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Loved this one! It‘s set in NYC which is always a big plus for me! There are intertwining plot lines of two family friends, with the parents and children all navigating relationships, love, and hurt together. This is my second Emma Straub book, and I really love her writing!

I picked this up for the Brooklyn setting prior to my trip to NYC. It was fine but not memorable, and I wasn‘t especially excited to pick it up and continue reading. Adult couples who went to college together now have teenaged children who embark on their own relationships. Just a bit meh.
LOVED Straub‘s most recent “This Time Tomorrow”, so I feel like she‘s evolving as an author and I‘ll look for her next work.

I‘ve been wanting to read this author for ages, and on paper this should have been my perfect book. Two families, three of whom were once in a cool college band together, now reach mid-life and are grappling teenagers, disillusionment and a feeling of life unravelling. I went in hoping for Fleishman is in Trouble vibes yet it just didn‘t grab me and I felt ambivalent about it. Not entirely sure why.

Since I enjoyed her latest during #CampLitsy, I‘ve decided to #reread Straub‘s other books starting with my favorite. These two couples in Ditmas Park, Brooklyn struggle with divorce and betrayal, but in a fairly lighthearted way.

Zoe and Jane own a popular restaurant but their marriage is in trouble. Andrew becomes enamored with a yoga studio while his wife thinks about their college band. The two couples‘ kids start a summer fling. Messy & fun!

Elizabeth,Andrew (now married)and Zoe (married to Jane) were members of the band “Kitty‘s Mustache” while students at Oberlin. They have remained friends and watched each other get married, start families and businesses. They live in the same Brooklyn neighborhood. When their teenage children start sleeping together, their lives become complicated and secrets are revealed. The couples are trying to figure out love and what it takes to make it work

New audio read. Using the combo method- audio+print copy to move it from my stacks. #mttbr #pridemonth

I really enjoyed this one! This is my second Straub read and it‘s cool to be able to recognize her tone across different stories. Though her characters are different they are still somewhat familiar.

This was my #doublespin for #bookspinbingo

I needed a beach listen and downloaded this one. I thought I‘d enjoy it more but I found the characters stories a bit dull and boring.

A new reading (hiding) spot! I‘m super excited 😜

Super quick fun read. Yall know I dont do romance but this didnt read like a typical romance. This had a little bit of everything- teen romance, cults, interracial couples, lesbians and much more.

Book 76

#modernlove #loveprevails @Eggs

Ugh. I think this author is just not for me. I didn‘t care for The Vacationers either. Or maybe I‘m over the whole pretty rich people with problems thing. Either way, I didn‘t care about the characters or the story.

#doublespin #bookspinbingo

really enjoyed this. Yes, it's another novel about rich beautiful cool creative people living in a trendy expensive bit of a trendy expensive city, but if you're gonna do that then make it really extravagant & escapist like this. That said, the characters are strangely relatable and likeable - Ruby deffo would have bullied me if we went the same school but she's still great. Really interesting exploration of long term relationships/friendships.

Starting this

A quick and biting read about love, friendship, and the melancholia of middle-age. Although not as strong as The Vacationers, a fun and solid summer book.

Diving into this recommended summer read. Have you read it?

@Eggs you are too kind! Something from my TBR mountain, bookmarks , a pin ,tea , and the earrings are amazing! Since I‘m shunning haircuts I‘m wearing hair up , the earrings will stand out. Your craft skills are awesome! A little color under my teapot! Many thanks !

A close-knit group of friends and former bandmates deal with the fluctuating relationships, sex, identity crises, and teenage kids that tend to come with middle age.

Read March 30 - April 9
Rated 3.5/5 ⭐️
Book 19/60

I'm not gonna lie, I'm a sucker for books were the characters have real life mundane and mellow-dramactic egocentric problems. I really loved this book. I think Zoe and Jane are the best, Ruby is a little shit, Harry is too kind, Elizabeth is a doormat and Andrew a piece of shit. ⭐⭐⭐⭐ #checkitout #wouldrecommend

I was tagged by @BookwormAHN to find yellow books! #ISpy 2 yellow books on my shelves. A lot of yellow spines but not covers.

I was tagged my @marleed to find teal books! Here are a couple I found.
Happily all 4 books I pulled out are books I actually read! ☺️

I‘m not sure who hasn‘t done this. I haven‘t been on Litsy too much the past couple of day. I tag @inthegreensandblues and @NeedsMoreBooks to find purple books!

