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The Spinoff
9 hours ago
- Entertainment
- The Spinoff
‘I never used to admit to all the smut I was reading': Ruby Wallace's books confessional
Welcome to The Spinoff Books Confessional, in which we get to know the reading habits of Aotearoa writers, and guests. This week: Ruby Wallace, founder of Enamoured Books, a bookshop dedicated to romance. The book I wish I'd written Daisy Jones and the Six by Taylor Jenkins Reid – I was completely obsessed with this not only while I was reading it, but for a long time after! Jenkins Reid wrote this novel in the form of a transcript from interviews. I was a bit unsure of that form going into it but quickly found this to be one of my favourite styles: you can so clearly envision the characters and what they would be like in real life. Jenkins Reid outdid herself with the relationship dynamics in this novel too – especially with the love triangle towards the end. She also wrote music for the band when writing the novel! The songs were recorded when the book became a TV series, and even though the band isn't real, they've become a fave. Everyone should read Don't Hold My Head Down by Lucy-Anne Holmes because it's the true story of Holmes' discovery in her mid-30s that her sex life wasn't as fulfilling as she wanted it to be and her subsequent journey of sexual self-discovery. What I love about Holmes is that she's not telling people to follow what she did, but rather sharing her experiences without shame so readers can take what they want from it. While the book covers some serious topics, Holmes has you laughing all the way through. The book I want to be buried with I can't possibly think of just one book! I would choose to be buried with them all – chuck my bookcase in with me and I will be a happy gal. The first book I remember reading by myself Sleepovers by Jacqueline Wilson. This book had a hold over me as a kid – I remember reading it more than once. She ended up coming to New Zealand for an event when I was younger, so my mum took me to get this book signed and let me tell you – my life was made that day! Fiction or nonfiction I am a fiction girlie hands down, particularly romantic fiction. I love the escapism of fiction, especially when life is overwhelming. Being able to pick up a romance book and escape to another world is a dream. I will sometimes mix this up with a nonfiction audiobook, but it is still always within the relationships / sexual wellness vibe. The book that haunts me I so often think about The Affair by Santa Montefiore. She is such a beautiful writer – I finish her books in day. But the way this particular novel played out will often pop into my head. The book I never admit I've read Back in the day I used to never admit to the smutty books I was reading, and I used to play down the romance novels I was devouring. If I was ever asked about what I enjoyed reading I would make a joke about silly little romance novels and then turn the conversation away from me immediately. But one day I realised – this is ridiculous. Romance is a stunner of a genre and should never be played down – so now you will catch me talking about all the smutty scenes to anyone who asks. The book I wish would be adapted for film or TV Greatest New Zealand book Beach Rivals by Georgie Tilney. It wasn't until long after I had read this book that I realised Georgie Tilney was a New Zealand author. And it was such a wonderful discovery! Beach Rivals was such an enjoyable book – I read the whole thing in a day! Best thing about reading I absolutely love being able to have a quiet moment to myself and away from devices. I am for sure a paperback girlie over Kindle (hence the bookshop!) so I value the time without digital distraction. I find reading to be one of the most cup-filling and refreshing activities! What I'm reading right now The Spinoff Books section is proudly brought to you by Unity Books and Creative New Zealand. Visit Unity Books online today.
