The only good thing about being home sick for two days.

I love Backman's books, but this one is just making me sad and angry and sad.
Sigh...

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Sad and sweet and realistic in its complexity. I devoured it in 24 hours, which rarely happens any more.

Like hanging out with my teenaged daughter and her friends, in the best possible way. A fun read after a series of dark and mediocre books.

I loved this so much.

Part two of matchy jacket design. Not as obvious as the last one but still eye catching.

Cover design wars

Loving this one so far. I really liked her last novel, which was the first thing I'd read by her.

Blech. Just blech.

This was a lovely way to start my day today, even though it made me late for work.

Embarrassed that I didn't know this was Australian. I rarely listen to audiobooks; the reader surprised me! (I just discovered that I've been paying for Audible for a while, so I downloaded books to use up my credits before I quit.)

This was the soothing, comfortable, enjoyable book I needed right now. Familiar settings, familiar characters, none of which I found stupid or annoying.

No. I kept waiting for something to happen. It seemed like it was written solely to be a screenplay. Like Gone Girl, it would probably make a better movie than book. They wouldn't have to cut anything to fit it into 100 minutes.

This is not turning out to be the break I needed from hard books. It's been sitting in my TBR pile for so long that I forgot what it was about.
I'm gonna need some book candy after this one.

Why I read...
Why would anyone DO this? More specifically, my desire to sit and read in peace is greater than my desire to find one of my kids and ask "wtf?'

This was fascinating. Also, it was quite a challenge compared to most of what I read these days. But it felt good to stretch the brain a bit.

Predictable but still totally enjoyable. Like Before We Were Yours, it will be a good one to recommend to people.

Snowed in and starting this one.

Sweet and sad. I need to re-read Practical Magic while this is fresh in my head.

Good, but after 3 in a row, I need one that's not sad.

Maybe not worth the hype, but solid. Sad.

Isn't it "tenet"?

Two mentions of my hometown in this book so far. I always wonder whether authors have a personal connection to locations, or if they just throw darts at a map.