Books as souvenirs are the key to deep deep nostalgia and reliving one’s favourite vacations over and over. I can’t tell you how many times I’ve reached for a romance novel I bought while vacationing in Bar Harbor in the dead of Ottawa winter.
Some of my favorite books are inextricably linked to the place I bought them while traveling. The next level version of this is reading books you find in places you're staying, like on the bookshelf of a cabin.
I dig this whole train of thought. Typically I read 20 or so prose books a year but this year I want to try to do either 30 or 10 ones that I’m just super into and want to reread…leaning toward the 10.
I recall going through a Gillian Flynn phase in 2018 when the HBO Sharp Objects series came out and I read all her books. I ordered The Grownup on amazon and feeling ripped off when it arrived and was not in fact a novel but a long short story
I think you should also change the name of this substack to Flag Bang, as it sounds way cooler and sexier in reverse.
Books as souvenirs are the key to deep deep nostalgia and reliving one’s favourite vacations over and over. I can’t tell you how many times I’ve reached for a romance novel I bought while vacationing in Bar Harbor in the dead of Ottawa winter.
Some of my favorite books are inextricably linked to the place I bought them while traveling. The next level version of this is reading books you find in places you're staying, like on the bookshelf of a cabin.
I dig this whole train of thought. Typically I read 20 or so prose books a year but this year I want to try to do either 30 or 10 ones that I’m just super into and want to reread…leaning toward the 10.
HhhH is one of the best of books. I'm so glad you found it!
I recall going through a Gillian Flynn phase in 2018 when the HBO Sharp Objects series came out and I read all her books. I ordered The Grownup on amazon and feeling ripped off when it arrived and was not in fact a novel but a long short story
I think you should also change the name of this substack to Flag Bang, as it sounds way cooler and sexier in reverse.
When is your next novel coming out?
Thinking of changing the name to Bang Gnab, so it's a palindrome.
Next novel drops April 25, 2023!
I hope you enjoy it! Let me know —