Books + Bits
Pandora Sykes, Ochuko AkpovbovboA pandora's box of books and culture recs. I hack through the cultural overload so you don't have to.
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A couple of years ago, I decided to read as many Colleen Hoovers as I could in a month, to figure out what made the author so wildly successful (she’s published 26 books and has sold 35 million worldwide). It was not a hardship to consume h...
Bits #81
things to read, watch, listen to and chew over
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2 Girls 1 Book: Kin by Tayari Jones
Welcome back to 2 Girls 1 Book, a monthly cross-post where Ochuko Akpovbovbo and Pandora Sykes chat about a book via Google Docs. For our 15th edition, we’re discussing Tayari Jones’s magnificent fifth novel, Kin.
Vernice and Annie have be...
Bits #80: GUEST EDIT by Lucy Williams
The creator and curator on her favourite things to read, watch, listen to and travel to
I’m ooo this week, so I’ve persuaded one of the culture vultures in my life to share some of her favourite recs. You probably know Lucy Williams for he...
Sorting through my book piles + figuring out what to read next
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