Jane and Dan at the End of the World

Jane and Dan at the End of the World | Colleen Oakley

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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! 😂) ⬇️

ICantImReading If you‘re in a reading slump, this madcap adventure is sure to hit the spot - with poignant thoughts on marriage, parenting, and life as the unexpected cherry on top. #BOTM 1d

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Reggie

Jane and Dan at the End of the World | Colleen Oakley

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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👇🏼

Reggie trick where she mentions something and does these callbacks to that something. It was like eating that candy with the surprise gooey center. And she does it over and over in this book. A sweet pick! 6d

CarolynM I love the sound of this. Stacked😀 6d

Reggie @CarolynM I think you‘ll like it a lot. 5d

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BooksandCoffee4Me You‘ve enticed me to read this! 😃 5d

Hooked_on_books I had fun with this one, too! 5d

Reggie @BooksandCoffee4Me Yay! I hope you like it! 5d

Reggie @Hooked_on_books I‘m not gonna lie, there were times where I just thought, just shoot Jane. lol I know that‘s horrible. But when Dan describes the history of their van. I got teary eyed. And every time Jane looked at her children and thought you are my lung that walks outside my body. That kind squeezed my heart. 5d

Hooked_on_books For sure! Jane‘s someone who‘s great on the page but I‘m pretty sure I wouldn‘t want to spend a lot of time with someone like her! 5d

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Reggie

Jane and Dan at the End of the World | Colleen Oakley

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

TheBookHippie Oh that‘s lovely! 1w

TheBookHippie Cart reminds me of pushing my daughter around when she was small. So long ago! 1w

AmyG I loved laundry reading. Books and my favorite chore….laundry. 1w

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SilversReviews

Jane and Dan at the End of the World | Colleen Oakley

“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.”

FULL SPOTLIGHT: https://tinyurl.com/3h27n5xr

@writercolleenoakley
@berkleypub
@penguinrandomhouse

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Hooked_on_books

Jane and Dan at the End of the World | Colleen Oakley

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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.

dabbe 🖤🐾🖤 2w

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marleed

Jane and Dan at the End of the World | Colleen Oakley

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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 🤔

Its_Amanda_Plz I‘ve been on the fence about this one but this pushes me to try it! 2w

marleed @Its_Amanda_Plz Yea, sometimes it‘s fun to read a book for the pure comedy of it. 2w

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Octoberwoman

Jane and Dan at the End of the World | Colleen Oakley

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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JHSiess

Jane and Dan at the End of the World | Colleen Oakley

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ 𝔹𝕠𝕠𝕜𝕤 𝕠𝕗 𝟚𝟘𝟚𝟜

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?

Ruthiella Great job! 👏👏👏 3mo

Gissy Excellent!🥳 🎉📚 🎊 📚👏👏👏👏 (edited) 3mo

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