Welcome to another episode of the Bowie Book Club, where wild speculation and grasping for straws about Bowie’s favorite books has reigned supreme since 2016. This time we read Orlando by Virginia Woolf, a book that essentially proves that David Bowie and Tilda Swinton are one person.
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Stuff We Talked About
- The Hours by Michael Cunningham
- Woolf's novel Mrs Dalloway
- All Passions Spent by Vita Sackville West
- Vita and Virginia film
- A Distant Mirror by Barbara Tuchman
- Crinolinomania!
- "He looked like someone from the same planet as me"
- Velvet Goldmine film
What Are We Reading
Greg:
- Deacon King Kong by James McBride
- A Visit from the Goon Squad by Jennifer Egan
- The City We Became by NK Jemisin
Kristianne:
- The Morningside by Tea Obreht
Both of us!
- My Favorite Thing is Monsters, Book Two by Emil Ferris
- The Once and Future King by T.H. White
What Song Did We Choose?
What's Up Next
Psychic Self-Defense by Dion Fortune (this is going to be a doozy)