Literary Fiction Archives

Medusa’s Sisters by Lauren J.A. Bear

by Bubbly Bibbly | Sep 9, 2024 | Book Review, Literary Fiction

My Take: I am on a Greek gods kick since listening to Madeline Miller’s “The Song of Achilles”. Thank goodness, there is no lack of Greek god novels out there! I saw Medusa’s Sisters on the “available” shelf of audiobooks online,...

Carrie Soto Is Back by Taylor Jenkins Reid

by Bubbly Bibbly | Sep 9, 2024 | Book Review, Literary Fiction

My Take: I was SO INVESTED in this story! I loved Carrie, Gwen, Javier, and Bowe. I was rooting for Carrie during every match. I was hella worried about Javier’s health. I was hoping that Gwen wouldn’t drop Carrie. And I was hoping that Bowe would be...

Fall on Your Knees by Ann-Marie MacDonald

by Bubbly Bibbly | Nov 24, 2021 | Book Review, Historical Fiction, Literary Fiction

Summary: They are the Pipers of Cape Breton Island — a family steeped in lies and unspoken truths that reach out from the past, forever mindful of the tragic secret that could shatter the family to its foundations. Chronicling five generations of this eccentric...

Agatha of Little Neon by Claire Luchette

by Bubbly Bibbly | Nov 24, 2021 | Book Review, Literary Fiction

Summary: Agatha has lived every day of the last nine years with her sisters: they work together, laugh together, pray together. Their world is contained within the little house they share. The four of them are devoted to Mother Roberta and to their quiet, purposeful...

Eileen by Ottessa Moshfegh

by Bubbly Bibbly | Jul 23, 2021 | Book Review, Crime/Mystery/Thriller, Literary Fiction

Summary: The Christmas season offers little cheer for Eileen Dunlop, an unassuming yet disturbed young woman trapped between her role as her alcoholic father’s caretaker in a home whose squalor is the talk of the neighborhood and a day job as a secretary at the boys...

Daisy Jones and The Six by Taylor Jenkins Reid

by Bubbly Bibbly | Jul 21, 2021 | Book Review, Literary Fiction

Summary: A gripping novel about the whirlwind rise of an iconic 1970s rock group and their beautiful lead singer, revealing the mystery behind their infamous break up.Everyone knows Daisy Jones & The Six, but nobody knows the real reason why they split at the...