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bohemianbibliophile's review against another edition
4.0
Although I was well aware that it is a preview, I was a tad disappointed I could not read more about Amy, Bridget, and Hazel, and their journey towards healing. As someone who has recently lost a parent, I could relate to the characters and their struggles. It has the makings of a great book. Looking forward to reading the complete version.
*I received the excerpt of the book from Netgalley in exchange for an honest review
*I received the excerpt of the book from Netgalley in exchange for an honest review
thebooklifeofkk's review against another edition
4.0
After reading this book, I can say that friendship that are worth a lifetime can be found in the darkest of places. The friendship of Bridget and Amy is found in one such way in one of the most peculiar places, which is the cancer ward. They embark on a journey of healing facing thorugh hardships while finding companionship with other grieving mothers. This has been an amazing read .
kc1005us's review against another edition
2.0
Thank you to NetGalley for a chance to preread & review The Sunday Potluck Club.
Unfortunately, this series just isn't for me. From the description I was expecting the women to meet, have their Sunday Potluck Club, chat about their week/lives & expected the story to move on from there. The book starts off as they are heading to the last of 3 funerals (they met at the hospital cafeteria as their parents were suffering from cancer). Bridget, is hyper & acting as if life is fine (it was her moms funeral). From there the story goes on with frantic hustle & bustle, Amy whining about her life--returns to school to teach, yet her mother has been gone for months. Who has months off after a death? She immediately hones in on a quiet student, sends a note home, is in a car accident & oh yes! It's the students newly widowed father--whom she ends up inviting herself to their house & bringing dinner. So not appropriate on so many levels.
Read at your will, I'm sure most will like it, it's just not for me.
Unfortunately, this series just isn't for me. From the description I was expecting the women to meet, have their Sunday Potluck Club, chat about their week/lives & expected the story to move on from there. The book starts off as they are heading to the last of 3 funerals (they met at the hospital cafeteria as their parents were suffering from cancer). Bridget, is hyper & acting as if life is fine (it was her moms funeral). From there the story goes on with frantic hustle & bustle, Amy whining about her life--returns to school to teach, yet her mother has been gone for months. Who has months off after a death? She immediately hones in on a quiet student, sends a note home, is in a car accident & oh yes! It's the students newly widowed father--whom she ends up inviting herself to their house & bringing dinner. So not appropriate on so many levels.
Read at your will, I'm sure most will like it, it's just not for me.
aleonard's review against another edition
3.0
The Sunday Potluck Club was born from loss of loved ones but grew into friends supporting each other through life. Amy is a second grade teacher who lost her mother and now has to find a purpose for her life. Bridget just lost her mother and has decided to help animals in a shelter as a way to deal with her grief. We see the girls move through their lives after the loss of their parents while supporting and helping each other along the way.
I enjoyed this book. I loved that it included a group of women uplifting each other. The characters were very relatable and even though this book is based on loss, we see the more positive side of honoring their loss by making something out of their lives.
I received this book for free from NetGalley in exchange for my honest review.
I enjoyed this book. I loved that it included a group of women uplifting each other. The characters were very relatable and even though this book is based on loss, we see the more positive side of honoring their loss by making something out of their lives.
I received this book for free from NetGalley in exchange for my honest review.
what_whits_reading's review against another edition
I read a preview of this book, and so far it does not disappoint. Four women (Amy, Bridget, Nichole, and Hazel) are interconnected in one of the worst possible ways, their parents having cancer. What the preview showed left me wanting more. What will become of these four women? Will they remain friends or will their friendship slowly fizzle out? We get a glimpse at how each one is differently affected by their ordeal and how their situations may have possibly changed who they are. I can't wait to read the full book so I can see how this story plays out.
Preview provided by NetGalley and Kensington Publishing
Preview provided by NetGalley and Kensington Publishing
readwithash's review against another edition
4.0
Thank you NetGalley for the excerpt of this book in exchange for my honest reveiw!
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I really enjoyed this book thus far. The Sunday Potluck Club is about a group of four women who meet in the cancer ward of a hospital. They are each caring for someone important in their life and through this group, they are able to be there for each other. What they kept saying to each other was, 'no one can judge how someone grieves' and I really loved this. As someone who strives to know how to care for people when they are going through something hard, I loved this excerpt and can't wait to read the whole book.
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I can already tell I'm going to really enjoy growing with these four women and their stories as they heal and move forward in different ways.
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I really enjoyed this book thus far. The Sunday Potluck Club is about a group of four women who meet in the cancer ward of a hospital. They are each caring for someone important in their life and through this group, they are able to be there for each other. What they kept saying to each other was, 'no one can judge how someone grieves' and I really loved this. As someone who strives to know how to care for people when they are going through something hard, I loved this excerpt and can't wait to read the whole book.
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I can already tell I'm going to really enjoy growing with these four women and their stories as they heal and move forward in different ways.
bookishgirl089's review against another edition
lighthearted
relaxing
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
2.0
wulfwyn's review against another edition
5.0
This is an amazing book. I finished it last night but have been unable to move on. I couldn’t begin the review until I thought about so many things that came at me while reading it. I still am not certain what to say. This book has layers.
I knew, after reading the first two pages, it would make me cry. I was ready for that. I got a box of Kleenex ready. I wasn’t ready for the push, pull of the book. The push to read on, wanting to know what was going to happen next, especially with Amy, Trent and Olivia. The pull to stop and absorb; to exam my feelings and connections.
