The Dollhouse Academy

Title: The Dollhouse Academy

Author: Margarita Montimore

Publisher: Flatiron Books

 
ISBN: 9781250320650

 

Thoughts:  Dark academia meets the entertainment industry in this slow burn suspense novel, but not sure why the time period was chosen as this did not have to be set in the late 90s.

Rating: 3/5

In the Heart of the Sea

Title: In the Heart of Sea: The Tragedy of the Whaleship Essex

Author: Nathaneil Philbrick

Publisher: Penguin Books

 
ISBN: 9780141001821

 

Thoughts:  A story of resilience against the unthinkable in the middle of the ocean.

Rating: 4/5

What Kind of Paradise

Title: What Kind of Paradise

Author: Janelle Brown

Publisher: Random House Audio

 
ISBN: n/a

 

Thoughts:  The story of the technological boom of the 1990s grabs you and pulls you in from the start and never lets go.

Rating: 4/5

The Whale

Title: The Whale: A Love Story

Author: Mark Beauregard

Publisher: Viking

 
ISBN: 9780399562334

 

Thoughts:  Beauregard does an excellent job humanizing these two famous literary figures in a plausible but fanciful novel.

Rating: 4/5