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Light We Lost
Light We Lost | Jill Santopolo
He was the first person to inspire her, to move her, to truly understand her. Was he meant to be the last? "Extraordinary . . . An emotional roller coaster." --Delia Ephron Lucy is faced with a life-altering choice. But before she can make her decision, she must start her story--their story--at the very beginning. Lucy and Gabe meet as seniors at Columbia University on a day that changes both of their lives forever. Together, they decide they want their lives to mean something, to matter. When they meet again a year later, it seems fated--perhaps they'll find life's meaning in each other. But then Gabe becomes a photojournalist assigned to the Middle East and Lucy pursues a career in New York. What follows is a thirteen-year journey of dreams, desires, jealousies, betrayals, and, ultimately, of love. Was it fate that brought them together? Is it choice that has kept them away? Their journey takes Lucy and Gabe continents apart, but never out of each other's hearts. Me Before You meets One Day in this devastatingly romantic debut novel about the enduring power of first love, with a shocking, unforgettable ending. A Love Story for a new generation.
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laurabilly13
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2️⃣2️⃣ Perfect Saturday. Loved this book, was really attached to the characters and the ending was moving.

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AnnRaz
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“There are people we come across during our lives who, after they drift out of our worlds, drift out for good. Even if we see them again, it‘s a quick, meaningless hi and how are you? There are other people, though, with whom things pick up right where the relationship left off, whenever we run into them. The level of comfort — it feels like no time has passed.”

AnnRaz “That‘s why it was better when we weren‘t in touch. Waiting is always excruciating.” (edited) 3mo
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AnnRaz
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“What I wanted to tell you is that there are lots of ways to love people and I know that you‘ll love someone else again. Even if it‘s not the same, some of it might be better.
“‘I don‘t want to,‘ I whispered. I wanted to love only you. And I couldn‘t imagine anything could be better than that.”

Jill Santopolo ripping my heart out over here 🥺😭💔

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AnnRaz
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“There‘s something about death that makes people want to live.”

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AnnRaz
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“You taught me to look for beauty. In darkness, in destruction, you always found light.
“I don‘t know what beauty I‘ll find here, what light. But I‘ll try. I‘ll do it for you. Because I know you would do it for me.”

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Eggs
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“I don‘t think the world works that way,” I said. “I think life is just life. We‘re put in situations and we make choices and that‘s why things happen the way they do. Taking the current when it serves.”

#BookCrush
#LuckyInLove

@Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks

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Shaaaannnn
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fucking sad as hell. was not expecting that ending at all. 💔

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RenePenn
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Oh my goodness! This one had me crying at the end!

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JenReadsAlot
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I may have shed a tear or two 😢

Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks Great cover 💫 1y
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TorieStorieS
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Mehso-so

My book club meets later this week to discuss this one & I‘m really looking forward to hearing what they all thought of it! Lucy‘s story is definitely an engaging one- I listened to the whole thing in under a day, eager to see how it all unfolded. But I didn‘t always agree with Lucy‘s choices and while I definitely felt absorbed into the story, I couldn‘t really root for the romance. The ending is too open for my taste… it‘ll be fun to talk about!

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Eggs
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“Sometimes I got this feeling that we‘d never be close enough. I wanted to climb inside your skin, inside your mind, so I could know all there was to know about you.” 😓

#LoveTriangle #MarchMagic

@Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks

Cupcake12 A really pretty cover x 2y
Eggs @Cupcake12 Agree 💯! 2y
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Eggs
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Love_Books_a_Latte
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It was a meh for me. Slow begining (understood that love lost due to life direction change is time consuming but did it need so many chapters to establish) a book of moral challenge for sure. The end was a "are you serious" LoL for some to have made it to the attention it did just was not an all star for me

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Eggs
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#Soulmate

As a boy, as my husband, as a Dad walking his daughter down the aisle 2 years before his demise

#IndelibleMoments @Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks

JudeCC 😍😍🙏😃 2y
Susanita ❤️❤️ 2y
Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks ❤️❤️❤️ 2y
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chloeshaw
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Really enjoyed the twists in this book

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Eggs
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First ones that came to mind…😥

#LoveLost #ItHadToBeYou @Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks

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ewaselbecker
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Boo. I don‘t think I‘ve ever read something I disliked so much so fast. Cliché. Annoying main character. Woof-worthy ending. Maybe I have a black heart or have never known love but goo this one was not for me.

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vlwelser
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I just can't get into this. Channeling my inner snow queen and #letitgo. I don't care about any of these characters. Not sure what my problem is. This is bail # 2 this month. And I never bail.

