Welcome to Litsy!

“7 days to fall in love, 15 years to forget, and 7 days to get it all back again.“ Eva, a single mom and bestselling erotica writer is feeling pressed from all sides. Shane, a reclusive, enigmatic, award-winning novelist is a loner. They meet unexpectedly at a literary event.
It is so much more than a romance novel and still a romance novel. Great characters, lot of themes, great relationships, bookish setting, good pace, good ending.
4/5🌟

A beautiful contemporary second chance romance. Full of angst and past trauma, this is not a comfort romance read, but is a great story. A comp author would be Kennedy Ryan, who I would rank above this, but I did enjoy this story. 4.5⭐️ Also a #Roll100 pick done!

The writing on this book is beautiful and it made me slow down a little bit to appreciate it fully.

I did have some issues with the story though. Felt like it was dragged out a little at 90% or so. This story is very complex, there are a lot of layers to it and I felt like somewhere along the way the author wanted to do too many things to create a powerful ending.

But it was a good read!

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Started this without reading the synopsis…🔥 from the start!

In the middle of way too many books (as always), but I‘m enjoying all of them so much!

i loved this story. this was a great read

Idk why, but I just can‘t finish this book. I keep trying and trying. I guess with everything going on I‘ve just been blah… 😑 I hate to dnf books but life is short!

#LitsyLoveReads
#LitsyLove

Reading in the car at William‘s appointment today. He had a stress test and they wouldn‘t let me go back with him. Home now and sitting on the back porch. We haven‘t heard officially, but his stress test was abnormal. I‘m sure a heart cath will be scheduled. He also has to have another sleep study because his bipap isn‘t working. Please send us some prayers and light 💙🙏🏻

#LitsyLove

Ohhhh this book!! It‘s bringing back so many memories of a life I lived so long ago… ❤️❤️❤️

Doing some planting today!! it‘s another beautiful day in MS! The perfect day for it 🌱 🌺🌷🪻

You were right Vanessa @vlwelser !!! The first scene 🫣🤣😳

#LitsyLove

I‘ve heard great things about this one!

#2ndchanceromance
#SpringSkies

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Wow! This was such a fast and fun read for me. The main characters were both so easy to root for! 4/5 ⭐️

This book had it all! Breaking generational trauma, soulmates, spice, a strong badass MC, family dynamics. This one was out of my usual reading choice but damn did I ever love it! I've been in a slump ever since. 😅

#booklover #spicy #books #sevendaysofjune #romance #drama #beautiful #blackvoices #lovedit #fivestars

A throw back but one that I still think about today! Absolutely loved reading Seven Days in June when I used to follow along with Reese‘s Book Club and it makes me want to start following along with a book club again for 2024. We shall see 😍🤍

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️🎧Enjoyed the book. Was a little frustrated with the characters at one point but enjoyed how their stories came to an end (although a bit abruptly). I liked the bookish setting.

I primarily consume my books via audio books but needed to snag my book club title in print because the hold list is so long.

this is the next book im going to read and im rlly looking forward to it. the story is very interesting and i like the authors style.

This is a heavy light read. I read it for book club and besides the title I‘m not sure why 🤣 it‘s not awful ( better than Colleen Hoover) but it‘s not book club material, altho Reese thinks so, maybe it‘s me ( it does raise an interesting point about black authors being given whitewashed film deals 👎🏻👎🏻 and that it is worth talking about)

Fridays are for books and chips ( this a for a bookclub and I‘m seriously wondering why it was chosen 🤣🤣)

9 days actually, but whatever. I'm ready for the #JoysofJune readathon. My goal is to finish at least two of these books, maybe throw in a graphic novel too.
@Andrew65

Book choice #3 for my Fable book club Prof. Stacey‘s TBR. Polls will go live tonight on my fable site (see below) and my Instagram Prof.StaceyTBR.

Stay tuned for the last choice today!

https://fable.co/club/prof-staceys-tbr-book-club-with-stacey-lettini-33812063356...

3 out of 5

Loved this! The writing is so smart and vibrant and alive. Great banter, chronic illness rep, and an adorable relationship between the main character and her daughter. This is so much more than a romance novel (though it‘s also a romance novel).

“Seven days to fall in love, 15 years to forget, and seven days to get it all back again...”

#secondchancelove #loveathon #loveathon2023

🎧📖 Eva Mercy is a single mom and bestselling erotica writer who is feeling pressed from all sides. Shane Hall is a reclusive, enigmatic, award-winning novelist, who, to everyone‘s surprise, shows up in New York.
When Shane and Eva meet unexpectedly at a literary event, sparks fly, raising not only their buried traumas, but the eyebrows of the Black literati. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

I hated the first three pages and then loved this book. Did the editor do that? Eva and Shane are well known writers who for a week when they were teens found each other. Their new careers and their new lives take off. Can they fit each other back into letting themselves feel loved? Good read! ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

I am not a big romance reader but have been trying a few this year. I enjoyed the story line and liked the characters of Eve and Shane. But didn't enjoy the way too smart daughter (reading Fraud at 8? Annoying) and did not enjoy Williams writing style. She adds in hyper specific details like Indonesia (via HomeGoods) pillows and Samsung Galaxy phone details that will severely date a book and felt like filler to get her word count up.

