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KLyn1
A Forty Year Kiss | Nickolas Butler
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Took a little time away from work to see tagged book author this afternoon with @JenReadsAlot and @peaKnit - highlight of my day...

BarbaraBB How nice you three met up! 1mo
JenReadsAlot Such a great day!! 1mo
peaKnit I was so glad to see you two! What a bonus! 1mo
KLyn1 Agreed @BarbaraBB - great coworkers that became friends 😊 1mo
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peaKnit
A Forty Year Kiss | Nickolas Butler
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Listening to A Forty Year kiss to prep for the author‘s visit to our library next month mostly because, gah, love the author. Meanwhile while walking in 90 degree heat in WI, I heard his great and cozy description of “toasty”. Auspicious! 🥵 I‘m toasty but NOT cozy. lol

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peaKnit
A Forty Year Kiss | Nickolas Butler
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#Two4Tuesday @TheSpineView

1. Tagged
2. It depends - if it‘s an automatic author could be stand alone, if it is series I want to have and loan out, I may pre-order. I try not to buy books often anymore. Edited to add - I forgot I preordered The River is Waiting by Wally Lamb on audible - I couldn‘t wait though I‘m close to the top of the hold list. 🤦🏼‍♀️😃

Tagging @JenReadsAlot @BethM
Thanks for the tag @Kshakal

TheSpineView Thanks for playing! 3mo
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lauraisntwilder
A Forty Year Kiss | Nickolas Butler
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Pickpick

I don't think this is Butler's best, but it's still a pick for me. His characters are always so real and his books are never even slightly pretentious. (Not that I don't like pretentious novels, of course. I often do.) I think my criticism of this one is that there were a few too many plot points and not enough character development. Having said that, I read it incredibly quickly (for me! I'm slow!) and found it engaging.

lauraisntwilder This was my #bookspin for March. 6mo
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Jas16
A Forty Year Kiss | Nickolas Butler
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Bailedbailed

At the start of the weekend I realized I wasn‘t enjoying any of the books I was reading and bailed on them all which was so not like me. I made it through 50% of this audiobook before admitting that I just didn‘t care about any of it- the characters, the plot, the fact that nothing they did made sense to me. I thought about continuing because I have liked Butler in the past but I was honestly relieved when I gave myself permission to stop.

TheLudicReader I recently bailed on this one, too. I thought it was awful. 6mo
Jas16 @TheLudicReader I read your review and totally agree 6mo
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TheLudicReader
A Forty Year Kiss | Nickolas Butler
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Bailedbailed

I made it to page 106. Charlie and Vivian were married for 4 years 40 years ago and they have now reunited. In the 100 pages I read, their reunion was problem free and without any meaningful postmortem of their lives. When Vic‘s adult daughter meets Charlie, she says hey, I hear you have a drinking problem, let‘s open these expensive bottles of wine and drink them. I just didn‘t like the characters or the way this book was written. #hailthebail

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peaKnit
A Forty Year Kiss | Nickolas Butler
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Somehow I can get to the library embarrassingly early and still sit behind a big furry hat. (It is zero degrees so I‘ll give the lady a pass)That said, it was about the conversation with the author, Nickolas Butler - which was so powerful, vulnerable and just plain cool. He is such a regular guy, I love his work.

Deblovestoread How fun! He‘s a favorite. 7mo
dabbe That is one big, bushy hat! 🤩🤣🤩 7mo
Christine Very cool! His books are so great and always make me feel connected to my WI homeland. Looking forward to this one! 6mo
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Texreader Was it cold in there? Could she not do the kindness of taking it off? I have a huge pet peeve about folks not taking off hats indoors especially down here in south Texas. Men will not remove their darned baseball caps especially in theaters and I invariably can only see around the darned duckbill sticking up in the air. 😠 6mo
Texreader And is there a book one? This book is getting all the love in litsy reviews! 6mo
peaKnit Thank you! It was very cold outside but inside was cozy:) he spoke about this book and made me want to read again. It was slow and sweet. I am biased and love all of his books, it was also fun as he lived in Madison so there was local lore woven in. 6mo
Suet624 She probably couldn‘t take her hat off because the hat had mushed her hair. 6mo
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JHSiess
A Forty Year Kiss | Nickolas Butler
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Pickpick

💘 𝑩𝒐𝒐𝒌 𝑹𝒆𝒗𝒊𝒆𝒘 👨‍🦳👩‍🦳

𝐀 𝐅𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐲 𝐘𝐞𝐚𝐫 𝐊𝐢𝐬𝐬 is an entertaining & charming second chance love story. Author 𝐍𝐢𝐜𝐤𝐨𝐥𝐚𝐬 𝐁𝐮𝐭𝐥𝐞𝐫 imbues it with insight, credibility, & appreciation of his flawed but completely credible, mature characters. Have they grown enough to forgive, respect each other's needs, & keep their union from imploding this time? ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

TiredLibrarian Loved this one too! 💕 7mo
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Lsmoore43
A Forty Year Kiss | Nickolas Butler
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This story was so good. So deep and light at the same time. How to deal with a lost love... Forty years later.

Full five star review: https://lsmoore49.blogspot.com/2025/02/a-forty-year-kiss-by-nickolas-butler.html

TiredLibrarian Yes! Loved this one. ❤️ 7mo
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peaKnit
A Forty Year Kiss | Nickolas Butler
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Pub day!! Love this local-to-me author, and the book is a delight, a slow and steady rekindling.

TiredLibrarian Loved it! ❤️ 7mo
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