Wednesday's review reminded me how much I love dishy Hollywood novels so I'm reprising my review of one of my favorites. This is a great fall weekend reading option. The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo is catnip to anyone who loves old movies. In Evelyn, Taylor Jenkins Reid has created an amalgam of all the old glamor girls: Lana Turner and Elizabeth Taylor for ... Read More...
Black Sun by Rebecca Roanhorse
When I was young I was fascinated by the cultures of the Mayans and Aztecs so discovering a fantasy trilogy set in the pre-Columbian Americas when the fantasy genre is working well for me felt fortuitous. Black Sun begins with a mother mutilating her young son because she believes him to be a god. The past with its violence against tribes like his is about to come full circle ... Read More...
The Same Bright Stars by Ethan Joella
As evidenced by Wednesday’s review I’m always up for dark dark fiction if there’s humor somewhere in the horror. At the same time, I appreciate a gentler approach—slice-of-life novels if you will. Ethan Joella’s The Same Bright Stars fits in this quieter space perfectly. Jack Schmidt has been in the restaurant business since he was a little boy. Now in his early 50s he’s begun ... Read More...
Margo’s Got Money Troubles
Margo is 19 and languishing at community college when she is swept into an affair with a married professor. She ends up pregnant and decides to have the baby. What follows in Margo’s Got Money Troubles is a story and characters that are frustrating, quirky, and endearing. Let’s jump right into the frustrating. My pragmatic nature trampled my romantic side decades ago so a ... Read More...
Every Time We Say Goodbye
I loved both of the novels in the Jane Austen series by Natalie Jenner so was delighted to learn it’s a trilogy with the third book newly released. Every Time We Say Goodbye follows the indomitable Vivien, the writer and intimidating brunette who was introduced in The Bloomsbury Girls. World War II has finally ended and she’s one of the many to have lost a loved one as her ... Read More...
Christa Comes Out of Her Shell
Christa is a scientist who studies snails on a small isolated island. She’s perfectly happy with a life free from people thanks to a childhood spent in the spotlight. Her father was a world-famous naturalist with his own wildly popular TV show, but his plane crashed in the Alaskan wilderness when she was 2-years-old. Her mother carried on his work by creating a wildlife ... Read More...
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