Lucky by Marissa Stapley
If I had a nickel for every book I’ve read recently that also has Anya Taylor-Joy starring in an upcoming adaptation, I’d have two nickels which is not a lot but it’s still weird that it happened twice. Lucky Armstrong is having both the best and worst day of her life. She and her boyfriend Cary have pulled off a scam that will allow them to finally run off to live the life of luxury in the Caribbean that they’ve been working towards. Except Cary […]
The Lightning Bottles by Marissa Stapley
This book is part mystery, part road trip, part behind the music, part reflection on celebrity and how women are treated in the music industry, and also has almost a dash of a fairytale about it. In the novel’s world, once upon a time (back in the early 1990’s), The Lighting Bottles were on top of the charts, a husband and wife duo, with him coming straight out of the Seattle Scene (she’s from Canada). But behind the scenes (and this is the behind-the-music part) […]
Lucky by Marissa Stapley
In one word: Convenient I’ve been pretty pleased with Reese’s Book Club selections. This is the 8th of her picks that I’ve read, and even when the book wasn’t for me (I’m looking at you, “Where the Crawdads Sing”), I still saw the quality of the novel and understood why she would champion it as a female-written, female-centric story. This is the first Reese book that was a swing and a miss for me. At first glance, it had a lot going for it. Sexy […]