#BookSpinBingo square 10
@TheAromaofBooks

MsMelissa I finished this one, but I didn‘t like it. 4y
TheAromaofBooks Sometimes it's just not worth the effort of pushing yourself through a book when there are so many others out there that you'll actually love. 4y
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klfilliater
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The Light We Lost is a thoughtful narrative of a relationship between two people. It is written in the second person, directed toward the romantic interest. Definitely a very fast read- I was dying to find out what happens.

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Eggs
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How can it be the eve of Wednesday again🧐🤪!?!
I hope and pray you are happy, healthy, and inspired 🧡
1* This book tore my heart out in every good way 😭
2* @SarahBradley gave me these bookish pumpkins - aren‘t they fun!?
3* Always and forever: It‘s the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown!

@TheSpineView @MoonWitch94 @ozma.of.oz @Cosmos_Moon @Crazeedi @Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks @OriginalCyn620 @Arvena @AmyG @Kshakal @EadieB @BookishTrish @tournevis

Crazeedi Thanks for the tag 😘 4y
Librarybelle Thanks for the tag! Those pumpkins are so cute! 4y
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EadieB @Eggs Thanks for the tag! 4y
OriginalCyn620 Love those pumpkins! Thanks for the tag! 😊 4y
Megabooks Thanks for the tag!! 4y
MoonWitch94 Love your pumpkins!!! Thanks for the tag 🧡 4y
TheSpineView Thanks for the tag! 🧡🎃🖤🧛‍♂️🧙‍♀️ 4y
Kelly_the_Bookish_Sidekick Those pumpkins are so nice! Thanks for the tag. 4y
AmyG Thanks for the tag! 4y
tournevis Thanks for the tag! 😘 4y
BookmarkTavern Thanks for the tag! 4y
Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks Love the pumpkins!! 🎃🧡 4y
Eggs @tournevis @ozma.of.oz you‘re welcome 😉 4y
Cosmos_Moon_River Thanks for the tag 🥰 I‘ll have to do this in the morning to snap a pic of our decor 👻🎃😻 4y
Eggs @Cosmos_Moon Great! Looking forward to that 🍁🎃 4y
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MyNamesParadise
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I really loved this book. A quick read, or listen, rather. You‘re really sucked in to Lucy‘s character as she addresses the “you” her love Gabe. Great pacing, and decent plot twists, even if some were predictable. The characters felt like such real people. I will read more from Jill Santopolo!

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Annie1215
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This card deals with choices and weighing our options. I pretty quickly thought of this book which forced the protagonist to choose between two lives and two loves. I loved this book, it really wrecked me. I‘m talking trying to hide an ugly cry on a crowded NYC subway while reading the conclusion on my way to work. Remember crowds? Anyway...I highly recommend this book if you want to go through every emotion in your arsenal. Loving this challenge!

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Eggs
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#lovetriangle #tropesinaugust @Klou

The husband who is there for you every day, a co-parent, a Godsend, a best friend. VS the man who lit your heart on fire and will always be under your skin but is physically inaccessible...

Klou This is a book I really want to read! Great pick! 4y
Eggs Thanks 😊 @Klou 4y
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MMFinck
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So-so

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Maddybain
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Sad but relatable

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Kelsyereadsbooks
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⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️/5 I LOVED this book! It was romantic and heartbreaking at the same time. If you‘ve been through a soul-crushing breakup, this book will bring you right back to that place. I also have a deep love for short chapters. Highly recommend.

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Eggs
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Day 6 #7days7books: books that left a lasting impression
This book wrecked me 😭in the most amazing way. I will never forget it🥰

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QueenG
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Book 36 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️✨
Imagine loving someone so much and let the person go so they can reach their dreams even though your heart is getting broken in the process. Going through a lot and finding someone else who came to put your pieces together and feeling like something is missing is hard. Life goes on in different ways but somehow your first love always comes to you. Everything happens for a reason but not knowing the explanation hurts the most.

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BayouGirl85
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This one railroaded me. Like the road runner who‘s legs are still moving but he is over a cliff. I felt every emotion from joy to utter heartbreak. What a beautifully haunting experience.

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alisadk
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Cute

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veebib
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"I hope you find a love like that–one that is all-consuming and powerful that makes you feel like you're going slightly mad. And if you do find that love, embrace it. Hold onto it. When you give yourself over to love like that, your heart will get bruised. It will get battered. But you will also feel invincible and infinite."

