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The Good Part
The Good Part | Sophie Cousens
By the New York Times bestselling author of Just Haven't Met You Yet, a downtrodden twenty-six-year-old wakes up to the life shes always wanted, but is it really a dream come true? At twenty-six, Lucy Young is tired. Tired of fetching coffees for senior TV producers, tired of going on disastrous dates, and definitely tired of living in a damp flat share with flatmates who never buy toilet paper. She could quit her job for a better living, but shes not ready to give up on her dreams. Not just yet. After another diabolical date lands her in a sudden storm with no money for bus fare, Lucy finds herself seeking shelter in a tiny shop, where she stumbles upon a curious wishing machine. Pushing her last coin into the slot, Lucy closes her eyes and wishes with everything shes got: Please, let me skip to the good part of my life. When she wakes the next morning to a handsome man, a ring on her finger, a high-powered job, and a storybook-perfect little boy and baby girl, Lucy cant believe this is realespecially when she looks in the mirror, and staring back is her own forty-something face. Has she really skipped ahead to the future shes always wanted, or has she simply forgotten a huge chunk of her life? And as Lucy begins to embrace this new life and new relationships, shell have to ask herself: Can she go back, and if so, does she want to?
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Sharpeipup
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Fall foliage has officially begun. 🍁

dabbe 🤩🧡🤩 3d
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OriginalCyn620
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Loved this one! I laughed so much but also had many feels, as some heavy subjects were dealt with. Lucy, 26, does not have her life in order. Broke, a string of horrible dates, and a dead-end career has her wishing to skip to the good part of her life, where she has money, her person, and the career of her dreams. Her wish is granted, and suddenly Lucy is 42, but she starts to wonder if perhaps all of life‘s ups and downs are the good parts.

OriginalCyn620 #pop24 - book with an MC who‘s 42 years old 2mo
TheAromaofBooks Woohoo!! 2mo
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Kar2b
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Just finished this and I have all the feels. It‘s a beautiful story that reminds you that life is full of ups and downs, and it‘s important to keep a grateful outlook. Or at least that‘s what I took away from it. It made me think about how thankful I am for my husband and children and how even if I could go back and do it over, I‘d choose this life again.

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Allthebookclubs
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A fun read about wishing to jump ahead in life so you can skip the hard parts. Thought provoking, heart warming, and a fun cast of characters. I thought this was going to end up being a grief manifestation, but it wasn‘t. Book #26 in 2024

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Lesliereadsalot
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I wasn‘t sure about this book. Lucy is in her 20s and nothing is going right for her. Then she makes a wish to get to “the good part” of her life, and she wakes up in her 40s. Now she has a family and a high-pressure job and of course high jinks ensue. Will she ever get to go back and does she even want to? It‘s a good question!

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BooksNBowls
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Lucy makes a wish and ends up 16 years in the future, her life drastically changed. Freaky Friday meets 13 Going on 30 in this heartwarming novel about finding the good part of life. Well fleshed out and relatable characters and a satisfying HEA. Loved it! 4.25/5

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SheReadsAndWrites
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I lied. I said Holiday Romance was my favorite book of 2023 but this one is-I LOVED IT! So many emotions, life questions...fascinating! The MC wishes herself from 26 to 42. And I like how the author didn't pit one version of the main character's life against the other. It was more of her seeing she didn't fully appreciate what she DID have in her 20's. She sees that there's a "good part" to all phases of life. She just needs to look for them.

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BennettBookworm
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Two weeks left to determine my final reading bracket results!! #2023ReadingBracket #ReadingBracket2023
Apr and Sept are blank because I didn‘t actually finish a book in those months 😬
Making this was really fun - I‘m so curious what‘ll be the top read of the year!

