emily books book club Archive

Emily Books Book Club: The Terrible Girls

If you are not familiar with the Emily Books Book Club, or simply have that condition where you struggle to form short-term memories, you may click here. Maybe you already did! This month, Ruth Curry (as the most fervent proponent of THE TERRIBLE GIRLS) and I had a delightful conversation about how good ...Read More

Emily Books Book Club: The December Selection

If you are not familiar with the Emily Books Book Club, or simply have that condition where you struggle to form short-term memories, you may click here. Maybe you already did! We skipped November because of a) laziness, and b) Middlemarch. But now we're here to read, and we're can't stop. This month, ...Read More

Emily Books Book Club: Meaty

If you are not familiar with the Emily Books Book Club, or simply have that condition where you struggle to form short-term memories, you may click here. Maybe you already did! This month, Emily and I read and discussed Samantha Irby’s Meaty, which you can learn more about purchasing here. ...Read More

Emily Books Book Club: The October Selection

If you are not familiar with the Emily Books Book Club, or simply have that condition where you struggle to form short-term memories, you may click here. Maybe you already did! I was DELIGHTED to hear that the newest offering from Emily Books was ...Read More

Emily Books Book Club: Cassandra at the Wedding

If you are not familiar with the Emily Books Book Club, or simply have that condition where you struggle to form short-term memories, you may click here. Maybe you already did! This month, Emily and I read and discussed Dorothy Baker's Cassandra at the Wedding ...Read More

Emily Books Book Club: The August Selection

If you are not familiar with the Emily Books Book Club, or simply have that condition where you struggle to form short-term memories, you may click here. Maybe you already did! Well, another month is here, and another chance to do your background reading for Nicole and Emily's rambling gchats about literature ...Read More

Emily Books Book Club: King Kong Theory

Earlier this month, we announced the formation of the Emily Books Book Club (man, am I ever good at naming things! call me, Childlike Empress!) in conjunction with, right, Emily Books. As promised, I read the book (King Kong ...Read More

Introducing the Emily Books Book Club

I've subscribed to Emily Books since the beginning, mostly just because Emily and Ruth have dynamite, dynamite taste, and it's like having a personal shopper for reasonably-obscure, fabulous reading. So we asked Emily if she would tell us a bit about how Emily Books came to ...Read More