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emotional
funny
hopeful
lighthearted
fast-paced
I was so excited for Sophie's story because of her friendship with Willa and I love a best friends to lovers story.
I love that Sophie and Peter decided to live in the same apartment building. It becomes so fun when a flower blooms and when Sophie learns its nickname, she's putting her faith in the building's magic and this flower to help her find her true love. This makes Peter a wingman of sorts and he has to prepare for his heart, that has always belonged to Sophie, to possibly be broken.
I honestly love how chaotic Sophie sends sometimes, it makes for great laughs. I love the rituals and routines that two have. I wasn't expecting part of the ending and it made me cry a bit but it's perfect for them.
I love that Sophie and Peter decided to live in the same apartment building. It becomes so fun when a flower blooms and when Sophie learns its nickname, she's putting her faith in the building's magic and this flower to help her find her true love. This makes Peter a wingman of sorts and he has to prepare for his heart, that has always belonged to Sophie, to possibly be broken.
I honestly love how chaotic Sophie sends sometimes, it makes for great laughs. I love the rituals and routines that two have. I wasn't expecting part of the ending and it made me cry a bit but it's perfect for them.
emotional
funny
hopeful
lighthearted
fast-paced
"Soulmates aren't found, they're made" I agree with this and it's a beautiful sentiment and perfect for the story of Iris and Matteo!
This book's premise felt to me like the TV show Early Edition (Kyle Chandler was 👌 ok?). I loved that through their experience of helping people through a magical newspaper helped them both realize things about their own lives- Matteo that he can love again and Iris that she's not "too much" for the right person.
I loved how Matteo's restaurant family pulled Iris in so quickly and seamlessly- that found family for her was amazing. The food Matteo makes throughout just made my mouth water , even the simple French Toast. A big part of the end with Matteo made me tear up, it was bittersweet and beautiful at the same time.
This book's premise felt to me like the TV show Early Edition (Kyle Chandler was 👌 ok?). I loved that through their experience of helping people through a magical newspaper helped them both realize things about their own lives- Matteo that he can love again and Iris that she's not "too much" for the right person.
I loved how Matteo's restaurant family pulled Iris in so quickly and seamlessly- that found family for her was amazing. The food Matteo makes throughout just made my mouth water , even the simple French Toast. A big part of the end with Matteo made me tear up, it was bittersweet and beautiful at the same time.
adventurous
funny
lighthearted
medium-paced
Hazel is a romance author who has had a hard time coming up with a new story. So what she does is acts like her female characters and leaves the big city to the small town of Story Lake where she bought a house that inspired a spark of an idea for a story.
There she meets Cam, a too handsome and grumpy contractor that will change her world.
I highly enjoyed this romp in the small town of Story Lake. The residents are hilarious, the teenage mayor, Goose the bald eagle and his antics and ninja Bertha the raccoon. I haven't laughed so much in a book in a long time and most of it was at the hilarious made up names + swear words...these characters get creative.
I can't wait to return for Gage and Zoey's story!
There she meets Cam, a too handsome and grumpy contractor that will change her world.
I highly enjoyed this romp in the small town of Story Lake. The residents are hilarious, the teenage mayor, Goose the bald eagle and his antics and ninja Bertha the raccoon. I haven't laughed so much in a book in a long time and most of it was at the hilarious made up names + swear words...these characters get creative.
I can't wait to return for Gage and Zoey's story!
challenging
emotional
informative
slow-paced
I love when there is a book based on a real life and this recounts the Supreme Court case in the 1920s involving a girl named Carrie Buck and a 2022 timeline with Jessa (who you'll find has connection in a way to Carrie Buck) .
This book made me so mad at what went on in this country (pre-WW2 eugenics) and what happened in the author's 2022 timeline with immigrants and ICE and the same stuff going on that happened in the pre-WW2 timeline.
There were so many parallels to the scary things that are going on in this country right now. But I feel this book is very important. I really feel we need people like Jessa. She was so passionate at helping these women that it was beautiful to watch it unfold.
This book made me so mad at what went on in this country (pre-WW2 eugenics) and what happened in the author's 2022 timeline with immigrants and ICE and the same stuff going on that happened in the pre-WW2 timeline.
There were so many parallels to the scary things that are going on in this country right now. But I feel this book is very important. I really feel we need people like Jessa. She was so passionate at helping these women that it was beautiful to watch it unfold.
mysterious
medium-paced
I really like when an amateur becomes an investigator into a crime! Addy is such a person. When an old high school friend reaches out to her to help plan his "afterlife party" but when his assisted passing happens ahead of schedule....Addy turns to his older brother (at first hesitantly) to figure out who might have done it.
I like small towns. There is this cozy murder mystery, gossip galore, unhinged moments of some townspeople, crazy media, and a small maybe budding romance that made up this ride.
I hope we get to see more of Addy from this author and please make Owen come back 🙏🥺
I like small towns. There is this cozy murder mystery, gossip galore, unhinged moments of some townspeople, crazy media, and a small maybe budding romance that made up this ride.
