pickThere wasn‘t anything especially surprising for me in this story of public school girl getting the opportunity to attend an elite private school with a secret society, but it was a fun listen for today.
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pickThis is YA novel about Colt and Julia, two teens from opposite ends of the social/financial spectrum who embark on a secret relationships is well-written but doesn‘t really end up going anywhere. Light pick.
“I‘d never expected to lose nearly everyone I loved by the time I was twenty-five.”
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pickI read this book because Lidija Hilje recommended it and I loved her book Slanting Towards the Sea. The Paper Palace is a love story, just like Slanting, but not as good.
Elle is staying with her husband and kids at Cape Cod. As always Jonas is there too, with his own family. They used to love each other but never really were together. This year everything changes and Elle has a tough choice to make.
An enjoyable read and a light pick.
#WeeklyForecast 44/52
My reading has been slow lately, I‘ve had way too little time! I am reading and enjoying the tagged book though and have just started The Barbizon.
The Beauvoir memoir is one I‘ve been interested in for a long time and I hope to finally read it now!
After the events of We Were Liars, one of the adults shares a secret story from her past.
I kept going back & forth while reading this, trying to decide whether it added meaningfully to WWL or perhaps took away from it. (In making explicit something that could be read as ambiguous.) In the end, though I think it was too much of a retread of the first book, it had enough to say to make it a pick. It didn't touch my heart in the same way.
Up next…borrowed from a friend and on my #bookspin list for months!
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