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Malibu Rising by Taylor Jenkins Reid - July 2022 Themed BOM - THE SEA (starts 16 July 2022)
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Aug 07, 2022 10:56PM
DAY 2 - 1959 "It was last December 1959" 41% 1981 "...in her arms, on her back."
5. 1959 - "It was last December, 1959" -
It sounds like a Frankie Valli and the Four Seasons song...Wow! What an explosive chapter. Your reaction? Mick was characterised as a sleezy womaniser, it was always going to happen or I didn't see that coming! And June's reaction? Sensitive woman with a huge heart or a doormat for putting up with what she suspected?
It was definitely always going to happen! He has such an over inflated ego & got too much attention. He should never have gotten married or had children. I think - - poor June! He was, ver unfortunately, the love of her life & she couldn’t stop herself. It was also the time they lived in.
6. "He gave no thought to the idea that he might break his children like someone had broken him". "You're drunk and you're killing yourself with this stuff." Discuss Mick and June's parenting styles and how they have affected the siblings as children and adults.
Nina & Hud have June’s caretaker thing going on, while Jay is an extrovert who loves the attention. Kit is confused. Maybe latent lesbian or bi-sexual afraid to come out? Hud is about to blow the lid off everything once he makes his announcement…
7. The title of the book is Malibu Rising and the author gives the reader a sense of the beach culture both in the past and the present time lines. What does it bring to the story and would it be as effective in another setting?
Nope. Beach culture is unique. Each area is unique within itself. I was born & raised on Oahu in Hawaii. I don’t surf myself, but my husband does. There are places even most locals don’t go & places just for tourists. I learned to swim by age 2 and spent my entire life in the ocean.
8. Already with the first set of questions there are varying opinions by the group about both Taylor Jenkins Reid as an author and how it compares to her other work. I loved Daisy Jones and the Six but I am finding this one as bit like Days of our Lives... but the author is skillful enough to make it into a page turner. Where do you sit, engaging tale well written or too much drama and as we are half way through do you see this ending in triumph or tragedy for the Riva siblings?
I am greatly enjoying this one. The Riva kids had fame thrust upon them. The outcome could go either way. Right now they love each other and are sticking together as a family. I hope it stays that way.
Completion Post!Rosaline Palmer Takes the Cake
Alexis Hall
Finished 8/7/22
Page count: 435
Series: Winner Bakes All #1
Food: page 396 “And I Think an apple pudding in the shape of an apple is just fun.”
Completion Post!Boyfriend Material
Alexis Hall
Finished 8/6/22
Page count: 427
Food stuff: Pg. 227 - “A lovely quiche… Carmelized red onion, cream and Stilton.”
Me four! Loved Wheel — now the libraries are OPEN and I also use Libby….Pretty pleeeezzee???
So… I was home sick all this week…Thankfully just a cold & NOT Covid. And I was kind of like reading like a maniac. If you want me to stop — please let me know, ok?Right now I’m about to finish 3 more by tomorrow, and I have 2 big books (500+ pages) and one ginormous one (1000 pages) that I will definitely finish before we end this.
Any guidance or wisdom for me?
Completion Post!The Dark Wind
Tony Hillerman
Finished 8/5/22
Page count: 304
#5 in the Leaphorn & Chee series
Added to my TBR 5/27/20
Completion Post!Raven Cursed
Faith Hunter
Finished: 8/4/22
Page count: 353
#4 in the Jane Yellowrock series
Added to my TBR 6/6/17
Completion Post!The Lost Vintage
Ann Mah
Finished 7/31/22
Page count: 374
** Let me know if we still need the other stuff, otherwise I won’t bother adding it in **
Completion Post!The City of Tears
Kate Mosse
Finished 7/31/22
Page count: 560
#2 in The Burning Chambers series
Added to my TBR 1/18/21
Food: “… they became accustomed to eating pancakes and perch and soused herring…” Pg. 268
Completion Post!The Cat Who Lived High
Lilian Jackson Braun
Finished 7/29/22
Page count: 239
#11 in the Cat Who series
Added to my TBR 5/21/17
Food stuff: Pg. 57 - “As Qwilleran knifed his medium-priced Vitelli ala piccata, sautéed with lemon and capers…”
So, I was off all this week because my face & eye swelled up (hideously) after my procedure last week. After my left eye opened to an almost normal size, I was reading like a maniac! Please feel free to use books wherever they fit best.I’m going to try my best to finish another couple (or four) more door stoppers & July BOMs.
