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I think this is going to be in my top books of the year. So funny, so entertaining, and so relatable. I loved it!

I love this type of humor in books 😆

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It‘s a special concoction when a book can make you both laugh and tear up. This reminded me of the movie “Date Night”, and also, weirdly, of the Mercy Watson children‘s book series? (Something about the tone - although that‘s probably just a “me” thing since my daughter and I are currently on a kick with those books! 😂) ⬇️

This was so much fun. Jane and Dan won a raffle to eat at an ultra posh restaurant to celebrate their 19th-maybe 20th wedding anniversary. Jane is a failed novelist who finds herself dissatisfied with life and a soon as she mentions she wants a divorce to Dan, that‘s when the ecoterrorists (eco activists depending on who you ask) show up shoving a gun in Dan‘s face. Can they survive the night? So funny and oddly touching. Oakley does this neat👇🏼

Had the laundromat all to myself. It was nice. Almost done with the book. It‘s been a lot of fun. Happy reading Littens.

“Date Night meets Bel Canto in this hilarious and poignant new novel when one unhappy couple on the brink of divorce find themselves at the heart of a crime in progress.”

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Jane and Dan are at the swankiest restaurant around starting to have a talk about the state of their marriage, which they each see very differently, when terrorists suddenly take over the place. This is quite a funny book and I had a good time with it, recommending it to my mom as soon as I finished.

Although I read lots of books with bits of comedy this was about the laughs from beginning to end, and it was a fun departure for me. The book speaks to the difference of irony vs coincidence. It also has a side character who happens to be the wealthiest man in the world. Realizing this book was written and likely sent to print before the IRL world‘s richest man became pseudo-POTUS - hmmm, irony or coincidence 🤔

I‘m posting one book a day from my massive collection. No description, no reason for why I want to read it.

#ABookADay2025

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2024 was an oustanding year from a literary perspective. Happily, I read 95 excellent books & 4️⃣0️⃣ of them merited ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️! Several were written by debut or new-to-me authors, but 2 of the standouts were 𝗢𝗿𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗮𝗿𝘆 𝗚𝗿𝗮𝗰𝗲 & 𝗧𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗧𝗲𝗺𝗱𝗲𝗿 𝗟𝗮𝗻𝗱 by 𝗪𝗶𝗹𝗹𝗶𝗮𝗺 𝗞𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗞𝗿𝘂𝗲𝗴𝗲𝗿.⁣

My goal for 2025: 1️⃣0️⃣0️⃣ books.

ᴡʜᴀᴛ ʙᴏᴏᴋ(ꜱ) ᴅɪᴅ ʏᴏᴜ ɢɪᴠᴇ ᴛʜᴇ ʜɪɢʜᴇꜱᴛ ʀᴀᴛɪɴɢ(ꜱ) ɪɴ 2024?