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“A Good Neigborhood” by Therese Anne Fowler

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Hello Everyone,

I just finished reading A Good Neighborhood by Therese Anne Fowler. The genre for this novel is Adult Contemporary Fiction, meaning it is a made up story that takes place in today’s day and age with adult themes.

Let’s sum up the story: Valerie Alston-Holt, an African American woman, and her bi-racial son Xavier live in a small southern community called Oak Knoll. They have a big oak tree in their backyard that symbolizes so much to Valerie, a forestry and ecology professor. New neighbors by the family name of Whitman move onto the plot behind her house and they find themselves at odds after a couple of days of neighborly introductions. Their disagreements get worse when Xavier and the teenage daughter of Julia Whitman find themselves in a “real life” Romeo and Juliet situation. What will happen to the families? What will happen to them and their relationship?

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“Daisy Jones and The Six” by Taylor Jenkins Reid (Audiobook)

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Ever miss music shows on VH1 and MTV? Actual shows about music or bands? Not ones about six strangers living in a random house together or pregnant teenagers. Pop up videos, band interviews, documentaries, etc. Well that’s what Taylor Jenkins Reid brought back in Daisy Jones and The Six.

I will admit that after starting the audiobook I thought that Daisy Jones was a real person and popped her name into the Google search only to find the links were all about this book. I also hate to admit, that it was only after I started this book that I realized the author was the same one as “The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo,” which I loved! So…shame on me, right?

Anyway, this story was mainly about two characters and their lives in the music industry. Daisy Jones, a girl who grows up apart of the rock-and-roll scene and has dreams of making it big no matter what it takes. Billy, one of the two brothers that created a band called (after some name changes) The Six. Circumstances bring the Daisy Jones and The Six together, and the results are epic. Their fame and sales skyrocket, but with that, comes trouble. Lots of it. The reader is left guessing when Daisy will overdose, and when Billy, the self proclaimed leader of The Six is going to drive the band apart. They also wonder when Daisy and Billy will eventually hook up, even though Billy is “happily” married. I won’t give away the answers to those musings, but just know, the answers are surprising.

I absolutely loved all the characters, even the ones that didn’t have a huge part (although I felt everyone had a decent role to contribute). The characters were all well-rounded and flawed. I felt like I could connect with each of them in some way. Every day that I put on the headphones to listen, I felt like I was coming back to the tour bus, the recording studio, the pool parties, and other places with people I knew.

The cast who read the parts were perfect. The ones I recognized immediately were Benjamin Bratt (Law & Order, Miss Congeniality), Judy Greer (Arrested Development), and Jonathan Davis (frontman of Korn). After listening to the audiobook, I can’t imagine anyone else reading the parts. I was able to separate the looks of the actors and the looks of the characters, besides Judy Greer. I think she would be perfect to play the part of Karen if they did a movie or show (which is rumored to happen).

Even though the story is set in the 70’s, I disregarded that as I believed that it had the feeling of today as well. I truly believe that this story could have taken place at any time. Tell me if I am wrong.

It is really hard for me to give a perfect score to books, and I do feel that some of the way Daisy Jones and The Six was written could have been done differently or taken out completely, however, I did not want to stop listening to this book. It had me hooked from start to finish. There were no “slow” or “boring” parts, and as stated before, I really connected with each character. This book made me feel things I didn’t think I would and think about issues that I thought I had a strong footing on, but realized I may need to rethink my stances.

I would love to discuss this book with anyone who read it. Feel free to comment below!

-K.

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“The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo” by Taylor Jenkins Reid

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“The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo” was not a book I was going to read. I saw it perusing book stores with one of my best friends. We took a look at it and I said “Was she married to seven husbands in total? Or all at once?” After reading the description of the book I put it down and said “I think it would be more interesting if she was married to the seven husbands all at once.” We laughed and moved on from the book.

Recently, I have been seeing it everywhere. I still laughed at the joke I made in the bookstore until I watched a YouTube video. I have been watching “BookTube” more and more. One of my favorite BookTubers does a lot of YA, which I’m not really interested in, but she reviewed “The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo” because she also reads adult books as well. She raved about this book and said it was probably her favorite adult book ever written. So I borrowed the book from the library.

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Doors by K. Leigh

The stream of light beamed from Clara’s small flashlight. Her batteries would be failing any time now. She noticed the light get less powerful over the hours she spent trying to figure out this underground labyrinth. The stones that made up the wall harbored areas of moss. The dirt dusted path crunched under her black Converse. Drips of water vibrated through the passage as they dropped from an unseen ceiling. It must be raining outside, but how far down am I? Clara thought to herself. Whom was she hiding from? There was no reason to stay silent. “Who knew that libraries really did have books that led to secret tunnels?” Clara’s voice echoed down the empty hallway.

“We did,” came a reply.

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