Publisher: St. Martin’s Griffin Page Count: 421 Year Published: 2019 Synopsis: First Son Alex Claremont-Diaz is the closest thing to a prince this side of the Atlantic. With his intrepid sister and the Veep’s genius granddaughter, they’re the White House Trio, a beautiful millennial marketing strategy for his mother, President Ellen Claremont. International socialite duties […]
Read MoreWhat appealed to me about this book was the educational journey that Westover experienced, her desire to learn, what her learning about the world meant for her relationship with her family, and how the family dynamics at play. As I said, I often have trouble getting into nonfiction. I put down Hilbilly Elegy a few months ago […]
Read MoreI’d heard this pick was a perfect summer read and, if I’m honest, the cover is so beautiful I really wanted to read it. Interestingly, this was Catherine Isaac’s first novel as Catherine Isaac (she previously wrote under the pseudonym Jane Costello) and it was her American debut. In a recent interview, Isaac discussed the […]
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Nonfiction is having a moment in my life. With Nonfiction November over, I’m a bit sad to report I only read one nonfiction book. However, seeing as November was a terribly slow reading month (I only read two books!), I’m happy that I at least read one nonfiction book. I used to read exclusively fiction, […]
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When deciding what to read in the summer of 2018, I looked for books that were popular among readers whose opinions I admire. This worked well for the first two novels I read during that summer (Little Fires Everywhere & The Great Alone), so I hoped I’d continue to have luck with my next pick: the highly […]
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Read It Like Rory 