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#BOTM. I've heard so much about this book, can't wait!

A 'like' not 'love' for me. I really wanted to love it, but it was so reminiscent of other books I've read (The Interestings, The Startup Wife) and even TV (Mythic Quest), I couldn't quite detach from those. Still, an engaging story and complex characters. Could have done with more Marx.

Finally starting this! I just love this gorgeous cover and it weirdly goes with my duvet!

I wasn't sure if I would like this one. It centers on video games and creating video games and since I'm not really interested in video games, I didn't know if I would enjoy the book. But I liked it a lot more than I thought I would. It's an unconventional love story and I appreciated the book's depiction of a young man with a physical disability.

Truly enjoyed this audio. At first the narration seemed a little stilted, staccato but it fit. I walked, ran, weeded, knit to this to keep at it. Very good story following two and then three friends through their tomorrows together…

I'm the unpopular opinion.... dagnabbit! 2.5⭐

Read my review: http://www.fredasvoice.com/2022/08/tomorrow-and-tomorrow-and-tomorrow.html

This was a great read and my favorite cover of the year (so far at least). Fully developed characters who were quirky, intelligent, and full of personality, feelings, and opinions like real people. I feel like I know Sam and Sadie, the two main characters who we were introduced to as young children and follow through to adulthood with a stop at Harvard along the way. Zevin unfolds their backstories in an natural way that made me want to know more!

I really loved this book. Given the video game aspects I was worried I would be lost, but this book is more about friendships, love and life‘s tribulations which makes it for everyone. I finished this last night and have a feeling its themes and characters will stay with me for a long time. Highly recommend!! All the ⭐️ #botm

Starting this audiobook today! So excited!

Finished this one 2 weeks ago & I can't stop thinking about it.
A story spanned over decades, about love, friendship, self love and grief of loved ones. (Which is so relatable & really tugs on my heartstrings)
It has left me struggling in a reading slump 😫
One of my favorite reads of the year!

#bookreview #booknerd

Latest deliveries ?

I'm trying to decide whether I can use Tomorrow and Tomorrow and Tomorrow as a book with a palindromic title... it's not technically a palindrome BUT it is "palindromic" if you think of the words as letters... which would be in keeping with the essence of the prompt for #pop22

Thoughts?

Reading a book at a charity event while my husband talks to everyone and everyone and everyone. It‘s not easy being an introvert. 😳

#WeekendReads @rachelsbrittain

1️⃣ The Fountains of Silence and Violet of Thorns
2️⃣ Yes 💚📗
3️⃣ Tagged.

Lots of thoughts on this one. Try to talk through some on YouTube. https://youtu.be/DwyU5i8rPvU

I‘ve never played games in my life- so for an author to keep my interest with so many descriptions of games is a real skill! I did love the story though and even loved the ending.
The trials and tribulations of life and friendship ♥️
#booked2022 #titlerepeatsitself

You know you‘re old when a book describes singles/45s in such detail. And the difference in A and B sides. Who didn‘t love the B sides 🤷‍♀️

A mixed bag for me. Part of me loved the complicated relationships and gaming descriptions, but it was also exhausting because the characters are so selfish. It reminded me of The Marriage Plot (book) and Mythic Quest (TV show). (Still packing for the move!)

“Marks was a prodigious reader and he felt like Sadie might be the kind of book that one could read many times and always come away with something new.”

Found this book on the Hot Picks shelf at the library. I‘ve been itching to read it, but the waitlist is long. Score.

I'm not sure what I expected, but it wasn't this. It's a story of two friends that spans 30 years, a business, relationships, and a hell of a lot of video games. It's dense and heavy at time, but also lovely and hopeful. The last quarter of the book hit with such an emotional punch that it actually left me breathless. I'm going to be thinking about this one for a long time.