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TracyReadsBooks
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I‘ve come to the inescapable conclusion that Reese and I do not see eye to eye on books—this definitely makes me the odd one out in my circle of friends. Nothing about this one worked for me—from the writing and the story to the characters and while I know I was supposed to care deeply about the love story, I just didn‘t. So for the second time in a week, I really, really didn‘t like a book. Not a fan and I can‘t recommend this book.

Books88 I just bought that reading journal for myself! 5y
TracyReadsBooks @AJBowers The illustrations are gorgeous. I don‘t always take notes when I read—in fact, almost never—but I have been using the journal and find I‘m enjoying being more thoughtful about some of the books I‘m reading. 5y
RaimeyGallant I've suspected for some time that Reese's tastes differ from my own. 5y
Panic70 It‘s very rare for me to like any celebrity book club pick. Good thing I‘m ok being the odd one out. Now I usually just avoid whatever book is recommended. 😂 5y
TracyReadsBooks @Panic70 I typically avoid them too! Unfortunately this one was a pick for a reading retreat I‘m going on with friends so I felt obligated to read it. Should make for an interesting discussion! (I will admit to being very curious about why my friend who selected it did so...) 5y
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TracyReadsBooks
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This is the last of the seven books my friends and I picked for our book/reading retreat that I haven‘t read so it‘s next. After this one, I‘ll reread the other four and be good to go. Now reading and taking notes!

Tracyantoon Love that journal! 5y
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JacqMac
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I finished this one yesterday, but I had to sit with it for awhile. It was a good story. The writing was great. I think I was supposed to like the love story though. But I didn‘t. I really didn‘t like Lucy. Her decisions weren‘t the best. Can you like a book when you hate the main character and the decisions she made? I think I did. Maybe.

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JacqMac
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I started this one last night. It‘s hard to put down.
Time on the clock 16:10. Probably not going to make 24, but I‘m squeezing in more time than I expected.
#24B42020
@Andrew65 @jb72 @TheReadingMermaid

Andrew65 Brilliant time, given everything. Happy New Year. 👏👏👏🙌 5y
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Tiffiney
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Easy and quick read. Surprise ending. Sweet story. I really enjoyed this one.

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SolitaryBookLover
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I can relate so much! Especially as I am now on Maternity leave awaiting the arrival of our new bubba. So many thoughts about how this will play out...

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SolitaryBookLover
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I picked this book up for a light-hearted read. Turns out it has loads of beautiful@passages that make you pause and reflect on your own experiences. A beautiful surprise 😊

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kspenmoll
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#MadonnaNovember #thepowerofgoodbye
Lucy and Gabe are soulmates,who share the tragedy of witnessing 9/11 together.They experience a first, electrifying love, but their career paths separate them geographically. Star-crossed lovers? Fate?Choice? Gabe goes to photograph the war torn Middle East while Lucy eventually remains in NYC & marries.The thread that binds them is sporadic,fragile,but never quite broken.This book is Lucy‘s goodbye to Gabe.

Cinfhen I really liked this book a lot!!!! Great choice 🖤 5y
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Eggs
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🎶Cause you're the one I crave
And my cravings get dangerous
The feelings never fade
I don't think we should play with this🎶

Gabe and Lucy are irresistible to each other. Careers separate them geographically, but they must find a way...
This is a powerful, passionate, and deeply resonating story 😭 (ugly cry)

#crave
#movember
@Cinfhen

Cinfhen Brilliant pick!!! I really liked this book!!! 5y
Eggs Yes me too @Cinfhen ❣️ 5y
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BellesGotGoodReads
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“A women filled with light makes everything she touches brighter.”💡💛

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baes
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Mehso-so

⭐️⭐️💫 2.5 Stars

Eh. This was just okay. I couldn‘t really connect with Lucy, and found all of them to be selfish. Because of this I didn‘t feel invested, and in turn did not find it emotional (and I love a good tearjerker).

TrishB Felt the same about this one! 5y
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Chelleymk
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Starting another one :)

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erinjohns
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Oh so good. The paths less traveled and those we only wish we traveled. A uniquely beatiful way to write about love between two people...and how that love defined every love looking forward.

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shellleigh33
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kspenmoll
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Eggs Ohhh good choice, 😢😢 5y
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nikkiamanda
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What better way to end the summer 📖🏊

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LibraryLovingMommy
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Pg 262

"The way people interpret a situation often says more about them than it does about the situation. ... We see everything through the filter of our own desires and regrets, hopes and fears."