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The emotions expressed are so realistic they are likely to bring on a good cry, so keep tissues close. It was a beautiful journey.

Easy summer read. Heavy topics (cancer, dying), but somehow enjoyably charming and funny. Would recommend.

Book 3/4 #20in4 @Andrew65
Daisy was cancer free till she went for her 4 year check up. And she finds out she's stage 4 with metastasis. How will Jack manage without her? She must find him a wife before she goes. This was a quick read and really not as heartrending like I expected. It definitely makes one think about the time we have and how to live. Recommend.

Reading book 3/4 for #20in4 (by the fire!)
@Andrew65

What's love? This book might have the answer

@Clwojick #ISpy a neon green cover. 🙌🏻

@wideeyedreader @Inkblotsandcoffeestains @veritysalter Want to play along and find a book with food on the cover?

When Daisy‘s cancer returns, it is time to face her mortality. Colleen Oakley balances the humorous with the serious as Daisy decides how to spend her remaining days and what that means for her marriage. #tearjerker #readwithmrbook

“‘An impressive feat…an immensely entertaining, moving, and believable read‘ (Atlanta Journal-Constitution), this debut novel in the bestselling tradition of P.S. I Love You revolves around a young woman with breast cancer who undertakes a mission to find a new wife for her husband before she passes away.” #breastcancerawarenessmonth #spooktober

#howfarillgo #maymoviemagic

Daisy is only in her 20s, but she has learned that her 2nd bout of cancer is terminal. She takes it upon herself to find a new wife for her husband before she dies.

This has been compared to PS I Love You, which is why I read it. I gave this one five stars, which speaks for itself.

Oakley's first novel takes on the big three...life, death, and love...and she does so with just the right mixture of humor, sarcasm, and seriousness. She really makes you think about how you would spend your days if you knew you were dying and to what end you would go to in order to make sure the ones you love and leave behind are taken care of. Great characters and an interesting plot. Just be prepared to cry!!!!

A little poetry for April! 😀📚🙂

Gag me. This book is nothing but overly sentimental garbage. Why is it romantic to be married to a man child who can't make canned soup or pick up his dirty clothes? In what world does a dying woman really agonize over finding her husband a new wife while forbidding him to accompany her to her brain surgery? I hated everything about this book. I only finished it because I was listening to the version narrated by Rebecca Lowman. She's amazing.

This time she compared the food in her fridge to school children who have had assigned seats all year but have been given free reign at the end of the semester. I really don't know why I'm still listening to this one. It's depressing and the writing is horrible.

Ok not a metaphor this time, but she just used the same caulk= cock joke twice in 2 chapters. Inexcusable.

This book is terrible! I have no idea how I'll get through it. I'm going to start documenting all my favorite similes and metaphors. 1) "All the air was sucked from the room as if someone had said Voldemort in the middle of Hogwarts." What?!

Beautiful writing that will hit everyone at this point. It's the kind of love I want but might be scared to find. Colleen Oakley did a fantastic job of reaching in and touching the heart.

Today's #getindie shout-out goes to the amazing FoxTale Book Shoppe in Atlanta, GA (where I picked up this gem, Before I Go, which had me sobbing on the plane home.) The ladies who run the place are smart, sassy, charming, and devoted to books. Love ya, Foxes!

If you like the sad stories, this was a good one. Definitely sad, but an interesting story. Didn't love the characters, but it was still hard to put down.

"I fell anger bubbling up inside of me like a bottle of Dr Pepper that's been rolling around the floorboard of a car - just waiting for the top to be taken off so it can burst free from its confined plastic."

As a breast cancer survivor myself, at times this book was a little hard to read. I cried through parts of it. Very well written. I would recommend this just make sure to have a tissue near.

This book was heartbreaking, sure, but more than anything I appreciated the honesty in this character's thought process throughout the progression of her disease: she loved her husband and worried for him after her death. And she didn't want to die.

I loved this one. Made me think quite a bit.

I thought I'd read a chapter or two before going to sleep but right now I'm sitting in my bed in the dark with my book light and I CANNOT STOP READING THIS.