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My August selection for #ReadOrDonate is The Other‘s Gold. What will everyone else be reading or donating? 🤔

#CuriousCovers #Gold

Meh! This could have been so good (and I love campus novels usually) but it needed some serious editing. There were endless, clumsy, sentences that didn‘t make sense, the wrong words used in some places and some glaring errors in plot lines.

Also the four MCs weren‘t well developed and the final plot line of the 4 was just WTF!?

I was going to give it a so-so but, having written my thoughts down, it definitely feels like a ‘pan‘.

I wasn‘t sure how I was going to feel about this book until about half way through when it started to get my buy in. I‘m always a fan of flawed characters and examination of relationships so as we got more insight on all these characters I got more in to it. I would give it 3.5-4/5 ⭐️
I‘m one step closer to a bingo on #bookspinbingo

First day back at work after vacation kicked my butt. 10 hours and 250 pending emails later...I‘m starting my next read from the comfort of my bed.

Book 13. What‘s the worst thing you‘ve ever done? This book follows four best friends from college into adulthood and we see their joys and sorrows, but we also witness the worst thing each of them has ever done. I almost DNFed this one until we hit part 3 and the biggest “oh no she didn‘t” moment and then I was hooked.

Dropped off a book at one of my favorite Little Free Libraries today, only to find this one (which I had read and really enjoyed via library audiobook) for the taking. It's one I‘d reread, for sure. 💙

It may be because I just finished “The Only Plane in the Sky,” but I can‘t get invested in this one. Life is too short.

Oh my. What a hot mess of a book. The description sounded SO good, but it was so bad. The four main characters were so underdeveloped that I could not differentiate them from each other. The storylines were disjointed and not told in a way that made sense plot wise. And the final story was just so WTAF that I wanted to throw the book across the room.

Is it just me or does this very long sentence not make sense?

Ok, yes, this does very much confuse people. Two Kansas Cities in two different states. Yes, the bigger city is the Missouri version. Blows peoples minds who are not from here. 🤷🏽‍♀️

Last stack of library holds for the year before I switch over to reading my own books for the rest of the year. What a stack to go out on—I‘m looking forward to every single one of these!

I was impressed by this intense, sometimes wild, often relatable story of female friendship and its complex, emotionally rich characters who make some big bad decisions yet plenty of good ones along the way. Great Julia Whelan narration, too. Love this quote: “It was not possible to rescue anyone, she knew by now, but you could recognize her. You could see what she showed you, flinch and keep looking, let her find in your own face the truth.”

A book about female friendship, recommended by Jesmyn Ward, & compared to “The Interestings” by Meg Wolitzer?

God(dess), yes. I‘m SO in.

I'm falling into the so-so camp on this. I feel awful about it, but it wasn't at all what I was expecting. I blame myself more than the author.

Full review here: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/2758615051

#currentlyreading I think going to be a 2-3 star. Disappointing for sure.

I‘ve been on a roller coaster of emotion these last several weeks. My husband & I got news that a friend passed away unexpectedly at age 29 & though it took a day to hit me, it really packed a wallop. I wasn‘t reading much as we waited for a date for the wake/funeral and then we spent the past weekend crying & remembering him. The shining light through it all, aside from the rest of our dear friends was a job offer (!!!) and, always, new books 💕

Incisive, honest and recognizable story about four women and their friendship over time and through tough events. The author never forces happy endings or reckonings; this will either be refreshing to you or you will be frustrated by the grey area. I found it a wonderful and deeply satisfying read. It‘s so great when women are allowed to be complex and imperfect, yet still loveable and worthy Of loyalty.

A story about four friends, each section focused on a massive mistake and the ways that they get through the fallout together. It was beautifully written, with so much empathy and compassion and description so vivid and emotional. I loved it. On sale 8/27.