@TheAromaofBooks
#bookspin

I tried but bailed after about 80 pages because I feel nothing for these characters or their problems 🤷‍♀️

On to the next tbr in line...

Te Araroa kilometers tramped: 1953.9 of 3005.3

Days on trail: 84

Books completed on trail: 37

One of those books that I sort of disliked but not enough to stop reading once I got invested. 🤷🏽‍♀️ #libby

Two couples, who have been friends since college, are trying to sort out their relationships now that they are approaching turning fifty. In the mean time their teenage kids are making the same mistakes they did when they were young.

Despite its ridiculous ugly cover and though it is at times irritating prudish, it was an amusing read to kick-off the year!

#ATY2020 - Title without an A, T or Y.

#WeeklyForecast 01/20

Wow, it is going to be 2020 this week. So exciting to start the new challenges! Also I am making my way through the shortlist of the #ToB2020 (The Water Dancer and Saudade) and am starting for the #BelowZer00s 🎉💃🎶 buddy read (Case Histories).
Last but not least, I hope to finish the first country in #ReadingEurope2020 (Russia) by finishing Dead Souls, which I‘ve slowly been making my way through in the last weeks.

Wasn‘t sure I was going to like this one at first. Glad I stayed with it! Once I grasped the character dynamics and who was with who, I fell right into the story. Interesting story of people who have been best friends since college and now have teenagers. #MountTBR

I read this years ago when it came out and left a copy at home rather than take it back to the city with me. My Mom picked it up when she needed a book for a day of subbing and hadn‘t been to the library and she has mentioned multiple times this weekend how much she disliked it 😂 I gave it 4 stars when I read it.

Enjoying this easy-breezy novel. I needed something not too heavy or serious and this hit the spot. A little sex, a little romance, a little drama... 👌🏻

Day 9 #LiteraryLuck: Green Reads

@Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks @vkois88

#literaryluck @Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks @vkois88
#GreenReads

Was given this to read by a friend and loved it so much! Really enjoyed the characters in this book 5/5 👏🏼

Super cute! Couldn‘t stop listening.

I really liked the character development, but the ending felt so rushed it sort of jumped off a cliff. Overall enjoyable read

#2018Book104
I‘m always up for a multiple-perspective novel that focuses primarily on rich people‘s problems.

#TBRTuesday

Light read about a group of friends and their kids and their relationship up and downs. Bit predictable but entertaining.

#iwannabeyourlover #princeofjuly @vkois88 @Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks

Pretty light read about love in the moden relationships. From old to young. A little predictable, but a couple surprises.

I held off reading this because there is much contempt for it. I liked it! 😂 I thought she brilliantly captured the current Brooklyn scene and she wrote her characters with a lot of empathy. Sure, it‘s not necessarily new material and there are some cliches, but overall - this was a fun and enjoyable read for me. And I went into it wanting to hate it so I could hate it with everyone else!

That first, nice pool day when there is 0% chance of rain. 🌞

This is exactly the Saturday morning I‘ve been waiting for all week! Soaking up every relaxing minute of it...now which one will I read first?

I had to push myself to finish the book. There was nothing inherently bad about it, I just disliked all the major characters for one reason or another. Such shallow people. Angry with myself for not having applied the 100 page rule. Others may see it differently.

Meh. Nothing real was ever at stake in the book. It served the purpose of being a distraction while I was stressed about something real in my life

This was a great book to start off the summer season! I really enjoyed this one, just a light story about being in love in modern times!!

I haven‘t been posting on here much lately and I feel bad! I‘ve been loving this quirky easy read! Just under a hundred pages left! Great summer read, I‘m just sayin!!

It took me a few chapters to get into the story but once I found a good pace I was in it. I love books told from different POVs. That said, I also feel somewhat let down even though I enjoyed it. Some of the storylines seemed super predictable. The ending was different. Overall, I'm stuck somewhere between really liking it and it being a "so-so" read.

A good read for a change of pace. P. 29 “Choices were easy to make until you realized how long life could be.”

I've officially made it further today than I did in the previous 8 months owning this book. Thanks baby for letting me use you as a book rest while you cluster feed hahah

Starting Modern Lovers for the third time since September. I haven't been able to decide on anything else. I still haven't even picked my Amazon First Read for April either. Let's see how it goes.

It looks like this book has had mixed reviews on both Litsy and Goodreads. It was a pick for me. I realize the characters were self centered and maybe not very sympathetic. However, I enjoyed the look at relationships from the young, reckless love to the complications that arise further down the road in relationships as people get older.