For my book club, I read Daisy Jones & the Six by the same author and… I didn’t love it. I had already ordered Evelyn Hugo, so I mentally set myself up that I wasn’t going to love this book either.
To my surprise, I was OBSESSED and finished it in one sitting! Was this the same author? A young magazine writer, Monique, is invited by the famous actress, Evelyn Hugo, who is now in her 70s and has never discussed any of the details of her life and 7 marriages with the public. Think of an aged Marilyn Monroe recounting everything about her life: the good, bad and ugly side of fame.
Monique is a little confused why she was picked by the great Evelyn Hugo as she is a little-known journalist, but she is promised understanding at the end of the tale.
This book was a fantastic commentary regarding the social issues of Old Hollywood in the 50s-80s, and what some women felt they had to do to get ahead in this cutthroat profession. By the end of the book, you aren’t sure if you love or dislike Evelyn Hugo, but you are going to be engrossed by her story.
The author has a new book coming out this year that I will be DEFINITELY reading: Malibu Rising
Oooh, The Wife Upstairs sounds really interesting! My best book in Jan was The Burning God by R.F. Kuang. It’s the series finale and it ripped me apart!
I haven’t heard of that one yet! I’ll have to check it out 🙂
The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo is so good!
Alice read it and loved it (as you saw) and I’ve got it queued up to read this month. I can’t wait!
Congrats on the viral pin! I remember my first one. Actually, it might still be viral. It still gets repinned a lot. Anyway, I adored Evelyn Hugo and still need to read Addie LaRue, so I’m glad you liked them. I hope you’re having a good February!
It was so crazy! And then since the viral pin, the Pinterest traffic is consistently higher than before. I was like oh okay, I guess Pinterest can work:D
I’m still on the “everyone needs to read Addie” train!
yay congrats on that viral pin! I looooove Pinterest!
We were soooooo excited!
I’ve got the Addie LaRue book, it was my Book of the Month Club choice a month or two ago. But I have yet to read it. I need to! Great picks this month. My favorite read from January was probably The Evil Queen by Gena Showalter.
Lisa Loves Literature
So immediately had to look up this book because it sounded like a snow white retelling and IT IS! I LOVE IT when the “villain” is the main character:D
I was happy to see two of the books I have on my TBR on your lists–Curse so Dark and Lonely and Addie LaRue. Both sound amazing and different–perfect for my mood reading.
I thought they were both pretty fantastic! Let me know what you thought!
Congrats on doing so well with Pinterest! I *was* getting quite a bit of Pinterest traffic, but I think they changed the algorithm and I get a lot less now *shrugs* it happens
It’s a pain in the butt when they do that. When they changed the Instagram algorithm, I was so pissed I stopped using it for a while!