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Mini-Review: The Actor and the Housewife by Shannon Hale

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★★★☆☆ – liked it

UPDATE:  Having read this again…. I didn’t enjoy it nearly as much. There’s a lot that just made me uncomfortable actually…. I have changed the rating to 3 stars, but I will probably never read this again.

I was so hesitant to read this because I was afraid it wouldn’t be as good as Hale’s YA/Middle Grade books that I had loved since I was younger. I was so dumb. I should have known better than to doubt Shannon Hale’s ability to sweep me up in a beautiful story.

If you want a novel with healthy relationships and a focus on platonic love, read The Actor and the Housewife ASAP.

First Lines Fridays: December 13, 2019

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First Lines Fridays is a weekly feature for book lovers hosted by Wandering Words. What if instead of judging a book by its cover, its author or its prestige, we judged it by its opening lines?

  • Pick a book off your shelf (it could be your current read or on your TBR) and open to the first page
  • Copy the first few lines, but don’t give anything else about the book away just yet – you need to hook the reader first
  • Finally… reveal the book!

First Lines:

December 9, 2005, 12:55 p.m.
Janie Hannagan’s math book slips from her fingers. She grips the edge of the table in the school library. Everything goes black and silent.

Did the quote pique your interest? View this book on Goodreads!

Mini-Review: The Secret to Hummingbird Cake by Celeste Fletcher McHale

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★★★★☆ – really liked it

I really struggled with the first 8 or so chapters of this book because it was nothing but her internal freak-out about her husband cheating on her…

But once I got past that it was really good and I’m really glad I read it. It was moving and I loved the strong friendships it portrayed.

I definitely recommend it if you like women’s lit and don’t mind weeping for several chapters.