Lots of people (do I have to tm Donald Trump?) around here have been reading Curtis Sittenfeld lately. I’ve seen the Pride & Prejudice remake reviews, but that wasn’t available on my library’s website, so I downloaded American Wife instead. In my head – and most likely because of the cover – I thought it would be about a Jackie Kennedy-esque first lady, but instead, it became increasingly clear that it’s a thinly veiled tale of First Lady Laura Bush. American Wife is the story […]
Should I get “I AM AN ON-THE-SHELF SPINSTER” tattooed on my forehead?
Romancing Mr. Bridgerton is the fourth book in Julia Quinn’s Bridgerton series, which follows the seven Bridgerton siblings in their various quests for love and marriage, etc. This is not a series non-romance fans will enjoy; it doesn’t exactly wallow in genre tropes, but it does embrace them quite willingly, and does teeter on some cutesy attitudes every once in a while (you can tell it’s pleased with itself and its characters). That said, this series is fun, and so is this book. This time […]
When life doesn’t go exactly as planned, you may experience new things
Alexandra “Andie” Walker is the daugher of a congressman who just had to go on sabattical because of some irregularities in his campaign funds. For the last five years, since her mother died of cancer, Andie and her father have only really interacted in the public eye and her father has been busy with his political career in Washington D.C. Andie had very specific plans for the summer. They involved a pre-med internship at Johns Hopkins, far away from her father. Due to the minor […]
Sometimes it feels like everyone knows who I am except me
Simon Spier, middle child in a very close-knit family is sixteen years old and gay. Not that anyone but his pen pal Blue knows this, until class clown Martin looks over his shoulder at the library and discovers his secret. Simon suddenly finds himself blackmailed. Help Martin get a chance with his friend Abby, or Martin outs Simon to the whole school. This might also mean that Blue’s identity is in some way compromised. Simon doesn’t want to help Martin, but feels he doesn’t have […]
Just as good as everyone said it would be.
This book was slow to start for me. I found it interesting and enjoyed it while I was reading it, but I didn’t exactly need to pick it up or anything, and I kept getting distracted by cheesy romance novels I checked out from the library instead. I should have just been patient. At around 25% (the time she commits her second murder), I was hooked, and at about halfway through when new characters enter the picture, I was so into it I practically read […]
Burr, you disgust me
I read The Hating Game because A) Malin said she liked it and Malin has impeccable taste and B) she compared it to Act Like It, which I absolutely adored. Honestly, I was smack dab in the middle of The Descent by Tim Johnston and just could not get into it, so as soon as I saw this recommendation, I dropped everything to read it. I’m so glad I did, it was one of those “have to finish this immediately” books but, oh, it was […]
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