Marie Phillips

I thought Juice was terrific! Haven’t read the other two (yet)

Started with this one because we had it on the shelf, and let me tell you, one chapter in, the prose is so good it’s breaking me

I saw Hallie Rubenhold giving a talk about that book, she was great!

I saw Hallie Rubenhold giving a talk about that book, she was great!

This is an excellent vibe!

This is a useful warning for me - it sounds great but perhaps not what I need just this moment!

Agreed! Whoooaah!

He adores her. I find her a little too vicious, though undeniably brilliant - I’m thinner-skinned than he is!

Oooh that was such a good film! So I’m very intrigued

Yes that’s excellent!

Oh I loved that! Yes!

Hurray!

I *do* like it, but I’m shying away from anything social media related in my reading at the moment, so maybe one for another time

Thank you!

Do you think I need to have read any of her other work first?

Quintessentially Quint

A dog called Sid Vicious! Count me in

That’s OK! Other people will see and enjoy the recommendation

I’d want to start with Snow, right?

Oh I read this one and enjoyed it very much, and I hope that Toibin returns to the character in another decade or two.

Very intriguing!

I’m instantly sold on Sam West reading The Aspern Papers. That’s my bedtime listening sorted!

I loved SE Hinton as a teenager! I do wonder what I’d make of her now

“Winner of the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction 2024” I clearly need to keep a closer eye on things!

Never heard of her, thanks for the tip!

I wonder if I’d do better with his prose style turned down to 9, but I loved Portrait of a Lady so much I definitely want to read more

Oh that sounds right up my street!

Which The Wall, please?

I can tolerate it for Bakerl0.0 and Waterl0.0 even though I think it’s idiotic, because at least it makes some sort of sense, but what did poor Oxf0.0rd Circus do to deserve it?

Lightning book recommendation round! What was the last really good book you read? What was the vibe of it? Mine was Barbara Pym, An Unsuitable Attachment. Clergymen, spinsters, libraries, repressed sexuality, and a very sharp eye observing it all.