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Couldn‘t get over the over-the-top British writing and contrived characters

I adored Iona Iverson‘s Rules for Commuting and so I knew I wanted to read the author‘s book just prior. EXACTLY my favorite kind of book! This is another “found family”, great lovable characters, assumptions made, kindness needed, and a happy hopeful ending.

#ReadICT category Lost or Found

Just started my next library book and found pie on page 11! #ReadICT Category: Lost or Found (I think 🤔) #LitPie #BooksandPie #iLovePie

4.5⭐️ I was a bit ambivalent when a #bookclub choose this about a month ago, but as I got into the story, I was finding myself actually enjoying the book. #2024 #bookstagram #bookreview #contemporary #fiction #foundfamily #romance #feelgood #chicklit

Was my #doublespin selection for January

https://bookshop.org/p/books/the-authenticity-project-clare-pooley/9595165?ean=9...

What time I went to bed last night #wildchild I just want to be reading and comfy

It‘s the middle of the night. Truthfully it‘s 5:30 and full dark thanks to stupid clock changing, who is the holdout for EST?!

Good one! Cute book.

New book!

Sunny day, good book, all is good.

One notebook connects several people in this quirky novel. What does it mean to be authentic…authenticity is on the mind of Julian, who decides to share his thoughts in a notebook and let it somewhere for others to read and contribute. This is a story about friendship and support and being true to oneself. I greatly enjoyed the storylines, and prepare to use a tissue or two.

I tore through Iona Iverson's Rules for Commuting and loved it so dug this off the shelf where it's been languishing far longer than it should have. I definitely preferred Iona but this was a very strong debut. It gave me Eleanor Oliphant is Completely Fine crossed with The Curious Charms of Arthur Pepper vibes.

I am still reading this book, but so far I like it. It is written in different way with short chapters that change from personage to personage. I am very slow reader lol but I am already half way through the book. I will make full review once I am done 😁

⭐️⭐️⭐️. Authentically cute 😍

Great book to read when you need something that is easy and leaves you feeling good about the world. I liked that the characters were all different ages and had different backgrounds and personalities. Yet they all complimented each other. Their lives each improved after the notebook ended up in their possession. ⭐⭐⭐⭐
Love checking out the different covers books can have! Same story, but somehow the cover can influence whether you pick a book up.

I was dreading this but absolutely loved it. A cute, quick, endearing read without being fluffy.

Thanks to @AmyG for sending me this novel. A quick and easy read, just what I needed right now. A lonely man starts a journal explaining his current life - he once was a well known “somebody” and now he is lonely and alone. He leaves the journal at a cafe and from there it moves on to other people. How the journal impacts them, how they come together & how they learn to speak their truth is fun to watch. It‘s a romance novel but the concept is 👍

$1.99 today on
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Great read- also a good reminder that people aren‘t always how they present themselves, & how we all impact each other‘s lives whether it‘s by our actions or inactions. This book ends on a happy note- sometimes you just need everything to work out 💕

Everyone lies about their lives (on social media). What would happen if you shared the truth instead? So what happens when an aging, artist decides to entitle a blank journal The Authenticity Project, launch into an admission of how his life is not meeting expectations and leave the book in a public place for the next person to expand, ignore or discard? People find it, write in it, and pass it along; bringing some together almost by serendipity.

Basically this story revolves around six characters, all of whom have issues in their lives. I really enjoyed this well written story and loved the idea. I enjoyed the humour running through it. It‘s a feel good, heartwarming read whilst, at the same time, having something to tell us.

This was a sweet story about strangers who connect because of a notebook where they write about their true selves-The Authenticity Project. Some of the characters where pretty unlikable at times but most of them did grow and improve by the end.

My #doublespin for June. @TheAromaofBooks

Kind of a slow starter for me but overall I liked this book. It‘s all about the notebook that connects these strangers.

This was a nice feel good story. The premise of the notebook to have these characters collide was clever and grounding. Everyone had flaws and needed friends and courage to face truths of themselves and their lives. I was very touched by the characters and their supportive nature. Well done.

Oh. My. Word. Dont know the last time I was so moved and amazed with other people‘s lives. The authentic you think someone is, the more lies you uncover. That‘s life thou. That no matter what your life affects another‘s. Good and bad. That change is good. There‘s so much I can say, not enough space. It‘s not fast paced. But that‘s the joy of it. The time passed as real life time. Take time to experience
loved Monica most. Ending sad yet satisfying

This is such a heartwarming book. With weather outside, warmest at 25 degrees, this has been a nice read. Every time I think I‘m getting to understand a character, another on shows up because of the book making is round. I really like how you don‘t know what the person is writing in the book until the next person finds it to read it. I also love how new friend drama is really the only major conflict. Everyone‘s trying to live those authentic life

I really enjoyed this book, the story is a notebook is left lying around with the hope someone writes the answers to the question written there. And so begins a journey which involves six strangers which leads to friendships and romance! #books

I enjoyed this book about an eccentric cast of loners who are unexpectedly brought together by a confessional art project...with some caveats. First, it's a slow-burn. The characters are not immediately likeable -- some barely, eventually likeable -- so you may not be invested right away. And second, a fairly big part of the story IS a romance & I personally didn't find any of the characters swoon-worthy (or sponge-worthy, if you're Elaine Benes).

“Hazard felt like he was trapped in Groundhog Day. Every day the sun shone. Every day he‘d follow the same routine: meditation...walk on the beach, swim, read in hammock, lunch, siesta, swim, dinner, bed. He realized he was “living the dream”...He should be horribly grateful. But he was bored. Bored rigid. Bored stupid. Bored to death.”

LISTEN. I know, beyond any shadow of a doubt, that I would NOT be bored. Fucking Hazard.

Update: 50 pages later, I‘m glad I didn‘t give up. 🙌🏻

Roughly 40 pages in & not so sure about this book, when I happen to take a glance at the spine.

Should I be interpreting this as a divine sign? 😅

This was the first book for 2021.
I had a difficult following along (maybe because I was working while listening )
However I can say the feelings Alice was having about being a wife and mother was very much relatable.

#bookspinbingo

Once I finish The Empire of Gold which is huge just over 750 pages I will tackle these two. I have a lot of time off work this week so hope to finish TEOG at the weekend or earlier if possble! #tbr

What happens when a bunch of strangers share the unglamorous truths about their lives? This is a sweet and somewhat predictable story of the ways they all come together and work towards happiness. Not earth shattering but nice. Full review at https://booknaround.blogspot.com/2020/12/review-authenticity-project-by-clare.ht...

2020 read great book 📚🤩

Finally! After months of order, cancellation and reorder I have my copy of The Authenticity Project 😃

What a lovely story. Seriously, such a wonderful pick me-up book. Especially with all the shitty things happening right now - it‘s so easy to disappear into this world of warm coffee, love, and some serious soul searching. It feels like a warm hug on a cold day with your most beloved friends.

I enjoyed this light novel for the most part. I tried the audiobook and it didn‘t work for me. But the book was better. I had some issues with likability and believability but an entertaining light read. #ARC #Edelweiss

Seen on today‘s #audiowalk

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Entertaining read with relatable characters. I give it 3/5 ⭐️
It was a good, light read but nothing especially memorable.

This is the story of how six strangers meet because of an exercise in telling a truth about themselves in a book they leave for someone to find.

This was a good fun read, a bit of guilty pleasure. No great literary classic but perfect given where my heads at. However I would have liked a couple of the characters to be a bit more fleshed out.

Sweet! I read this straight through tonight. Love every single character. A cofessional notebook brings together an unlikely group of people who didnt know they needed each other. 5 star read for me.