For some reason, I just didn‘t click with this one. I definitely liked parts of the plot, but I guess I just didn‘t connect with the characters. I think the mother daughter relationship just didn‘t work for me for some reason. It‘s between a so so and a pick, but I‘m going to say so so. I think it‘s a good book, maybe just not my exact taste.

"Shane wasn't a thing to outgrow. He'd always fit. No matter how old or young or sophisticated or raw she was. No matter how much time had passed. Shane was inevitable."

Such a satisfying Romance read.

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This book was a great read! Got it from the library on a whim knowing nothing about it beforehand, but it was just the kind of immersive story I needed this weekend.

43/22 I don‘t do romance. But today, whilst it hammered with rain and the sun shone… at the same time… I hid away and finally finished this book and it might if changed my mind. I really enjoyed it. There were some perfect one liners and it had just the right level of lovers angst for me. The end maybe felt a little rushed. But overall a great read.

Working my way through this audiobook 😍🥰

I can definitely see where the hype is. I'm really enjoying it so far about 40% done.

4☆ (#gifted)
A wonderful novel about mothers, daughters, writers, romance and the complications of life.
SEVEN DAYS IN JUNE was a book I debating reading for a while. But I ended up devouring it! Full of warmth, humor and romance it is the perfect summer read! So if like me you shy away from romantic story lines, trust me shake it up and give this one a go you won't be dissapointed!

Took me a while to get into this book, but the second half was amazing! I flew through the last third of the book in one sitting. I liked the story and loved Eva and Shane. Audre got on my nerves a tiny bit, but pulled it out in the end. I especially love that invisible illnesses got some publicity with this novel as I live with them too.

I‘m making slow progress on this book not because it isn‘t good, but because it‘s hot hot hot and the sea has been calling! I‘ve even been taking my commute to the next village for my favorite coffee shop by paddle board! And I don‘t think the library would appreciate me taking their book for a dip 😂 my current audio book reads have been fairing better. But the weather has broken this morning, it‘s cool out so back to reading I think!

I got these 5 books for $11 in the library bookstore. They have half off books through Saturday.
All are on my #TBR already.
#librarybooksale #bookhaul

Excellent Litsy Made Me book, so thanks to everyone who put this in my feed.
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As a younger teen, I would become totally absorbed in my mom‘s romance books. Reconnecting with that part of me, especially with a smart, modern story like this, seemed as though it could be healing. But, nope. My shriveled heart rejects that plan. Other stories are calling.

I‘ve slipped a disc and I‘m not very mobile, which is rubbish BUT it does mean I get to do Some beach reading whilst hubby and toddler look for crabs this morning 😊

So far I‘m finding this book to be smart, witty and very enjoyable. Perfect beach read.

4⭐/5⭐

Read for the #SummerHeat buddy read, but also because it sounded interesting and showed up on a list of books by a POC about joy and not trauma. Can I be honest? This didn't feel like joy. Sure, it's not tackling Jim Crow-era racism or slavery, but I found that the MCs, Eva and Shane, just had too many demons in all their baggage to really make this feel like joy.
This is a second-chance romance, told in the present, with sections going back ⬇️

Great summer read! Sometimes I just want to read about people who are meant to be together against the odds. 4.5⭐️

Thanks for the tag @MoonWitch94 😺
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3- I'm really need the escapism now.
4- cover art
I tag @Christine @booksellerofyourdiscontent @tracey38
#ThoughtfulThursday

Yet again, I‘m late to the #buddyread party😂🤦‍♀️but better late than never. I loved reading everyone‘s comments from Sunday!
For a romance to be successful, all I need is 3 simple things to be right…Am I rooting for the couple to be together? Is the chemistry/banter great? And are the supporting characters fun and/or interesting? And this was a yes, yes and yes! An enjoyable read, perfect for summer. #summerheat
#pop2022 #romancebyabipocauthor

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ A romance author and a literary author, both sparked by their tumultuous whirlwind week together as teens, have been writing to one another through their art. This is a very intense story of lost and found love. Eva‘s daughter Audre, a precocious, intelligent 12 year old, was a brilliant addition. And a h/t to Williams for seamlessly weaving in: POC in publishing, positive co-parenting, non-visible disability, and addiction recovery.

First of all, thanks to @BarbaraBB and @Cinfhen for hosting a wonderful #summerheat event. I wasn‘t quite as enamoured with the book as many of my fellow readers were, but it was certainly an easy read. You can read my full review at https://theludicreader.com/2022/06/19/seven-days-in-june-tia-williams/

Okay I enjoyed our #summerheat pick. I love a second-chance romance and the MCs being authors and secretly writing about each other for a decade was super intriguing. This author hit on racial issues in the writing community, mental health, living with an invisible illness, and the affects mothers have on their daughters. A lot of themes packed into this novel and intricately woven together to create these complex characters! 4 stars!!

Loved this! 🔥 There‘s just something about a teenage connection, drifting apart, and then exploring that again years later. That always gets me in the feels! I‘m not a big romance person or reader but Shane and Eva had me feeling alllll mushy…so intense! A great read to kick off the summer!

#SummerHeat #BuddyRead
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