Maybe it is because my mom has Alzheimer’s. Not the same as cancer but equally hurtful and devastating. There is two deaths in Alzheimer’s. Did you know that? The first death comes when your parent no longer knows you and you only get glimpses of who you knew was your mom, or dad. The second, the final one, the I’m still not acquainted with, the one I dread. My mom will be gone with no glimpses a possibility. I thought about how different it is from cancer yet the same. I thought of Amy and how closely I felt to her. How much I felt understood and validated by her internal emotional swings. I stopped quite a bit to examine her..and me. I wasn’t as close with my mom as Amy. My mom hurt me. I’ll never know why now. It’s locked up. I’ll never get the apology either that I wanted. Though, in reality, I wanted it with no real hope of getting it. I forgave because I needed to move on. I needed to cling to the belief that it wasn’t me, that I was so bad I didn’t deserve to be loved. But even so, I wanted to hear it from her. Now, even if she wanted to tell me it wasn’t me, she can’t. It’s never coming so I have to deal with that.
The book is a romance, a testament to friendships and, in an odd way, a coming of age. A different age from the usual teen into adult, but still, a coming of age. Amy, Bridget, Nichole and Hazel are all becoming someone different yet the same. All but one have gone from being a daughter into some new role. The memories are there. The love remains. But the arms are empty, the ears don’t hear and the only time you see them, is when you catch a glimpse in the mirror or, if you have them, in your children. You are still you but you have been changed. Death has left its mark just as walking the rocky road to adulthood does. So yes, a coming of age book.
Now, go, read the book.
*Thank you to the Kensington publishing family for gifting me this book. No review was requested or expected. It was a gift, unexpected yet delightful. I wrote this review because I was truly touched by this book. I recommend it because I believe you will be touched, too. All thoughts, opinions and ramblings came from my head and my heart.*
I knew, after reading the first two pages, it would make me cry. I was ready for that. I got a box of Kleenex ready. I wasn’t ready for the push, pull of the book. The push to read on, wanting to know what was going to happen next, especially with Amy, Trent and Olivia. The pull to stop and absorb; to exam my feelings and connections.
Maybe it is because my mom has Alzheimer’s. Not the same as cancer but equally hurtful and devastating. There is two deaths in Alzheimer’s. Did you know that? The first death comes when your parent no longer knows you and you only get glimpses of who you knew was your mom, or dad. The second, the final one, the I’m still not acquainted with, the one I dread. My mom will be gone with no glimpses a possibility. I thought about how different it is from cancer yet the same. I thought of Amy and how closely I felt to her. How much I felt understood and validated by her internal emotional swings. I stopped quite a bit to examine her..and me. I wasn’t as close with my mom as Amy. My mom hurt me. I’ll never know why now. It’s locked up. I’ll never get the apology either that I wanted. Though, in reality, I wanted it with no real hope of getting it. I forgave because I needed to move on. I needed to cling to the belief that it wasn’t me, that I was so bad I didn’t deserve to be loved. But even so, I wanted to hear it from her. Now, even if she wanted to tell me it wasn’t me, she can’t. It’s never coming so I have to deal with that.
The book is a romance, a testament to friendships and, in an odd way, a coming of age. A different age from the usual teen into adult, but still, a coming of age. Amy, Bridget, Nichole and Hazel are all becoming someone different yet the same. All but one have gone from being a daughter into some new role. The memories are there. The love remains. But the arms are empty, the ears don’t hear and the only time you see them, is when you catch a glimpse in the mirror or, if you have them, in your children. You are still you but you have been changed. Death has left its mark just as walking the rocky road to adulthood does. So yes, a coming of age book.
Now, go, read the book.
*Thank you to the Kensington publishing family for gifting me this book. No review was requested or expected. It was a gift, unexpected yet delightful. I wrote this review because I was truly touched by this book. I recommend it because I believe you will be touched, too. All thoughts, opinions and ramblings came from my head and my heart.*
gracereads82's review against another edition
4.0
This is the story of unexpected friendship. Four women in Anchorage become friends as their parents are going through chemotherapy and they help each other through the grief process by meeting up on Sundays for potluck. This book focuses on the story of Amy, a second grade teacher, and Bridget, a veterinary student. Bridget finds solace in volunteering at an animal shelter and Amy by helping out a student who is dealing with a loss of her own. I really loved the friendships they formed. The romance aspect was a nice addition but I thought Amy was too much of a doormat at times and I was hoping she would stand up for herself. I thought the ending was a bit rushed, but overall, it was an enjoyable book about friendship and dealing with grief and I would gladly read more about the other friends. TW: cancer, death of a parent.
Thank you to NetGalley for the free digital copy in exchange for an honest review.
Thank you to NetGalley for the free digital copy in exchange for an honest review.
jojreads's review against another edition
3.0
This was a light, heartwarming read that felt a bit too stunted and stumbled along for me.
The Sunday Potluck Club is a group of four women who became friends after meeting on the oncology unit where their parents were patients. Every Sunday the women get together for food and fellowship. This book touches on grieving and the different ways people deal with their grief, and also had some light romance with strong themes of friendship. I walked into this book expecting something much different but it was still ultimately a fairly cute read.
The Sunday Potluck Club is a group of four women who became friends after meeting on the oncology unit where their parents were patients. Every Sunday the women get together for food and fellowship. This book touches on grieving and the different ways people deal with their grief, and also had some light romance with strong themes of friendship. I walked into this book expecting something much different but it was still ultimately a fairly cute read.