Bustle Book Club
TheDaisy Jones & The Sixauthors fascination with star image fueled a quartet of novels.
Taylor Jenkins Reid lives for gossip.
Her interest in gossip runs deeper than salacious information itself.
I did a lot of reading about the process of recordingRumours, she says.
[I also read] Bruce SpringsteensBorn to Runand watched the Eagles documentary.
Id start to get really excited and be like, Oh, I have to get to my computer.
it isnt until Daisy and the gang speak up that the actual reason comes to light.
Below, Reid reflects on her search history, notebook collection, and Steve Miller Band phase.
That was very influential to me in the writing of theSeven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo.
Sometimes Ill just Google Im a writer so theres evidence of my search history.
One time I Googled, When did people start saying stuff bites?
In the 80s, were people saying like, Oh, that sucks?
I was like, Ireallydont want someone to see this search history.
So what did they sound like [then], as opposed to what they would sound like later?
I got really into the Steve Miller Band for a minute.
The Kinks, too.
You end up going in these directions that you dont foresee until you get there.
One is my to-do list, my little doodles, my notes, and everything.
Im very particular about each notebook, and I have a spiritual moment in choosing the notebook.
Does it feel like what Im going for?
Does it evoke the feelings Im trying to convey?
This interview has been edited and condensed for clarity.
This article was originally published onMarch 3, 2023