#trainreading
On way to Nottingham for C‘s graduation. Sneaking some reading in 😁

Yay - been wanting to read this since it was on our #camplitsy longlist. I had it on reserve at the library but they hadn‘t even got it in yet and I was 4th on the list.

Having read so many fab reviews from the bestest Littens, tagged, I‘m excited to get it on #netgalley.

A great book! Such real to life and loving characters, their story, their lives and their games. They pulled me back into the 90s, into playing adventure games on enormous computers with hardly any capacity. I laughed and cried with Sam, Sadie and Marx and they left me behind with a smile on my face.

#pop22 #CharacterOnAceSpectrum
#52books #TechnologyThemed

I‘m tucked away in the guest room for Modern Mrs Darcy‘s Readers‘ Weekend with this stack - I‘m hoping to get through at least 2 but hopefully more!

#MMDReadersWeekend

LOL, I‘m going to think of it that way from now on too. A murder of crows, a pack of wolves, an abundance of caution. 🤣 #currentread

I loved this you guys ❤

Books can provide distraction just like video games can. Escapism, a break, a chance to live in a different world - however brief.

At the heart of this book is the friendship between Sam and Sadie from childhood to adulthood.

This was the perfect book for me during a very challenging time in my life. But I think I would have loved it no matter when it showed up 😊

Sadie and Sam meet as children and bond over video games on a hospital children‘s ward (he‘s a patient, she‘s not) in the beginning of this beautiful ode to friendship. The book follows them forward to almost 40. It could easily have become maudlin or soaked in sentimentality, but Zevin avoids that. Absolutely fantastic.

My full review is finally up on my blog at www.TheSpineView.com

So this grid happened and it was a fun one. There was no doubt that the tagged would get the tag because just everything about it!

5* = Loved It, want to shout out loud about this book! I do/will own/keep a physical copy. A+
4*= I liked it, would love to discuss. Solid B
3*=Meh, no need to discuss. Average C
2*=Nope D
1*=DNF F

Book mail - and Daisy looks after the box for me. Excited to read this one.

I did not enjoy the author‘s previous novel, The Storied Life of A. J. Fikry, so I hesitated picking up this one. I am glad I did. The novel explores friendship, creativity, mental health, and the power of stories. Sadie and Sam meet as children and go on to design video games together in college. They start their own company, and the novel follows them through their lives. They are fully drawn characters who will stay with me for a long time.

This book is a 10 with no caveats. Drop-dead-gorgeous writing, a complex platonic love story between two, no three, friends, and it made me care deeply about a subject I had no interest in (video games.) Through all the ups and downs, a rollercoaster of emotions, this novel spoke so beautifully on friendship, craft, passion and pain (both emotional and physical) and I was blown away. Best book I‘ve read in a really long time. Loved it completely.

I loved this book so much! I don‘t even know what to say. I just want to go play video games now and play all my old Super Nintendo favorites.

#booked2022 - title repeats itself
#doublespin - #BOTM
#JubilantJuly - Book 3 finished

I‘ve decided to at least put a hold on my #botm subscription for now, but I couldn‘t ignore this pretty cover. Tbh, I‘m not even completely sure what it‘s about. I was just attracted to the cover. 🤦‍♀️

2.5 STARS - This was not a good book for me. Too literary & way too much about video gaming. The first 1/4 I enjoyed but after that it was a struggle to finish. I'm just not the ideal reader for this book. It's getting rave reviews elsewhere so take my harumph of a review with a grain of salt.

Review: https://bit.ly/TmrwandTmrwandTmrwReview

I loved this book it is the perfect balance of tragedy and hope, of seriousness and fun, of love and friendship and above all it is a great read.

Full review here https://thereadersroom.org/2022/07/17/tomorrow-and-tomorrow-and-tomorrow-by-gabr...

This book is about relationships, friendship and family. It will make you smile, laugh, cry and will fill you with nostalgia for the golden age of video games. I loved all the nods to literature in this story as well. Gabrielle Zevin is known for writing characters that will stay with you for a long time, and this story is no different.

