Category Archives: Non-YA Fiction

Generation X: Tales For An Accelerated Culture By Douglas Coupland

Posted on February 23, 2024 by mondomolly

“Everyone’s such a mess. Nobody turned out normal.” When selecting titles for this space, I try to think of “young adult” in as expansive a way possible: not just as a marketing category as to who publishers thought would read … Continue reading →

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Wrapping Up The Imaginary Summer Book Club: Psycho By Robert Bloch

Posted on October 31, 2023 by mondomolly

(Click here for information on the 2023 edition of Molly’s Imaginary Summer Book Club Featuring Classics of Women’s Literature. This week, the final selection, Psycho By Robert Bloch.) Like Peter Benchley’s Jaws (2014 Imaginary Summer Book Club selection!), Psycho is a … Continue reading →

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Checking In With The Imaginary Summer Book Club: Passing By Nella Larsen

Posted on October 15, 2023 by mondomolly

(Click here for information on the 2023 edition of Molly’s Imaginary Summer Book Club Featuring Classics of Women’s Literature. This week, the second selection,Passing By Nella Larsen.) In 2023, the passing narrative and “Tragic Mulatta” archetype seems both antiquated, a … Continue reading →

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Checking In With The Imaginary Summer Book Club: Veronica By Veronica Lake (With Donald Bain)

Posted on September 1, 2023 by mondomolly

(Click here for information on the 2023 edition of Molly’s Imaginary Summer Book Club Featuring Classics of Women’s Literature. This week, the second selection, Veronica By Veronica Lake) By the standards of the era, Veronica Lake’s Hollywood career was brief: … Continue reading →

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Checking In With The Imaginary Summer Book Club: Class Reunion By Rona Jaffe

Posted on July 23, 2023 by mondomolly

(Click here for information on the 2023 edition of Molly’s Imaginary Summer Book Club Featuring Classics of Women’s Literature. This week, the first selection, Class Reunion By Rona Jaffe) Rona Jaffe is still best known and -regarded for her debut … Continue reading →

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Announcing The 2023 Edition Of Molly’s Imaginary Summer Book Club!

Posted on June 12, 2023 by mondomolly

Full name: Molly’s Imaginary Summer Book Club Featuring Classics of Women’s Literature Defined As Books Authored By, About or Widely Read By Women in the 20th Century, this year featuring a cacophony of femininity! Rona Jaffe is an Imaginary Summer … Continue reading →

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Wrapping Up The Imaginary Summer Book Club: Rosemary’s Baby By Ira Levin

Posted on December 17, 2022 by mondomolly

(Click here for information on the 2022 edition of Molly’s Imaginary Summer Book Club Featuring Classics of Women’s Literature. This week, the final selection, Rosemary’s Baby by Ira Levin) Well, constant readers, again this year we expand the concept of … Continue reading →

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I Gotta Be Me By Tammy Bakker (With Cliff Dudley)

Posted on November 19, 2022 by mondomolly

(Click here for information on the 2022 edition of Molly’s Imaginary Summer Book Club Featuring Classics of Women’s Literature. This week, the second selection, Tammy Faye [Bakker] Messner’s I Gotta Be Me)  There may be three feet of snow on the … Continue reading →

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Checking In With The Imaginary Summer Book Club: Forever Amber By Kathleen Winsor

Posted on August 1, 2022 by mondomolly

(Click here for information on the 2022 edition of Molly’s Imaginary Summer Book Club Featuring Classics of Women’s Literature. This week, the first selection, Forever Amber by Kathleen Winsor) Well, Constant Readers, I vowed to get to our first massive … Continue reading →

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Announcing the 2022 Edition of Molly’s Imaginary Summer Book Club!

Posted on May 15, 2022 by mondomolly

Full name: Molly’s Imaginary Summer Book Club Featuring Classics of Women’s Literature Defined As Books Authored By, About or Widely Read By Women in the 20th Century. This year, the Love Stinks edition. I’m announcing it early and trimming the … Continue reading →

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