Completion Post!People We Meet on Vacation
Emily Henry
Finished 7/23/22
Page count: 364
Added to my TBR 2/28/21
Food stuff: Pg. 347 “…a myriad of tiny gourmet pizzas all decked out in goat cheese & arugula, summer squash & balsamic drizzle…
Completion Post!The Sound and the Furry
Spencer Quinn
Finished 7/22/22
Page count: 320
#6 in the Chet & Bernie series
Added to my TBR 9/29/19
Food stuff: pg. 130 - “Fleurette came out with a huge tray of fried shrimp.”
Completion Post!When the Bough Breaks
Jonathan Kellerman
Finished 7/21/22
Page count: 432
#1 in the Alex Delaware series
Added to my TBR on 2/9/20
Food stuff: pg. 239 “There are 2 giant porterhouses in the refrigerator & a Caesar salad & burgundy & sourdough…”
Completion post!The Left-Handed Booksellers of London
Garth Nix
Finished 7/20/22
Page count: 416
Foods: “They had finished with the potato & leek soup, and we’re working on well-grilled lamb chops with mashed potato & peas…” on page 306
Zoë wrote: "Lauri wrote: "Completion post!Bunny
Mona Awad
Finished 7/18/22
Page count: 307
"Omg I read this earlier in the challenge and it was….di..."
I did like it, although it was a bit *cough* horrific - - especially because I actually know/knew girls like the bunnies! Eeekkk!
Malibu Rising by Taylor Jenkins Reid - July 2022 Themed BOM - THE SEA (starts 16 July 2022)
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Jul 20, 2022 10:16PM
DQs Day 1: Prologue - 11:00AM1. Both Daisy Jones & The Six and The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo have been BOMs in this group before. Have you read these books (or others) by Taylor Jenkins Reid too or is Malibu Rising your first book by the author? What are your expectations going in?
I resisted both Daisy & 7 Husbands for as long as I could hold out. Then I succumbed and read them both! They were both excellent! You kind of expect a bit of an exposé or tell-all sensationalist book. But they both read true, matter-of-factly and were really well done. I dove into this one (pun intended) as soon as I could get my hands on it from my library!
2. We have been introduced to quite a lot of MCs and their different POVs in the first 20% of the book. Do you prefer one character/POV over the others or is it still too early to tell?
I’m kind of liking Hud & Kit best thus far. And, of course, June in the flashbacks…
3. The writing has quite a contemporary feel to it, especially the 1983 timeline, which makes it easy to forget the book is actually set in the past. What's your opinion on the writing and the back and forth between the two timelines so far, and how does it compare to other TJR books you've read (if any)?
This one resonates with me because I graduated high school & hung out at the beach in the 80s & my husband has always surfed.
4. "The story of June and Mick Riva seemed like a tragedy to their oldest child, Nina. It felt like a comedy of errors to their first son, Jay. It was an origin story for their second son, Hud. And a mystery to the baby of the family, Kit. To Mick himself it was just a chapter of his memoir."
We don't really know how June and Mick's marriage post kids 1 + 2 went (and ended) yet, but from what we've learned about each of the siblings and their (love) lives so far, how do you think their parents' story has affected them after reading the quote above?
Too early to tell yet. I’m already wondering how Kit came to be. Everybody has a different take on their parents, even siblings. It’s only as an adult that children can see their parents objectively.
--- Also, for everyone who has read Evelyn Hugo, can we please talk about the (brief) mention of Celia St. James AND THE FACT THAT (view spoiler).
And while we're at it, Mick also had a cameo in Daisy Jones & the Six!
I caught that, but wasn’t sure exactly where the references were from!
