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3/5

1st book completed for #EasterOMC! This is a hard review to make because although I took less than 24 hours to read it, and there were scenes that were fascinating, I really had times where I just didn‘t like the main character. I‘ve never read Emma, so I don‘t know if that‘s to be expected. I did enjoy it, but won‘t likely reread
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Prompt 3

Is it wrong to have pumpkin beer on Easter weekend? 🤣 🤣 👍🏻
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Georgina Wagman‘s life was so good she felt bad about it.

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I appreciated that this book was different - I don‘t think I‘ve ever read about the swinging lifestyle before - and I liked Georgina‘s journey of self-discovery. I didn‘t feel very emotionally invested, though. The characters seemed underdeveloped, immature, and irrational.

It‘s so hard to truly like a book when you actively loathe the majority of the characters….

It‘s not the writing—that‘s perfectly fine. It‘s the vapid, soul-crushingly boring people doing stupid shit. I legitimately did not care.

While I can see the link to Austen‘s Emma (matchmaking gone horribly wrong, annoyingly dense, self-absorbed main character), this is definitely no retelling.

It had its moments, but this is no keeper.

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Moving on to something a little lighter!

One of my favorite things about reading is the doors it opens to places I‘ve never been and conversations I‘ve never had. I don‘t know anyone in my IRL with whom I‘d have a first person account of ‘The Lifestyle‘, aka swingers. I thought this was fun and I liked the characters. The ending went down paths I didn‘t think matched the beginning so it lost luster there - but still a fun read.

Definitely a #BorrowNotBuy unfortunately I did buy but at least only digitally. It isn't terrible but I had a few issues: an entire friend group being willing* to start swinging together seems unlikely; the relationships in the book (save G & Norah) superficial; the swinging scenes more awkward than sexy; if not advertised as an Emma retelling I doubt I'd have noticed. Pros: the characters are likeable; descriptions of various NYC locales vivid.

#Pemberlittens this Claims to be a homage to Jane Austen's Emma but the only thing it has in common with Emma is Main Character tries to play matchmaker and gets it wrong. Emma was likeable snob.I didn't like anyone in this book.

As for the Swinging 'Lifestyle',I've read Regency Romance with more steam.

This was a fun read. It feels weird to say a book involving sex clubs and swingers was classy, but the book was written with class. It could have gone it an incredibly raunchy direction, it did not. It gave us glimpses into a scandalous world, without shaming.

My goals for #JoysOfJune.
Finish Tunnel of Bones
Start and finish Maus II
Finish The Lifestyle
Start and Finish Perks Of Being A Wallflower
Start Tough
Start Part Of Your World
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Been a little absent for a while, currently 14 and 1/2 weeks pregnant and trying to get my head back into reading 😴😊