Beach Read by Emily Henry -- Restarting July 8th 2024

[❀ Crystal ✿ -]

Starting this a little early!! Looking forward to it!

[Trisha (semi-hiatus)]

❀ Crystal ✿ - wrote: "Starting this a little early!! Looking forward to it!"

Great, hope you enjoy! I loved it the first time!

[❀ Crystal ✿ -]

Good to know, it's been on my TBR since it's release and already started pretty funny so I'm hoping it's an overall great read for me too!

[❀ Crystal ✿ -]

23% (view spoiler)[I can’t imagine finding out your father had another life after his death, I mean he cheated and had a home with a mistress while his wife had cancer. O.M.G. Now she has to clean out said house, oh no 😢 (hide spoiler)]

[❀ Crystal ✿ -]

55% (view spoiler)[I’m glad they talked about his marriage. I hate when couples never actually talk to one another, granted she was drunk and snarky but they worked it out 😝 (hide spoiler)]

[❀ Crystal ✿ -]

83% (view spoiler)[Didn’t take them long to admit their feelings which is nice. Really hoping nothing comes along to break them up 😶 (hide spoiler)]

[❀ Crystal ✿ -]

Finished (view spoiler)[Ok so I enjoyed this. I respect him stepping back to make sure the heroine was who he wanted and not his wife. But at the same time I’m like damn, he actually had to take two days to think about it. That bothers me, I mean his wife cheated and shacked up with his best man and he had to think about taking her back!?! 🤬 I dunno that kinda kills the happy endorphins a bit. Enjoyed the book overall.. (hide spoiler)]

[Beatrice]

I will be joining :D

[Harshada]

I would like to join as well

[Trisha (semi-hiatus)]

Welcome both of you! I'll be starting tomorrow or the day after, I think!

[❀ Crystal ✿ -]

Can’t wait to see what you all think. For me this book was a pleasant surprise!! Enjoy 😎

[Johanna]

Chapter 6
(view spoiler)[I like our narrator, and she has had really rough. Unbelievable. And I like her discussions with her neighbour. But best part was this book club where they both were only members. Haha, that was unexpected & hilarious (hide spoiler)]

[Johanna]

Chapter 7
(view spoiler)[I had so fun when she didn't want to go to his car. But I don't understand why he doesn't say anything about their past. Because if he googled her, he definitely knows where she has studied. And of course her name is so unique so I think he has remebered it all the time. (hide spoiler)]

[Johanna]

Chapter 14
(view spoiler)[I really enjoy reading about their competition :D THAT was unexpected. I'm not sure what to think about their chemistry. Their kiss came so suddenly and I felt it a bit unnecessary. Now she has worried for it several days and it hasn't been so interesting thing to read about. (hide spoiler)]

[Beatrice]

I forgot to update. lmao

[Johanna]

Beatrice wrote: "I forgot to update. lmao"

XD

[Johanna]

Chapter 15
(view spoiler)[What, he has been married??!! I have to say that I like Gus less now. I'm not at all fan of this kind of men who don't talk. Not even basic things? And it doesn't look good that he have been so hurt that he can't even talk about his marriage/divorce. If he hasn't gone through his emotions about his marriage he is only one big problem. (hide spoiler)]

[Johanna]

Chapter 17
(view spoiler)[I understand now more Gus, but I honestly still hate romances like this. I feel it's wrong to give a picture that love could miraculously heal people when it doesn't. (hide spoiler)]

[Beatrice]

Chapters 1 - 7 (view spoiler)[January and August's banters are spot on. They made assumptions with each other. The book club they attended is eccentric. I don't read a lot of books with that genre and they both look lost. (hide spoiler)]

[Beatrice]

Johanna wrote: "Chapter 6
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(view spoiler)[They both looked surpised. (hide spoiler)]

[Johanna]

Beatrice wrote: "Chapters 1 - 7 [spoilers removed]"

(view spoiler)[It really does was a quite rare genre to have for a bookclub :D (hide spoiler)]

[Beatrice]

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If I was there I might sleep during the discussion.

[Johanna]

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If I was there I might sleep during the discussion."

Haha xD

[Johanna]

Chapter 21
(view spoiler)[I loved more the beginning of the book. This middle part hasn't been so amazing that I had hoped for. Well I love how she knows Gus better now, but I don't know. I still feel that this kind of romance is something that should be avoided. This is fictional and räeverythibg of course ends happily, but ususally that's not the case in real life. (hide spoiler)]

[Johanna]

Chapter 22
(view spoiler)[This chapter made Gus more likable, I'm glad that they finally discussed. I felt their messages were so childliss, she trying to find out if he wants her to come with him or not (hide spoiler)]

[Johanna]

Chapter 23
(view spoiler)[I'm glad that there is much less drama than I was afraid of being. They are sweet & happy and I hope things would end smoothy. (hide spoiler)]

[Johanna]

