Thank God for Sally Rooney, saysSharon Horgan, the BAFTA-winning Irish actress and writer.

We got one not very nice review this time round, says Horgan, smiling.

You dont need to worry about that.

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Horgans love for good writing bears out in her four favorite books, which were discussing today.

Well I did it.

I went to see a hypnotherapist.

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It worked for about a week, but thats all I needed.

I needed some time off.

Her second choice,Im Glad My Mom Diedby Jennette McCurdy, trades in similar levels of radical vulnerability.

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I was a fan [of McCurdy] because my girls wereobsessed with iCarly, she says.

The pair are now friendly.

This is a book that we are bringing to screen, hopefully, she says.

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And I was like, No, no, no, I just dont have time.

Then they said, Just read the first chapter.

So I read the first chapter and then I just made time.

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Will Horgan herself star?

Maybe a little cameo.

It doesnt always work out that way, but you really, really try.

One Nightstand with Bryce Dallas Howard.

Also, I love making things that Im not in and casting people.

(Her dream stars?

So many, but I cant tell you.)

Katie Kitamura on ‘Audition’ and the role of an author.

Nevertheless, Horgan returns to it as often as she can.

I love the Paris setting, I love Pamplona, I love the bull fighting, she says.

And I hate and love all the toxic masculinity.

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a woman reading a spicy BookTok novel filled with castlecore sex