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A fun read about wishing to jump ahead in life so you can skip the hard parts. Thought provoking, heart warming, and a fun cast of characters. I thought this was going to end up being a grief manifestation, but it wasn‘t. Book #26 in 2024

I wasn‘t sure about this book. Lucy is in her 20s and nothing is going right for her. Then she makes a wish to get to “the good part” of her life, and she wakes up in her 40s. Now she has a family and a high-pressure job and of course high jinks ensue. Will she ever get to go back and does she even want to? It‘s a good question!

Lucy makes a wish and ends up 16 years in the future, her life drastically changed. Freaky Friday meets 13 Going on 30 in this heartwarming novel about finding the good part of life. Well fleshed out and relatable characters and a satisfying HEA. Loved it! 4.25/5

I lied. I said Holiday Romance was my favorite book of 2023 but this one is-I LOVED IT! So many emotions, life questions...fascinating! The MC wishes herself from 26 to 42. And I like how the author didn't pit one version of the main character's life against the other. It was more of her seeing she didn't fully appreciate what she DID have in her 20's. She sees that there's a "good part" to all phases of life. She just needs to look for them.

Two weeks left to determine my final reading bracket results!! #2023ReadingBracket #ReadingBracket2023
Apr and Sept are blank because I didn‘t actually finish a book in those months 😬
Making this was really fun - I‘m so curious what‘ll be the top read of the year!

🧹Nimbus 2001: Set or written after 2001- How Not To Die Alone
🧹Quidditch Gloves: Set in winter - The Last Devil to Die
🧹Beater: Includes a competition - The Good Part
🧹Gryffindor: Related to Gryffindor house/traits- Paper Things
🧹Cho Chang: Written by an Asian or AAPI author - Falling Back in Love…
#quidditchcupreadingchallenge

The Good Part is a beautiful reminded that life may be unfair, challenging, and frustrating at moments but finding the good amongst the bad is what makes it worth living each and every day.

"Surveying the books, I feel like a mother who‘s failed to provide for her children. They deserve a decent bookcase; they deserve to be displayed, spine out, sorted by genre, not heaped in a pile on the floor of my damp room. One day, books, one day." - The Good Part

#aardvarkbookclub #thegoodpart #sophiecousens

Just let me wish on a star and fast forward to a point in the future where my life will surely be bliss. It‘s a well understood trope. What made this story unique was how the supporting characters were made aware and reacted to Lucy‘s situation. It was fun to read.

We've been wanting to take this photo for a hot minute, but the clean-up is intimidating 🥵 we'll be putting their dust jackets on until the cows come home 🐄🐄🐄🐄🐄🐄🐄🐄🐄🐄🐄🐄🐄🐄

#aardvarkbookclub #bookbox #booksubscription #thereformatory #midnightisthedarkesthour #loveinterest #thegoodpart #thefavorites

THIS BOOK!!! I sat down to start and then did not get up until it was finished. Was BAWLING as it got to the end- so masterfully written that not only did I not know how it would end, I didn‘t know how I WANTED it to end! As someone who‘s often wished I could “skip to the good part,” this really hit home. The characters were so real and lovable (Felix!!) and this is now one of my favorite books. I need to read more by Cousens!!

Yayyy! My #aardvark arrived!

Decided to give #aardvark a try! I‘m really intrigued by The Good Part‘s premise, and I already read Business or Pleasure from the library but loved it so much I wanted my own copy ☺️

This book was soooo good with reminders of the movies “Big” and “13 Going On 30”. So relatable and really speaks to the question of one‘s life experience, the good, the bad and the ugly, and if we could skip the bad/ugly, should we and what would we be giving up? Lucy Young as a 26-year-old is tired of being overlooked for promotions, she‘s tired of terrible dates and she‘s tired of her living arrangements. So following another disastrous date,🔻