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The Second You're Single
The Second You're Single: A Novel | Cara Tanamachi
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Cheerfully irreverent, bitingly funny, and filled with romantic charm, Cara Tanamachi's The Second You're Single is all about navigating the most romantic month of the year, and how love always seems to arrive when you least expect it. Freelance writer Sora Reid believes in inertia. Shes the odd one out in a close-knit family of go-getters, including her Japanese-American mom, who hints about her need to lose weight, and her soon-to-be married, overachieving younger sister, who needs her to have a date for the wedding, since a wedding party couples' dance with their Scottish great uncle Bob simply won't do. For Sora, minimal input, minimal expectations is the way to go. Shed rather stay at home with her insufferable neighbor and her adorable pitbull. The one thing that disrupts her inertia: an intense dislike for Valentines Day. What is it with the commercial love machine? Why do we pin our hopes on one romantic day, when staying home with a package of bacon and a bottle of tequila would be way better? Soras been betrayed and disappointed more than once and her heart is starting to feel like her Grandma Mitsuyes antique Japanese ceramic bowl, with its many gold-filled cracks. When her pledge to stay single in February inspires readers to #gosolo, Sora has a responsibility to empower her readers. But relationships arent built to last, so it shouldnt be that hard. Right? Enter Jack Mann. A muscle-bound baker who looks like he lifts logs on the weekends, Sora hasnt thought of Jack since they were in elementary school together. When they see each other at the local grocery store and the attraction hits hard, Sora knows she has to shut it down, quick. She cant #gosolo AND get the guy. She cant let down her readers. And relationships always end, so why should Jack be any differenteven though hes confounding all her long-held expectations of love? Riotous, whip-smart, and original. Read this happy-making book if you love yourself. Jayci Lee, Author of Booked on a Feeling
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Sharpeipup
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My kind of valentine 🥰

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Marquis784
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Mehso-so

It‘s February with hearts and Valentines everywhere which Sora finds depressing. She is a difficult to like character because she is so self deprecating and self sabotaging. A few annoying issues for me dealt with the mention of bacon so many times. The other issue is that poor one eyed dog, Larry. Every time she mentions his mishaps bumping into things it made me cringe! There are some redeeming qualities I just found them annoying.

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kimmypete1
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I liked this, but the constant reminder that he fell in love with her in kindergarten was weird. Sora saved him from bullies and that led to a life long crush/love? Not quite buying that, plus bring up kindergarten all the time is strange. But I loved the #GoSolo for February that Sora did, how she found her strength and worked out family issues.

Kimberlone Haha who knew kindergarten could be so memorable? I honestly can‘t remember more than a couple small details. I can‘t even remember my teachers name since she got married and it changed halfway through 🤣 2y
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swishandflick
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I'm grateful to have received a free #ARC of this one, but the downside of ARCs is that "womp womp" feeling when you don't love it. There's a lot of promise in Tanamachi's writing, but I think my biggest gripe was that, for a book supposedly about self love, there seemed to be a lot of fat-shaming simmering under the surface (disguised by self-deprecating humor that often fell flat). Not bad, just not great. ⭐️⭐️⭐️