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When You Read This
When You Read This | Mary Adkins
On his first day of work at a struggling brand management firm, an ambitious intern discovers a blog created by his predecessor, Iris Massey. Iris, he quickly learns, died a few months earlier, leaving a hole in the life of the firm's morose boss, Smith. Now, stuck at his desk all day, Carl-the-Intern - whose sky-high aspirations are thwarted only by Smith's sluggishness - gets hooked on Iris's blog, and the stories she tells about the life she left behind. Determined to share her story, Carl and Smith soon track down Iris' sister Jade, an haute cuisine chef who's been knocked sideways by her loss, finding solace only in potato chips and red wine. Smith and Jade, tied together by their mutual grief and each carrying their own baggage, end up on a collision course: with their own unresolved pasts, and also with each other. Funny and moving in equal measures, WHEN YOU READ THIS is a sparkling debut about love, life, and all the emails you really wish you'd never sent.
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KristiAhlers
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ALL. THE. STARS! I truly wasn‘t sure if I was going to like this one. Bought it was a great deal of trepidation. OMG so very good. I laughed and cried. Written through emails, texts, blogs it tells the story of Iris who dies from cancer but manages to still bring people together after she was gone. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ #readingchallenge2022 #marchreadinglist

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Eggs
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The day Iris finds out she has 6 months to live, she starts a blog. It‘s the only place she feels understood...I Love epistolary novels💙💗💙

#13 #bookspin @TheAromaofBooks

TheAromaofBooks Ooo I'm stacking this one - it sounds lovely! 4y
Eggs Hope you like it😊 @TheAromaofBooks (edited) 4y
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silentrequiem
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He's passed out and thankfully his head isn't blocking the book text... #catsoflitsy

wanderinglynn Aw... how sweet. ❤️🐱 6y
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silentrequiem
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Started a book when I should be sleeping and I'm already more than a third of the way through. My cats are disgusted with me for not being asleep.

I'm such a sucker for epistolary novels. Love them.
Carl the intern is so annoying and I just know he's going to do something that saves the day but I'll still hate him and hopes he falls into a mud pit

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megnews
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I devoured this book. Love. Love. Love. Not even my kind of book but so so good.

Book 124/165 4/8/19

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megnews
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Picked this off the library‘s new fiction shelf. Thirty pages in and it‘s definitely intriguing.

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Megabooks
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I‘m such a sucker for an epistolary novel. Really. And this does not disappoint. It‘s a romantic comedy that made me feel like I was joking about relationships with my best friend. Funny, cute, but not sappy, an easy 4⭐️ Definitely recommend!

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Jessrumely
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19 // WHEN YOU READ THIS // “Sometimes I cry as hard as I can for as long as I can, as if eventually I will be finished. Like grief is a marathon and I just have to log enough miles.” ⭐️⭐️⭐️ #whenyoureadthis #jessicareads2019

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BookishMarginalia
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After a stop at the library, I‘m having tacos for lunch!

Samplergal I love taco Tuesday and by taco Tuesday, I mean everyday is Tuesday. 🤣 6y
wordzie 😁🙌 6y
Leftcoastzen With @Samplergal on this ! 🌮🌮🌮🌮🌮🌮🌮 6y
simpledutchgirl Enjoy the read....I enjoyed it immensely! 6y
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AmyLarge
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When Iris dies, she leaves behind her a hypochondriac sister, a boss with a gambling problem, a mother who raised her in hotels and a blog all about her fight with cancer. What follows is a story told through blog posts, emails and text messages. I found the narrative clipper and jumpy because of it. I also found the characters to be cartoonish with very little to redeem them. And Carl, the assistant who filled her role, was infuriating!

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Lauren.Archer
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I was looking forward to this one, once I heard about this. This one gave me all the feels. I thought the author did an amazing job, portraying how people deal with death and how yes, life does go on, and it is ok.

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Lauren.Archer
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Hoping this one breaks the rut I am in right now.

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Tanzy13
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A comedy-drama for the digital age: an epistolary debut novel about the ties that bind and break our hearts.

Iris Massey is gone.
But she‘s left something behind.

Told in a series of e-mails, blog posts, text messages, legal correspondence, and other snippets of our virtual lives, When You Read This is a deft, captivating romantic comedy—funny, tragic, surprising, and bittersweet—that candidly reveals how we find new beginnings after loss.

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TorieStorieS
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I have kicked off this new year with a bit of a rom com streak... this one is more of a dramedy told in an epistolary/multi-media format. There‘s some extraneous detail that slows down the pacing and the plot is predictable- but I adored intern Carl aka CVS III - he stole the show for me!

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lovelybookshelf
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It's been a while since I read a book in one sitting, but I couldn't put this book down. A quirky, heartwarming, bittersweet look at grief - with humor, too. Full review will post on the blog sometime soon.

Cinfhen Never heard of this book before!! Sounds great ~ thanks for posting 6y
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Suzze
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Written as emails, blogs and text posts. A lighter look at a sad theme.
Liked, didn‘t love.

Cinfhen Hi!!!! Happy Holidays 💚❤️💚 6y
Suzze @Cinfhen same to you! 🎄🎄 6y
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Suzze
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A day late! Happy Saturyay!
1. I love turkey!
2. Middle Eastern. Hummus, shawarma, kibbie. Yum!
3. I‘ve met tons of authors. My most famous almost met was Mick Jagger. I sat directly behind him at Cirque du Soleil Corteo in Toronto.
4. I‘m reading this book right now and really enjoying it. Comes out in February.
5. @Betty

#friyayintro

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Lydiamansel
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Sweet, second half better than first

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Mem_ugh
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1️⃣ I do try to finish the chapter, if possible

2️⃣ I‘ll read whenever I get a moment to do so

3️⃣ I don‘t need quiet, i grew up with a large family so I learned how to focus in chaos pretty early on. I actually prefer to read with music on.

@silversreviews #whenyouread

SilversReviews I grew up with a large family and noise, so I like quiet. LOL!! Thanks for playing. 😊 6y
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DebbieGrillo
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1. Not always, but I prefer to. But then I can never help myself from reading the first few sentences of the next.

2. Both, but struggle to read when I'm too tired.

3. I prefer relative quiet or ignorable chaos. I cant read with the TV on unless its sports.

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SilversReviews Thanks for playing....I like quiet too. 😊 6y
inthegreensandblues 1- I do that too - get to a stopping point and then scan the next few sentences like a preview before forcing myself to close the book. 😁 6y
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