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This week I had to take a trip to a nearby city and I made a little detour to one of my all-time favorite bookstores.
Naturally, I went a little overboard on my book shopping. Who doesn't love spending a ton of time browsing in a bookstore? I ended up walking out with two new books: The Hate U Give and Monday's Not Coming. I can't wait to share with you guys what I think of these two!
I was nominated for the Sunshine Award by Princess of Pages. Thank you so much for the nomination!
1. What’s the perfect day for you?
2. What was your last 5 star read and what made it great?
One Day in December by Josie Silver. It was realistic and cute and amazing. I would highly recommend it.
3. Do you prefer series or standalones?
4. Do you read multiple books at the same time, or do you read one at a time?
I read one at a time.
5. Do you have any book regrets?
Buying Famous in Love. So boring.
7. If you could spend the day with any fictional character, who would you choose and what would you be doing?
I would love to spend the day with ladies of Big Little Lies. They seem like a hoot to be around.
8. If you could only read one more book for the rest of 2018, which book would you choose?
I would just read The Martian over and over.
9. Do you ever review audio books?
No. I just can't get into any of the narrators I've tried.
10. What’s three non book related things, you want to share about yourself?
I love Netflix, I adore dogs, I love going to local parks.
11. If you could choose any books series to be made into a TV series, which one would you choose and who would play the hero and heroine?
I would love to see Anna and the French Kiss. I have no idea who would play who, but dang do I want that to be made into a movie.
A huge thank you to Crown Publishing for the Advanced Copy via Netgalley!
I found out about this book while I was scrolling through NetGalley. The book reminded me of a mix of Love, Rosie and One Day. As you may have noticed, I am a sucker for anything in the romantic genre. I'll be honest, going into the book, I thought I had the plot figured out. Often, books in this genre are on the predictable side. Instead, I found One Day in December was a well executed, genre defying, just plain-old-good book.
I love Laurie. She is imperfect, but she tries her best in all areas of her life. What I really love about her is her level of self-reflection and the value she puts on her relationship with Sarah. Laurie spent the better part of a year pining and obsessing over the man she saw at a bus stop and when he resurfaced as Sarah's new boyfriend, she didn't do the predictable thing and try to steal him away. Instead, she did the realistic thing and repressed the hell out of her feelings and valued her friendship with Sarah above everything else. Throughout the book the focus of the book wasn't only on the one between Jack and Laurie, but also on the one between Laurie and Sarah. The amount of development of the secondary characters was spectacular, something that is rare in this genre.
One Day in December is told from the point of view of both Jack and Laurie. Reading their story from both points of view really added to the depth of it all. You see them both struggle to balance their initial attraction with their precarious situation with Jack as Sarah's boyfriend. Without going into too many details, you get to see both Jack and Laurie try to suppress their chemistry and do the right thing by Laurie and the rest of the people in their lives. It's complex, it's authentic, and it's well done will-they-won't-they story.
I really can't recommend One Day in December highly enough. The characters were deep and complex and real. There were emotional and real consequences for their actions. I delighted in watching them grow and evolve as people throughout the years the book follows them. The plot rarely dragged. This book was a delight cover to cover and I can't wait to read more of Josie Silver's books.
I read this book a few years ago when it first came out. Is it overhyped at this point? Probably. Do I love it? YES.
I can't even count how many times I've reread this book. It's become one of my go to reread/slump breaker books.
I've only read this once, but it's so, so good y'all.
I actually love this book. Another one of those books that I seem to come back to over and over and over.
This one had a lot of hype a few years ago. If you like fantasy at all, give it a shot!
The book was amazing, and the show definitely does it justice. It's a perfect beach read!
I got this book as an ARC a few years back, before the hype even started. I loved it and it's definitely time for a reread!
Another one of my regular rereads. I relate to it on a lot of levels, and the love story at its core is so realistic.
SUCH A GOOD RETELLING. A unique take on a fairy tale that seems to get retold almost as much as Pride and Prejudice.
So hyped. So worth it. I didn't like the sequels as much, but the first was a near perfect dystopian that started a whole genre.