Sarah Jessica Parker’s ‘Intense’ Hobby Is Making People Question How She’s Even Doing It
Sarah Jessica Parker’s fans couldn’t help but wonder — is she AI?
The And Just Like That star made a pretty jaw-dropping claim to Page Six last week at the PEN America Literary Gala.
When the outlet asked her how many books she reads a week, or in a month, Sarah Jessica had quite a response.
“Well, now, I’m judging the Booker, so I’m reading two books a day sometimes,” she said.
It was announced late last year that the Emmy winner — who launched SJP Lit, her own literary imprint in 2023 — will be a judge for the 2025 Booker Prize.
SJP will serve on the judging panel for the prestigious British literary award alongside authors Ayòbámi Adébáyò, Kiley Reid and Chris Power. Roddy Doyle, an Irish novelist who won the prize in 1993, will chair the jury, per the New York Times.
“It’s intense to be reading [that number of books],” Sarah Jessica told 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.”
SJP added to the outlet that she currently reads “morning to night, any opportunity that exists, I’m reading”.
When one of SJP quotes about her current reading habits made its way onto X, many users weren’t buying her story.
“Me when i lie,” said one user, while another offered: “They must be audiobooks or really short books cause how do you even have that much time?”
“Not physically or mathematically possible but sure,” echoed another.
“Me with my 12 book reading goal on Goodreads,” one user 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 another user.
Yet, some bookworms believed the Sex And The City alum’s claim, considering she’s a judge for such an important 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 user pointed out.
“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,” said another user.
“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,” another person said.
“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…” another user said.
Whatever one may believe, Sarah Jessica scored the Booker gig in the cutest way possible.
According to the Times, the Hocus Pocus star was scrolling through Instagram in 2022 when she noticed a video by the Booker Prize Foundation in which three previous judges spoke candidly about how difficult it was to read all 170 novels in just a few months to pick that year’s nominees.
“Oh let me try!!!!” SJP wrote in the comments section.