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Make that two redeeming features. I promise I'm done now.

#WickedWords @AsYouWish #game

OK, Road Trip does have one redeeming feature, which is that the title is Damson colour, completing my New York autumn/winter #Pantone2025 #readingchallenge !

How is this book a snoozefest that also makes me furious? How are people calling it a “cute romcom“?



It features no chemistry btw MCs, dual timeline that doesn't justify itself, a road trip that doesn't make sense, miscommunication trope, a stalker, alcoholism, and an attempted rape. Every man in this book, the MMC included, is absolutely irredeemably toxic and should never be allowed a woman ever again. I loved The Flatshare, but hated this.

#ItTakesAllKinds #roadtrip
@Eggs @Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks

This was a fun rom-com about Dylan who is traveling to figure out what‘s next without family money, & he meets Addie who is managing the bed & breakfast. We see their love story unfold in “then” chapters & see why it ended in the “now” chapters when they inadvertently end up traveling to their friend‘s wedding together with her sister, his best friend who hates Addie, and a random guest.
Spicy & sweet & quite the adventurous road trip!

Road trip reading.

#LambeauField

Like The Flatshare, it took me a while to get into this, but once I did I was hooked. The Now/Then structure was annoying until it really made sense. O‘Leary writes books that seem fluffy but have serious depths eventually. Not for everybody, probably, but I‘ve liked both of her books I‘ve read.

The classification has me cracking up. I mean, sure? But…why not.

For those of you doing my #ukroadtrip challenge, I'm aware that some of the counties I've listed may not exist anymore. My suggestion is you search for a book in a town/city that was in that county but put it in the newer category if I have it listed. This may mean certain counties can't be completed, but as there's no time limit on this challenge it doesn't really matter!

@julieclair

Surprisingly serious but smart, thoughtful, and well written. O‘Leary tells the a love story torn apart by depression, jealousy, doubt, pain and a particularly awful ‘friend‘. The #audio kept me listening but there were a couple of moments where I nearly bailed. In the end though, it was a special story of redeeming love, friendship, and family. I walked nearly 3.5 miles to finish listening! #BookspinBingo @TheAromaofBooks

Meh.
It was okay.
The storyline was very slow paced and nothing happened until the last third. The characters were just... dull, with the exception of Marcus who simply just needed his teeth knocking out!
The saving grace was how well such sensitive topics were dealt with.

I love spur of the moment trips and this one is right up there. Just the right balance of confidence, adventure and the scary unknown, with a dash of romance dropped in.

It's a pretty realistic second chance romance with all the ups and downs, but I didn't find characters very lovable..

Because the list of UK counties I found has 113 (!!!) listed, I've decided to do my #ukroadtrip as a no time pressure challenge as I don't know how long it will take to complete (but think it will be more than a year). Feel free to join me! I've added some books already.

https://app.thestorygraph.com/reading_challenges/415f3f71-b76a-4131-b097-855cdab...

Tagging some people who may be interested @Librarybelle @BarbaraBB @Cinfhen @Clwojick

Hello all!
I have been traveling and visiting with my family for the past week. I promise to get to all your #FoodandLit and #LitsyCrafters posts as soon as I can! And I'll probably flooding your time line with catch up posts this week once I'm settled back home.

I saw this sign while driving and thought it was perfect for the end of Egypt #FoodandLit 🇪🇬

This was cute RomCom, there were a few laugh out loud moments. I liked the way it shifted from the point of view of each of the main characters.

It did drag a little at times, but still a good read.

Updating my Goodreads and #LexieCat is ready to pounce.

I LOVED The Flatshare & liked The Switch a lot but this one didn't appeal to me much. I'm trying to cut all these kids some slack as they're so young- esp in the "then" portions of the book- but most of them were one bad decision after another& it got tedious. He's supposed to be but Marcus was especially hard to take even in the "now" sections when he's supposedly grown so much. I read it all as I wanted to know what happened but it was just eh.