Yes more Seven Days in June reviews!! I enjoyed reading about two adults who are trying to move forward in their own ways while balancing the world around them! Reading it in June is even better
Seven Days in June!!! I love that someone is finally talking about it! I so loved that story! And I loved Eva's relationship with Audre! They are so precious and multidimensional!
Totally agree re: you probably would have enjoyed Circe more had you read it before Kaikeyi. Last year, I read Circe and it made it on my top favorites of the year, but Kaikeyi blew it out of the water for me. I read Kaikeyi last month and I haven't been able to rate a fiction book 5 stars since then, it's truly raised the standards for me!
If you liked conversations with friends but not the other books, there’s an essay collection I really enjoyed and it shows me what Sally Rooney would be if she were of color and also a lil bit less enclosed into fiction, which is called “Intimations” by Zadie Smith She’s got what I like about Sally’s writing PLUS comments and views that I found extremely validating from a woman of color’s perspective (I am Latina, so)
I love Seven Days in June! It was fabulous! I loved Shane, I just loved him as a character and how much he loved Genevieve I might need to add the Real Easy to my TBR!
Seven Days in June is good! I liked the first half of Malibu Rising, but then TJR zoomed out during the party and I didn't really care about the attendees. I just started Kaikeyi today because you've spoken so highly of it and I can't wait to get further in!!
I read Circe at the end of 2019 and absolutely loved it. I loved all the “witchy-ness” of it, and the beautiful island. It definitely has a slow pace, and that frustrated me a little, but I saw it as an opportunity to slow down my reading and enjoy the process, rather than only enjoying finishing the book. I can’t wait for Kaikeyi!!
I feel your review of Circe vs Kaikeyi so much! I technically read the final version of Kaikeyi AFTER I read Circe but I read an early draft of Kaikeyi about 2 years ago, and it definitely influenced how I read Circe. Her lack of agency definitely frustrated me too!
Normal people is one of my favorite books of all times. It hit right home. I cried almost the whole book cause I felt it so deeply in my heart. I don't think the characters were just making problems up. I think this is real life... Humans always create problems where there are none...most of us lead boring lives and the only exciting thing is the trauma we have... And the cycle of abuse was spot on! Going back doing the same mistakes and clinging to something you know is bad for you... It's just something most of us live. But yeah, I guess it depends on taste. I hated the song of Achilles and red, white and royal blue 😂... I DNFed them cause I just couldn't go through the cringe.
I LOVEEDDD Seven Days in June. It was so nice to read about Black main characters in a romance book and I definitely want to read more books with POC leads. That's a reason why I loved Terms and Conditions by Lauren Asher because the main character Iris is a strong black female lead. I loved seeing someone like me in a romance book I highly recommend 😊 Also, I think I was too harsh when I was rating Malibu Rising. I think about that book a lot, it was just not what I was expecting so I was disappointed in the moment.
WHAT YOU SAID ABOUT YA and not having as much fun anymore -- i relate omg! so glad I'm not alone. i used to adore YA so much, but now i just can't seem to enjoy them as much as I previously did. :( as soon as i see a novel marketed as YA i do a double take and ponder on whether I should spend time reading it :O generally though, i try not to shop or read for YA books anymore..,.
I’m not a literary fiction reader either, but i decided to pick up Normal People because of the hype. I gave it 4 stars because i thought the characters were really well developed & psychologically complicated. However, I didn’t relate to them, which was surprising since so many others did, which kind of made me feel alienated. Sally Rooney’s writing style is also quite blunt and conversational, which i didn’t dislike, i kind of just tolerated. i can understand why people gave it 5 stars but also why others can give it 1 star. i’m not interested in reading any other of Sally Rooney’s works at the moment, though.
Can you tell them to do it in Canada as well or any tips to work around it. Love! Love Seven Days in June! Are you planning to put as one of the books for your book club?
Have you read The Island of Missing Trees by Elif Shafak - I feel like it might be something you would like! I just finished it recently and it's been on my mind daily.
I loved the first half of Malibu Rising, but I think it sort of fell flat on the second one, too many characters doing too many things at once. I still have Daisy Jones & the six in my TBR, gotta find a chance to read it!
This is the first time I've seen a video of yours and you had me at "this was a hot pile of garbage" 😂. I can't wait to watch more of your reviews. Additionally, tell BOTM to get their butts into Canada already.
same! i stopped reading a couple years ago cause i had no time anymore and this was the first book i read after getting back into reading.. lets just say i was contemplating quitting reading again lol
I loved Malibu Rising, I gave it 5 stars. I was surprised by it, it was very different from Daisy Jones and Evelyn Hugo, but it totally gave me feels, so it got 5 stars. Out of the 3, though, this is my least favorite.
I love Malibu rising I’m the same way I prefer Evelyn Hugo but Malibu rising is my second fav of her books, but I didn’t really like the daisy & the six one tho (that’s what I meant by I prefer Evelyn Hugo).
