It’s kind-of-a-long-weekend.
And there is no better excuse than reading on a kind-of-a-long-weekend. Right?
On the latest episode of Mamamia Out Loud, Mia, Jam and Monz give some great recommendations about what you should be reading right now.
From essays to long reads, it’s reading that will restore your faith in language, ideas and humans in general.
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The Clasp, Sloane Crosley (Book)
“She’s the female David Sedaris” says Mia, and we say SHUT UP AND TAKE OUR MONEY SLOANE. That’s about the only recommendation we need. Part comedy of manners and part treasure-hunt, it comes highly recommended by all who cast their eyes upon it.
Purity, Jonathan Franzen (Book)
This hefty tome is Jonathan Franzen’s latest book. He’s apparently the next Great American Novelist. In any case, Monz just liked it because the last book she read was Girl On The Train. And that did not go well.
She says: ‘It’s a big hefty book. And you’ll look at it and think ‘oh god – I’ll never get through it.’ But it’s very much worth it, Franzen is a wonderful character writer.”
The Nation He Built, Edel Rodriguz (Essay)
Remember when Obama was elected President and he was all like “Hope!” yada yada “Change!” yada yada. Well, if that’s about when you stopped paying attention, you might be interested in this. It’s a potted summary of what Obama has achieved as POTUS and leader of the free world, which, when you read it, is a lot. If you are like Jam, and you love politics so much you have a picture of Obama glued onto the front of your diary that you secretly pash when your husband isn’t in the room, you’ll bloody love it.
