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Come and Get It
Come and Get It | Kiley Reid
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It's 2017 at the University of Arkansas. Millie Cousins, a senior resident assistant, wants to graduate, get a job and buy a house. So when Agatha Paul, a visiting professor and writer, offers Millie an easy yet unusual opportunity, she jumps at the chance. But Millie's starry-eyed hustle becomes jeopardised by odd new friends, vengeful dorm pranks and illicit intrigue. A fresh and intimate portrait of desire, consumption and reckless abandon, Come and Get It is a tension-filled story about money, indiscretion and bad behavior - and the highly anticipated new novel by acclaimed and award-winning author Kiley Reid. PRAISE FOR KILEY REID AND SUCH A FUN AGE 'The book of the year' Independent 'A new literary star' The Times 'Essential. This year's hit debut' Guardian 'A biting tale of race and class' Sunday Times 'I couldn't put this down' Jojo Moyes 'A startling, razor-sharp debut ... Wildly fun and breathtakingly wise' Taylor Jenkins-Reid 'A gripping page-turner with serious things to say about racism, class, gender, parenting and privilege' Madeline Miller
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Read it for the excellent dialogue. So fun. Highly recommend to anyone who loves eavesdropping.

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I‘m really surprised by the tepid response to this one, as I really liked it. It‘s quieter than her debut and quite nuanced, with every character showing their flaws and making bad choices in a way that feels fully human. A great read for me that was hard to put down.

Amor4Libros This sounds good, stacked! 🤗 3mo
sarahbarnes I‘m glad to see you liked it! I have seen mixed reviews for sure. 3mo
DimeryRene I loved this one 🩷 3mo
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LadyCait84
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Mehso-so

I know what this book is supposed to be about.
Or at least, what the reviews and interviews claim.

But the “point” didn‘t really land for me.

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mcctrish
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I couldn‘t put this down. KR has such an amazing way of writing compelling, timely stories about young women - she‘s a must read author for me and I wish I‘d bought this

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mcctrish
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Sitting on the back porch

Bookwormjillk Your chair looks perfect for porch reading! (edited) 5mo
mcctrish @Bookwormjillk we just got 2 new ones from IKEA, the last ones fell apart 🤣🤣 5mo
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mcctrish
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Might love this shade of green

dabbe 💚💚💚 6mo
Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks 💚💛💚 6mo
Megabooks Gorgeous! 6mo
KadaGul @mcctrish Very Summer 😎 like 💚💚 6mo
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MallenNC
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This was my #BookSpin and I‘m giving it a soft pick. At first I didn‘t like it at all because it took forever to introduce all the characters and I couldn‘t figure out what she was doing with them. The climax of the story is absolutely crazy and I did not expect it at all. I think she‘s trying to make a point about money, power dynamics, and bad choices but it got very messy. I‘m still thinking about it, so that seems worth something.

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LatrelWhite
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⭐️⭐️Sorry had to bail✌🏾

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MallenNC
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My #BookSpin and #DoubleSpin for May! Getting started ASAP.

Thanks to @TheAromaofBooks again for always organizing this for us!

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MicheleinPhilly
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Mehso-so

Welp! Another disappointing sophomore effort. There were elements I really enjoyed, but this felt like it could have used more cooking before serving. I will still eagerly read whatever she writes next.

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MicheleinPhilly
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I ❤️ weekends.

Leftcoastzen Pickles! 7mo
Cathythoughts I loved her first book. Look forward to your thoughts on this one. 7mo
AmyG Awwww sweet Pickles. 7mo
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charl08 Amen. 7mo
squirrelbrain Aw Pickles! ❤️❤️❤️ 7mo
TrishB 🐶♥️ I‘m enjoying this one! 7mo
sarahbarnes How‘s the book so far? I‘ve seen mixed reviews. 7mo
LeahBergen Hello, cushy Pickles! 😘 7mo
MicheleinPhilly @sarahbarnes It took me a bit to get into but I‘m really enjoying it. 7mo
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Areader2
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Mehso-so

This was a so so character driven story about a college dorm and the RAs and students who live there and a visiting writing professor it was a slog until about 2/3. Honestly none of the characters were likable
#readaway2024 book 10
#MarvellousMarch

DieAReader 👋🏻👋🏻Next! 7mo
Andrew65 Well done 👏👏👏 7mo
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NovelNancyM
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Kiley Reid is an excellent author. I enjoyed the character development and the unpredictable plot. The theme of racism was woven throughout in a subtle way. I was finding ways to sneak in reading it as I was so drawn in. Highly recommend along with her first novel, Such a Fun Age.

