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'Tis the Season to Get Married | J. P. Sterling

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TheAromaofBooks

When Dimple Met Rishi | Sandhya Menon

pan

I always feel like such a grumpy old woman when I so fervently dislike a book that everyone else seems to love. I ranted about this one a lot on GR. My main issue probably comes down to finding Dimple irredeemably unlikable. Just because someone is a strong female character interested in computers doesn't mean she also needs to be an absolute ass who goes off on everyone who doesn't 100% agree with her, ⬇

TheAromaofBooks (cont'd) physically punches her boyfriend when she disagrees with what he says (and then when he says that it hurts tells him that she's “not like other girls“... guess that makes it okay??), and talks down CONSTANTLY about every other female in the story because they don't want what Dimple wants, which obviously means that what they want is wrong/bad. Look, I also don't wear makeup or get super girly, and I didn't in high school either, but that⬇ 6mo

TheAromaofBooks (cont'd) doesn't make me somehow morally superior to girls who do/did. I hated the “getting married ruins everything“ vibe (like I am not saying 18-year-olds should all get married straight out of high school, but acting like getting married at any point in her 20s would mean her life is OVER was just so ridiculous). Also, nothing about this coding camp she was at made sense to me, mostly because they literally never seemed to be doing ANY app ⬇ 6mo

TheAromaofBooks (cont'd) development at ANY point in this book lol I had other issues, but that's enough whining for now. There were cute moments in this book, and I liked Rishi a lot, but overall this book just didn't work for me.

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LiseWorks Oh my! I love it when a book gets emotions running. I love that rant. 6mo

thegreensofa Great pan review. I think I would probably agree with you if I read it, so you saved me and I‘m not going to read it! (sorry for your experience though). 👍 6mo

batsy Go forth and pan with abandon! I had fun reading this review 😁 6mo

Susanita Tell us how you really feel! 😂 6mo

BookishMadHatter I love this rant because I finally found someone who said what I've been thinking about a bunch of books ive read lately. I find that whenever someone tries to make a "strong" female character, they turn her into a total unbearable b!t@h. It's even made me not want to read books with females as the lead 6mo

BarbaraJean Hahaha—YES. This book annoyed me so much. Great concept, terrible execution. Especially the stupid pretext of a coding camp at which they did literally no coding. And I hated the writing, too: things like “his heart was like melted chocolate” and other terrible comparisons. #fanofthepan 😁 6mo

dabbe #fanofthepan! #betterbooksahead 🤩🤩🤩 6mo

Anna40 Love the rant too 😝 6mo

TheLudicReader I hate loads of popular books. You are not alone. 6mo

TheAromaofBooks @LiseWorks @thegreensofa @batsy @Susanita @dabbe @Anna40 @TheLudicReader - Thank you for making me feel better about all my whining 😂 6mo

TheAromaofBooks @BookishMadHatter - I think what really frustrates me about this “strong=bitch“ attitude is that then the implication is that the flipside is also true - if you're a nice/kind person that means you're a pathetic doormat. I'm not here to say that women/people should just roll over and take it when someone is mean to them, but to act like kindness, empathy, patience, and a willingness to explain your position reasonably somehow makes you weak ⬇ 6mo

TheAromaofBooks (cont'd) really frustrates me. It seems especially harmful in YA, to teach girls that being rude, obnoxious, and cruelly snarky is what will get you forward in life and prove that you're “strong.“ 6mo

TheAromaofBooks @BarbaraJean - I was just like... what is the point of this camp?! Do they have classes? Workshops? Scheduled lab sessions? ANYTHING?! The entire talent show made zero sense (what does this have to do with coding?!?!?!) I was confused about the talent show prize's implication that each team is funding their own research, since that $1000 goes towards that?? Or something?? And apparently if you win you get everything, but if you don't win you ⬇ 6mo

TheAromaofBooks (cont'd) you don't even get, I don't know, feedback on your project?? A chance to share it with someone else?? A little show-and-tell session where your parents/random people who are interested in app development could come see the projects?? ANYTHING?! I loved the concept of this camp, but it NEVER felt like they were actually at one, so it just seemed like a plot device to make sure we know how SERIOUS Dimple is about IMPORTANT stuff 🙄 6mo

