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i find a lot of comfort in the rhythm and formula of an emily henry romance in a small town. this time we’re in the south (north carolina) but i like the meta elements of referencing the christmas rom com of city woman goes to small town to fall in love and become less uptight

i am cautious of enemies to lovers of this. i often dislike the characters of EH but that’s part of what makes them real and i enjoy the plots enough to have a fun time

and interesting group ensemble, interested to see how i really get at least a 1/4 of the way on, get to the meat of the story

the ending was a bit underwhelming, but the characters were fun

so many characters and I have not seen the first twist coming, who knows what the ending will entail!

so far pleasantly awe struck and tickled by the facts and which famous people believe absolutely ridiculous bonkers things

i didn’t know piggy wiggly was such a grocery store disrupter

great plane book. love lesrning more abt elizabeth’s background as a spy

ready for another old people murder mystery!

makes me want to re-read all the hunger games books and prequel!!

a delightful episodic read. a light little podcast bight size bits. I don't normally like anthology books of essays or short stories especially as an audio but this one has been good so far

I didn't realize Haymitch had such revolutionary teen tendencies

it’s been so long since i’ve visited the universe of hunger games. and i’m interested to see where haymitch’s story goes

what a random assortment of essays. i’m both surprised and not that scratch and sniff stickers last so long

i think we know who’s done the murders by this point but the drawn out answers to “why” and “how” are gonna be good!

the premise is so similar to funny story of these 2 straight people making a deal and doing weekly activities aka dating but not calling it dating while in the backdrop of lake town michigan

love this rivals to lovers, co-writing to deal with writers block

interesting essays so far, although is it a book? i know it’s based on a podcast and with its undertones/background of early covid times places it in an interesting perspective

these old people get up to quite the shenanigans and i’m eating it up! my library loan is about to expire tho so i’ll have to wait a bit to finish 😭

love the writing here it really feels quintessential british old age pensioner

cried at literally every other chapter of this. the audio book really got me. i am also reading this while i have a cold/cough. i’m glad is my last book of the year

great book, it free like i’m watching crash course world history again but john green went with me to grad school and got obsessed with a bacterium. also, a depressing read

the MC is really should to on a journey of discovering what friendship is after a life of always moving around and devoting your life to another person (her single mom, every boyfriend she’s ever had) but instead this MC bones the love interest and also forgets multiple plans with new bestie!
I get it’s a romance novel but damn the author is trying really hard to make me NOT like her!! Where is the growth??????

love how this book romanticizes small town michigan/great lakes midwest in the summer. but damn i don’t like this MC as a person but as a character, it’s an interesting arc.

yoooo now some fake dating tropes i can get BEHIND 😋