“It has the practiced Perrotta polish; an easy shrug about how it will be received or remembered.” @alexandrajacobs.bsky.social

delish @alexandrajacobs.bsky.social review of new #LizaMinnelli #memoir popped online last month, and I'm drinking it again in print with my morning coffee... makes me want to not read the book all over again... "It's Liza with a zzz..." @nytbookreview.bsky.social www.nytimes.com/2026/03/10/b...

“like a powerlifter hoisting a Magic 8 Ball . . .” @alexandrajacobs.bsky.social

“You’ll finish his secret history five pounds heavier but a little happier.” @alexandrajacobs.bsky.social

“Groff is spilling so much salt right now, Morton should give her a jingle.” @alexandrajacobs.bsky.social

Alexandra Jacobs very clearly wanted to like it and couldn't.

“‘Troublemaker’ is a repository of astounding resourcefulness; a detailed curriculum vitae; a crack against the soft rump of the modern screen-addled slacker.” @alexandrajacobs.bsky.social

Whoo-hoo!!!.. "So many girlish exclamation points pinprick the text that I was moved to look up the author’s age: 82! Whoo-hoo." - @alexandrajacobs.bsky.social #SusanCheever @nytbookreview.bsky.social #books #memoir #amreading #JohnCheever #BookSky #bookreview www.nytimes.com/2025/10/26/b...

“literary buried treasure.” @alexandrajacobs.bsky.social

Heartbreaking, beautifully-written review by @alexandrajacobs.bsky.social www.nytimes.com/2025/10/16/b...

“‘Somehow things happened, odd things, when Muriel was around,’ said Shirley Hazzard . . .”—from the review by @alexandrajacobs.bsky.social

NYT on Trump lawsuit:

Huge thanks to Ron, Becca Rothfeld, @alexandrajacobs.bsky.social, Michelle Hart, @jhowardrosier.bsky.social, @thelincoln.bsky.social, @summ.bsky.social, Chelsea Leu, and everyone else who spoke with me about their craft.

NEW EPISODE: New York Times book critics JenniferSzalai and @alexandrajacobs.bsky.social join co-hosts Whitney Terrell and @sugi.bsky.social to discuss their recent article, “Love Jack Kerouac? Read These Great American Road Trip Books Next.” @literaryhub.bsky.social lithub.com/jennifer-sza...

"a mash note to Ye Olde New Journalism. [ #E.JeanCarroll] is a Tom Wolfette armored in a... 'Dior-inspired Zara suit' and Revlon’s Toast of New York lipstick, punctuating her observations with a 'whoooooooosh!' and a 'Swaaaaaaaaaaaaak!'" @alexandrajacobs.bsky.social www.nytimes.com/2025/06/17/b...

The last, perhaps, in a Boxed Set of Bereavement. www.nytimes.com/2025/04/21/b...

This was a fun review from @alexandrajacobs.bsky.social of a book I blurbed and very much enjoyed www.nytimes.com/2025/02/16/b...

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The best Chrismukkah present: Wordle 1,285 1/6* 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

Who could ask for anything more? www.nytimes.com/2024/12/15/b...

"This year’s best books mattered because they offered refuge from the wheels grinding in our heads. They made us feel less alone and reminded us that we are still sane." - @dwightgarner.bsky.social @jenszalai.bsky.social @alexandrajacobs.bsky.social #BookSky #books www.nytimes.com/2024/12/12/b...

I reviewed a lovely book about “Giant” by Edna Ferber’s great-niece. I feel confident “Ferb” would be on Bluesky! www.nytimes.com/2024/12/03/b...

I reviewed Cher’s new femme-oir. (She has upstaged Barbra slightly by breaking it into two volumes.) Wonder if she’ll make it over here? www.nytimes.com/2024/11/19/b...