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BookishTrish
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Once again I was up all night reading. I think this character driven novel might work better as a tv show. Every character makes terrible choices at every turn, it keeps the pages turning. Not sure the pay off at the end was impactful enough for me.

Shemac77 Beautiful rings! 7mo
BookishTrish @Shemac77 Thank you so much ! 7mo
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DimeryRene
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Just started and really like it. 🐷 The characters already seem whole and multifaceted. 🎀

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Chelsea.Poole
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Mehso-so

Disappointing after Reid‘s first novel Such a Fun Age. This one is set in a college dorm, with an RA, bratty undergrads, and a journalist/visiting professor. All parties engage with each other and morally ambiguous shenanigans ensue. Mostly a commentary on class, wealth, status, and who‘s taking advantage of whom. I wasn‘t over the moon for it but it wasn‘t terrible either. Great audio narration though!

Lcsmcat Are you trying to frighten your houseplants with that book stacked so near them? 😂 8mo
Chelsea.Poole @Lcsmcat 🤣🤣 8mo
DimeryRene Such great audio narration!! 7mo
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TamTracy
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Not as engaging as her first book but I did still enjoy it. Most of the book was very character and scene driven which I don‘t always like but it kept my attention. ⭐️⭐️⭐️

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wallacereads
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Mehso-so

I really wanted to like this one but I found it less of a story and more of a series of funny lines and observations. Thanks to Penguin and NetGalley for the ARC.

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kbuggle
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A character driven novel told from the view of three women in Arkansas that really captures the atmosphere of college campus dorm life. And with interesting cultural commentary throughout, as Kiley Reid does. Felt her debut was stronger than this second novel, but I like her writing.

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Julsmarshall
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Mehso-so

This was an interesting character study of a time and place and young people finding their way in a confusing world. It felt a bit all over the place though and I found myself reluctant to pick it up. It had moments of brilliance as it considered how race, money, and privilege intersect, but it fell short of the mark for me. #netgalleygroup #BookspinBingo @AllDebooks @TheAromaofBooks

AllDebooks That's a shame 9mo
TheAromaofBooks Great progress!! 9mo
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AardvarkBookClub
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You should come and get Come and Get It if...

? you drive on auto-pilot to Target when you're stressed
? you can't help but eavesdrop on other conversations
? you consider yourself a future-oriented person
? you sometimes have the urge to drop your life & move to a small town
? you're wearing collegiate apparel as you read this
? you have experience as a camp counsellor or RA
? Selena Gomez's song "Come & Get It" is stuck in your head

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ICantImReading
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⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

Very character-driven, but the characters were just so interesting it kept me hooked! I work with college students, so I found the messiness and complexities of this slice of campus life particularly compelling. Unexpected and cringeworthy at times, this book offers sharp observations and a reminder that we‘re all more than our worst mistakes. The audiobook narrator is also amazing. 🎧

DimeryRene So happy you liked it! I have been hearing mixed reviews. It‘s on my list to get to soon. 9mo
ICantImReading @DimeryRene it‘s always so interesting to see different opinions on polarizing books! If you like audiobooks, I do think the narration really heightened the experience 🙂 9mo
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“It was bizarre, feeling grateful for having done the right thing, all to walk home, stand in a large kitchen, and consider how nice it would have been not to.”

- Kiley Reid, Come and Get It

#aardvarkbookclub #comeandgetit #kileyreid

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BekaReid
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Reading time is an essential for my self-care. Paired with coffee and a croissant is a bonus.

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Megabooks
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I was quite unsure where Reid was headed with this for most of the book. While I enjoyed her unspooling these characters‘ messy connections, I felt the ending was a bit abrupt.

