It‘s a grid full of picks! One book gets the tag and so unfair to eight other books when TJR s in the mix!
5 ⭐️= Loved It, want to shout out loud about this book! I do/will own/keep a physical copy. A+
4 ⭐️= Liked it, would love to discuss. Solid B
3 ⭐️= Meh, no need to discuss. Avg C
2 ⭐️=Nope D
1 ⭐️=DNF F
pick5⭐
•I don‘t even have to know what a TJR book is about, because I know she‘s going to make it wholly worthwhile, regardless, and this book was no exception. She pulls emotion out of you like no other writer. My only nitpick: she spent an overabundance of time on the romance aspect, and I just wanted to get back to the tragedy on the spaceship.
•The narration by Kristen DiMercurio & Julia Whelan was fantastically performed.
pickTaylor Jenkins Reid is an expert at making you care about her characters. The novel is a love story set in NASA during the early 1980s, the early years of the Space Shuttle program, and it touches on sexism and homophobia. And that ending!!
Also - I much prefer the UK cover to the US one.
Book 50/60 Page 16,695/18,000 #Read2025 @DieAReader
so-so⭐️⭐️⭐️/5
Sooooo, this is gonna be an unpopular opinion but….this one was just ok for me🫣
TJR is one of my faves but I don‘t know with this one. The one good thing I can say is that I absolutely adored Frances and her relationship with her aunt and could‘ve read a whole book just about them.😅
pickIf it didn't have the ending it did, it would've been a so-so read. Space exploration and NASA just don't do it for me, so my attention kept wondering. But I did love that ending.
40/80
There's nothing better than finishing a book and then finding book mail in the mailbox 😁
When Target has their buy one, get one 50%off!!🫣😁😁
pickTJR is a pre-order author for me. I love the characters (even when I don‘t 🤣) she creates and the voice she gives them. 1980s, NASA, the space shuttle era - this story was so good . It was a perfect month to publish this beautiful love story, and the family drama highlights how important it is to insure those we love know they matter.
so-soI really expected to love this book as I am a fan of the space program, but I found it to be a snoozer. There were some interesting antidotes, but, overall it felt disjointed and there was too many wives to keep straight. Loved all the photos.
