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One of the worst books I‘ve ever read 😂

Hi, my name is Kristy and I don't know how to quit on a book 🙋🏼 This was one of those books I just couldn't get into. I didn't hate it, but I didn't love it (but since it was a $1 secondhand bookstore find, I can't complain 🤷🏼‍♀️)

I'm at the part where I hate the main character (but I do dig the book)

I enjoyed this modern rendering of the kind of novels Edith Wharton wrote. Since women today have so many more economic opportunities than the females of Wharton's tales, many may find the protagonist's behaviors unfathomable, but I found the portrayal of the seductions of wealth and privilege fairly convincing.

Peanutbutter toast making an appearance this morning.

Another day, another $5 iced coffee.

...and shine (get it?)

I started this book a year ago and set it aside and now I remember why. The vicarious shame caused be the protagonist, with her social climbing and lying as she desperately tries to make a spot for herself on the Manhattan social scene, is excruciating. (The Germans have a brilliant word for it: fremdschämen.) While I like books with unlikeable characters, so much of this was ridiculously unbelievable and impacted a potentially good story.

Holland Saltsman at Novel Neighbor in St. Louis posing next to Everybody Rise, a big book from last fall. She's brand-new to bookselling, but look what she's already done: "We have repurposed art classes, monthly cocktail classes, and book-themed birthday parties. If a book club wants to stay & drink wine until midnight, I just let them have the events room in the back and they let themselves out when they're done." #getindie #novelneighbor

Now this sounds like something I would enjoy reading

a four star rags to riches to rags story

Finally made it to Part 2. So many distractions this first week of summer break.

summer reading pt1

I'm cleaning out my closet and found this audiobook. The design of the CDs (and cover) matched the story so well. This book gave me a financial panic attack for the main character. I was definitely in there with her. I also love Katherine Kellgren. Good stuff all around.

I had such high expectations for this book, and I was rather unfortunately disappointed. I liked it at first but it got repetitive and overall I feel like the story went nowhere. 5.5/10, probably wouldn't read again.

Working through a phase of reading about unlikable rich people...