tell You What I Mean: Didion, Joan
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I do have to say this book was confusing at times. I think that was how it was intendedā for you to put together the pieces, for you to go back once you know what happened to Dick McMahon and say oh, that was foreshadowed. in that way, it was beautif...
The Last Thing He Wanted by Joan Didion
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possibly the best book I read this summer, and will stay at the top of the list. at first, I didnāt really think it was that interesting. but when I got to the end of the book, it got exciting, and when I finished it I realized I wanted more. I went ...
White Teeth: A Novel: Smith, Zadie - Books
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joan didionās telling of grief is not only moving, but intriguing. I felt myself inside her head and inside her grieving process. the way she told things, not in sequential order all the time, a little bit all over the place, a spotty memory that ca...
The Year of Magical Thinking: Joan Didion
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this book was really good, and I watched āa womanās faceā with ingrid bergman shortly after, and realized I LOVE a scheming queen on the screen (or on the pages)!!!
Sheep's Clothing by Celia Dale
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Iām really excited to read this. After reading her essays āon keeping a notebookā, I want to see more of her thought process and what was going on in her mind, since she said itās the most accurate representation of a personās mentality.
South and West: From a Notebook by Joan Didion
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all of her books, really. but I want to get through joan didion first (extensive list).
Eve's Hollywood (New York Review Books Classics)
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I donāt know if I can do another sad book after the year of magical thinking, but Iāll give it a shotā¦
Blue Nights: A Memoir: Didion, Joan: 9780307387387