Welcome to Litsy!

This is my first official Litsy post so go easy on me here...😉 The Bromance Book Club was my 2nd book of 2020 and a perfect light and fluffy book to ease into a new year. Great premise. Can‘t wait to read the second one!

Dirtier than I usually read but still good.

It's cool that this is a romance about a married couple who nearly give up on each other but find their way back to HEA. I found myself annoyed at various points and wanting to skim ahead, which just doesn't work in an audiobook. In print I probably would have gotten through this much faster but I mostly enjoyed it. Especially the family moments. I definitely enjoyed spending part of today #audiostitching. It's been quite a while. 🧵

My wait time is down into the single digits! 🙌🏻😁

Entertaining :)

This was touching. I liked reading a romance about an established couple trying to work on their marriage. Yeah, it‘s tidy (HEAs are like that), but I didn‘t mind it, given the genre—if it was lit fiction, I would have expected some nod towards the real work of saving relationships. But 100% worth reading. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

Romance about rekindling of marriage that focused too much on sex issues and not enough on relationship issues.

Overall I liked it, but had a few issues. It's been awhile since I read a good second chance romance, Gavin and Thea's was excellent. I didn't care for the extra thing at the end. I know it led to something else that was needed I just didn't care for how they got there.

#2020Books #Audiobook

I am here for this book! #romantsy

Book 1 of the Popsusgar Reading Challenge 2020 (A book about a book club)

First read of 2020, let‘s do this
#popsugarreadingchallenge

I was so worried that this one wouldn‘t live up to the hype because I adore the premise of a group of men reading romance novels in an effort to learn how to improve their relationships. Lucky for me the book delivered. It is funny, sweet, and had me rooting for Gavin, Thea and their marriage. Great book to kick off the decade with.

2019.....35 books read 👓

2020....to continue to read my TBR pile. 📚📚📚📚📚📚📚📚📚📚📚
(Now standing at 110) My resolution of not buying any more in 2019 was broken in May.

First up...The Bromance Book Club.

Didn‘t know what to expect. Turns out there‘s Gavin, the book that Gavin‘s reading, and Thea. I liked Gavin‘s story best, could have skipped the book within a book, and liked Thea well enough, though most of all at the award dinner where she defended Gavin‘s stutter. Overall, a good story about a couple who‘ve drifted apart, separate, but do their best to figure things out before it‘s too late. Gavin‘s friends were a fun, supportive addition.

Listening to The Bromance Book Club as I do laundry. #24b42020 #WinterGames #SlayBells @midnightbookgirl

@Julsmarshall thank you! I was not expecting socks, and my house socks at that! I love them 😁 you also happened to pick 2 of my favorite chocolates. I haven't heard of The Bromance Book Club but it sounds good! Thank you again for my goodies! #JolabokaflodSwap

And thank you again @MaleficentBookDragon for organizing this awesome swap!!

And Merry Christmas everyone 🎄🎁

Gavin and Thea's marriage is on the brink of disaster and his baseball teammates pull him into a secret club that uses romance novels to understand and romance their wives. It could have been hokey but instead I found this author to have incredible comic timing (including writing a very realistic deteriorating sex scene between married people who are upset with each other.) ⤵️

I stayed up until 2:30 reading this last night. A professional baseball player joining a secret male romance book club to save his marriage? SIGN ME UP. This was sweet and funny and insightful and gave me all the feels. I cannot wait for book two in March!! 👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼

My next read.

Yesterday my BOTM came in, today, Barnes & Noble! I‘m trying to cram as many books as I can into this month to reach my goal but I don‘t know if I‘ll make it 😳 Wish me luck! 🍀

⭐️⭐️⭐️ Gavin‘s “bro” friends, members of a secret book club, convince him that reading romance novels will help save his suffering marriage. This is a cute and clever premise. I liked the characters and I‘m happy to see that book 2, due out in spring, will focus on Mack and Liv.

The open door scenes were steamy, but why do authors use such cheesy, awkward terminology? It‘s not sexy. I feel like this is common, idk. Maybe it‘s me?

While the cover doesn‘t show it, this is actually a #holidayread with the story taking place between thanksgiving & Christmas. So much fun! #booknbreakfast #impulseread #wintergames #teamfozziwig @StayCurious @Clwojick @BarkingMadRun @BarkingMadRun

Reading at a trampoline park birthday party. I vehemently dislike these places, but will take book time any way I can get it!

I like this line.

This book was so cute!!! I finished it in a day. Some men band together to help a bro save his marriage. Silliness and sweetness ensue!!! 💜💜💜

Y‘all!!! 🎧

This was so much my jam. I mean it's really fun. Gavin is a great hero - he knows he's messed up, he doesn't know how to fix it. Thea is an attractive heroine - you understand why she reacts the way that she does and why she feels so strongly.

The only thing that I didn't like was the resolution to the bedroom side of the story.  Nothing really changes really in *what* they're doing in the bedroom - so there‘s no reason for it to be fixed iykwim.

