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I read this as a team book for a readathon this month. I had never heard of it, and learned some things about the Philippines I wouldn‘t have otherwise.

I could not finish! It did not draw my interest in any way and it just seemed too basic to me.
As @dabbe would say, Hail the Bail!

2 girl, 1 imposter. 3 parents, 1 uncle. Many secrets that all lead to one grandmother. This book so far has been pretty mid. I thought it would be better but I also think spring semester has been making reading more difficult!

Sadly, I have to say, I didn‘t like this book. It fell too short. But the whole idea sounded so promising!

FULL REVIEW: http://abookandateacup.blogspot.com/2021/06/review-i-was-jane-austens-best-frien...

I'm taking my just turned 9 year old to Barnes and Noble today to spend the birthday $ he got from the grands, and as luck would have it my IRS refund hit the bank today. So I need all the recommendations. Prefer mysteries and sci-fi and travel memoirs. I love long series I can really sink my teeth into. Don't care for romance or domestic thrillers, but I'm pretty open to anything else. Hit me up with everything you love!

This was such a quick read and kept me completely sucked in from the first page. If you were a fan of shows (books) like Pretty Little Liars or Revenge, then you will love this one. The setting with the vacation island for the rich and the cousins reuniting there to find out family secrets was a lot of fun and lots of twists and turns kept the story going until the very end!

By pure coincidence - I swear! - #6 on my list is my first book of 2024 that I just finished. 🤯 #BookSpin
I love books that get me to care about the characters *and* teach me something about the world that I didn't know much about. This book does that for the Duterte Regime's “War on Drugs“ in the Philippines, which included a wave of extrajudicial killings - no arrests, no due process, no rehabilitation for substance users. It was heartbreaking.

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I‘m late for dinner again, but this time it‘s not my fault. There‘s a mansplainer in my way.
“Mildred? That‘s a grandmother‘s name. But not even a cool grandmother.” He says it like he thinks he‘s being clever.
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It's an epic tale of family, inheritance and lies. The storyline is straightforward: Mildred Story disinherited her children with no cause except a letter saying “You know what you did.” Twenty four years later she invites cousins Jonah, Aubrey and Milly Story to Gull Cove Island where nothing is as it seems.
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