This week we're deep in Chapter Two of A Little Life — and it turns out JB might actually be redeemable? We explore what Hanya Yanagihara is doing with race, privilege, and the way her characters see the world, and ask the big question: is Jude even in this book?
In The Offering, Sophie pitches Into Thin Air by Jon Krakauer (a gripping first-hand account of the 1996 Everest disaster that has absolutely no business being this unputdownable), Sarah makes a case for The Love Hypothesis by Ali Hazelwood (fake dating, banter, and a number of erections), and Sallie sacrifices An Enigma of Brontës — which started promisingly and then used a phrase that we will not be repeating.
We also talk reading retreats: Sallie has just returned from Gladstone's Library, Sarah has strong opinions about which books you should and absolutely should not bring, and we float the idea of a MWLB retreat that we are definitely, absolutely going to organise.
Spoilers for A Little Life Chapter Two.
Books discussed in this episode:
Into Thin Air — Jon Krakauer
The Love Hypothesis — Ali Hazelwood
An Enigma of Brontës — Maureen Peters
The Gallows Pole — Benjamin Myers
Wuthering Heights — Emily Brontë
Into the Wild — Jon Krakauer
Legends & Lattes — Travis Baldree
Empire of Pain — Patrick Radden Keefe
Thin Air — Michelle Paver
People in the Trees — Hanya Yanagihara
Funny Story — Emily Henry
A Little Life — Hanya Yanagihara
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