Katherine Lin Recommends 7 Books About Friendships In Your 20s on Electric Lit

“….While writing, my North Stars were books that recognized the power, significance, and influence of friendships in your 20s. The below books have friendships that, even if begun in childhood, remained significant in the early years of adulthood. The books remind me of my own friendships in my 20s, the ways we did right by each other, and the ways we let each other down. They remind me of racing to happy hour, finding your friend already waiting for you at the bar, and then spending the rest of the night talking about the person you hope to be. They remind me of growing up…”–7 Books about Friendships In Your 20s

Katherine Lin’s Playlist for Her Novel on Largehearted boy

“I write best when listening to music. Perfect conditions would be listening to music on noise-cancelling headphones, ideally at dawn, and most ideally looking out onto an empty white-sands beach in a vacation house all to myself (this last scenario has never happened). I find that writing comes easier to me when I am feeling the same emotion as the characters in the scene I am working on–and nothing is more efficient and effective in transporting me to specific moods than music...” – Largehearted Boy

YOU CAN’T STAY HERE FOREVER ON The Page 69 Test

“…I think the page 69 test gets the highest marks for You Can’t Stay Here Forever–it delivers a perfectly timed snapshot of Ellie’s state of mind in the first half of the novel, as well as sets up the trajectory for the second half. With her life blown up by tragedy, Ellie is at work, ready to make a break for it. I wish I could say that the problems she faces on page 69 are all that she’ll contend with in the book, but many more demons shall greet her abroad–in France, Ellie will realize that her husband’s death has caused a reckoning that sheds a blazing light in her life, forcing her to question everything she thought was true about herself.” – The Page 69 Test