I completely agree with you about Normal People (and sally rooney in general)! The book and characters were so pretentious and honestly the story was super boring :/ most of the story I was just screaming at them to go to therapy!!
pretty much-I think my taste is definitely shifting away from YA and I don't feel the desire to pick them up as often anymore. that's not to say I'll never read YA again, but I think you'll see more wrapups like this where I only read 1-2 YA books a month at most!
I personally didn’t enjoy Malibu Rising. The ending was quite underwhelming for me. As readers we know that there will be a fire at the end of the book, but when we find how the fire was caused it just felt like ‘oh, okay’. I also didn’t like the character POVs of the people who were at the party. I realise what the author was trying to do there, but I don’t think it was done very well plus it made the main story feel disjointed to me.
I feel that! the ending wasn't spectacular and I agree that the POVs of random people at the party didn't impress and simply took me out of the story! I think I preferred the first half to the second half of the book for sure!
I've only read Normal People out of the books Sally Rooney has written. I too did not like or enjoy it. The book to me was pointless and not in a slice-of-life kind of way.
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LOL "Younger me thought that literary fiction was just about white people having affairs" WHERE IS THE LIE
Yes more Seven Days in June reviews!! I enjoyed reading about two adults who are trying to move forward in their own ways while balancing the world around them! Reading it in June is even better
And adults acting like adults, communicating like adults!! I loved it so much, my fav read of the year so far
I truly loved Seven Days in June, and I loved their process of healing.
heart-wrenching and beautiful, agreed!
Seven Days in June!!! I love that someone is finally talking about it! I so loved that story! And I loved Eva's relationship with Audre! They are so precious and multidimensional!
THE BEST MOTHER-DAUGHTER DUO 🥰
Totally agree re: you probably would have enjoyed Circe more had you read it before Kaikeyi. Last year, I read Circe and it made it on my top favorites of the year, but Kaikeyi blew it out of the water for me. I read Kaikeyi last month and I haven't been able to rate a fiction book 5 stars since then, it's truly raised the standards for me!
If you liked conversations with friends but not the other books, there’s an essay collection I really enjoyed and it shows me what Sally Rooney would be if she were of color and also a lil bit less enclosed into fiction, which is called “Intimations” by Zadie Smith
She’s got what I like about Sally’s writing PLUS comments and views that I found extremely validating from a woman of color’s perspective (I am Latina, so)
I love Seven Days in June! It was fabulous! I loved Shane, I just loved him as a character and how much he loved Genevieve I might need to add the Real Easy to my TBR!
Seven Days in June is good! I liked the first half of Malibu Rising, but then TJR zoomed out during the party and I didn't really care about the attendees. I just started Kaikeyi today because you've spoken so highly of it and I can't wait to get further in!!
I read Circe at the end of 2019 and absolutely loved it. I loved all the “witchy-ness” of it, and the beautiful island. It definitely has a slow pace, and that frustrated me a little, but I saw it as an opportunity to slow down my reading and enjoy the process, rather than only enjoying finishing the book. I can’t wait for Kaikeyi!!
I feel your review of Circe vs Kaikeyi so much! I technically read the final version of Kaikeyi AFTER I read Circe but I read an early draft of Kaikeyi about 2 years ago, and it definitely influenced how I read Circe. Her lack of agency definitely frustrated me too!
I couldnt get into kaikei i might go back to it
Oh my god I LOVE the stationery shop!
So glad I’m not the only one that felt that way about Circe. I actually DNF’d it. Nothing was happening and it lead me to boredom.
Normal people is one of my favorite books of all times. It hit right home. I cried almost the whole book cause I felt it so deeply in my heart.
I don't think the characters were just making problems up. I think this is real life... Humans always create problems where there are none...most of us lead boring lives and the only exciting thing is the trauma we have... And the cycle of abuse was spot on! Going back doing the same mistakes and clinging to something you know is bad for you... It's just something most of us live.
But yeah, I guess it depends on taste. I hated the song of Achilles and red, white and royal blue 😂... I DNFed them cause I just couldn't go through the cringe.
love that you enjoyed seven days. also definitely bought kaikeyi bc of you. excited to read it
Yay! I'm so glad!! I hope you enjoy it!! :)
I absolutely loved Circe so I’m beyond excited to read Kaikeyi!! I also adore Lilly Singh❤️
Seven days in June is SOOOOOOOOO GOOD. It's my only 5 star of the year so far
Seven Days in June is beautiful! I loved every page and I love hearing other people gush about it, lol
I LOVEEDDD Seven Days in June. It was so nice to read about Black main characters in a romance book and I definitely want to read more books with POC leads. That's a reason why I loved Terms and Conditions by Lauren Asher because the main character Iris is a strong black female lead. I loved seeing someone like me in a romance book I highly recommend 😊 Also, I think I was too harsh when I was rating Malibu Rising. I think about that book a lot, it was just not what I was expecting so I was disappointed in the moment.
