I saw MrsLangdonAlger’s review of this novel and was basically sold on the description of this one as an angry The Lovely Bones. It is but there are also distinct differences – the rapist/killer isn’t a creepy older neighbor but a peer of Ellie’s. The Lovely Bones was sad and beautifully written but by making I Stop Somewhere involve a peer, it is also very much a condemnation of rape culture, a testimony to how early girls learn their lack of importance and how early […]
None of This is Fair
I needed an Oprah’s Book Club book for the Book Riot Read Harder challenge and this one took place in Atlanta so it seemed like a good choice. The novel deals with the false imprisonment of a successful black man and its after effects on him, his wife and his marriage. While this seems especially relevant in today’s context, I was surprised to realize the novel takes in the early to mid 2000’s rather than current day. Ray Jr. grew up in small town Louisiana; […]
Well, That’s Done
I read the first two of these novels earlier in the year, and the amusement quickly wore thin for me. However, I already had the third novel on my Kindle, I was slightly curious to see how it ended, and since I have been on a streak of good books lately, I thought enough time had passed where some of the flaws would be less grating. Overall, I was less irritated with this one than the previous one since I had taken a break from […]
That’s One Way to Wake Up and Smell the Roses
I picked this one up because after reading Fool Me Twice, since I wanted to read the story of the Duke of Marwick’s brother and Elizabeth Chudderley. However, I think I may have been in more of a Loretta Chase mood since I also picked up Miss Wonderful around the same time to learn more about Alastair Carsington, the brother whose engagement Rupert refers to mournfully a few times in Mr. Impossible. Basically, it is not that this is a bad romance novel, but I […]