I hope we get to see more of Addy from this author and please make Owen come back 🙏🥺
emotional
informative
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fast-paced
Holy crap, Bruce is the epitome of a near perfect man! This was my first book of reading of this hockey team, The D.C. Eagles, but I now NEED to read the rest.
I love how Farrah and Bruce first meet as strangers who kiss. Then they meet "officially" as Bruce's hockey team captain introduces his sister, Farrah, to Bruce. The hilarity ensues. He has to be careful though because of who she is and what she had just gone (and goes) through
But this book also has so much heart. There are many topics of discussion: adoption talk (Bruce), foster/Big Brother program (Bruce with Jackson) and PCOS (Farrah). I thought they were all handled with grace and really made me care about all these characters. Also parts that really made me swoon: Bruce taking Farrah to the ER twice and really showing that he will ALWAYS show up and she can trust him.
I love how Farrah and Bruce first meet as strangers who kiss. Then they meet "officially" as Bruce's hockey team captain introduces his sister, Farrah, to Bruce. The hilarity ensues. He has to be careful though because of who she is and what she had just gone (and goes) through
But this book also has so much heart. There are many topics of discussion: adoption talk (Bruce), foster/Big Brother program (Bruce with Jackson) and PCOS (Farrah). I thought they were all handled with grace and really made me care about all these characters. Also parts that really made me swoon: Bruce taking Farrah to the ER twice and really showing that he will ALWAYS show up and she can trust him.
medium-paced
Not my favorite but I did finish it. A secret relationship with a rich girl and a poor boy and she always just thought she was too good for him. Wanted to screw up her relationship with her boyfriend but never broke up with him.
There are dairy entries from her, that again, just showed how terrible she was "I'm going to break up with him, I swear!". And just a whole bunch of rich jerks that are so entitled that anyone who doesn't come from money is a waste of time 🙄
I'm glad the book was short....I couldn't take it if it was even longer.
There are dairy entries from her, that again, just showed how terrible she was "I'm going to break up with him, I swear!". And just a whole bunch of rich jerks that are so entitled that anyone who doesn't come from money is a waste of time 🙄
I'm glad the book was short....I couldn't take it if it was even longer.
inspiring
reflective
medium-paced
After Ava suffers the loss of her home after a tornado, she will need to find the ways she wants to and can move on.
Ava has been stuck in her ways, never leaving far from home after an accident took the life of her mother but content enough.
Going through a natural disaster and losing a lot has to be just devastating. I liked that Ava knew she needed to change things now and find herself again. I loved that she recognized that she also needed to help two of her friends who also suffered some losses, though one was not due to the tornado. Ava also had to find some courage to get to do what she did near the end of the book.
Ava has been stuck in her ways, never leaving far from home after an accident took the life of her mother but content enough.
Going through a natural disaster and losing a lot has to be just devastating. I liked that Ava knew she needed to change things now and find herself again. I loved that she recognized that she also needed to help two of her friends who also suffered some losses, though one was not due to the tornado. Ava also had to find some courage to get to do what she did near the end of the book.
funny
lighthearted
fast-paced
This was so cute! India gets to have a second chance at liking her brother's best friend, Felix, as he's new to town and going to write an article for the paper of the romantic spots for dates. But he has no desire to fall in love.... Though India quickly becomes someone who he likes to spend time with.
Things that made me laugh:
- Jess, "outing" India about her favorite trope at the bookstore and more
-the insistent with their parents new tenant complete with a Rapunzel joke
-India calling Felix "Felicia" because it sounds better to her
-Betsy the bike and how India talks to her
- the LOTR pickup lines
- just the sisters and how they all interact
Something that made me swoon:
- when Felix takes the blame for someone to protect India
- the knowledge of who the next book will be about (and I called it! - to myself 🤣)
Things that made me laugh:
- Jess, "outing" India about her favorite trope at the bookstore and more
-the insistent with their parents new tenant complete with a Rapunzel joke
-India calling Felix "Felicia" because it sounds better to her
-Betsy the bike and how India talks to her
- the LOTR pickup lines
- just the sisters and how they all interact
Something that made me swoon:
- when Felix takes the blame for someone to protect India
- the knowledge of who the next book will be about (and I called it! - to myself 🤣)
mysterious
slow-paced
This book was a good mystery with an amateur sleuth in history professor Emma, set in NY in the 1980s. When her neighbor "Seal", a photographer who was linked with Warhol, dies under mysterious circumstances. Emma was becoming friends with her and wants to find out why this happened.
My favorite part of this was the post-mortem POV of Seal as she narrates her young life. I also liked that there were some parts of history that I haven't heard of before (I was growing up in the 80s so if they didn't teach it in school, I didn't know it) and it made me stop the book for a bit to Google and learn about it.
The only thing I would change is that sometimes the chapters were longer and sometimes they were shorter and that just let to some weighed down/sluggish parts to me.
My favorite part of this was the post-mortem POV of Seal as she narrates her young life. I also liked that there were some parts of history that I haven't heard of before (I was growing up in the 80s so if they didn't teach it in school, I didn't know it) and it made me stop the book for a bit to Google and learn about it.
The only thing I would change is that sometimes the chapters were longer and sometimes they were shorter and that just let to some weighed down/sluggish parts to me.