Maybe in Another Life Summary: Plot, Ending & Themes
Book at a Glance Author: Taylor Jenkins Reid Published: July 7, 2015 Genre: Contemporary Fiction / Romance Pages: 352 Series: Standalone Rating: 3.79/5 (Goodreads) Taylor Jenkins Reid’s Maybe in Another Life follows twenty-nine-year-old Hannah Martin through two separate versions of her life that split at the same moment. A homecoming party where she has to […]
The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo: Full Book Summary
Book at a Glance Author: Taylor Jenkins Reid Published: June 13, 2017 (Atria Books) Genre: Historical fiction Pages: 400 Series: Standalone, loosely connected to Reid’s other novels Rating: 4.4/5 (Goodreads) Everyone knows Evelyn Hugo’s seven husbands. Nobody, not even the tabloids that chased her for decades, ever found out who she really loved. That line […]
Characters in To Kill a Mockingbird: Complete Guide
Book at a Glance Author: Harper Lee Published: July 11, 1960 Genre: Southern Gothic, coming-of-age Pages: ~281 (varies by edition) Series: Standalone Rating: 4.26/5 (Goodreads) Maycomb, Alabama, is a small town, but Harper Lee built an entire moral universe inside it. A lawyer takes a case nobody wants him to win, two children dare each […]
Who Were the Brontë Sisters? Myths, Pen Names, Truths
The Brontë sisters were Charlotte, Emily, and Anne, three Yorkshire writers who published under the male names Currer, Ellis, and Acton Bell. When Emily died in December 1848, the most visible mourner at her funeral was not a relative. It was Keeper, her mastiff cross, who walked at the head of the procession, sat in […]
Jane Eyre Characters: Analysis, Quotes and Map for GCSE
Book at a Glance Author: Charlotte Brontë Published: October 1847, under the pen name Currer Bell Genre: Gothic novel and bildungsroman Pages: 656 in the Collins GCSE edition (varies by edition) Series: Standalone Rating: 4.16/5 (Goodreads) Almost everyone Jane Eyre meets asks her to give something up. One offers her love without equality, another a […]
A Court of Thorns and Roses Summary: Plot, Trials, and Ending Explained
ACOTAR Quick Facts Author: Sarah J. Maas Published: May 5, 2015, by Bloomsbury Genre: Fantasy romance, first shelved as young adult and now classified as new adult Pages: 432 in the first US hardcover (later editions run about 416 to 448) Setting: Prythian, the faerie land north of a magical wall that keeps humans in […]