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Funny Story
Funny Story | Emily Henry
A shimmering, joyful new novel about a pair of opposites with the wrong thing in common, from #1 New York Times bestselling author Emily Henry. Daphne always loved the way her fianc Peter told their story. How they met (on a blustery day), fell in love (over an errant hat), and moved back to his lakeside hometown to begin their life together. He really was good at telling it...right up until the moment he realized he was actually in love with his childhood best friend Petra. Which is how Daphne begins her new story: Stranded in beautiful Waning Bay, Michigan, without friends or family but with a dream job as a children's librarian (that barely pays the bills), and proposing to be roommates with the only person who could possibly understand her predicament: Petra's ex, Miles Nowak. Scruffy and chaotic--with a penchant for taking solace in the sounds of heart break love ballads --Miles is exactly the opposite of practical, buttoned up Daphne, whose coworkers know so little about her they have a running bet that she's either FBI or in witness protection. The roommates mainly avoid one another, until one day, while drowning their sorrows, they form a tenuous friendship and a plan. If said plan also involves posting deliberately misleading photos of their summer adventures together, well, who could blame them? But it's all just for show, of course, because there's no way Daphne would actually start her new chapter by falling in love with her ex-fianc's new fiance's ex...right?
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MaggieCarr
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Not gonna lie, I want to plan a Read-A-Thon. Love when readers become authors who write about books & librarians and simply nail all-the-parts. Oh, and there's a romance story inside this title, too. 🤣

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marleed
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Road trippin in NW Arkansas with this one! I enjoyed the setup for this story and wished good things for both Daphne and Miles. …PSA: There is no statute of limitations on the crimes an adult child bestows on their parents‘ parenting. (Every time I read a book such as this I chuckle at this running PSA joke 😜 I use to have with my now late father any time he‘d be in light ‘trouble‘ with another of my 5 siblings).

tpixie If you‘re still in NW AK, if you get a chance, check out Crystal Bridges Art Museum- if only to look at the building and walk the grounds. They do have an interesting architecture tour… 1d
tpixie It‘s owned or was started by one of the Walmart daughters or sisters. And the East & West Coast are really pissed it exists because they think all art should belong on the East & West Coast and not in nowhere Midwest. Wherever you go, enjoy your adventure!! 1d
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marleed @tpixie That was our first stop on Wednesday. It is so beautiful- I particularly loved the floating Chihuly balls! We went to Springdale and Fayetteville yesterday. Today is Eureka Springs but it was raining too hard to fully walk the Blue Spring Heritage Center. I‘m tagging along as a +1 to a Master Gardner group so all our stops had to do with plants. I‘m not known for my green thumb so all these destinations were a learning experience! 1d
marleed @tpixie It‘s all so beautiful. We are just now headed towards home in Kansas City and we stop for some throwed rolls at Lamberts for lunch! I‘ve travelled Branson on North many times but had never been to NW Arkansas. 1d
tpixie @marleed classic throwing of the rolls!!! I bet that was an interesting trip with the master gardeners!! Glad you saw the museum! A coworker is heading to Eureka Springs to stay in a treehouse and go zip lining. I haven‘t been there since a child and now I‘m intrigued to go stay at a treehouse!!! We do need a Kansas/Missouri meet up this summer! 1d
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Booksbymybed
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Well, look who went after another cheap thrill of a quick romance read! 🤡 the latest from Emily Henry. I liked two of her books and couldn‘t stand Happy Place after a few pages.
This one, though it had cute moments, heartwarming bits about the importance of libraries and communities, felt half-baked.

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behudd
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⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Emily Henry continues to be excellent.
The banter, the realness of her characters, the heart, and the humor - it‘s all there.
Julia Whelan, as always, is a perfect audiobook reader, too.
I finished it this morning, and I think it‘ll keep me smiling all day.

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Branwen
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Trying to get in as much of this book as possible before I have to go to work today! Oh my goodness, I'm absolutely loving it so far! 🥰💕📚

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Branwen
Funny Story | Emily Henry
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New books! New books! New books! Happy Pub Day to these beauties! Of course, I am EXCEPTIONALLY excited for the new Emily Henry book! From what I've read, the main character is a librarian! 🥰💕📚

KadaGul @Branwen It's about time Emily Henry writes about Librarian. She wrote about the upcoming authors and struggling authors. #LoveEmilyHenry 4d
Branwen @KadaGul YES! I totally agree! 🤭📚💕 3d
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Bookwormjillk
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😍😍😍
I didn‘t vote for this one for #CampLitsy because I don‘t want to wait until June! For me summer starts when I get the new Emily Henry.

