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A Good Year for Bad Decisions: APRIL
187 pages, Kindle Edition
Published April 15, 2026
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April 26, 2026
A Good Year for Bad Decisions: APRIL by Tess Marlowe (2026)
A Good Year for Bad Decisions #4
187-page Kindle Ebook story pages 5-184
Genre: Contemporary Women's Fiction, Holiday > Easter
Rating as a movie: R for adult content
Featuring: Titled Chapters, 2025, Divorcée, Chicago, Illinois; Quadragenarian, Found Family, Friendships, Human Resource Specialist, Divorcé, Single Father, Starting Over, Sex - Off-Camera, Self-Actualization, Self-Reflection, Generation Gap, Gen-Z, Corporate Setting, Work From Home, Coworkers, Office Politics, Mothering, Overfunctioning, Analyzing, Rumination, Author's Note, Author's Link, Access to Book 5
My rating: 🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟🪪☕️🐣
My thoughts:🔖Page 56 of 187 [Chapter] 8 Clorox and Spite - This is going to be good. I'm only stopping because it's late. This little girl is good.
The captivating element this series is its remarkable realism. Erin, despite her frequent demonstrations of brilliance, retains an authentic human quality, revealing her imperfections through errors, overthinking, withholding information, and creating unnecessary complications. Her attempts to logically manage her relationships are often swayed by emotional impulses. This intricate portrayal establishes her as a highly complex character, extremely relatable, I feel like I know her in real life. I am eagerly anticipating the release of Books 5 and 6, as well as the cover reveal for Book 7 - JULY.
Recommend to others: Yes! It gets greater with each installment.
A Good Year for Bad Decisions
1. A Good Year for Bad Decisions: JANUARY (2025)
2. A Good Year for Bad Decisions: FEBRUARY (2026)
3. A Good Year for Bad Decisions: MARCH (2026)
4. A Good Year for Bad Decisions: APRIL (2026)
5. A Good Year for Bad Decisions: MAY (2026)
6. A Good Year for Bad Decisions: JUNE (2026)
Books and Authors mentioned: The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins, The Three Little Bears
Memorable Quotes: Nick brushed dangerously close to a truth I had spent the entire day ignoring. The fact that I had spent three hours sourcing steakhouse menus instead of finalizing the Q2 compensation bands. The fact that Kevin and Eli had looked at me with the immense, pathetic relief of children who had just realized their mother was going to finish their science project for them.
Now, I had all my time back. The schedule was completely clear. I hated it. I set my glass in the sink and stared at the kitchen counter. There was a faint, nearly invisible ring of dried coffee near the espresso machine. I grabbed a sponge. I wiped it away. Then I noticed a smudge on the stainless-steel front of the refrigerator. I grabbed the all-purpose cleaner from under the sink and wiped that away, too. Ten minutes later, I was on my hands and knees in a pair of old leggings, aggressively scrubbing the baseboards in the hallway with a toothbrush I had specifically designated for combat. I didn’t make a conscious decision to deep-clean my entire apartment. It was just a tactical escalation. When my brain encountered a problem it couldn’t solve, my body defaulted to manual labor. If I couldn’t fix my relationship, I was going to fix the grout in my bathroom. I sprayed a heavy layer of bleach onto the shower tiles and started scrubbing with a terrifying, rhythmic intensity.
“You need strict parameters,” she agreed. “At our age, the dating pool isn’t a pool. It’s a recycling bin. Everyone has baggage. The goal is just finding someone whose baggage fits in the overhead compartment.”
A Good Year for Bad Decisions #4
187-page Kindle Ebook story pages 5-184
Genre: Contemporary Women's Fiction, Holiday > Easter
Rating as a movie: R for adult content
Featuring: Titled Chapters, 2025, Divorcée, Chicago, Illinois; Quadragenarian, Found Family, Friendships, Human Resource Specialist, Divorcé, Single Father, Starting Over, Sex - Off-Camera, Self-Actualization, Self-Reflection, Generation Gap, Gen-Z, Corporate Setting, Work From Home, Coworkers, Office Politics, Mothering, Overfunctioning, Analyzing, Rumination, Author's Note, Author's Link, Access to Book 5
My rating: 🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟🪪☕️🐣
My thoughts:🔖Page 56 of 187 [Chapter] 8 Clorox and Spite - This is going to be good. I'm only stopping because it's late. This little girl is good.
The captivating element this series is its remarkable realism. Erin, despite her frequent demonstrations of brilliance, retains an authentic human quality, revealing her imperfections through errors, overthinking, withholding information, and creating unnecessary complications. Her attempts to logically manage her relationships are often swayed by emotional impulses. This intricate portrayal establishes her as a highly complex character, extremely relatable, I feel like I know her in real life. I am eagerly anticipating the release of Books 5 and 6, as well as the cover reveal for Book 7 - JULY.
Recommend to others: Yes! It gets greater with each installment.
A Good Year for Bad Decisions
1. A Good Year for Bad Decisions: JANUARY (2025)
2. A Good Year for Bad Decisions: FEBRUARY (2026)
3. A Good Year for Bad Decisions: MARCH (2026)
4. A Good Year for Bad Decisions: APRIL (2026)
5. A Good Year for Bad Decisions: MAY (2026)
6. A Good Year for Bad Decisions: JUNE (2026)
Books and Authors mentioned: The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins, The Three Little Bears
Memorable Quotes: Nick brushed dangerously close to a truth I had spent the entire day ignoring. The fact that I had spent three hours sourcing steakhouse menus instead of finalizing the Q2 compensation bands. The fact that Kevin and Eli had looked at me with the immense, pathetic relief of children who had just realized their mother was going to finish their science project for them.
Now, I had all my time back. The schedule was completely clear. I hated it. I set my glass in the sink and stared at the kitchen counter. There was a faint, nearly invisible ring of dried coffee near the espresso machine. I grabbed a sponge. I wiped it away. Then I noticed a smudge on the stainless-steel front of the refrigerator. I grabbed the all-purpose cleaner from under the sink and wiped that away, too. Ten minutes later, I was on my hands and knees in a pair of old leggings, aggressively scrubbing the baseboards in the hallway with a toothbrush I had specifically designated for combat. I didn’t make a conscious decision to deep-clean my entire apartment. It was just a tactical escalation. When my brain encountered a problem it couldn’t solve, my body defaulted to manual labor. If I couldn’t fix my relationship, I was going to fix the grout in my bathroom. I sprayed a heavy layer of bleach onto the shower tiles and started scrubbing with a terrifying, rhythmic intensity.
“You need strict parameters,” she agreed. “At our age, the dating pool isn’t a pool. It’s a recycling bin. Everyone has baggage. The goal is just finding someone whose baggage fits in the overhead compartment.”
April 23, 2026
Fun!!
Fun series totally addicted too. Love seeing Erin grow into her new self and navigate the life of executive and relationship. Must read.
Fun series totally addicted too. Love seeing Erin grow into her new self and navigate the life of executive and relationship. Must read.
April 30, 2026
Can not wait to see how next month goes. Still feels like it’s me living this mundane life of Erin’s. She still not sure what she truly wants and honestly it’s only been 4 months I feel like she needs a few more before she settles for anything.
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