So I’ve read a lot of Liane Moriarty books. In fact, I’ve read all the Liane Moriarty books. And here’s how they go: there’s a group of people (women, or women and their husbands), something happens prior to the beginning of the novel, we don’t really know what that thing was, but it’s affecting everyone in different ways. Moriarty will spend the course of the novel dropping little hints, until the big explosive reveal (which is always something I thought I had figured out but never actually do), after which […]
“Now it was as if everybody had become their own fan. Everybody was their own paparazzi.”
Nancy Jo Sales wrote an article about the so-called “Bling Ring” in 2010. At some point after that, Sophia Coppola approached her about turning the story into a film (which she did, starring Emma Watson). Right around the same time, Lifetime released a made-for-TV movie about it, and Sales decided to expand her article into this book. I have not seen either of the films, but I’ve read the article and the book, and I’ve got to say — you can really tell she’s stretching for material […]
“Don’t do what you think will make them happy. Do what will make you happy.”
Overdrive recommended this new release to me, because Overdrive knows me pretty damn well by this point. I listened to the audiobook, and loved it. I can’t believe I haven’t heard more hype about this one, but it did just come out in May. Judging by Goodreads, I’m not the only one who loved it — I bet it hits a lot of YA lists this year. Lily & Dunkin is the story of two eight graders, dealing with identity and family issues while trying to navigate […]
“Dead kids are put on pedestals, but mentally ill kids get hidden under the rug”
This was a very strange, very trippy book. The reviews on Goodreads said to stick with it — it’ll start to make sense. I don’t necessarily agree that it really ever makes sense, but I did appreciate it when things finally began to gel a bit. “The fear of not living is a deep, abiding dread of watching your own potential decompose into irredeemable disappointment when ‘should be’ gets crushed by what is. Sometimes I think it would be easier to die than to face that, […]
YA fiction based on The Magic Orange Tree
Do y’all follow Book Riot for recommendations? If not, you totally should. I have found so many great reads off their lists, particularly YA. They posted one the other day, A Reading List For Everyone Now Obsessed With Strangers Things (which I haven’t watched yet but know that I will). I borrowed a bunch from the library, and started with Tracey Baptiste’s The Jumbies. It’s aimed a bit younger than I normally read, but I still really liked it — and I love that I never would […]
Murder in the cane
I liked this novel by Attica Locke, which I believe several of y’all reviewed already, but it didn’t quite live up to my expectations. Her other two, starring Jay Porter in Houston, were much more interesting. But she told a good story here nonetheless. “Mothering, she learned the hard way, was about loss as well as love.” Caren’s family has lived on Belle Vie, in Louisiana, for generations. Nowadays, it’s a plantation house that provides school tours, puts on outdated plays and hosts the occasional […]
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