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I‘m behind on my #3books posts! These are #3books I read based on the covers.

Goats was more the title. Sadly, the book didn‘t work for me.
Don‘t You was because the title made me think of the Simple Minds song 🎶 & I ended up enjoying the story
Cottage because I needed a book with water on the cover for a reading challenge. The story was only meh.

So what I‘ve learned is I‘m not great at picking books based on their covers 😆

This book settled firmly into the, “ok yes I do like this book” about half way through.

⭐️⭐️💫Really all I want this review to say is: “eh 🤷🏻‍♀️” haha this book was fine, it was a quick read & I thought the main character seemed pretty fleshed out, and I liked her sister & her Bridget Jones-esque friend group. I full on hated the idea that her first love didn‘t remember her...high school might seem a long way off when you‘re 30, but not to the point that you completely forget people.

#weekendreads
1. Tagged – didn‘t get it finished for January, so it‘ll probably be the first one done for February!
2. Leia by Claudia Gray
3. I just finished Good Omens (again). It‘s so brilliantly cast & I love the chemistry between Michael Sheen & David Tennant.

So I thought going into this book based on the cover and the synopsis that this would be a fun three star rom com. It wasn‘t. It was a much deeper book about gaslighting, family issues, sexual assault, and men behaving very badly. But this book also made me laugh a lot.

I was provided a copy of this book by the publisher via NetGalley in exchange for an honest review.

https://www.theguardian.com/books/2019/nov/15/young-adult-ya-authors-sarah-desse...

Back in August, I wrote a review about the tagged book. I bought the book, wrote my review, posted and woke up to a lot of mean tweets from the author & her friends. I haven‘t written a review since then. In an effort to catch up, I made a video, which you can view at theludicreader.com

Anyone else ever had an unpleasant encounter with an author?

Good read but it took me awhile. The title intrigued me & my love for all things 80s movies. It was definitely interesting. I was over half way through reading when it finally sucked me in. It was hard to read with all the British terms so not knowing terminology & "slang" did take away from the enjoyment. But all in all its a great read about finding yourself, standing up for your self and that first loves might end up being your true love.

"There is no shame in travelling the long way round to get where you want to go. It doesn't matter if you take wrong turns. Arriving somewhere you want to be be, in the end, is what counts"

Long Weekend reading!

This is a good find!
I feel I have been becoming more and more critical about books since last year. But I have to give kudos to this author Mhairi McFarlane for her blend of snarky and sweet and so honest protagonist. I became vested in the story from the prologue (rare these days). Just read this fictional TripAdvisor review she wrote in Ch One! "Satan's sweet" ?

Makes me want to write again ?

#goodreads #romanticcomedy

This story is about Georgina who ends up being a barmaid at at a newly open pub. When she accepted the job she didnt know she would be running into the boy she fell in love with when she was In school.

Ooh I haven‘t read a good romance that‘s made me ugly cry in a while. This was much needed 🥰

This turned out to be more of a story about personal growth and courage with a splash of romance. I loved watching Georgina grow as a character and become even more confident. Oh, and Lucas is just 😍😍

4 🌟

New book feels ✨🍓

Georgina‘s life isn‘t going as she planned. From being fired from her shitty job and being cheated on, it‘s looking grim. Until an old flame from high school enters the picture. Will they reconnect , and will she finally get her Prince Charming ?

I‘m loving it so far!

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Georgina Horspool is so real it's difficult not to love her. Unemployed and single on the same day and heading home to a roommate who's not her biggest fan either. This rom-com explores some tricky themes but it mostly fun and witty. This wasn't perfect for me but still an enjoyable 3 stars.

My full review is up on my blog now 📚

I've enjoyed every Rare Birds Book Club book that I've received and I've certainly been impressed with the selection so far! For some reason my shelf is looking a little bare at the moment, so when I found my latest parcel on my door step, I couldn't wait to see what was inside!

See more on my blog (link on my profile 📚)

This book is so much more than romance. It is funny, sweet, and heavy at times. McFarlane explores some complex relationships, and the dynamic of not being where you thought you'd be later in life and what that does to one's psyche and worth. She created some endearing and engaging characters and I would certainly recommend Don't You Forget About Me.

Love when one of your favourite authors recommend a book that you have been looking forward to!!

You guys. Oh. You. Guys. Missing the sort of chick lit (yes I hate that term too, but it‘s the best shorthand for this) we used to get? Where there was a heroine who had some issues but it wasn‘t all misery all the way through? With humour and a terrible ex boyfriend and a family that doesn‘t quite get it, but updated for now without the regressive attitudes? Where she fixes herself & it‘s not the man who fixes her? This. Read this. Read it now.

Book post!! Stupid life and stupid moving is getting in the way of me curling up with this but I can‘t wait to get Into it as soon as I‘m done with the stupid moving!!