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The Art of the Deal Trump jump scare!

History continues to repeat itself.

Spice in chapter 2 is wild 😅

WHY was the first chapter of the audiobook full of sound effects that were louder than the narration?! The sound of footsteps and heavy breathing and waves were so overwhelming I almost DNFd and then all of a sudden the sounds disappeared in chapter 2. Tf?!

“Hoe shit brings me joy.” Me, an ace, nodding my head while listening to essays about disability and kink while walking dogs.

Yaaaaaallllllllll. Tiffany does not miss.

Not frigatebirds finally getting the attention they deserve 😭😭 They are absolute bullies. They don’t usually fish in the water themselves because their feathers aren’t waterproof. Instead they chase other birds and steal their food which is called kleptoparasitism. It’s honestly majestic.

And that’s your bird fact for the day.

Not the Justin Timberlake DUI call out 💀💀💀

The narrator is pronouncing trough like rough instead of like off and I’m very thrown.

Slumpty Dumpty standing strong

3% in and Danica has already called out Mila Kunis & Ashton Kutcher’s Danny Masterson apologist apology video, Perez Hilton’s entire existence, AND Hilaria (birth name Hillary) Baldwin for pretending to be Spanish and acting like she didn’t know the English word for cucumber. 💀💀💀

Joy is not very likable 😫😫

God men are exhausting. Please send help.

Saying hummus is repulsive in 2025, when Arab people are under attack is certainly a choice. I will keep pushing on but the next thing that gives me the ick is going to be a DNF situation.

The prologue to this book is so disturbing. Another morally bankrupt Oprah moment.

This was really enjoyable. I’m not sure that anything will ever beat The Flatshare though. I don’t know why Beth O’Leary doesn’t get more love from the booktok/bookstagram romance girlies.

Mark Zuckerberg is just Elon Musk with better PR.

This is an excellent memoir but WHYYYYY in the year of our Lord 2025 are we still referencing Harry Potter?? That lady does not deserve our breath and there are so many other nostalgic books that deserve referencing.

Damned if Akwaeke Emezi isn’t going to write an absolute masterpiece.

I didn’t know this was a self help book and now I’m upset

There are EIGHT main characters in this book so audio is absolutely not the way to go. I’m putting this one back on the shelf for now.

I HATE the narrator’s side character voices. The main character is great. The side characters are so so so bad. Send help.

I tried to listen to Beloved on audiobook but Toni Morrison is just too soft spoken. Love her though. I’ll try again.

Daisy Edgar Jones is such a good narrator. Alison Steadman makes far too many mouth noises and does way too much loud breathing. Sorry girlie but my brain is exploding. I’m very committed to finishing this book because it’s the last of Beth O’Leary’s back catalogue for me but I am STRUGGLING.