Full transparency, I’ve never read a Curtis Sittenfeld book and I honestly thought this was a male author so when it seems to take a more feminist stance on topics, I was like ‘uhh wait a minute’. However, I think I’ll be adding the rest of Sittenfeld’s books to my TBR, because this was a…
Category: Penguin Random House
Carrie Soto is Back
Taylor Jenkins Reid is a master storyteller and I have loved her writing ever since I read The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo a few years ago. I love the way she weaves these historical fiction stories and vividly brings her characters and their decades to life. I love historical fiction stories but get burnt out on…
The Magnolia Palace
I’m a big Fiona Davis fan. I really enjoy the historical topics she chooses. They’re generally about less known events or about historical places that she creates stories around. She always incorporates real characters into her books and includes great links for more information around the people and places she writes about. In The Magnolia…
The Maid
Buckle in for an unpopular opinion. Molly the maid, works at a hotel, as you guessed, it a maid. Molly loves her job as a Maid and getting to ‘return rooms to a state of perfection’ is the highlight of her day. She loves keeping things clean and her attention to detail makes her perfect…
Dark and Shallow Lies
La Cachette, Louisiana is a town of 106. The only time that number changes is when someone is born or dies but never because people choose to come here. It’s a close knit town and proclaims itself to be the ‘Psychic Capital of the World’. Being less than 2 hours south of New Orleans, La…