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I‘m a day late but thanks to @Eggs for the #Two4Tuesday tag. 🤗

1️⃣ I try, but I am not very good at it in my personal life. At work I use tasks in Outlook & a project management system & I try to spend 10-15 minutes at the start & end of each day reviewing what I did & what I need to do.

2️⃣ This one is still in my TBR but it‘s about a personal assistant trying to find herself after putting everyone else‘s needs first.

I picked this one through #BOTM because Georgie‘s description called to me. I‘ve been searching for a new direction in my life, mainly because people tell me I should. I‘m so thankful to the BFF in this one when she tells Georgie what her special and unique skill is, because it made me realize I am the same! Don‘t compare your life to other people‘s highlight reel!!
Note: Font of book was weird
800 pts #WGWordSearch, 15 pts for #TBR read

I‘m super picky about modern romance novels, but I totally enjoyed this one! The characters were a lot of fun and had good chemistry, it had one of the most believable forced proximity tropes I‘ve encountered, and the writing was smart and funny. My interest waned a little in the last quarter because after saying several times that she had no intention of her life turning into a hallmark movie plot, the conclusion veered annoyingly close to one.

This was a sweet, deeply thought-out, coming home story of two people finding their identities and working through their stuff together. I like the healing, the realizations, the perspective of it all. Also, perfect title for the book!

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I cried a lot! Sad tears, happy tears, so many tears. I didn't expect to love this book but I did.

This was a nice comfy romance…. Very Hallmark movie-ish with a bit more spice. I enjoyed these two characters- they were full characters, both on their own journeys of discovery and growth, while also reflecting and dealing with their past selves.

LOVED THIS! And not just because my friend is narrating for Levi! It‘s a nice love story with a hallmark movie ending. Sometimes we just need something nice in our lives :) #alexkydd

Stopped at E. Shaver Booksellers, Savannah, GA. Enjoying my summer reading 📚

This book is so FLUFFY! Which is fine. Fluffy is fine. One of my book besties chose this for July because we left her in charge. I did have a hard time putting it down once it really got going. It's mega predictable. And possibly a little cheesy.

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This was a very sweet contemporary romance which is another balance of a woman‘s personal journey and finding love. The male protagonist is also on a journey of forgiveness, both with his family and forgiving himself for his past transgressions. The writing was entertaining and I liked the characters. It just did not feel particularly new, but was a nice, light, summer read. 3.5⭐️

Decent read.

@Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks Misty, thank you so much for this sweet package! It was so nice of you to include the extra goodies 🥰 I love them and I'm looking forward to reading this!

“I perform the task of exhausted women everywhere—taking my bra off without removing my top. Once I‘ve pulled it through the armhole of my tank, I fling it onto the old, slouchy couch, sending it the disgusted glare that all bras deserve after a long, hot day.” 😂

I love Levi and Georgie 🩷📚

#LitsyLove peeps! If anyone is interested in this one let me know and I‘ll choose a random winner!

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And it‘s nap time again!! Almost done with this one! 💛🐾🩷😽 Not my usual read but I really enjoyed this one! Love Georgie 💛

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Trying to finish the book, but I‘m so distracted with this cuteness overload!! 🐾🐈‍⬛💙

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4/5

Georgie is returning to her home town after working for years as an assistant to Hollywooddirectors. Returning home brings up a lot of memories, so it's no surprise that she mistakes troubled Levi Fanning, for his younger brother Evan, who was Georgie's crush throughout high school. Georgie is trying to figure out her future while Levi is resolving the issues of his past.

It's a great small town romance about figuring out your path.

A little morning reading!

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Loving this one!!
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I‘m really enjoying this one!! 💛🩷

What are you reading today?

“I fling it onto the old, slouchy couch, sending it the disgusted glare that all bras deserve after a long, hot day.” 😆😆 yes!! Every day!!

This was a sweet, lovely read. Not top of my favorites of hers? But still something I was really looking forward to. Georgie is a wonderful MC ❤️ Kate Clayborn‘s novels give me all the feels. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

I think I‘ll start this one to get me over the last one (Pretty Girls 😱)

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@suvata Thank you for sending this under along with the next #lmpbc book! It looks like a lot of fun and I could totally use something light right now! 💛🩷💛

A small town romance that doesn't feel small. Georgie loses her job as a PA when her boss retires and goes back home to help her pregnant best friend. She meets the older brother of her highschool crush who happens to be the former town bad boy. She finds an old notebook full of things she wanted to do & they decide to do them together. This was sweet, funny, and at times poignant. It was as expansive as Georgie herself. I adored it.

Next up - my library hold just came in.

“That‘s always how it is with Levi: what I want, but better.”
Such a good love story, full of past heartaches, present hopefulness, and future dreams. Really enjoyed this one!

A grump/sunshine romance. Nice moments between friends, nice moments between siblings, but I‘m not sure I understand how these two fell in love.

