Local Girls: A Novel | 
panThank God this was a short book. It was so wordy and all over the place. It reminded me of a Dare Me or something Meg Abbott would write with far less suspense and story behind it. I honestly sped through this one just to be fine with it. The characters were awful and I truly didn‘t care how it ended just that it did.
I know there are local authors, because I personally know two people who have published books (in English), I just don't know the pseudonyms they write under. Both want to protect their privacy and, since I respect that, I have never asked them for either their pseudonyms or a signed copy of their work. So I don't even know whether they are successful.
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Day 13 of #riotgrams Pink Covers! Apparently I don't have a lot of pink covers, but I have some covers with pink on them. Still counts, right?
Feel a bit blah this evening, so I figured I'd head to bed early and get some reading in. I hope everyone is having a good night tonight!
Finally getting to read this! I ordered it for the library ages ago. Looks right up my alley.
so-soSigh: I wished I liked this. I didn't. This was like having a conversation with your mother in law. Sometimes there's great insight, but other times it's full of 'how you can make my son happy' repetitive preaching. Of course, I'm only joking. Anyway, I wanted to really love this and in a way I liked the ending and the theme of loss as a catalyst to a better life, but I had a hard time connecting with the girls.
This is as peachy as I get. But a nice stack, I think. #Augustofpages #bookphotochallenge Day 15
'Girls' theme still going strong! Making a month out of it.
Shoutout to @RoscoeBooks since their bookmark is making an appearance 😉
pickI absolutely loved this book. I would've never picked it up on my own so thank you to @rebeccaschinsky for praising it on the All The Books podcast! This story is beautifully describes friendship, love, celebrity obsession, and growing up in all the right ways that is so relatable.
There's something beautifully honest about this sentence.
Lunchtime reading (again). Just started this one last night but I'm already intrigued by the narration. #fridayreads
Got my Book of the Month today and a Joyce Carol Oates book from another company. They sent the wrong book and told me to just keep it then refunded my cost. Yay! Join BotM use the link and 'summer30' for 30% off a 3 mo sub, free sunglasses, and a tote- http://shrsl.com/?~d5af
pickThree 19-year-olds who have been friends their whole lives hang out in their usual bar with a movie star on the last night of his life. Narrator Maggie tells us about that night, and about how and why their friendships are unraveling. Tense narrative perfectly captures teenage cruelty.
