Episode 3: Alice Slater

from Hello Friend · host Bethany Rutter

In this episode, I talk to my longtime friend Alice Slater about two great things: LiveJournal and books. She's a bookseller at Waterstones Gower Street and has flawless literary taste. We talk you through the appeal of now-dead journalling platform LiveJournal, go deep on thrillers, talk about Erin Kelly too much and Alice confesses a book-related crime she committed that endured for many years.Alice blogs at https://smokintofu.com She tweets and Instagrams at @smokintofuBooks we talked about: Exquisite by Sarah StovellI Love Dick by Chris KrausCarol by Patricia HighsmithGone Girl by Gillian FlynnConversations with Friends by Sally RooneyPaulina & Fran by Rachel B. GlaserMarlena by Julie BuntinThe books of Margaret AtwoodThe End We Start From by Megan HunterDiary of An Oxygen Thief by anonymousMilk & Honey by Rupi KaurThe Poison Tree // The Burning Air // He Said/She Said by Erin Kelly

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