Sarah Jessica Parker’s followers couldn’t assist however marvel — is she AI?
The “And Just Like That…” star made a fairly jaw-dropping declare to Web page Six final week on the PEN America Literary Gala.
The outlet requested her what number of books she reads every week, or in a month, and Parker had fairly a response.
“Well, now, I’m judging the Booker, so I’m reading two books a day sometimes,” she stated.
It was introduced late final yr that Parker — who launched SJP Lit, her personal literary imprint in 2023 — might be a choose for the 2025 Booker Prize.
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Parker will serve on the judging panel for the distinguished British literary award alongside authors Ayòbámi Adébáyò, Kiley Reid and Chris Energy. Roddy Doyle, an Irish novelist who received the prize in 1993, will chair the jury, per the New York Instances.
“It’s intense to be reading [that number of books],” Parker advised Web page Six. “The volume is kind of hard to convey, what it’s like to have as many books we are given the opportunity to read in a month … it’s quite something.”
Parker added to the outlet that she at present reads “morning to night, any opportunity that exists, I’m reading.”
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When considered one of Parker’s quotes about her present studying habits made its approach onto X, previously Twitter, many customers weren’t shopping for her story.
“me when i lie,” stated one consumer.
“they must be audiobooks or really short books cause how do you even have that much time,” stated one other consumer.
“Not physically or mathematically possible but sure,” echoed one other.
“Me with my 12 book reading goal on Goodreads,” one consumer joked.
“I could read this fast, but I wouldn’t remember shit I read afterwards though, would have plots mixed up and shit LMFAO,” admitted one other consumer.
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But, some bookworms believed the “Sex in the City” alum’s declare, contemplating she’s a choose for such an vital literary award.
“It’s very possible. I’m a librarian and we have to do this on a fairly regular basis. We also have to take notes on content, audience, themes, etc,” one consumer identified.
“I read 2-3 books a week as a part time hobby. When we do 12 hour readathons at our house, I can read 2-3 books in that time frame. Super doable. How do you think editors and publishers get through all their submissions,” stated one other consumer.
“Why are people saying she is lying? She’s a famously voracious reader and if you can afford to do nothing else (which she can) you can read up to two books a day depending on their length,” one other individual stated.
“It’s weird how people are not believing Sarah Jessica Parker is a big reader… She did a 73 Questions with Vogue years ago and you could tell from her home just how much she actually reads…” one other consumer stated.
No matter one could imagine, Parker scored the Booker gig within the cutest approach potential.
In accordance with the Instances, the “Hocus Pocus” star was scrolling by Instagram in 2022 when she seen a video by the Booker Prize Basis through which three earlier judges spoke candidly about how troublesome it was to learn all 170 novels in only a few months to choose that yr’s nominees.
“Oh let me try!!!!” Parker wrote within the feedback part.
