pickI got this for free from #botm since it was the book of the year for 2024…I wanted to see what all the hype was about. At first, I wasn‘t sure if I was going to like it (it‘s character driven which isn‘t my preference) but I ended up enjoying it. I was entertained!
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I got a little ambitious….dont know if I‘ll get all these read for July!
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pickWell, I was not expecting that ending. This was a mixture of thriller/mystery story with a story about grief. The whole time I tried to guess what terrible thing happened in the island, and my guesses were incorrect. I felt for the family but I did not care for the affair that the 2 main adults got into. However, I was eager to find out how it was going to end.
4⭐️
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pickThis was a fantastic contemporary romance. As always Kennedy Ryan creates main characters that you absolutely love and root for as they go through difficult circumstances. This book also deals with contemporary issues without simplifying or sugar coating. I think this my favorite of the series, as I have loved Hendrix throughout the series, and her finding such an amazing love interest was wonderful.⬇️
Here‘s my July TBR. It‘s summer break so I‘m back in more concrete TBR mode. As always I‘m participating in #bookspin #doublespin #bookspinbingo & #roll100 to chip away at my never ending TBR. 😎
This is *not* the intergenerational friendship story the blurb promises; I think the marketing dept. had no idea what to do with it. It's pretty dark, but also tender; I was thoroughly engrossed but left going “I don't know how to feel“ by the end. The messages about loving books and the vagaries of fandom are very mixed. (Perhaps inevitable for an book written in these times.)
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I didn't expect to like this as much as I did, because there's something about Poston's style that I don't quite jibe with, and I'm not a big fan of the sweet, small town romance subgenre this celebrates. But I do love me a high concept story and this was very clever and pretty touching.
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so-soThis is one of those weird books that I like less every time I read it. When I first read it ~age 11, I loved it: Black Beauty except a dog! But subsequent rereads as an adult have made me look at this book a little more critically. My main complaint is that there isn't actually a story. In BB, we have a clear linear story, from birth to final home. But Joe is just a collection of random sermonettes against animal cruelty. I think that as a child⬇
so-soThis was okay...I enjoyed Alex but not Violet as much. Violet needed to shut up a few times, IMO. Some of the sexy stuff was good, but it got old pretty quick.
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