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Read: Adele by Leila Slimani, translated by Sam Taylor
We definitely need books for those who aren’t celebrating happy ever afters this February. Adele, translated from the French, is a compelling portrait of a journalist who lives in a Parisian apartment with her surgeon husband and son. She has an insatiable need for sex which means many one night stands, lovers, secret phone messages, and wasted nights. This unusual erotic story about sexuality and desire is something you will finish in a single night.
Watch: Jane the Virgin
Jane the Virgin binges are the best for a ‘movie hangout’ at home with your friends or a special someone. It is thigh slapping hilarious telenovela spoof about Jane, an aspiring romance writer who works at a hotel. There are evil twins, murders, faking deaths, affairs, love triangles, big money, movie productions, mafia, plastic surgery, and all the drama needed to keep you addicted to the series.