VacuousDialogue

#Rocktober Love me some Springsteen 🤘🏽🎸🎤started this book yesterday and I can't put it down... every page is rising with fear and panic that I'm totally overlooking the crappy dialogue 😜The book on the left was gifted to me by the wonderful @BarbaraTheBibliophage and I'm looking forward to reading it. It was a past @Pagehabit selection so I'm excited to read the authors notes as well! By the way #TheRiver can really be a powerful beast 😱😱😱

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TrishB They look good 👍 7y

Karylahn Awesome! 7y

Cathythoughts I I love Bruce Springsteen so much too. His River song is one of my faves. & Meet me tonight in Atlantic City ! And The Streets of Philadelphia ❤️❤️❤️ (edited) 7y

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litmuggle I had never heard of it sounds so interesting.

The Underground River: A Novel

emilyhaldi Lol, might you say it is #vacuousdialogue 🤔 7y

Cinfhen #vacuousDialogue is already a few levels up from the #crapdialogue but it was such a page turner @emilyhaldi 7y

Cinfhen So much love for Springsteen @Cathythoughts he ain't called THE BOSS for nothing 😎 7y

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Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo | Taylor Jenkins Reid

"You're not really famous if anybody still likes you." #SeptemBowie #Fame Loving this story about a Hollywood icon, looking back at her life ~ musing about the pitfalls of wealth & fame! Some #VacuousDialogue has me rolling my eyes @emilyhaldi but I'm sooo curios to know the connection between Evelyn & Monique that I can overlook the fluff?

Lola I felt exactly the same way about this book. It was ultimately surprising delightful for me. Fluffy on the outside with a decent amount of heft and thoughtfulness on the inside. 7y

Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks Beautiful pic!! 💚💕 7y

Hollie Those flowers are so pretty! 7y

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AmyG Those flowers! 7y

Cinfhen Thanks 💗flowers make me smile @AmyG @Hollie @Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks 7y

Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks @Cinfhen me too!!! 💕🌸 7y

Marchpane Fabulous choice and a gorgeous photo 💕 7y

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The Hopefuls: A novel | Jennifer Close

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I'm not sure why there is hate for this book (ahem, @emilyhaldi ). I loved it! The political aspect was fun and I thought the inclusion of Obama as a character was very interesting. I wish the author had included more scenes with Matt's family, because they really had me laughing! I thought this was an honest portrayal about how relationships can fall apart, and how those closest to us can suddenly feel like strangers.

KarenUK, Cinfhen

KarenUK So behind... very distracted today... but I'm about 120 pages in and loving it... @Reviewsbylola @Cinfhen 7y

Reviewsbylola I've had a lazy day today! I pretty much did nothing all day except hang out with my kids and read. @KarenUK 7y

Notafraidofwords Loved this book! 7y

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emilyhaldi Ha! I'm glad you liked it more than me. It just got tired at some point and I was bothered by the vacuous dialogue 😏 7y

Reviewsbylola Vacuous dialogue is my jam. 👍🏻 @emilyhaldi 7y

LitHousewife I'm with @emilyhaldi, but I'm glad you enjoyed it. When the main character made fun of crafting, I said, "Peace out." ? 7y

BethFishReads See, I liked it too 7y

Cinfhen Ok you two smarty pants sisters, I had to look up the word vacuous and I'm with Steph...in this case vacuous dialogue is my jam too????and I thought Beth was pretty witty and on point @emilyhaldi and to clarify @LitHousewife the author only mocked "stamping "as a craft form ?? 7y

BarbaraBB @Reviewsbylola @emilyhaldi @LitHousewife @Cinfhen All your comments made me smile and stack the book! 7y

Cinfhen Yay @BarbaraBB it was a fun read! Be prepared for the #vacuousdialogue 😘 7y

BarbaraBB @Cinfhen 😂😂 7y

Reviewsbylola Lol, I didn't love Beth. I felt that a lot of her observations were on point, but it annoyed me that she was so willing to have her own opinions go unheard. The way she acted around everyone was so meek and unassuming, and it didn't do her any favors in my book. But still, that didn't make me like the book any less. Just didn't make me like her all that much. 😂 @Cinfhen 7y

mrozzz I'm with @emilyhaldi on this one 7y

emilyhaldi Yesssss @mrozzz we've got someone on #teamemily ! Finally 😂 7y

mrozzz Yeah!! 🤘🏻 @emilyhaldi I really wanted to like this one (because of the politics) but I just didn't like the characters. I'd also just read The Futures and found the premise so similar but not as successful.

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Reviewsbylola I do agree that I didn't actually like any of the characters. It's odd for me--I can't really pinpoint what it is about some unlikeable characters that totally can turn me off of a book, whereas sometimes, like here, it doesn't affect my enjoyment of the novel. I think that with this one, I liked certain aspects about the characters, and what I didn't like were qualities that were very realistic and not over the top. @emilyhaldi @mrozzz 7y

Reviewsbylola It's almost like I could understand the poor parts of their personalities. And I think they all were good people deep down, but the stress of the men's career paths, coupled with other stressors like moving and a new baby, made me empathize with them and understand their bad behavior, even if I also wanted to shake them. @emilyhaldi @mrozzz 7y

mrozzz That's fair! 7y

Cinfhen I kind of liked Jimmy 🙄even though he was a #douchewad and I felt bad for Beth, she was trying to be supportive of her man, I didn't see her as weak @Reviewsbylola @emilyhaldi @mrozzz (edited) 7y

Reviewsbylola I didn't see her as weak but I also think she could have made an effort to assert herself. She let things go on way too long without saying something to Matt and having a heart to heart. BUT I could also see how it happened because the situation was an odd one and I think for her (and him as well), hindsight is 20/20. And Jimmy was my favorite. 😂😂 @Cinfhen 7y

Cinfhen I always fall for those type of guys @reviewsbylola 😉😂😬who doesn't love a little Jimmy every now and then!?!? 7y

Cinfhen And I agree with your observations 7y

Reviewsbylola That type of charisma is hard to resist. But actually being married to him is a different story! @Cinfhen I think Jennifer Close needs to write a sequel from Ash and Jimmy's perspective, but maybe a couple of years down the line. Like say when Viv is 5. 7y

Cinfhen Yes!!!! I would love that @Reviewsbylola and I'd like a book about Matt's family...those sister in laws were hilarious 💕 7y

Reviewsbylola Matt's family was my favorite part. 😂 @Cinfhen 7y

Mdargusch Very interesting discussion on this one. 7y

KarenUK @Cinfhen @Reviewsbylola Finally finished it a couple of days ago, and loved it too! 💕 7y

Reviewsbylola I'm glad you loved it too! @karenuk 7y

Cinfhen Same @KarenUK I thought it was smartly done❤️ 7y

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