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BennettBookworm
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🧹Nimbus 2001: Set or written after 2001- How Not To Die Alone
🧹Quidditch Gloves: Set in winter - The Last Devil to Die
🧹Beater: Includes a competition - The Good Part
🧹Gryffindor: Related to Gryffindor house/traits- Paper Things
🧹Cho Chang: Written by an Asian or AAPI author - Falling Back in Love…
#quidditchcupreadingchallenge

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romcombc
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The Good Part is a beautiful reminded that life may be unfair, challenging, and frustrating at moments but finding the good amongst the bad is what makes it worth living each and every day.

SheReadsAndWrites I just read this and I agree - I just love her writing and her characters - it's all so good. I literally just got the rest of her books for my kindle for an upcoming trip. 🤭 (edited) 9mo
romcombc @SheReadsAndWrites She is one of my absolute favorite authors! 9mo
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AardvarkBookClub
The Good Part | Sophie Cousens

"Surveying the books, I feel like a mother who‘s failed to provide for her children. They deserve a decent bookcase; they deserve to be displayed, spine out, sorted by genre, not heaped in a pile on the floor of my damp room. One day, books, one day." - The Good Part

#aardvarkbookclub #thegoodpart #sophiecousens

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marleed
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Just let me wish on a star and fast forward to a point in the future where my life will surely be bliss. It‘s a well understood trope. What made this story unique was how the supporting characters were made aware and reacted to Lucy‘s situation. It was fun to read.

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AardvarkBookClub
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We've been wanting to take this photo for a hot minute, but the clean-up is intimidating 🥵 we'll be putting their dust jackets on until the cows come home 🐄🐄🐄🐄🐄🐄🐄🐄🐄🐄🐄🐄🐄🐄

#aardvarkbookclub #bookbox #booksubscription #thereformatory #midnightisthedarkesthour #loveinterest #thegoodpart #thefavorites

vlwelser 😍😍😍😍😍 11mo
Soubhiville That beautiful! 🤩 11mo
Megabooks I really love your bindings!!! 😍😍😍😍 11mo
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BennettBookworm
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THIS BOOK!!! I sat down to start and then did not get up until it was finished. Was BAWLING as it got to the end- so masterfully written that not only did I not know how it would end, I didn‘t know how I WANTED it to end! As someone who‘s often wished I could “skip to the good part,” this really hit home. The characters were so real and lovable (Felix!!) and this is now one of my favorite books. I need to read more by Cousens!!

SheReadsAndWrites I feel the same way! It is my favorite book this year. 🤓❤️ 9mo
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BennettBookworm
The Good Part | Sophie Cousens
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Yayyy! My #aardvark arrived!

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BennettBookworm
The Good Part | Sophie Cousens
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Decided to give #aardvark a try! I‘m really intrigued by The Good Part‘s premise, and I already read Business or Pleasure from the library but loved it so much I wanted my own copy ☺️

Megabooks Yay!! 11mo
LiteraryinPA Yay! Enjoy!! 11mo
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robinb
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This book was soooo good with reminders of the movies “Big” and “13 Going On 30”. So relatable and really speaks to the question of one‘s life experience, the good, the bad and the ugly, and if we could skip the bad/ugly, should we and what would we be giving up? Lucy Young as a 26-year-old is tired of being overlooked for promotions, she‘s tired of terrible dates and she‘s tired of her living arrangements. So following another disastrous date,🔻

robinb she comes across a wishing machine in a local store and longs to be able to skip over her current circumstances and get to the good part. She wakes up to a 40-something face, a husband and two kids and working a high-powered job. Did she actually skip ahead or has she just forgotten a large piece of her life? As she begins to settle into her bizarre new life, she finds herself having to make a heart wrenching decision, can/should she go back to 🔻 12mo
robinb her previous life, and if so, can she give up THIS good part.
A wonderful array of characters, and a surprisingly personal look into how we view our circumstances in life at various stages, and how we struggle/adapt to various scenarios…leading to the question, WHICH part is the good part and what makes one part better than the others. Also, a great ending.
Recommended whole-heartedly. 5/5⭐️
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