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Powered_By_Plants
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Pickpick

⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️ Unexpectedly got caught up in this boys of tommen series. Serious topics of DV & neglect, characters you fall in love with, loved the lynches situation at the end BUT If I‘m honest this book dragged a little and quite a few cringe moments 😣but that might be my age 😅, that being said I will probably at some point read the others and get other characters stories

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Powered_By_Plants
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Unexpectedly addictive!
Hadn‘t heard anything about this,just saw it had high reviews on Amazon. The first few chapters I immediately thought this was for a younger audience, Literally couldn‘t put it down 😅&what a cliff hanger , you can‘t not start the next book! Very clever Chloe Walsh.
Cute but complicated high school relationship with some very serious topics of DV,neglect,traumatising bullying and bulldozer hormones with added Irish banter.

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maddie0518
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9.5/10

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Ravenpuff
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Pickpick

Johnny‘s recovering from an injury that keeps him from rugby, but could bring him closer to Shannon. Shannon has to deal w/ CPS in keeping her family together. How will they juggle spending time w/ each other & deal w/ family stuff?

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ I liked this one a little better than the first one. There‘s a little more romance & Shannon had a bit of a character arc. There was also less DV & bullying. The ending was cute.

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Ravenpuff
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Shannon changed schools b/c she was bullied at her old school. She collides w/ rising star rugby player, Johnny. He‘s supposed to be focused on rugby, but he feels drawn to her, especially when she‘s being bullied again & faces DV at home. Will they be able to be together?

This 1 was ok. I don‘t like reading DV & bullying; it should be a TW. The writing wasn‘t that great. It was kinda funny. The main characters got on my nerves, mainly Shannon.

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CoffeeK8
The Best Thing | Zapata Mariana
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Another great slow-burn, second-chance romance by Mariana Zapata.

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ChaoticMissAdventures
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#BookedInTime @dabbe @Cuilin
South African apartheid

This is a very interesting read about the end of Apartheid. I learned so much. Mandela was a visionary. He took a revolution and expertly molded it with the goal to limit violence, ironically by using one of the most violent sports. It is hard to believe what Mandela was able to do, it honestly is such a movie moment
I enjoyed this book the writing was easy to digest

dabbe On the spreadsheet! 🤩 4mo
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ChaoticMissAdventures
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*Rugby was the opium of apartheid "

As someone in the US who has really gotten into rugby the last 2 years, and who quickly became a huge Springbok fan, this book has been super interesting.

One of the most popular Springbok player is a white man named Fif de Klerk I had to look up if he was related to the president who transferred power to Mandela (he is not).

I do wish there was more rugby talk in this first half, but I am learning so much

ChaoticMissAdventures Photo of the 2024 Springbok world cup win #bookedintime 4mo
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TheSpineView
The Best Thing | Zapata Mariana
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Not my favorite of Zapata's but still enjoyed. I liked the characters and the plot was good, though a bit unrealistic. Definitely a beach read. 4 ⭐️

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TracyReadsBooks
Winger | Andrew Smith
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#Two4Tuesday

1. Nope

2. The tagged book is phenomenal and one of my favorite YA books ever. Yes it‘s about a rugby team at a private school but it also so much more with twists and turns and unexpected depths. It also has one of the greatest covers ever (something I randomly had a conversation with Dan Santat about at a book event 🤷‍♀️). Love it.

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