Sydney Morning Herald
02-07-2025
- Entertainment
- Sydney Morning Herald
True crime dramas seldom provide understanding. This one is different
Under the Bridge ★★★★ Genuine understanding is often the last thing a true crime drama provides. The horror of what happened in real life takes over on screen, even as the fictionalised characters seek to apply justice. The how tends to overwhelm the why. But this wrenching, insightful 2024 American limited series, which is making its free-to-air debut, achieves a sad, necessary balance. It struggles to make sense of the inexplicable, and to ask what ultimately divides the perpetrators and the investigators, the victim and those who looked away. A story that dominated the news cycle in Canada at the time, Under the Bridge explores the 1997 murder of Reena Virk (Vritika Gupta). A teenager in British Columbia town of Saanich, Reena is the daughter of Suman (Archie Panjabi) and Manjit (Ezra Faroque Khan). She rebels against their Indian heritage and Jehovah's Witnesses faith, trying to earn the friendship of a clique of female schoolmates, led by the capricious Jo Bell (Chloe Guidry), who used gangster rap and street gangs as empowering imagery. Reena goes out one chilly November night to meet the girls who had been alternately encouraging and tormenting her, and her battered body is discovered the next morning. Her family is devastated, the wider community shocked, and the authorities ill-prepared. It's two locals that sit apart who advance the case: police officer Cam Bentland (Lily Gladstone) is the adopted First Nations daughter of the police chief, while her long absent friend, Rebecca Godfrey (Riley Keough), is a writer wrestling with grief. Under the Bridge was adapted from Godfrey's 2005 literary non-fiction of the same name. Creator Quinn Shephard worked closely with Godfrey, who passed away just before the limited series started production, and they shaped a story where the questions asked are diverse and difficult to answer. The storytelling can be idiosyncratic or unexpected: a scene that suggests a generic dynamic will not unfold as expected, while one episode is an extended flashback to the courtship between Reena's parents in 1979. The show looks thoughtfully at the many factors that tragically intersected on Reena's final night alive, whether it's the racism and suspicion the Virk family had to navigate, or how teenagers like Jo, who lives in a group home overseen by social services, have already been written off by many locals before they've done anything wrong. The one boy present on the night Reena died, Warren Glowatski (Javon Walton), comes into focus as an unbuoyed figure, and his bond with Rebecca is tender and doomed. Loading Both Gladstone (Killers of the Flower Moon) and Keough (Daisy Jones and the Six) give cohesive performances that pull and fray at the conventions of their characters. You can feel the former's Cam bristling at the off-hand dismissals of the town's disadvantaged, realising she could easily have been one of them. The latter's Rebecca silently knows that her empathy for all involved must eventually come up against her desire to write about what happened, to pass a written judgment.
The Age
02-07-2025
- Entertainment
- The Age
True crime dramas seldom provide understanding. This one is different
Under the Bridge ★★★★ Genuine understanding is often the last thing a true crime drama provides. The horror of what happened in real life takes over on screen, even as the fictionalised characters seek to apply justice. The how tends to overwhelm the why. But this wrenching, insightful 2024 American limited series, which is making its free-to-air debut, achieves a sad, necessary balance. It struggles to make sense of the inexplicable, and to ask what ultimately divides the perpetrators and the investigators, the victim and those who looked away. A story that dominated the news cycle in Canada at the time, Under the Bridge explores the 1997 murder of Reena Virk (Vritika Gupta). A teenager in British Columbia town of Saanich, Reena is the daughter of Suman (Archie Panjabi) and Manjit (Ezra Faroque Khan). She rebels against their Indian heritage and Jehovah's Witnesses faith, trying to earn the friendship of a clique of female schoolmates, led by the capricious Jo Bell (Chloe Guidry), who used gangster rap and street gangs as empowering imagery. Reena goes out one chilly November night to meet the girls who had been alternately encouraging and tormenting her, and her battered body is discovered the next morning. Her family is devastated, the wider community shocked, and the authorities ill-prepared. It's two locals that sit apart who advance the case: police officer Cam Bentland (Lily Gladstone) is the adopted First Nations daughter of the police chief, while her long absent friend, Rebecca Godfrey (Riley Keough), is a writer wrestling with grief. Under the Bridge was adapted from Godfrey's 2005 literary non-fiction of the same name. Creator Quinn Shephard worked closely with Godfrey, who passed away just before the limited series started production, and they shaped a story where the questions asked are diverse and difficult to answer. The storytelling can be idiosyncratic or unexpected: a scene that suggests a generic dynamic will not unfold as expected, while one episode is an extended flashback to the courtship between Reena's parents in 1979. The show looks thoughtfully at the many factors that tragically intersected on Reena's final night alive, whether it's the racism and suspicion the Virk family had to navigate, or how teenagers like Jo, who lives in a group home overseen by social services, have already been written off by many locals before they've done anything wrong. The one boy present on the night Reena died, Warren Glowatski (Javon Walton), comes into focus as an unbuoyed figure, and his bond with Rebecca is tender and doomed. Loading Both Gladstone (Killers of the Flower Moon) and Keough (Daisy Jones and the Six) give cohesive performances that pull and fray at the conventions of their characters. You can feel the former's Cam bristling at the off-hand dismissals of the town's disadvantaged, realising she could easily have been one of them. The latter's Rebecca silently knows that her empathy for all involved must eventually come up against her desire to write about what happened, to pass a written judgment.
