Icing on the Lake, by Catherine Clark → Start Date: April 7th, 2017

[Vicki]

Please join Trisha and me when we read this fun titled book!

[Trisha, lives on coffee]

yay! another one I've owned for far too long! LOL so excited to finally read it!

[Vicki]

We both have owned some books a very long time. Lol

[Trisha, lives on coffee]

yes! LOL You need to post some of your older books too! so we can get them off your shelves :D

[Vicki]

I'll take the time to do that during my winter break.

[Vicki]

Trisha, I just realized that this book is due back on Jan. 5, so I'm going to either have to read it in the next day or two or not read it. I already have 7 books out from Link+ and they only allow 5. I don't know how the girl allowed me to get that many but I have a couple other books due before we are reading them too. I'll post on those threads.

[Vicki]

Trisha, I don't know if I should try to read this tomorrow and return it, or if I should go ahead and return it and try to request it again and reschedule with you, or should we just let it go?

[Trisha, lives on coffee]

ack, I'm so sorry I missed your comments!!

I own it. Re-request and we can reschedule!!

[Vicki]

Ok thanks. I'll return it tomorrow after work. Then I'll come home and request it online. Lol

[Vicki]

And no worries!!! I miss stuff all the time!

[Trisha, lives on coffee]

any word on your library getting this one again??
:)

[Vicki]

Not yet

[Vicki]

I can pick up my book tomorrow (Sunday) the 29th. When do you want to schedule it?

[Trisha, lives on coffee]

oooh!!! 2/3?? Is there a day that works best for you?

[Vicki]

2/3 is fine! : ) I fixed it for us. FINALLY!

[Trisha, lives on coffee]

yay! thx!

[Vicki]

No problem!

[Vicki]

Are you ready for this one? It's bee a while coming. LOL

[Trisha, lives on coffee]

Yes! I'll be gone for a lot of tomorrow so I'll start tomorrow night!

[Vicki]

Sounds good.

[Vicki]

Jeez, I have this one set out but I keep thinking we aren't scheduled for it yet. I forgot we were already supposed to start. Do you want to shoot for a specific day/date again? Third time's a charm. : )

[Trisha, lives on coffee]

lol! I know, I have it out too!

how's 2/18??

[Vicki]

Perfect actually!

[Trisha, lives on coffee]

should we try to start this one today?

[Vicki]

I took mine back. Remember I had emailed you about reading it later? But if you need to read it feel free. It was due and I couldn't renew but I can order it again now and have it soon. What's your pleasure?

[Trisha, lives on coffee]

oooh sorry, I thought we were rushing to it :)

yeah, we can wait!! want to pick a day in April?

I just need to find an 'I' book for our Team challenge in the sister group :)

[Vicki]

LOL We've made so many changes, but I PM'd you and said, "Have you read Icing on the Lake yet? I believe you own it? If so and if you don't have to read it for a challenge, that's one book I need to take back and would like to reschedule." And you said we can read it any time or something like that.

I'm sorry if it messed up our TEAM ONE challenge!!

Let's shoot for April 7. Is that okay for you?

[Trisha, lives on coffee]

April 7th is perfect!

and no worries about our team! I have at least 2 other books this month that start with I :D

[Vicki]

Oh good! Thank you so much.

[Trisha, lives on coffee]

another one that I have been reading really sloooowly! lol

5 chapters

this one is really cute but I'm not sure where the plot is going

Sean (view spoiler)[ I that's his name. works at the skating area. I'm not sure I like him. she seems to really like him but I'm not sure why - just because he's cute? He seems....like he's not interested. I think his invite to the next day is for lessons or something (hide spoiler)]

Connor(view spoiler)[ even though he seems....less interested, I like him more. he seems smart and driven and he seems like he's wary of her because she doesn't plan to stick around and she seems to be chasing the other boy (hide spoiler)]

[Vicki]

I STILL haven't received my book, so I think I'll go ahead and buy it. I don't know what my library's problem is.

[Trisha, lives on coffee]

oh no!! Yikes, I don't know if I"d buy it! You can totally wait to read it! I'm not sure if it will be good enough to spend money on! lol

[Vicki]

I already bought it but it was only $3.99 so I'll read it.

[Trisha, lives on coffee]

10 chapters

Sean(view spoiler)[ I'm still not terribly impressed with him. he's been neutral to her and doesn't seem to do any attentive boyfriend type of things (which is a bad sign in the beginning! LOL) (hide spoiler)]

Conor(view spoiler)[ I think he is so much sweeter. sure, he says things sometimes that make her mad but I think it's because they are misunderstanding each other
and he reads and watches the same shows as her
and he walked her home to make sure she was safe (when she was going the wrong way). I like him more (hide spoiler)]

[Trisha, lives on coffee]

and done

Conor(view spoiler)[ I thought it was a bit quick that she was telling him she loved him
I'm glad they sorted it out and she realized he was a really sweet guy (hide spoiler)]

Sean(view spoiler)[ it seems out of character for him to visit her to tell her he really liked her. seemed like he'd barely notice she was gone - although the sting of losing her to Conor might still hurt enough he'd try to still win.... (hide spoiler)]

Gretchen(view spoiler)[ I never did warm up to her sister. I thought she was kind of crappy the whole time (hide spoiler)]

[Vicki]

I saw that you posted for 10 chapters so I just started it and now you're done. LOL I like how it started though but maybe that's because I am on page 4 or 5. LOL

[Vicki]

Finished

Gretchen (view spoiler)[ I'm with you here. I didn't care for her at all. I love books/movies where the sisters are best friends and you can feel their love, but I didn't feel that connection like I wanted to. (hide spoiler)]

Sean (view spoiler)[never was right for her. Didn't Connor tell her from the start that Sean wasn't any good? Something to that effect. I think Connor was trying to protect her from the get go. (hide spoiler)]

Connor (view spoiler)[was definitely protective and far more caring and thoughtful. I actually don't mind love triangles, but I don't think there was a realistic struggle. I never understood her interest in Sean in the first place. (hide spoiler)]

I'm glad we didn't read this at Christmas time because I totally thought it was a Christmas book so I'd have been disappointed. LOL

[Trisha, lives on coffee]

yay!! That was so quick! I'm glad you liked it (sounds like more than me!)

I know, I thought it was a Christmas book too.....I'm glad we kicked it out about a million times lol

[Vicki]

lol we're getting pretty good at that!

[Trisha, lives on coffee]

we are!!! hahah!! But at least we eventually read them!! ;D

[Vicki]

Absolutely!