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Curious to see what you think. I havent read this.

Oh, no, you just flew past me, Charles, 😂. While I’ve been galavanting with my cousin, Ben has grabbed my copy. He’s now “at the Shiva.”
I should be back late this afternoon from my last hang with Juliet before she returns to FL. I’ll try to catch up then…

By the way — and I think this will amuse you — Ben said that he wouldn’t think this book was for me because the humor is mean!

Stacey B wrote: "Curious to see what you think. I havent read this."

Stacey, I'm enjoying this, the writing is competent and generous, and it had been a while since a novel made me not just smile, but actually laugh a little. Tough public, here, but this book doses its humour just right for my tastes (which is to say: go ahead, be funny, then move on). A rarity!

Jennifer wrote: "Oh, no, you just flew past me, Charles, 😂. While I’ve been galavanting with my cousin, Ben has grabbed my copy. He’s now “at the Shiva.”
I should be back late this afternoon from my last hang with..."

I'll slow down. It's the cutest that you and Ben share books back and forth like this. #lifegoals

Jennifer wrote: "By the way — and I think this will amuse you — Ben said that he wouldn’t think this book was for me because the humor is mean!"

It does amuse me. It is snarky, but is it truly mean?

No, it’s not usually. I just read up to 253, and I really enjoyed that whole part about Nathan. This happened to me with Beamer, too. I liked getting to know Nathan’s wife.

Ben’s loving the humor, is surprised how close it is to laugh-out-loud. He doesn’t feel invested in Beamer for the amount of time spent. I felt the same, he said it better.

I’m having fun again with it now. Her type of character study feels intensely imbalanced for me, I see how it’s personal aesthetic over craft. But when things start to happen, I just love it.

Love the adorable bantering between both of you. :)

Thanks, Stacey! How have you been?

Jennifer wrote: "Thanks, Stacey! How have you been?"

Im good. And you??
A lot of benign drama going on here.

Jennifer wrote: "No, it’s not usually. I just read up to 253, and I really enjoyed that whole part about Nathan. This happened to me with Beamer, too. I liked getting to know Nathan’s wife.

Ben’s loving the humor..."

Of all things it could be called, it is, in fact, an eventful novel! lol