![]() ![]() The books in the newsletter are the books I want to read. I admire people who rip through like, 60 or 70 books a year, but I can't. One of the things I love about your newsletter is how diverse the picks are. What are we reading? What did you like about it? I wanted to have something like that, rather than “is this the most definitive novel of the year.” I just want to share books I'm reading with people and if they find something that they like to read, that's great. I like talking about books with my friends. They’re big intellectual think pieces and I enjoy reading that, but I felt that it created a barrier to entry for a lot of books. And you don't really get a sense of whether the book is enjoyable. They're all similar, or the same books, it's all timed to like what comes out. I would read the usual reviews, and I felt they're all kind of the same. I’d never seen a newsletter like that, that talked about books using this kind of humor, this sort of meme-ish way of talking about books. I had been sending my friends birthday emails with four GIFs, I would use the GIFs in the message.Īnd I said to a friend, “if I did a newsletter about books, would anybody read it?” And she said, “You have to use GIFs” and the whole thing just clicked into place. Where did the idea for Books on GIF come from?īack in 2016, newsletters were having another moment and I was interested in the format. Our conversation has been edited and condensed for clarity. I was delighted when we were both featured in Book Riot’s list of best newsletters for readers and equally happy that we were able to chat about the ins and outs of book newsletters. To get a sense of how Books on GIF approaches reviews, I suggest starting with the edition featuring Sylvia Plath’s The Bell Jar. ![]() If that sounds fun, you can subscribe here. Subscribers receive an edition every other Sunday and the picks are wonderfully eclectic, ranging from the classic Rebecca by Daphne du Maurier to David Grann’s nonfiction epic Killers of the Flower Moon. I love the way it uses a very modern form of storytelling, the GIF, to comment on one of the oldest art forms, the book. ![]() Books on GIF is one of my favorite bookish newsletters.Īs the name implies, it combines reviews of books with animated GIFs – such a simple premise that brings so much delight. ![]()
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