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Book Reviews (Listed Alphabetically by Title)

The Maidens: Recap & Summary

Prologue Part I Part II Part III Part IV Part V Part VI Epilogue Prologue The book opens by introducing Mariana, who is certain that a man named Edward Fosca has murdered two people, and she is determined to find a way to prove it. Part I Chapters 1 – 6 The story then flashes …

Malibu Rising: Recap & Chapter-by-Chapter Summary

Prologue Part I Part II Note that the entire book takes place over the course of 24 hours — from at 7:00 AM on Saturday, August 27, 1983 to 7:00 AM on Sunday August 28, 1983 — with flashbacks in between. (I numbered the chapters to make it easier to reference, but the chapters are …

Malibu Rising

Malibu Rising is Taylor Jenkins Reid’s newest novel, released a few days ago on June 1st. Continuing Reid’s trend of writing about famous, gorgeous people, Malibu Rising is about a set of famous, attractive siblings that throw the trendiest party of the year … where someone starts the fire that culminates in the Malibu fire …

A Slow Fire Burning

From Dorie on Goodreads: “This is a very cerebral mystery so I wouldn’t recommend reading this after several glasses of wine, or whatever unless you reason better this way!! You will need to think, untangle story lines and understand this myriad cast of characters and convoluted but ultimately brilliantly written novel.” From Tammy on Goodreads: …

The Song of Achilles

It seems like everyone has been reading The Song of Achilles by Madeline Miller lately, and I’ve been trying to make time for it ever since I read and absolutely loved Circe. The Song of Achilles is an engaging story about the Trojan War, a retelling of sorts of The Iliad. I didn’t love it …