Millie is an RA in an undesirable dorm. She helps a visiting professor interview a few students for a book she has planned. But when that project gets sidetracked, everyone starts making poor decisions: Millie, the prof, the popular students, and a loner with a dark past.

marleed I felt the same way. I did enjoy reading it but it was a bit of a mess! I really can envision those characters in a limited series, though! 9mo
squirrelbrain Great review! I agree @marleed - it was a bit ‘all over the place‘. 9mo
BarbaraBB What a great photo. Where is it? 9mo
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Ruthiella I‘m looking forward to this. I really liked 9mo
Megabooks @BarbaraBB this is the riverfront in my hometown! They just upgraded the fountain. 👍🏻🤩 9mo
BarbaraBB That‘s awesome 😎 9mo
Cathythoughts I enjoyed Such A Fun Age. Stacking this one 👍🏻 9mo
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AardvarkBookClub
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From the celebrated New York Times bestselling author of Such a Fun Age comes a fresh and provocative story about a residential assistant and her messy entanglement with a professor and three unruly students.

#aardvarkbookclub #jointoday

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marleed
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Slow pick - less as a novel but as an outline for a potential limited series with a renewal option. I was drawn to the University of Arkansas setting - unusual location for my armchair travels. There were two interestingly drawn MC‘s (Agatha and Millie). Thing is, they were fighting for word count because there were many supporting characters that with just a tweak here or there could have bumped either MC out of their star billing.

Melismatic I loved her other book - this is def on the list for me! 9mo
marleed @Melismatic I really liked her first book, as well. This one didn‘t hit the same way, but it really helped when I decided to just enjoy the characters. 9mo
AardvarkBookClub 💚💚💚💚💚 9mo
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BoleyBooks
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nitalibrarian
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Here's what is out this week that I'm adding to my library's adult collection. You might notice a certain Maas book not on the cart. I cataloged it early and it's sitting on my co-workers desk, ready for her to read.

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squirrelbrain
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This was a bit of a mess. It really needed better editing - it felt like Reid had just taken all of her character notes and back stories and thrown them together, without thought to a coherent plot.

The ‘plot‘, such as it is, centres around a visiting professor eavesdropping on students (very bizarre) and, whilst some of the plot points are tied up at the end, many of them aren‘t.

Rather disappointing.

#netgalley Published in the UK 30th Jan.

TrishB I love that ‘rather disappointing‘. I won‘t be bothering. 10mo
ChaoticMissAdventures I have had a digital copy of this from the publisher that I have been ignoring for months. Maybe I secretly knew it wouldn't be great. 10mo
LiteraryinPA This is really helpful to know. Thanks! 10mo
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batsy Oh, that's too bad. I was kind of looking forward to this based on the description. I haven't read her other (first?) book yet, either. 10mo
sarahbarnes Such a bummer. I was looking forward to this one after liking her first. But your review matches others I‘ve seen as well. 10mo
Caroline2 Oh no! I loved such a fun age so I was looking forward to this. Thanks for the heads up tho as I was going to preorder this on Waterstones!! I‘ll wait for the 99p kindle deal instead! 😉 10mo
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BoleyBooks
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Tackle the TBR 🤓📚
What are you reading?
#boleybooks #comeandgetit #kileyreid #bookbeast #NetGalley #bookbuds #bookchat

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sarahbarnes
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Congrats @BarbaraBB on your amazing milestone! I‘m so glad to have met you here and your bookish and travel posts help make Litsy the wonderful place it is! Thank you for hosting the #BBgiveaway. I‘m looking forward to the tagged book in 2024. Thanks for the tag @merelybookish ! I tag @andrew61 and @Suet624 .

BarbaraBB Coming from you I‘ll stack the book immediately! Thanks for entering the giveaway ❤️ 13mo
squirrelbrain Ha - I was going to post this book too! 13mo
sarahbarnes @BarbaraBB thank you for hosting it! ♥️ 13mo
sarahbarnes @squirrelbrain I‘m interested to read it! I thought Such a Fun Age was very good. 13mo
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I laughed so hard at the dialogue. Kiley Reid is a genuinely funny person. I related entirely too well to the southern university students that said such cringeworthy things. If I took myself too seriously I probably would have hated this book, instead I just laughed for being a white girl from the south with too many friends named Becca. I was on the edge of my seat to learn what would happen to these characters and I loved the ending. #Arc

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