Irish Independent
16-06-2025
- Entertainment
- Irish Independent
Love story of two women aspiring for the stars but whose dreams return to Earth
Taylor Jenkins Reid has become a publishing phenomenon. She has a cult followings online, she has attracted rave reviews across the media, and there have been Hollywood adaptations of her work. Based on the success of novels Daisy Jones and the Six and The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo, it would be naive to think that her new novel Atmosphere will be anything less than gripping.
Perth Now
10-06-2025
- Entertainment
- Perth Now
Riley Keough praises Stevie Nicks' 'great idea' for Daisy Jones and the Six follow-up
Riley Keough thinks Stevie Nicks has had a "great idea" for a second season of Daisy Jones and the Six. The 36-year-old actress played the titular singer in the TV adaptation of Taylor Jenkins Reid's novel of the same name - which was inspired by Stevie's band Fleetwood Mac and their Rumours album - and she suggested she's keen to reprise the role again after the Edge of 17 hitmaker previously admitted she'd pitched a suggestion for another storyline. Riley told People magazine: "I think that anything Stevie Nicks comes up with is a great idea, and she's wonderful. I love her so much. "She's the sweetest. She's amazing." Stevie, 77, revealed last October that she had pitched a second season idea to Riley and executive producer Reese Witherspoon, and while they "loved" her suggestion, they had been too busy to act on it. She told Rolling Stone magazine: "I wish that it could go into what if … had Billy come back after Billy's wife died and knocked on her door, and they decided to make that last record that I always hoped that Lindsey [Buckingham] and I would make. That would make a fantastic second season. "I talked to Reese and Riley about it, and they loved the idea, but everybody's so busy. Riley's on her way to becoming a big movie star. But maybe one of these days, they'll do it. "Until I saw 'Daisy Jones and The Six', I would have never thought it was even possible to emulate our life." Stevie had expected to "hate" the programme and originally didn't plan to watch it. She said: "I didn't even want to see it, because I thought I was going to hate it so much. I had Covid when I saw it. I was in my condo in Los Angeles, and I can remember saying, 'Am I just watching my life go by?' " Stevie felt the drama was very well cast and she was sad her bandmate Christine McVie - who died in November 2022 aged 79 - passed away before she got chance to see it for herself. She said: "Riley doesn't look like me. She's much snappier than me. I couldn't be as snappy as her in Fleetwood Mac. Christine and I couldn't do that, because we were the peacemakers. "Riley could be totally s***** and a smart a** and totally arrogant, because she wasn't even in the band, and they weren't even nice to her. So that was the biggest difference. "But as far as her character went, it was very similar to me. And I instantly wanted to call her and meet her, and I did. "I thought Suki [Waterhouse] was a great Christine — in her Englishness and just the way that she dressed. And you know what I was really sad about? That Christine didn't get to see that, because she would've been so tickled by her. "And I thought Billy [Sam Claflin] was spectacular. I thought he captured so much of Lindsey that it was creepy. He had the curls and that dark handsomeness that Lindsey had. "One of my favourites was Camila [Morrone]. I thought that Camila and Daisy were a really good combination of me, the two of them put them together."
