Reading Envy Readers discussion

For one thing, it is massive, at 1040 pages. I need a group to help me through! And I understand it to be very few sentences, and it just goes on in a stream of consciousness style. It's written by a female author, it's about a woman, it's in the woman's head.

For another thing, it received a lot of acclaim. Shortlisted for the Booker Prize (I expected it to win!), winner of the Goldsmiths Prize, listed on year-end lists for many publications not to mention the New Yorker, the New York Times, and Time Magazine.

I also understand it to be the internal dialogue of a very busy woman who is juggling children and housework while feeling deep concern for the political landscape and more. In some ways it seemed like this might be a good read while we are all feeling extra domestic.

A few items you can look at to further acquaint yourself:

A 1-minute overview by the author (video).

The Guardian Books Podcast Interview with Lucy Ellmann (I was charmed!)

WhatKamilReads review of the book (one of my favorite BookTube accounts)

LitHub Interview with the author, 2019 (calls her the Great American Novelist, but she moved to the UK in 1970)

Vogue interview about the Twitter controversy over her comments on motherhood (ooh, controversy!)

I bought the book because of this review (no spoilers) on the Books on the Go podcast https://booksonthego.libsyn.com/ep-89...

Amy wrote: "I bought the book because of this review (no spoilers) on the Books on the Go podcast https://booksonthego.libsyn.com/ep-89..."

Yes that was a good overview of the book!

Side note - I'm actually recording an episode with Anna tomorrow about An American Sunrise: Poems. She was a guest on Reading Envy back on Episode 132.