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Not great ratings for this one, but I really enjoyed the characters.

Finished my personal summer challenge to read books from my shelves with the word “summer” in the title. Here‘s the final account. Still have 3 or 4 left for next summer! #summerreading #summerinthetitle #buzzwordbookathon

Maybe I‘ll only read books with “summer” in the title all summer long. #buzzword #summerreads

The great surprise of the adult world had been that no one really knew what they were doing, and especially not the people who exuded impenetrable confidence.

B&N #bookhaul. Two bargains + a coupon. I had to do it.

This has somewhat mixed reviews but I gobbled it up like a delicious summer treat. These folks are just a few years older than me so there was a lot I could relate to as far as cultural touchstones. I also have a number of anniversaries coming up next year so I‘ve been feeling a bit nostalgic for 10, 15, 20 years ago. 4⭐️

After finishing the penultimate book in the Grant County series I was in desperate need of a palate cleanser.

I thought this was an appropriate pick for the penultimate day of summer. I‘m about 20% in and enjoying it thoroughly.

Bring on Fall (and fall temps)!

Starting a new book today, I got this book as a blind date. It was described as a beach read meets Jane Austen. It seems to be a light easy read that I need right now. And I love me new travel steamless wine goblet, even though I use it for water. For snack today is homemade trail mix.

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My July tbr might be a little ambitious since I only read 5 books in June, but they are all for swaps, challenges, GAR, and book clubs.

Really enjoyed this one ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
I finished pages 100-300 in one sitting (although the stats don‘t show it for some reason 🤨)
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PS: Hi everyone, I‘m back 👋🏽🙃

When the nights are cold and you are longing for a catch up with old friends, this is the book to read. Beautifully written and great characters, it‘s easy to relate to the happiness and pains of four college friends as they navigate the craziness of life over a twenty year period. Highly recommend!

It's not often I pick up a book so dreadful I can't make myself finish it. I don't know how this was published, but it reads like a creative writing teacher's worst nightmare. The characters have barely a dimension and it reads not so much like the inner workings of a young person's mind, but as though someone very young is trying to imagine how a grown-up would write. Except she looks about 40. Avoid, avoid, avoid.

The blind date book

I really enjoyed this - it was a bit like One Day by David Nicholls but with a group of friends rather than a couple. They were likeable, funny, annoying and sweet - just like real people! I found myself rooting for them all to grow up happy

Starting on this one today, looking forward to another read recommended by my friend who always knows the good stuff!

Four best friends graduating college... how many times have we read that? This one a bit more engaging with some deft plot twists aided by the chapters jump forward in time a bit, so when you might be tiring of Eva or Benedict--poof! A year has passed. A bit soft at the end.

I didn't think I would like this novel at first. Friendship, love and life? Yuck! But I couldn't help but see myself in the characters. And the pacing of the story was great. She captured the all too real, blink of an eye passage of youth, and how the consequences of certain decisions can reverberate long after. 4/5 stars! ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

I really enjoyed this book on a few levels; it's set in England, it's a grown up coming of age novel and it reminded me of One Day by David Nichols ( which I loved and was just saying I wish I could read again for the first time)

Not sure why on page 280 ( of 308) Lucien's name changed?

3 spooky reads is enough for one October, time to bring back summer

Septimus is entranced by Hulu 😂😻(it's been 10 minutes, an eternity in kitty time!)

Morning routine to gear up for the school day. #booksncoffee - Have a great day, Littens!

A quick beach read + plan on sharing with college friends

Vacation book 3: Perfect place to read this.

So far, it's not living up to the cover, which I love. Also disappointing: this bread. Wohnt-wah.

Whoo-hoo! Just picked this up from the library. I may need to drop everything else to read this one!!

Maybe it's the ultimate rom com narrative, maybe it's best for 20-somethings who don't have their life together, I can see why people didn't enjoy this book but I really loved it. It was serene and easy and peaceful and domestic. And boy do I love British wit. This is a great summer beach read, in my opinion!

Eva was beginning to understand that half of being successful was just staying in the game longer than anyone else. The great surprise of the adult world had been that no one really knew what they were doing, and especially not the people who exudes impenetrable confidence.

I made my way through this one quickly, but it read like an amalgam of other books and rom-coms and jokes I've seen on Facebook. One thread does a good job with the effects of alcohol on lives. It was easy to get through and finish but the ending is saccharine.

Perfect summer book. Not too meaty but somehow I was engaged the entire book. #24in48

Another good summer weekend read. Not a very meaty story, but it kept me engaged.

Starting my 2nd book in the #24in48. This is fun!

Solid coming of age story involving four friends across a 20 year span. Different chapters focus of different characters, but always in 3rd person. Alas, what would have been brilliant in my 20s, seems obvious in my 40s - which I guess is the point.

Summer reading doesn't get better than this! #InvincibleSummer

Some nice quotes; but all-in-all a bit too contrived for my taste. It's a decent coming-of-age for millennials, but looking through older eyes it's all quite obvious. 3/5

"The thing is, at the time, everything we did felt like it happened in isolation from the rest of the world. It's only when you get older you really understand how everything's connected: money, power, politics, people's actual lives."

Invincible Summer was not a good read for me. The book held my interest for a little bit in the beginning, but I was bored out of my mind by the 20% mark. The story is written in third person point of view and the was told by four points of view.