Gina Recine grew up in the Bronx, New York and holds a degree in English and American Literature from New York University. During her studies, she fielded frequent Facebook messages from eager film students (wrongly) convinced she was related to Quentin Tarantino, with whom she once shared a last name.
She now lives in Long Island City, Queens with her husband and is working on her debut novel.
More on Gina
Books.
Favorite Ever
Wuthering Heights by Emily Brontë
Recent Favorites
Standard Deviation by Katherine Heiny
Ask Again, Yes by Mary Beth Keane
Favorite Bookstore
Books Are Magic (Brooklyn, NY)
Bookstore That I Miss
Barnes & Noble on Astor Place (NYC), now a gym
First Swoon
Just As Long As We’re Together by Judy Blume
Early Favorites
Amelia Bedelia, Madeline, Strega Nonna, anything by Judy Blume, The Baby-Sitters Club series
Fangirl of
Emily Giffin, Jennifer Close, Taylor Jenkins Reid, J. Courtney Sullivan, Augusten Burroughs, Jonathan Tropper, Liane Moriarty, any SNL actor with a book
Writing.
Where
51st Street Bakery, Sweetleaf, Communitea (Long Island City, NY)
Treasured Advice
Toni Morrison’s The Site of Memory and The Getaway Car: A Practical Memoir about Writing and Life by Ann Patchett
Most Productive
Weekday evenings (6-9pm)
Playlist
Mumford & Sons, The Lumineers, Rihanna, The Head and the Heart, Dermot Kennedy, James Bay, Florence + The Machine, Sam Smith
Everything else.
Movies
When Harry Met Sally, My Best Friend’s Wedding, Now and Then, Bridesmaids, The Departed, A League of Their Own, The Holiday, This is 40
Series
The Wire, Felicity, Fleabag, Insecure, Sex and the City, The Handmaid’s Tale, The Americans, The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel
Destinations
Seaside Park, NJ; New Orleans; Florence, Italy
Obsessions
Coffee, Saturday Night Live, Broadway, quiet time on an airplane, Paper Source, sports tournaments of any kind
Dislikes
Laziness, mustard
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