Book Haul / July 2025

It's a cloudy London day and I have a group of new books I want to read outside of bookprize season. Click ‘Show More’ for info & links. -------------------- Join my bookclub:   / thelonesomereaderbookclub   Books discussed and purchase links: Edenglassie – Melissa Lucashenko https://uk.bookshop.org/a/9054/978183... Chilco – Daniela Catrileo https://uk.bookshop.org/a/9054/978191... The Girls Who Grew Big – Leila Mottley https://uk.bookshop.org/a/9054/978024... The Other Wife – Jackie Thomas-Kennedy https://uk.bookshop.org/a/9054/978024... Migraine – Samuel Fisher https://uk.bookshop.org/a/9054/978147... I'll Be Right Here – Amy Bloom https://uk.bookshop.org/a/9054/978178... Bloody Awful in Different Ways – Andrev Walden https://uk.bookshop.org/a/9054/978024... The Uproar – Karim Dimechkie https://uk.bookshop.org/a/9054/978031... Supporting Act – Agnes Lidbeck https://uk.bookshop.org/a/9054/978191... Happiness and Love – Zoe Dubno https://uk.bookshop.org/a/9054/978152... The Mercy Step – Marcia Hutchinson https://uk.bookshop.org/a/9054/978191... Kill Your Darlings – Peter Swanson https://uk.bookshop.org/a/9054/978057... I Remember – Joe Brainard https://uk.bookshop.org/a/9054/978191... The Ha-Ha – Jennifer Dawson https://uk.bookshop.org/a/9054/978057... Chinatown – Oh Jung-hee https://uk.bookshop.org/a/9054/978024... All the Lights – Clemens Meyer https://uk.bookshop.org/a/9054/978191... Autocorrect – Etgar Keret https://uk.bookshop.org/a/9054/978180... Oddbody – Rose Keating https://uk.bookshop.org/a/9054/978183... Granta: Badlands https://uk.bookshop.org/a/9054/978190... Ariel – Sylvia Plath https://uk.bookshop.org/a/9054/978057... The Parallel Path – Jenn Ashworth https://uk.bookshop.org/a/9054/978139... It's Terrible the Things I Have to Do to be Me – Philippa Snow https://uk.bookshop.org/a/9054/978034... On Writing – Stephen King https://uk.bookshop.org/a/9054/978139... Chapters: 0:00 Intro 1:05 Edenglassie 2:25 Chilco 3:16 The Girls Who Grew Big 4:03 The Other Wife 5:14 Migraine 6:05 I'll Be Right Here 6:58 Bloody Awful in Different Ways 7:40 The Uproar 8:23 Supporting Act 9:17 Happiness and Love 10:06 The Mercy Step 10:42 Kill Your Darlings 11:31 I Remember 12:24 The Ha Ha 13:08 Chinatown 13:41 All the Lights 14:16 Autocorrect 14:46 Oddbody 15:34 Granta Badlands 16:34 Ariel 17:08 The Parallel Path 17:45 It's Terrible the Things I Have to Do to be Me 18:54 On Writing 20:09 Conclusion -------------------- Get in touch Book Blog: http://lonesomereader.com/ Twitter:   / lonesomereader   Instagram:   / lonesomereader   Facebook: http://tinyurl.com/hfkkhus Goodreads: http://tinyurl.com/h8uus5t LetterBoxd: https://letterboxd.com/lonesomereader/ TikTok:   / lonesomereader   Email: [email protected]