BarbaraBB So fun. Enjoy! 4d
Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks 💙💙💙 4d
JenReadsAlot I got mine today as well! 4d
Larkken haha, I had a bunch of books on that list that just went straight into my tbr and will not be pausing for camplitsy too 😄 3d
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Christine
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This was a like more than a love for me, probably at least partially because of my slumpy state (I hadn‘t finished a book in almost a month!! 😱 Just work interfering, but still.) Three things I did love about this were (many of) the characters, all things library/librarian, and the Midwest setting.

cassareada I loved this one! 1w
Christine @cassareada Yay!! I do feel it may have pulled me out of my slump. 😄 1w
cassareada It pulled me out of my slump too! I was in a 4 month slump. It was worrying. 1w
Christine @cassareada Four months?? Ugh! That's rough. 1w
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underground_bks
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Jilted opposites attract in this gentle, emotionally resonant romance from Emily Henry. As well as I thought of this book while reading it, I didn‘t find myself giggling and kicking my feet, which is my sign of a favorite rom-com. I think Emily Henry just doesn‘t make me laugh, but I do find her characters‘ struggles moving and realistic and I can totally see why she‘s so many readers‘ favorite romance writer today.

CoffeeAndABook Looking forward to this one ☺️ 2w
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cassareada
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I'm so bad when it comes to keeping up with any social media. Let's see what's happened so far this year... I got a promotion, had to relocate, and was in the longest bookslump of my life (I hadn't finished this year). But then I downloaded the #digitalarc of Funny Story and finished it in two days. I loved this book so much. It's definitely a contender for my top 10 Rom-Coms.

Librarybelle Welcome back! 2w
DaveGreen7777 Congratulations on the promotion! Welcome back to Litsy! 📚 2w
cassareada @DaveGreen7777 thanks!! I'm going to do my darndest to stay active. 2w
Ruthiella Welcome back! 😃 2w
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nitalibrarian
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Absolutely loved this one. Emily Henry just really hits my funny bone. I love the banter in this book. It has a little bit of fake dating, but it's really about two people helping each other while they fall in love. Out 4/23.

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nitalibrarian
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I'm 20% into an ARC of Emily Henry's next book. I love it so far.

CoverToCoverGirl Lucky you! I‘ll have to wait patiently for release day. 😊 1mo
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julesG
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#NetGalley #ARC #MountARC #UnpopularOpinion

This was #MoreMehThanYeah

Daphne was dumped by her fiancé Peter. Miles was dumped by his girlfriend Petra. Petra is Peter's BFF. Peter decides, at his bachelor party, that Petra is the woman for him, not Daphne. Daphne now needs to move out. She can have a room in Miles's flat, since Petra moved out of Miles's flat to move in with Peter. When the wedding invitation for Petra and Peter's wedding... ⬇️

julesG ... arrives, Daphne blurts out that Miles and her are an item. Let the fake dating games begin. But, of course, both MCs come with a wagon-load of baggage each that makes making friends, dating, and trusting very difficult.

The characters were supposed to be over 30 years old, but neither MC felt like they matured past their mid-twenties. Neither seemed to be fully fleshed out to me, either.⬇️
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julesG I was turning the pages to find the special something that I liked about Henry's earlier books, but just couldn't find it.

(By the way, both P-named characters have a last name starting with Co - why?)
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dabbe #fanofthepan! 🤩🤩🤩 2mo
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julesG @dabbe Love your # 2mo
dabbe @julesG Life's too short--too many books to read. I love when people give it a go and are ready to move on! 🤩😂😘 2mo
julesG @dabbe right, life's too short 2mo
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Birdsong28
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Good. Full of romance and friendship. Shows how relationships happen when you least expect it in the unlikely of circumstances. Also a must for any book lovers as the authors love for books just shines through. Another wonderful addition to the bibliography of Emily Henry. Thank you #VikingBooks and #Penquin #RandomHouse for inviting me to read this via #Netgalley.

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Birdsong28
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Been sent this!! Can't wait to start it!!

julesG Same!!! 3mo
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Birdsong28
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