Busy Girls Book Club

Taylor Jenkins Reed's "Malibu Rising" explores one family pursuing and dealing with fame on the Malibu coast over the decades. While the Busy Girls hosts love a good TJR book and the reappearance of familiar characters, they're not sure if the complete cast of characters gets the job done.

The Busy Girls hosts look back on 2022 and what books made it an interesting year of reading.

We all know the Busy Girls love Sarah J. Maas, so are we surprised they chose the holiday novella, "A Court of Frost and Starlight," for a holiday episode? It's a happy little holiday story, but the merit of a novella is debatable.

Ali Hazelwood makes every nerdy little girl's grown up dreams come true with "The Love Hypothesis." It's a cheesy rom-com based in the world of academia. The steamy factor? Debatable. This episode probably shouldn't be consumed at work due to said debate.

The Busy Girls are joined by their number one fan... Casey's mom! Taylor Jenkins Reed takes historical fiction to a new level in "The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo." But how good can a book be when the main character is extremely controversial?

Shocker! More Sarah J. Maas from the Busy Girls. "A Court of Wings and Ruin" is the third book in the A Court of Thorns and Roses series and this one has higher stakes for the characters. No spoiler here - the hosts still love this series.

The Busy Girls finally did it. They tackled Colleen Hoover. And boy, was the discussion about "Verity" chaotic. Where to begin?

What happens when you are raised in a way where you can't really find a place in society? In Brit Bennett's "The Vanishing Half," this plays out with a set of twins. They both look for where they fit, and have drastically different outcomes. This is a generational story about life and how each decision makes a big difference.

"Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe" by Benjamin Alire Sáenz is a short book with a long title. It's a feel-good coming of age story with the main focus being on the characters. Two of the Busy Girls love that focus while one wishes for more plot twists.

All of the Busy Girls fans already know Sarah J. Maas is queen of the hosts' personal libraries. "A Court of Mist and Fury" is a serious step forward from the first book in the ACOTAR series. It dives deep into trauma recovery and healthy relationships. Plus the men are sexy.