BarbaraJean Seriously!! The author could have at least MENTIONED them attending workshops, classes, SOMETHING! The setting was clearly only a pretext for her premise of girl-who-likes-tech meets sensitive boy. The huge focus on the talent show instead of any, you know, ACTUAL CODING seemed to indicate the author had not only done little to no research about the entire setting, she literally did not care about continuity, plausibility, or even good writing.😩 6mo

TheAromaofBooks @BarbaraJean - The initial little “get to know you“ run around with the photographs felt like a natural part of the camp, but the talent show definitely felt like a plot point instead of something that would actually happen. We're super serious about developing this app and you have very limited time to do it and some people even stay up all night because time is so tight... so we're going to spend hours and hours preparing for a talent show!? 😑 6mo

BarbaraJean 😂 😂 YES. So. Dumb. 6mo

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His Only Wife | Peace Adzo Medie

so-so

I have mixed feelings. The story kept me going, wanting to find out what happened next. It had a lot of drama! I also enjoyed reading a book set in Ghanaian culture. But for me personally I didn‘t like the main character, which was a big barrier. Sometimes she was so submissive and then other times she was so stubborn. I just didn‘t connect with her. I think it was supposed to show her transformation, but to me it just came off as inconsistent.

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Booksbymybed

The Magic of Ordinary Days | Ann Howard Creel

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“The Magic of Ordinary Days” movie was my comfort watch for years, but I‘ve never noticed it was a book.
I decided to read it now because we just drove through southern Colorado. Also Camp Amache recently became National Historic Site. I really enjoyed the book. Historical context was fascinating. I loved the romantic story line as well, but I felt it wrapped up a little too quick . The book is darker than the movie, but there‘s beauty in that.

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S3V3N

His Only Wife | Peace Adzo Medie

#Two4Tuesday @TheSpineView
1. 2008. I had my house built that year and I‘m still in it.
2. His Only Wife (tagged). The main character moves from America to Ghana.

TheSpineView Thanks for playing! Happy Tuesday 8mo

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Bookwormjillk

His Only Wife | Peace Adzo Medie

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This book was good, but also sad. I felt for all of the women (except maybe Aunty.) I loved the peek into life in #Ghana

#FoodAndLit

Texreader, Catsandbooks

Texreader Sounds excellent!! 9mo

Catsandbooks Fantastic! 🇬🇭 9mo

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Daisey

His Only Wife | Peace Adzo Medie

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This afternoon I made spicy jollof rice with chicken while I listened to the end of this audiobook. I had sympathy for most of the women at some point during the story. I could believe in the beginning that Afi was naive enough to think her situation would change, and in the later part, I appreciated her determination to not just go along with the family‘s expectations. This was absolutely a different cultural experience for me to read about.

Daisey
@Texreader @Catsandbooks #FoodAndLit #ReadTheWorld #ReadingTheWorld #Ghana #audiobook 9mo

Texreader That dish sounds good. Ghana is definitely a different world. 9mo

Daisey @Texreader I had a hard time finding a recipe for Ghana with easily accessible ingredients that also sounded like something I would like, but this turned out great. 9mo

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Catsandbooks Looks great! 🇬🇭 Also I like your potholder! 🐓 9mo

ChasingOm This was my choice to read as well! 9mo

mabell That sounds like a perfect winter dish! 9mo

Bookwormjillk I just started this book today. 9mo

Daisey @ChasingOm @Bookwormjillk I‘ll look forward to seeing your reviews. 😃 9mo

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Daisey

His Only Wife | Peace Adzo Medie

Luthien and I took a longer walk again today and I started listening to this audiobook. I‘m intrigued so far, but can‘t say I‘m optimistic about how the story is going to go for the main character.

#FoodAndLit #ReadTheWorld #ReadingTheWorld #Ghana #audiobook #audiowalk

Ruthiella I liked this book a lot. I definitely now want to read her second novel

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Daisey @Ruthiella I enjoyed it and will definitely keep the other one in mind as well. 9mo

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