It’s Thursday, which can only mean we have another cracking episode of Bookshelfie for you to devour! This week we are joined by the sensational, hilarious and incredibly relatable London Hughes. London sat down with Vick to chat through identity, making it in a male-dominated field and how judging a book by its cover could just change your life.
Check out the full episode here.
“It’s just such a warm hug. It’s just anytime I think of that book and I think of my life at the time of getting that book and how that book made me feel […] My friend Katie was obsessed with Louise Rennison, she read all the books and then I saw her read it and she was like it’s such a good book. You should read it. So I read it all in a day and I was just like, I love Georgia.”
“It’s just such a warm hug. It’s just anytime I think of that book and I think of my life at the time of getting that book and how that book made me feel […] My friend Katie was obsessed with Louise Rennison, she read all the books and then I saw her read it and she was like it’s such a good book. You should read it. So I read it all in a day and I was just like, I love Georgia.”
“I just remember [this book] punching me in the throat. I just was so used to these happy white girl stories. And then this black girl story comes, it’s a real story. And it’s so horrible. And so as sad as the book was, I saw myself in her. And that was also sad. And then she overcame it. And I was like, okay, so you can overcome this feeling of feeling like you’re not worthy. You can come out the other side, and you can quell the naysayers and kill at life. And so it was inspirational.”
“First of all, I was so in awe of all the stuff she’s been through, the girl has a story to tell. And the book is written in a way, which I think is genius. It’s written colloquially. There’s spelling mistakes, grammar mistakes, everything is written like she’s talking to you. It’s like she’s sitting next to you like she’s your bestie.”
“I’m a cover girl, like, if I don’t like the cover, I ain’t buying the book and the cover grabbed me. And the words just jumped out, like how to stop doubting yourself and start living a great life. And I was like, I need this book. And I read it. I devoured it in maybe a couple of hours, maybe I don’t even know maybe an hour. I read it all. And then I started applying the things I learned in the book. And my life changed.”
