pickA modern day retelling of Daddy Long Legs, told through a series of letters.
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Dear Mr. Knightley: A Novel | 
pickA modern day retelling of Daddy Long Legs, told through a series of letters.
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LOVE love love this book!
So excited to get started with this! I just finished moving so the reading has been a bit slow for the last two weeks and I really missed it. Ready to jump into this one
pickI loved the original “Daddy Long-Legs” book and the Broadway play (go look it up if you enjoyed these stories!) and this made it into a contemporary story including some hard knocks for the characters and redemptive inner changes. Probably my favorite Reay book in this Reay book kick I‘m on! 🤪
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bailedBoth of these books are embarrassingly late, so I finally returned them to the library. The tagged book I actually tried to read the other night, but after about 50 pages I realized it was secretly an inspirational romance (I cannot with that genre). That, combined with the boring wilting flower that was the main character, made me decide to #DNF.
The Sherry Thomas I will definitely get back to at later time, though.
Oops - I locked my keys in the car and now have to wait for my roommate to bring me my spare key at work. Annoying thing to happen after an especially long day at the office, but at least I have some library books in my bag to keep me occupied while I wait!
pickThis book surprised me. I thought it would be light, and the place where Samantha starts drew me in. But even with all the P&P homage, I didn't expect it to end as a romance. It's not that I didn't see the twist coming, I did. But the beautiful and painful way Sam develops feeling both quick and tortuously slow surprised me. This may be my favorite book of the year. It made me love my husband more for the reminder that he sees me, he gets me.
The way pale yellow should look, like sunshine and butter, mixed with hope and cream.
Just started this while waiting for an iron injection. I am hooked! Thanks for the recommendation!
My small library haul today.
#QuotsyDec18 Day 21: Not sure whether being compared to a comfy #sweater is the most romantic description of someone.
pickI‘m a sucker for anything Jane Austen related... So I thoroughly enjoyed this book. I also enjoy books that are written as letters. #Book21of2018
pickThis is the first book that I‘ve read from this author and I will certainly be on the lookout for more books from her. I found this one to be quite enjoyable. I liked it much more than others that I‘ve read on the Austen subject.
Have any of you guys read any others by Katherine Reay? Any suggestions on which one I should read next?
Spent my evening #audiobaking protein balls while listening to the tagged book. My favourite go-to healthy(ish) recipe for when I‘m craving something sweet. Sooooo good (the balls, and the audio) 😉
pickNot really sure how to review this book. Everything up until the last chapter was amazing. Reading it felt like praying. I don't know how else to say it. It spoke to me. It inspired me. It made me want to reflect and act. To be better. That being said the ending did not sit well at all. I cannot decided if it ruined it. I think it could have been the perfect book were it not for that and so I find myself inspired and disappointed and angry.
pick“If you don't sail high, with the risk of crashing and burning, do you really live? Can you love? I doubt it. I'm ready to fly.”
Book-addict Sam attends journalism school, thanks to mysterious benefactor “Mr. Knightley,” which allows her to meet new people, confront her past, and finally engage life by herself, not through characters. It‘s an epistolary delight, a reread I enjoyed. Now, I want to read all the classics.
Book 3 ✔️ #4in48Readathon
so-soI picked this up because of the format. Generally like books written as letters. Our heroine is incredibly naive, but has a great memory, because she quotes books all the time. Not labeled as such, but it‘s basically Christian fiction with a confused virgin heroine who tries to grow up and connect more fully with the world at age 23. Reminiscent of Daddy Long Legs in a modern setting.
For day 19 of the #150PnPCoverParty - there are so many books I could have chosen for #letters - it's one of my favorite types of books to read and I have a shelf dedicated solely to books written in diary/letter format on Goodreads. These 3 are my favorites. Dear Mr. Knightley is very Austenesque and highly recommended. Love Letters To The Dead changed the way I write in my own journal, and Guernsey is an amazing book, can't wait for the movie!
pickUnexpectedly delighted with this read. Super quick and heartwarming. Perfect for winter!
pickA beautiful, lyrical, soul-searcher of a book. I cannot recommend it enough.
pickI loved this one! Makes me want to read Jane Eyre! #litsyatoz
I love this. And I can hardly put this book down!
I finished this book that I started during the readathon. I liked the book, but I felt weirdly unsettled at the end. Tears welled at the revelation but there did not seem to be a good resolution to me. I enjoyed the book especially all the quotations but the end left me vaguely disappointed. Maybe I just wanted a longer ending with more details than what I got.
Celebrating beginning the book I was most looking forward to reading! #24in48
Goodreads says it best: Dear Mr. Knightley is a contemporary #epistolary novel with a delightful dash of Jane Austen.
#readjanuary
These are the #epistolary novels that I own. I've read Bernadette, which was great! I'm reading Dear Mr. Knightley for the PopSugar challenge, and Perks I will read sometime soon. #readjanuary @RealLifeReading
bailedCouldn't do it. Great premise (I love Jean Webster's Daddy Long Legs) but the execution distracted. The novel, like its inspiration, is in epistolary form BUT the letters from the protagonist read like they're written not by a grad student, but by the narrator of a novel. She also observes and describes the reactions of others to her with a clarity that seems unlikely for someone meant to be socially awkward.
Right book, wrong reader?
pickThis is a wonderful rewriting of one of my favorite early YAs, Daddy Long Legs. I think I read that book 30 times as a kid--arguably essential to my career as a romance writer. This is a great Austenian version! #authorsonlitsy #romantsy
pickFinished this last night. It is sweet, innocent, sad, tough, anger inducing, and comfortable. The story of a young woman who spent most of her life in foster care and how she fared in grad school thanks to an anonymous benefactor. Told through letters. Lots of references to Austen, making me feel I should go back and reread.
so-soI never fell in love with this book. It's easily read - I didn't have any trouble spending an hour reading - but nothing sucked me in. It was easy for me to finish and walk away - the characters didn't haunt me and make me want more. And that seems to be all there is to the book - characters. I never felt like I got to know the settings or anything else that would make the story come alive for me.
I started this one after finishing The Madwoman Upstairs, based on recommendations. It's a fine story so far, just not scratching the itch.
pickI am only halfway done with this book, but it is so great I want everyone to know about it as soon as possible.
pickThe book made me cry and smile. I'd recommend this for anyone who is going through a hard time right now but wants to see the light at the end of the tunnel.
bailedI just couldn't get past page 30. There was none of the wit or spark of the original story in it & I was not interested in the protagonist at all. I'll admit I started it with high expectations, which is my own fault. If you haven't read Daddy Long Legs you'll probably like it better than I did.
pickIf you love the classics, you will enjoy Katherine's fictional characters. Her style is fun and easy. Her spins of classic authors make her books enjoyable. Great book to take along on a vacation.
