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Sell Like Crazy: How To Get As Many Clients, Customers and Sales as You Can Possibly Handle by Sabri Suby
Did not finish book. Stopped at 15%.
Did not finish book. Stopped at 15%.
the type A broness was just a little too much. probably some good advice somewhere under that but I don't think this dude is what I want to model myself after as a business owner.
Harrow the Ninth by Tamsyn Muir
adventurous
dark
mysterious
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Violence, Gun violence, Alcohol, Injury/Injury detail, Grief, Death, Cursing, Gore, Blood, Murder, and Body horror
Moderate: Death of parent
Minor: Genocide and Child death
Remarkably Bright Creatures by Shelby Van Pelt
mysterious
reflective
sad
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.5
Content Warnings
Graphic: Abandonment, Child death, and Grief
Moderate: Cancer, Addiction, Death, and Alcohol
Minor: Suicide, Pregnancy, Drug abuse, and Injury/Injury detail
Suicide: A main character's son's death was ruled a suicide, but she does not believe this and the narrative doesn't lend much credence to the idea either.
Lovelight Farms by B.K. Borison
emotional
lighthearted
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.5
I can see how this won't be for everyone. it's slow-paced and for the most part low conflict. innately so given this is friends to lovers, but the author also mostly* nips misunderstandings in the bud by actually having her characters communicate. (I don't mind miscommunication, it's human, but the lack of it here makes sense given the kind of long running intimacy the author is trying to build.) for my part, I loved this. friends to lovers is my jam, and I really, really jive with the writing style, the way Borison lends detail to action in a way that makes the characters come to life so vividly. the relationship feels complex enough that I feel like I could reread this and get things out of it that I didn't the first time, which isn't something I'd generally say about romance. weirdly, I really connected with our main character's business ownership woes and how it can be hard to balance your vision with financial realities. the steam was very, very hot even though it's probably a 4/5 spice level. my only quibble is that I always have to suspend my disbelief when the ensemble cast is overly invested in the outcome of the relationship, and there's a lot of that here. people are just not this invested in other people's romantic relationships unless they're your mother. it's silly hijinks in a novel that otherwise feels fairly grounded, so it pulled me out of the atmosphere a bit. however, it's still very cozy and lovely and sexy, and I'm looking forward to reading the rest of this series.
* there is a third act conflict/"break up" but the misunderstanding involved is rooted in the characterization.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Cursing, Alcohol, Grief, and Sexual content
Moderate: Death of parent
Minor: Cancer
A Fragile Enchantment by Allison Saft
emotional
hopeful
lighthearted
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Chronic illness, Classism, Homophobia, Colonisation, Xenophobia, and Sexual content
Moderate: Alcoholism, Misogyny, Alcohol, Outing, Genocide, and Terminal illness
Minor: Cursing, Child abuse, Confinement, and War
N0S4A2 by Joe Hill
Did not finish book.
Did not finish book.
I don't know how far I got or when exactly I DNFed. first trimester nausea set in while I was the middle of this one and I couldn't read anything for months. but my child is now three and I want to give this another try, so I'm housekeeping.
Winter Stroll by Elin Hilderbrand
emotional
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
i feel so conflicted about this one! on the one hand, it felt so cozy to be back in these characters' lives. i care about all of them, and their foibles are annoying in the way foibles are annoying in people you love, because you know they're capable of doing better. i didn't think i would enjoy the additional pov characters--mitzi, drake, george??--but i really did. i especially adored jennifer's addition. i rarely read books in a series back-to-back, i need to break things up a bit, but i'm really tempted to start the next one in this series immediately. and just like the last book, i loved how this balanced the coziness of the setting with the author's unsentimental approach to relationships.
that being said, by some point nearly every single character had cheated, thought about cheating, or been mistaken by their partner/mistaken their partner as cheating. literally everyone but jennifer. i have no interest in infidelity as a theme and only didn't mind it in the first book because it kind of kickstarted the plot and didn't actually focus on that relationship. so it just got exhausting here and really detracted from my enjoyment. the only one who acted like an adult throughout was drake, and at least jennifer's addiction issues were unique. i hope the cheating isn't as ubiquitous in the next book, but it seems to be a theme the author is interested in exploring, so who knows.
that being said, by some point nearly every single character had cheated, thought about cheating, or been mistaken by their partner/mistaken their partner as cheating. literally everyone but jennifer. i have no interest in infidelity as a theme and only didn't mind it in the first book because it kind of kickstarted the plot and didn't actually focus on that relationship. so it just got exhausting here and really detracted from my enjoyment. the only one who acted like an adult throughout was drake, and at least jennifer's addiction issues were unique. i hope the cheating isn't as ubiquitous in the next book, but it seems to be a theme the author is interested in exploring, so who knows.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Drug use, Addiction, Drug abuse, Alcohol, Grief, and Infidelity
Moderate: Child death and Toxic relationship
Minor: Confinement, Classism, Sexual content, War, Injury/Injury detail, and Medical content
Child death: moderate for anxiety and grief over POV characters' adult child being a POW, his current status unknown.
Confinement: non-POV character's imprisonment mentioned frequently, actual details are minor.
Toxic relationship: details about a past relationship.
Hello Beautiful by Ann Napolitano
Did not finish book. Stopped at 16%.
Did not finish book. Stopped at 16%.
1) child death on literally the first page.
2) could not stand Julia, don't want to keep reading about her.
well written but just not for me.
2) could not stand Julia, don't want to keep reading about her.
well written but just not for me.