Finished
(view spoiler)[Oh boy... I struggled through this. I felt that the title & cover were misleading: I thought this would be rom-com but it didn't feel like that. There were some fun moments, but they were so rare. This was so much darker than I had thought this would be. But then there wasn't either really great character ARC so I don't know what this book tried to be. It was a bit longish. Well this wasn't awful, but not so good that I thought because there has been this hype. I think I could have liked this more with more accurate cover & title (hide spoiler)]

[Johanna]

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(view spoiler)[Yeah I felt for her, she had so sad past (hide spoiler)]

[Johanna]

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(view spoiler)[That's so true and I Gus did it a lot in this book. I mean, first. I hate men who doesn't talk and I was so frustrated with Gus (hide spoiler)]

[Johanna]

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(view spoiler)[Yeah it was so... unromantic. But at the same time realistic. If you aren't really mentally attached to someone, and you're it to your ex, and ex wants you back... Well even though you would be mentally attached to your new GF. It takes time to process. But it's not romantic. But something I can imagine happening in real life (hide spoiler)]

[Trisha (semi-hiatus)]

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(view spoiler)[Right!? That sounds really, really awful....like being betrayed but then having to keep dealing with it. (hide spoiler)]

[Trisha (semi-hiatus)]

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(view spoiler)[I love the communication these two have in this book...at least most of the time ;) (hide spoiler)]

[Trisha (semi-hiatus)]

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(view spoiler)[You just had to say it ;) (hide spoiler)]

[Trisha (semi-hiatus)]

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(view spoiler)[I get what you mean; I love that he thought about it and didn't jump into anything, but at the same time you go, 'really!? it takes you this long to admit you want to be with her after telling her you've wanted her since you two were studying together!??!' (hide spoiler)]

[Trisha (semi-hiatus)]

Johanna wrote: "Chapter 6
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(view spoiler)[Ooh, I just love that scene! The whole drinking to deal with it because both of them were duped adds an even funnier feel to it XD (hide spoiler)]

[Trisha (semi-hiatus)]

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(view spoiler)[Even though I absolutely love Gus, I have to agree with you....not telling her letting her find out from someone else was a pretty dick move :/ (hide spoiler)]

[Trisha (semi-hiatus)]

Johanna wrote: "Chapter 21
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(view spoiler)[I find that to be the issue with most romances I read; I find the beginning where it's filled with angst and not knowing a lot more than the ending somehow, when you consider the journey and finding love thing? But then, if I don't get a happy ending I am very much likely to throw a fit XD (hide spoiler)]

[Trisha (semi-hiatus)]

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(view spoiler)[I feel the same, this book is advertised pretty badly, this is so not a beach romance. (hide spoiler)]

[Trisha (semi-hiatus)]

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(view spoiler)[You said what I think!! While it's something that would piss you off in a romance, it is absolute;y something that you need to have in real life! (hide spoiler)]

[Johanna]

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(view spoiler)[Yeah! I just wonder how the author feels about marketing. Well maybe she's happy because this has sold but still... Sometimes I wonder if people who are marketing a book has even read it. Maybe they haven't? (hide spoiler)]

[Trisha (semi-hiatus)]

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(view spoiler)[That would make sense because this book was nowhere near the book it was advertised to be from the synopsis and the cover....I think the book is pretty fortunate that most readers who read it were open to being surprised by a book when they read it, otherwise I don't think this would be as popular. because I'm usually the one who gets very angry if the cover is nothing like the book or the other way round, but here I don't even mind to much, so maybe it's just luck that people were okay with it? (hide spoiler)]

[Johanna]

Trisha wrote: "Johanna wrote: "Trisha wrote: "Johanna wrote: "Finished
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(view spoiler)[Yeah it has been lucky. And thinking that I'm person who never even read the blurps. So I'm usually okay surprising while reading and I don't understand why it didn't work so well now :/ (hide spoiler)]

[Beatrice]

Johanna wrote: "Chapter 15
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(view spoiler)[I am shocked he's married like... how can you not mention it???? (hide spoiler)]

[Beatrice]

Johanna wrote: "Chapter 17
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(view spoiler)[Great points. Honestly, love can give you a different picture when you actually felt it. I guess Gus is this morbid and has a different outlook of it because he's looking for the "one" (hide spoiler)]

[Johanna]

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(view spoiler)[I agree, that was strange. And even though he's divorcing I feel it's something that people should tell. And because he's not doing it: he has emotions for his ex and can't talk about his divorce --> means nothing good in real life. And that was my problem with this book. XD (hide spoiler)]

[Beatrice]

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(view spoiler)[He's always been pessimistic about love. I think he married Naomi because she's a safe choice. (hide spoiler)]

[Beatrice]

Also (view spoiler)[I feel like he likes January back in college but he's a coward admitting it and scared with the opposites attract thing. (hide spoiler)]

[Beatrice]

Finished (view spoiler)[After the drama and all, the characters found closure. I was supposed to give it 3 stars but damn I was so emotional on the last two chapters of the book (hide spoiler)]

[Jenn]

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Date changed. Restarting February 4th 2022. Happy Reading ☺

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[Haley]

I might join in on this one :)