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The Alfalfa Mail's avatar

Evie why not listen to my music for free on sound cloud it’s meditative and uplifting songs…

https://open.substack.com/pub/bendambrosio/p/im-on-soundcloud?r=3zkd2z&utm_medium=ios

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Lorenzo Bongiovanni's avatar

This is wildly inspiring

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maja roglić's avatar

I love the way those freaks talk 😭

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Evie's avatar

freaks (complimentary)

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The Alfalfa Mail's avatar

Evie firstly thanks I’m going to pick a few of these this year I’m a slow reader compared to you. How do you do it?? Secondly do you know the Hungarian writer László Krasznahorkai? I’ve been reading his collection of short stories Seiobo There Below and it’s remarkable. I’d love to know your take, if you have one. 😊🧧HNY!

From your list I’ll pick 2,9,16

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Evie's avatar

i’ll add seiobo there below to my list for this year!!

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Josephine Beauvoir's avatar

Love Dolly Alderton! Kitchen Confidential and Emma are on my TBR for this year, but seeing this I may need to add a few more to the list 📝

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Evie's avatar

oooh i hope you enjoy them!!

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Mia's avatar

I read kitchen and will put black swan on my reading list 🪶🪶 . also there is a goodreads ‘wrapped’ (i found it hidden in email spam)!

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Evie's avatar

how did you like kitchen??? i found the goodreads email right in time for this post but still wish it was easier to find!!

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Mia's avatar

to be honest I’m not usually one for short stories, but once I adjusted to the rhythm of the book — quick and sharp — I enjoyed it. just like you said, it felt so effortless. my favorite story was the one about the girl born by the river.

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Evie's avatar

i loved that one too! mikage’s storyline lost me a bit in the end

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vincer ✦'s avatar

100 books is crazy! Happy New Year! ✦

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Evie's avatar

happy new year to you too!! 100 was definitely challenging lol

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rachel ellingwood's avatar

i’m taking notes for recs as usual 📝 also that graphic you made is too cute

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Evie's avatar

notice that the lover is not listed as a fav ☠️

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rachel ellingwood's avatar

yes LOL i totally understand… def not in my top reads of the year either

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Evie's avatar

going to read emily L this year though, maybe it can redeem marguerite

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Charleen N Fike's avatar

Good Job Evie!! I am really impressed. You must be a very fast reader and I hope you keep up this great hobby. I remember reading “A Tree Grows in Brooklyn” way back when it was first published. Maybe I will look and see if the movie is still on Netflix.

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Evie's avatar

i didn’t know there was a movie! i’ll watch it with michael :)

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Hailey Johnston's avatar

i will be reading all of these now thank you 🙂‍↕️🙂‍↕️

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Evie's avatar

u need to read good material by dolly alderton too… i feel like you’d love

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Hailey Johnston's avatar

ugh yes been meaning to - i will eat up anything that woman writes

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maja roglić's avatar

also you should read my brilliant friend if you haven’t yet!!!

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Evie's avatar

adding it to the 2025 list 🫡

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Francesca Hadland's avatar

Bookmarking (if you’ll pardon the pun) this for my reading this year. I love Dolly Alderton too - she’s just so cool and so cool to read. And as a Brit, I love that you love how we talk 😂 I’ll defo be putting the Anthony Bourdain book high on my list. On the off chance you haven’t read it, I think you’d love Heartburn by Nora Ephron (food, love, humour - what more could a girl want?!)

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Evie's avatar

I LOVED HEARTBURN!! nora ephron is a fav, i read I Feel Bad About My Neck this year too, loved it per usual

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Francesca Hadland's avatar

I’m so not surprised you’ve already read it! Okay cool - another one to add to my list!!

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Caroline Beuley's avatar

I loved kitchen confidential!! Anthony bourdain forever - I learned so much!

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val's avatar

Kitchen by banana yoshimoto is one of my all time favs. Just finished the trio by johanna hedman, you might like!!

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