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"Real love, the kind that makes you want to grow old together, makes you not just unafraid of all that time with one person but electrified by it."

Looking through my "stacked" books I see a few I read but didn't review, including this one. It's been a few months so I probably don't remember all the details but I do remember liking this while simultaneously thinking it was weird that everyone went along with the widow acting like her husband was still there. A soft pick.

Domestic Pleasures is an absolute pleasure to read. Set in 1980‘s New York , with a wonderful cast of characters. It‘s about relationships and life, falling in and out of love , about bringing up teenagers in this NY setting.
I couldn‘t stop turning the pages. Such an enjoyable book. I‘m not a big romance reader , but I had tears for some of the touching moments in this story♥️♥️♥️

There were a couple spots where continuity seemed off and the plot rushed, but overall this was a charmer. I enjoyed this much more than The Bookish Life of Nina Hill. Was a bit hesitant at first but I enjoyed this one.

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S.T. Baumgartner and Anna Blume have been married for almost 40 years. The novel starts 9 years after her death, Baumgartner, now in his early seventies, remembers their love story, his parents, thinks about aging, contemplates remarriage and retirement. We follow him throughout his days and Auster takes us into his heart and mind. I wanted to stay with Baumgartner much longer. I loved it.

Expiration dates was an unexpected delight for me. I really loved the different things (fate vs choice) that is brought up for discussion, especially at the end. It never once occurred to me that the thing that happened at the end would have been done, but it does make sense and I'm glad it happened because Daphne needed the wake up call. I loved how it ended and it was the warm fuzzy book I needed to read right now.

I‘m reading one of the Beth Gutcheon books I bought after reading Still Missing ( which I loved ) with #PersephoneClub. This one doesn‘t have that terrible dark theme, ( not yet , I don‘t think it will ) a softer story of people‘s lives , marriage, divorce, all the complications of love and loss. The writing I do remember ! She‘s a lovely graceful writer.

I wish I had a book club to read this with because there is much to discuss! This ended up being deeper and darker than I expected. I was impressed by both Essie & Roarke. She meticulously planned her future and, while she needed him to be able to pull it off, she saved him too. Every time we delved into Libby's backstory I was annoyed because it pulled us away from Essie's & Roarke's stories but I did understand that her history was important ⬇️

Really liked this story about Daphne who gets a note about how long the relationship will last, every time she meets someone new. She‘s so real, never a false note in her conversations with guys, friends, her family. In fact, a conversation she has with her dad near the end of the book made me cry. It‘s a book about the power of love and friendship and living the one life you‘ve been given.

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Prompt: DESERT

California, Mexico, a lemon orchard, an estate owner, and a special Mexican worker in the lemon orchard.

A beautiful story about the cruelty as well as the beauty our lives hold for us. 

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