"The first rule of book club?"
"You don't talk about book club!"

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/44019067-the-bromance-book-club

Latest romance read!

I‘ve recently realized that I enjoy contemporary romance. Hooray for new discoveries! Anyway, this one is cracking me up so far. 😆 Here, a group of men discuss romance novels and how they help them to better understand women.

♥️♥️♥️♥️Amazing!♥️♥️♥️♥️ I enjoyed hanging out with the guys in the Bromance Book Club so much! 😁 I am so happy that Ms. Adams built a whole series around them. Thea, Gavin, and their girls were lovely. One flaw: Liv. Even though she kind of redeemed herself in the end, I'm still reluctant to read her story, which is next in the series. I probably will because I love Mack and I respect the Bromance. 🙌

When his wife asks for a divorce, Gavin‘s friends convince him that romance novels have all the information he needs to save his marriage. It‘s a whole lot of fun to see the subsequent story unfold—I couldn‘t help enjoying it.

Book 7 of #24b4Monday ✔️
Time: 25h45m

This was an enjoyable quick listen. Though both main characters can be frustrating at times, it was still a delightful rom com. I look forward to more bromance. #romantsy

For those of you that follow me, you will know romance novels are not something I read on a regular basis. However, I was looking for something light to read and had been hearing a lot of good things about this one. This was exactly what I was needing and it really hit the spot.

For my full review, please visit my blog at: http://obsessedbookaholic.com/2019/11/20/the-bromance-book-club-book-review/

Open-Door Romance.
I enjoyed that it revolved around a married couple fighting for their marriage instead of a new relationship. This book would make for a great rom-com film with the quirky Bromance Book Club member's and Thea's back story and Gavin's stutter. The interwoven story of the Earl and his wife was fun and having the Earl become Gavin's inner conscience a unique spin on how books can dictate our day to day lives.

Stepping out of my comfort zone when it comes to reading and giving this one a go! Who‘s read it? I‘ve seen nothing but amazing reviews!

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I heard about the tagged book on the What Should I Read Next podcast. It sounds fun.

@NataliePatalie

Loved! I always enjoy romance novels when the characters have real issues keeping them apart, not just silly misunderstandings. This was a refreshing twist on the “marriage of convenience” trope... the main couple have already been married for years before he woos her! And the commentary on romance novels was excellent. I‘d love to see this on scene, but instead I‘ll just eagerly await the next book in the series! #romantsy

Thanks to this romance novel for really making me think about my own parents' divorce, I guess.
(Plus, sometimes you just want a passell of fictional dudes pushing back against toxic masculinity.)

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Down right adorable, I loved this and I loved Mack the most. Mack is my favorite character and I believe everyone should have a friend like him. Gavin and his wife‘s story was good and I loved it, but I looked forward more to the wit between Mack and Gavin. This book is a cute romance about a man swooning is wife all over again after learning she fakes it. This book is a cute telling of a man learning about women through romance books.

Been excited about this concept since I heard about it, so it's definitely getting bumped to the top of the tbr now that it's here!

I am so excited about this one! You just don't know! 😄

3.5/5⭐️

I really wanted to like this one more than I did.

The premise is such a cute, original idea and had the potential to be both hilarious and heartwarming. A MLB player, married for 3 years with twins, discovers that his wife has been keeping a big secret from him (I won‘t give it away) and suddenly his seemingly “perfect” life is upended. She kicks him out, he wants her back. Enter his teammates, who introduce him into the ⬇️⬇️

Up next and due out in a couple of weeks, a Goodreads giveaway...hope it‘s a fun one! With that cover, right??! 🤣🤷🏻‍♀️💋

4/5

This is a super sweet, fun romance. Gavin and Thea's marriage is in trouble and he's willing to go to any length to save it, including joining a romance book club. I liked the different perspective of this book, about repairing a relationship instead of building a new relationship. The book was really sweet, and I enjoyed the historical romance chapters interspersed throughout.

This book had so much potential! The premise of an all-male athlete secret book club reading romance novels and helping each other with their relationships is so fun but the execution was blah. None of the characters, not even our leads, ever felt like more than a caricature and I found the dialogue super unrealistic to the point of taking me out of the story.

About halfway thru and this book is delightful 🥰

New review copies. These all look good!

Today‘s #bookmail (I could get used to saying that! 🤣) comes courtesy of a #GoodreadsGiveaway from #BerkleyPub / #BerkleyRomance. Thanks all! Looks like a fun one! 😊

Cute cover...out 11/5.

May has been a busy month & I haven't read nearly as much as I would like but a head cold has me slowing down a bit. I guess the bonus is Yay! Forced reading time.

Oh my gosh, I loved this book so much! Everything about this was the perfect mix of realism, escapism, romance, humour....I just adored this! I‘ve recommended it to everyone and I‘m hoping there‘s a second book featuring the other two. Also, I‘m living this trend of baseball players as romantic leads!