Predictable until it‘s not! Didn‘t see it coming. I did find it unnecessarily vulgar which I felt cheapened it but I really enjoyed it!

I love when a book has a different storyline. So many stories are similar. This is a good case of font judge a book by its cover. It‘s a great book!

Lots of twists and turns and surprises! Couldn‘t put it down!

I loved my first swap! I can‘t post two pics but each thing was individually wrapped. 2 great gifts from my list and pumpkin everything!! My favorite. The cinnamon broom was great too! Thank you to my swap partner!

Really enjoyed it. Suspense and a lifetime love story.

I hate to say this because I love the author and so many people love the book, but it was a DNF for me. I read 1/3 but just didn‘t enjoy the historical chapters

Really feel good love story!

Better than I expected. I thought it would just be a mindless enjoyable book but it had more depth. A lot of lessons learned about following and finding your dreams

Enjoyed it but I found it alittle slow getting into it

I found the alternate time lines to feel so disconnected and unrelated initially! But as it all started to come together, I couldn‘t put it down!

Great book! So innocent and real. Teaches you a lesson on kindness. Joe was delightful!

Love it! Sweet story and great characters!

Cute story. Great characters and a storyline I have t read before.

I wanted to love it as much as the first one but found it hard. Im@not sure if maybe it‘s because the kids were alittle older, or the setting, but it just didn‘t grab me the same way!

Very moving! Great writer. I couldn‘t put it down!

Cute quick read!

I love when a book comes up with a new concept never (that I know of) done before, and by a new author even. Great story! Great characters!

Loved it! Such a great story. Quick read and hard to put down. Loved the characters

Took two tries to get past the first couple pages but then I was sucked in to an amazing story of family!

Not sure why I found this alittle slow. Enjoyed the story but had to force myself to keep picking it up. Preferred her previous books

Fun read but I found it hard to believe with the age difference and the boy band popularity! Lots of explicit sex too!

Wow! That was intense! First time in a long time I stayed up too late to finish a book and cried during the book. Shocked by the surprises. Lots of depth in this book.

Another great book by Catherine Ryan Hyde. My favorite author. Feel good books that really make you think. What would you do?

Liked it even more than the first one! It‘s such a cheerful book about murder! Lol Read it very quickly.

Definitely agree with the others saying it had a Willy Wonka feel. It was fun, tender, tricky and clever. A fast enjoyable read for me!

Cute and funny. Loved the family bakery atmosphere. I‘m Jewish so enjoyed the funny references. I did find the subject manner of Avital‘s chronic pelvic pain to be an odd topic for a book and some of the description was alittle too detailed though.

I was really enjoying how clever it was and that the mutations seemed normal. But it felt rushed and alittle weird before the end.

Feel good book with gorgeous scenery and food in Italy.

Ann Patchett is one of my favorite authors so I wanted to love this book. There was nothing wrong with it, it was enjoyable enough, but not interesting or exciting enough for me to want to keep picking back up, so it was a DNF for me 60% into the book.

Must read of you like suspense. First time in a while I couldn‘t put a book down snd finished in 2 days. Suspenseful but also touching and really enjoyed all of the characters. Now I can‘t wait to read Falling!

Really enjoyed this book! Great characters, family, love story, suspense, glamour! Couldn‘t put it down!

I wanted to love this but I kept forcing myself to continue. I read other reviews about how it gets better and bam, about 2/3 of the way through, I suddenly couldn‘t put it down.

Really enjoyed this book. It was a quick feel good read!

I enjoyed this book until the end which felt rushed and a little confusing. It‘s interesting that it was similar to Covid but written before then.

Another great book by a new writer. I was sucked in and finished it quickly. Different than silly rom com, deeper but yet still fun to read!

I tried! It wasn‘t bad, it just wasn‘t grabbing me enough to keep wanting to pick it up!

Really makes you think. Definitely not a subject matter you‘ve read before, and by a new author. I really enjoyed it!

I know I‘m in the minority but I had a hard time finishing this book. The neighbor was the best but I just was bored reading it. I kept going since I heard how great it was, but finally didn‘t finish it.

This is a must read. So clever and original, I‘ve never read anything remotely like it. It‘s hard to even describe, but a book is the main character. It follows it‘s travels from reader to reader and place to place, meeting other books with different personalities along the way. And observing the life of their owners! Loved it!

Enjoyed it so much more than I expected. It didn‘t appeal to me but I saw so many recommendations so I read it and glad I did. Definitely something different and great characters, especially with the octopus!

I would never have picked up this book based on the description since video games don‘t interest me, but I got it for free since it was voted best book of 2022 by BOTM. I enjoyed the characters more than I expected. It kept my interest until near then end when it switched viewpoints to a new video game which I found confusing, and I found the end to be abrupt and not satisfying

I had a hard time getting into the book at first but then there was a “Jodi Pichoult twist” and I couldn‘t put the book down.

Sweet lovable book. It was easier to put down than I expected but really enjoyed the characters and story (although the sex scene came as quite a surprise with so much detail!) lol

I can‘t totally put my finger on why I couldn‘t finish this book. I enjoyed the story but the book just felt like it wasn‘t moving and I sort of could guess the outcome. I read half of it but found I wasn‘t rushing to pick it up.

Very cute, quick read!

Enjoyable but not as good as her first book. It picked up and felt the relationships forming as the book went on.

Cute book! Alittle predictable but easy fun read while I was on vacation.

I enjoyed it. It was a quick light read! All of the food descriptions and scenery in Paris were enjoyable.

I loved this feel good book. The beautiful scenery, the delicious food, the love and finding yourself. A different twist on time change. Makes you want to go there and find yourself.

I really couldn‘t put it down. I loved the first half of the book. The second half was still suspenseful but I was disappointed in the twist. Interesting that this is the first book I‘ve read that takes place during the Covid pandemic. Definitely gives more insight on reality. I liked the fantasy better though!