I can either really loathe another follow.the.list storyline or I can love it. This one is more of the latter but more so because I loved the grumpy x sunshine romance and deep friendship between Georgie and Bel. Also, mad props to Kate Clayborn for all the pun-ny nicknames woven throughout for Georgie, and Cal, etc.

Loved this!

Currently reading😊👍🏻

3✨ I have mixed feelings about this book. I really like that Georgie, our female lead, found her high school journal of things she wanted to do. She decides that since her life is off track she will spend time with her friend who is expecting, mark off her bucket list items, and in so doing return to her hometown. The second POV is Levi, who has lots of rumors and a rocky reputation when he was in high school a few years before Georgie.⬇️

The bright yellow cover matches this fluffy modern romance. 28 year old Georgie is lost after she loses her job. What is a girl to do? Why, go home of course, help her pregnant BFF and try to recapture who she is with the help of an old high-school journal and a hunky local (who needs some love).

I just wanted the love interest to get the love he needed. I didn't really click with the story, it was just eh.

What a cute book! I loved Georgie! I adored Levi! What good, messy fun with just a lot of heart between these two characters. And I loved all the supporting characters too. 💝 So glad I got to end this beautiful day by finishing such a great read! #52bookclub23 #atitlestartingwiththeletterG

My opinion would be higher had the first half of this book been reduced to a single short chapter. But I really enjoyed the second half and the consideration of how difficult it is to be a mentally healthy adult when you grew up keenly aware you are unloved by your parents. …A bump in the relationship is a required required trope a romance, but I did think Georgie was too hard on Levi. …I guess I‘m Levi all along :)

1️⃣2️⃣ One Fine Duke ➡️ 1️⃣3️⃣ Georgie, All Along

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Going to start reading this tonight and have a bit of after dinner dessert

Sunshine and self care Sunday.

Georgie‘s story feels a bit like my own life right now.

I really loved this #BOTM pick! I‘ve enjoyed Clayborn‘s earlier novels, but this one may be my favorite yet! Titular Georgie returns to her small VA town after her last job as a Hollywood PA suddenly ends, feeling adrift and out of sorts. But the discovery of an old pre-high school notebook, helping her best friend and an unexpected meet-cute turns this into an emotional romantic comedy! I loved Hank, and the human characters, too! A fun read!

A week after finishing this (and grieving leaving vacation!), the impact of this book has faded. BUT it was a great vacation read. The characters felt authentic and the premise was fun. Putting Clayton‘s other books on my TBR now!

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#OUABC Once Upon a Book Club February 2023 Monthly Box: The Life That Got Away

Longtime personal assistant Georgie Mulcahy has made a career out of putting others before herself. When an unexpected upheaval sends her away from her hectic job in L.A. and back to her hometown, Georgie must confront an uncomfortable truth: her own wants and needs have always been a disconcertingly blank page.

I enjoy receiving this @Onceuponabookclub box! This book was a fun read and the gifts are amazing. I‘m in love with the robe and the hat!

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Book 46/100 of the year.

Not what I expected from blurb. Love messy and expansive Georgia. Also Levi and his trauma from childhood. Both I see within my relationship. He‘s so sweet to her, so vulnerable, that still gets him in trouble. Georgia is so soft, and bubbly. Pretty steamy chapter, though I‘m not one for the sex this early in a relationship, they got it working out. Including understanding each other, talking like adults. I liked the ending. Georgias got it #ouabc

There was a lot I really enjoyed about this small town romance between an ex-Hollywood personal assistant who doesn‘t know what she wants and a bad boy turned small business owner still struggling with his old reputation. The spice was fantastic, for one. But the last hour took me forever to read, I was just bored by that point and knew how it would end.

My choices for #BOTM 💛📚 I really need to cancel my membership 😫 🤦🏻‍♀️

What did you choose?!

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With the most lovable characters and a ton of heart, this romance is completely swoon-worthy! It‘s comforting like a strawberry milkshake, hopeful like a notebook full of dreams, radiant like a moonbeam.

For some reason, my brain immediately pictured Zoey Deutch as Georgie, but I‘m open to casting suggestions for who would play Levi in the movie! 😂 #BOTM

I had totally forgotten about #BOTM! Where did this month go?! I chose Georgie based on @swishandflick review!! I think I will save it for summer! 💛📚 The cover of The Last Russian Doll ❤️💛

I loved, loved, LOVED this book. Wouldn't change a single thing. The characters, their journey's, the healing, the love. SWOON. #BOTM

Made for a perfect rainy day read on this cozy "self care" day of mine.

I loved this one!

Georgie and her friend Bel made a notebook when they were kids containing all kinds of things that they wanted to accomplish before high school.

When Georgie moves back home to help Bel prepare for the birth of her child, she decides to do as many of the things in the notebook that she can in hopes of gaining some clarity.

Fun, sassy, and kind of like a hot Hallmark movie. This was a fun ride 😄