Memorable is the best word I can think of to describe this book. It is a deeply complex story about love, friendship, loss and depression. There are so many great quotes in the book. The story is about 3 friends who start a company, while in college, that makes video games and the professional and private life of each as they mature. Not much of a plot, this is a totally character driven story with fabulous characters. The prose is awesome.

Idk if I‘ve ever related to a character as strongly as I do to Sam. Zevin 💯 understood chronic injury and the effect it has on friendships. Plus I like that friendship is at the center of the narrative instead of romance.

Sam and Sadie connect as tweens over video games. When they reconnect in college, they team with Sam‘s roommate and build a video game empire. Zevin paints a true portrait of the joys and trials of long-term friendship. 5⭐️

My husband @HillsAndHamletsBookshop recommended this one to me so here he is with my new favorite book of the year! TOMORROW made me laugh, made me cry, absolutely broke my heart which it then artfully reassembled—it even made me want to play a video game (something I have never once enjoyed doing!). Tomorrow is the story of Sadie and Sam, two childhood friends who become creative partners over two decades defined by… (CONTINUED BELOW!)

As a gamer the last book that made me this excited with its gaming references was Ready Player One.

Sam, Sadie, and Marx are such complex, honest, and authentic characters. This book is about love, friendship, facing your fears, and following your dreams. I love how the games mentioned at times mirror actions the characters are taking in the story.

A truly wonderful read that will be one of my favorites of the year.

#NetGalley

My first completed vacation read! It's a beautiful, if complicated, story about the many ways we can love someone. I have read reviews that say you don't have to be a gamer to enjoy this book, and I agree. However, I do think there were layers of the story that I would have appreciated more if I had any experience in that world. I also think some of the game descriptions and transcript-type sections wouldn't have seem so unnecessarily long to me.

I know so little about video games that I‘ve never even operated a game controller - but I do have memories of my grade schooler procuring oxen so his caravan of folks can get to Oregon alive. …I loved every chapter of this book. It celebrates those rare lifetime friendships that is somehow family greater than anything DNA can detect or connect.

Oh man 🥹🥲 Who‘s chopping onions??? This was just a fantastic ride from beginning to end. A top read of 2022 for me, no question.

My book of the month is here! 🎉

When you go to the bookstore for one, *maybe* two books.

FINALLY! A book choice that was smart and funny and touching. I‘m not a gamer so I knew next to nothing about writing a program let alone play the game. And I found that so interesting and how she tied it to this amazing and imperfect friendship between such different people! ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ read for me. I love books about relationships and how they come and go and still remain strong. #doublespin #bookspin @TheAromaofBooks

#wineandbooks continues albeit unplanned 😂 I opened the bottle (The Wonderful Wine Co. 2018 Cabernet Sauvignon) on Monday, but started the book on Thursday. The wine is good, maybe not one I‘d buy again, but c‘mon, that label?! (It states: “Tastes like magic hour, being right, and beating the high score”). And the book? AMAZING!! The characters are messy and real and the plot is unexpected and riveting 😁 Happy Friday, everyone!!

This one spoke to the Gen Xer in me. Not for everyone but I loved all the characters and it delivered all the feels. ❤️ #tomorrowandtomorrowandtomorrow

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
I love authors that write great characters. Interesting, complex characters that despite their flaws, you fall in love with. Characters that are human. This book is about friendship and work and art. I really loved it.
👾👾👾👾

#FirstLineFridays @ShyBookOwl

"Before Mazer invented himself as Mezar, he was Samson Mezer, and before he was Samson Masur -- a change of two letters that transformed him from a nice, ostensibly Jewish boy to a Professional Builder of Worlds -- and for most of his youth, he was Sam, S.A.M. on the hall of fame of his grandfather's Donkey Kong machine, but mainly Sam.

Now that is a run on sentence!