#SchoolSpirit
Still on my TBR this YA novel is tagged as “Pride and Prejudice meets Friday Night Lights” so it seems a good one for today‘s #Sports prompt. 🏈
Eggs I liked this book 👏🏻 2mo
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#SchoolSpirit
Still on my TBR this YA novel is tagged as “Pride and Prejudice meets Friday Night Lights” so it seems a good one for today‘s #Sports prompt. 🏈
#OminousOctober
This book from my Kindle #TBR is not ominous but I was having trouble thinking of one for football. It‘s tagged as “Pride and Prejudice meets Friday Night Lights.”
#Scarathlon2022 #TeamMonsterMash
First, Mikala Im sorry for being a horrible, disorganized slacker. I just went to organize my books for this month for LMPBC and buddy reads etc, and realized you sent this (in my brain it was for LMPBC) to me- thank you so much for your thoughtfulness!!! I should be much better now that school ends in one week and I graduate in Two. Hope you are having beautiful weather and spring flowers 🧡🧡⭐️⭐️🧡🧡😘
#QuotsyMar20 #education
I felt the same way about P.E. In high school. 😆
“As far as I was concerned, physical education was evil. You take a bunch of teenagers, make them strip down in front of each other in a locker room, have them don hideous matching uniforms, and then measure their worth based on their ability to chuck balls at a net, into a hoop, or at each other. It was just. Evil.”
All of a sudden, like an out-of-body experience, I saw myself saving tables for us in the cafeteria. Grabbing an extra side of something I knew he liked as I went through the lunch line. Calling him before bed-it was really always me who called him, wasn‘t it?-making playlists for Valentine‘s Day and pretending I didn‘t care he never gave me anything back. All those times I sat in the bleachers at practice: faithful, #hopeful, deluded.#QuotsyFeb20
#QuotsyFeb20 #champion
“Where you been, Champ? I didn‘t see you all summer. What have you been doing with yourself?”
Admittedly, champ was usually the kind of endearment passive-aggressive dudebros called each other, but Jordan claimed it was short for “champion of my heart,” and I may or may not have melted a little each time he said it.
Another book in my Kindle #TBR 📚📚📚📚📚
pickIf this had been the first Emma Mills book I read, I am not sure I would have gone on to read her others, as this one lacked a lot of the snarky banter that has endeared me to her other works. However, this is still a thoughtful, enjoyable read with a likable narrator.
pickThis is a light-hearted, quick read. It‘s simply witty, funny, charming, delightful and an all-round feel good read. Especially good if you need a break from heavier topics. This was a real treat. Just precious.
This is easy reading so far; I‘m hoping to finish it tonight 😍
pick5/5 stars. The line on the back of the book and the reason i picked up the book reads “Pride and Prejudice meets Friday Night Lights...” And is that the best description for this book. However, the friendship and sibling relationships that grow in this book really surprised me and made the book for me!
pickEven though football isn't my thing this book was good. It is about relationships between family, friends and new romance. It references Jane Austin probably as much as High School football and was a quick easy read.
"It couldn't get any better than this. My Willoughby, distraught at the news of Marianne's sudden illness, shows up at their house intoxicated, begging to see her. It was tense and dramatic and somehow, although two hundred years previous, still totally relevant. It was the drunken text message to an ex two centuries before such a thing existed." #senseandsensibility
It‘s been a while since I laughed out loud from a book, and this one hits my funny bone every other page. Nice light reading for a Sunday afternoon 😊 #characterswitharealpersonality #prideandprejudiceandfootball?
Scholastic Book Club book!! I was looking through all the clubs and found this jewel it states it is Pride & Prejudice meets Friday Night Lights!! I looking forward to reading!!!
pickWhat a surprisingly wonderful YA book!! Character development was finessed in just the right way! Going to check out more Emma Mills...
This photo from a recent football game ("first and t(h)en") shows my 18 yr old granddaughter front and center ???
pickSo I started and finished this yesterday and it was such a light contemporary read! Devon was so real and relatable, and she was witty but not overly so. She had her awkward moments and I loved it. The one thing that did bother me about the book is that there wasn't a lot of closure or resolution. I would still recommend it if you need a pick-me-up book tho:-)
pickFun quick read with some mentioning of Jane Austen! Also look how pretty it is under the dust jacket!
so-soA fantastic book to pull you out of your inevitable book slumps. Fun, light and witty.
pickBook 12. There was a lot of set up here for some of the background characters to have bigger, more interesting stories and it just went unfilled. Nice light read though. I would have liked to have known what happened with the pregnant girl though.
First & Then by Emma Mills
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So this wasn't the best book but that doesn't mean I didn't enjoy it. It was very cute but the ending was just too abrupt for me. Plus the cover is beautiful. I am currently reading another Emma Mills book "This Adventure Ends" (also a very pretty cover) and loving it.
pick4/5 🌟 It was a very cute read, full of a lot of real problems and a lot of stuff we tend to sweep under the rug; stuff that isn't usually mentioned in books.
The characters were all amazing and I feel like they all grew and learned about themselves while learning from each other and it was kind of awesome to witness. Emma Mills, this was a beautiful debut novel.
pickPitched as Pride and Prejudice + Friday Night Lights: This was a cute, quick read. I didn't love every character but I LOVED the one who takes on the Darcy-like role. Lots of family friends + football in here! I added the audio (read by the author) but I personally think print-only is the way to go.
so-soA cute story. A couple characters felt impossible to like or relate to, which I suppose isn't the worst thing. It took less than a day to read and goes by very quickly.
I've had this one in my TBR pile for a while now. I'm excited to finally get to it!
pickI loved this debut novel. Such an enjoyable story with complex and relatable characters. Highly recommend you give this a read
pickI love book subs because this is another book that I probably wouldn't have picked out on my own. Jane Austen meets Friday Night Lights?! I really enjoyed this one 😄 Looking forward to reading some of her other books 👍🏼
pickA sweet, modern take on Pride and Prejudice that also talks a lot about the meaning of family. A great read. I couldn't put it down for the last 100 pages.
A big fan of Emma Mills, and "How to Adult." I was really excited to start this book, and I'm having trouble putting it down!
pickThis was such a fun book to read about shifts in family structure. Also, it's Pride & Prejudice meets Friday Night Lights, minus Coach Taylor.
pickThis book was a great read, perfect for the mood I was in. It was mostly light with some more angst-filled moments spread throughout. I loved the characters and their dynamics. I can't wait to see more from Emma Mills.
pickFun quick read. Pride and Prejudice-patterned with high school kids and football.
Loving this YA book-- it has surprised me with nice Jane Austen references and likeable (and likeably unlikeable-- think: Darcyesque) characters. 😊 Hoping for more time to read it today...
