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My final #weeklyfavorites for August was The Wedding People.

August was a little bit of a slower reading month for me. I finished The Wedding People last night and it was my favorite book I read in August.

Finished this wonderful book last night when all the guests had left collapsed with my teddy 🐶and used my new reading light - isn‘t it fantastic to sit out on warm evenings (don‘t get many in the uk 🇬🇧 😆) this book is now in my top ten of best books of the year , it is laugh out loud funny, it is 💔 heartbreaking & equally heart warming, sums up weddings perfectly, I adored Phoebe & knew where the story was going but still adored it

“Every wedding, even a successful wedding, is a waste…But…”

I‘ve been thinking about weddings a lot, as I write my sister‘s wedding ceremony, with my side hustle as an officiant & my husband‘s profession as a photographer, in the full swing of wedding season. It‘s also our 10th wedding anniversary next week! And let me tell you, the above quote is 100% true. But so is the “but.” At least, that‘s what I tell myself to justify the waste. 😅👇🏻

Now this is more like it ! Oh I love 🥰 Phoebe I wanna take her out for cocktails 🍸 and talk all night , I sat up way way past my bedtime 🥱 reading this and had to give up when my eyes were closing - loving it 🥰 and highly recommend; Alison espachs writing ✍️ reminds me of the brilliant Katherine heiny

This was a unexpected gem of a story loved it!

Caution… unpopular opinion ahead… I didn‘t love this book as much as everyone else… I didn‘t hate it either… it was just kind of blah for me…

A high pick! It‘s just as good as I hoped it would be! I‘ll say the beginning was starting to feel like a slog-the parts where we learn about why Phoebe went to the hotel to end her life. But I think that‘s because I was busy and stressed myself. Once I sat down to read with an open mind, I really appreciated Phoebe‘s story. The author really nailed some of the same thoughts we all have about womanhood, mental health, family. Felt very true.