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Love,Unscripted
Love,Unscripted: A Novel | Owen Nicholls
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A film-obsessed romantic rewrites the script to understand why his "picture-perfect" love story crashed and burned in this wonderfully clever debut. Ellie had the quizzical eyebrows of Broadcast News-era Holly Hunter and the neon-red hair of Kate Winslet in Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind. At least, that's what caught Nick's attention when he met her on the night of 2008's historic election. A cinema devotee and lover of great love stories, Nick always fancied himself the Tom Hanks of his own romantic comedy, and when sparks flew with Ellie that night, he swiftly cast her as the Meg Ryan of his story. For four blissful years, Nick loved Ellie as much as he loved his job as a film projectionist: wholly, earnestly, cinematically. But now Ellie has moved out, convinced "the fire's gone," and Nick is forced to sift through his memories to figure out where it all went wrong. The fallout from Ellie's declaration that she "doesn't love Nick the way she used to" throws him back into recollections of their first night together. Their shared jokes, her wry smile, the "hope" that filled the night air--his memories are as rose-colored as the Hollywood love stories he idealizes. That night was a perfect meet-cute, yes, but was their romance as destined for a "happily ever after" as he'd thought? Is he really the rom-com hero he believes he's been? Or did this Harry let his Sally down? Peppered with references to beloved movies, Love, Unscripted explores how even a hopeless romantic can learn that in real life, love isn't, and shouldn't be, like what we see in the movies.
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heikemarie
Love,Unscripted: A Novel | Owen Nicholls
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My food isn‘t pretty tonight is it IS tasty. Burrito bowl monster with rice, chicken, pinto beans, street corn, avocado, red leaf lettuce from my CSA box, sour cream, and tapatío. My husband left me to my own devices ? which means I get to read at the table. I‘m polishing off the tagged book but I‘m still unsure about it... tell you more later. Hope everyone has something tasty to eat today!

Sleepswithbooks Your dinner sounds delicious!! 4y
heikemarie @Stacypatrice it was tasty if not photogenic!! Thank you ☺️ 4y
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Nitpickyabouttrains
Love,Unscripted: A Novel | Owen Nicholls
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A cute romance. I actually sort of hated the main couple? The main guy was an ass. And the girl was too good for him

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Lydiamansel
Love,Unscripted: A Novel | Owen Nicholls
Panpan

But too whiny, took a while to get through

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Lauren.Archer
Love,Unscripted: A Novel | Owen Nicholls
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Mehso-so

This is the story of Nick who was recently dumped bu his long time girlfriend Ellie. Nicholls‘ tells this story over 3 timelines, the night Obama was elected in 2008, 4 years later post breakup and then there are 4 interludes that help fill in the blanks.

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Thank you NetGalley and Ballentine Books for an Advanced Reader‘s Copy of this book in exchange for an honest review.

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ShananigansReads
Love,Unscripted: A Novel | Owen Nicholls
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Bailedbailed

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ShananigansReads
Love,Unscripted: A Novel | Owen Nicholls
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#WeekendReads
1. Tagged, Royal Holiday and Immortal Unborn
2. “He rolled on top of her and tickled her, just to hear her giggle.”
3. Just had a cranberry ginger ale and will be drinking water next.

rachelsbrittain Cranberry ginger ale sounds lovely 5y
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