OMG THE HACIENDA!!!!! I adored that book, hope you get to it soon! Also have had Seven Days in June on my list for so long, bringing it to the top!
Ive only read Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo by Taylor Jenkins Reid, i need to pick up more of her books but i always think they wont stand up to it 😅
Seven Days in June sounds great. Just added to my ever-expanding TBR. I absolutely loved Malibu Rising ☺
WHAT YOU SAID ABOUT YA and not having as much fun anymore -- i relate omg! so glad I'm not alone. i used to adore YA so much, but now i just can't seem to enjoy them as much as I previously did. :( as soon as i see a novel marketed as YA i do a double take and ponder on whether I should spend time reading it :O generally though, i try not to shop or read for YA books anymore..,.
I’m not a literary fiction reader either, but i decided to pick up Normal People because of the hype. I gave it 4 stars because i thought the characters were really well developed & psychologically complicated. However, I didn’t relate to them, which was surprising since so many others did, which kind of made me feel alienated. Sally Rooney’s writing style is also quite blunt and conversational, which i didn’t dislike, i kind of just tolerated. i can understand why people gave it 5 stars but also why others can give it 1 star.
i’m not interested in reading any other of Sally Rooney’s works at the moment, though.
Can you tell them to do it in Canada as well or any tips to work around it. Love! Love Seven Days in June! Are you planning to put as one of the books for your book club?
honestly i agree with your review of Circe. i definitely think there could’ve been more that circe could’ve done
Conversations between friends is coming out on Hulu
Have you read The Island of Missing Trees by Elif Shafak - I feel like it might be something you would like! I just finished it recently and it's been on my mind daily.
You should read My Sister, the Serial Killer by Oyinkan Braithwaite. I just read Malibu Rising and thought it was great.
I loved the first half of Malibu Rising, but I think it sort of fell flat on the second one, too many characters doing too many things at once. I still have Daisy Jones & the six in my TBR, gotta find a chance to read it!
Totally agree! The first half was much better! Daisy Jones is a lot more focused I will say!
This is the first time I've seen a video of yours and you had me at "this was a hot pile of garbage" 😂. I can't wait to watch more of your reviews.
Additionally, tell BOTM to get their butts into Canada already.
I’ve only read Normal People out of the three Sally Rooney books, & I absolutely hated it unfortunately. One of the most boring books I’ve read :,(
same! i stopped reading a couple years ago cause i had no time anymore and this was the first book i read after getting back into reading.. lets just say i was contemplating quitting reading again lol
Im on the Agathas kathelin glasskoe my fav
Completely agree about the Sally Rooney books! The plots are boring and the characters are so unlikeable
I loved Malibu Rising, I gave it 5 stars. I was surprised by it, it was very different from Daisy Jones and Evelyn Hugo, but it totally gave me feels, so it got 5 stars. Out of the 3, though, this is my least favorite.
Absolutely same on Sally Rooney
I love Malibu rising I’m the same way I prefer Evelyn Hugo but Malibu rising is my second fav of her books, but I didn’t really like the daisy & the six one tho (that’s what I meant by I prefer Evelyn Hugo).
I completely agree with you about Normal People (and sally rooney in general)! The book and characters were so pretentious and honestly the story was super boring :/ most of the story I was just screaming at them to go to therapy!!
@thisstoryaintover does this mean you won’t be reading ya books as much anymore?
pretty much-I think my taste is definitely shifting away from YA and I don't feel the desire to pick them up as often anymore. that's not to say I'll never read YA again, but I think you'll see more wrapups like this where I only read 1-2 YA books a month at most!
@thisstoryaintover okay cool. I supposes ones taste is ever evolving.
I still enjoy YA, but I was reading both adult and YA when I was the "YA age", so I think I have just carried that pattern with me lol.
Me too trying to do both
I don't know if this is a weird thing to say, but you have really pretty hands
The nails and rings distract from how they're shrivelled pterodactyl hands 😂
I want to read book of night so bad 🥺
I personally didn’t enjoy Malibu Rising. The ending was quite underwhelming for me. As readers we know that there will be a fire at the end of the book, but when we find how the fire was caused it just felt like ‘oh, okay’. I also didn’t like the character POVs of the people who were at the party. I realise what the author was trying to do there, but I don’t think it was done very well plus it made the main story feel disjointed to me.
I feel that! the ending wasn't spectacular and I agree that the POVs of random people at the party didn't impress and simply took me out of the story! I think I preferred the first half to the second half of the book for sure!
Oh no I see my favorites, oh no I’m worried
I liked Normal People but I haaated Beautiful World Where Are You so much it made me like Normal People less retroactively 😅
I think she’s heavily influenced by James Joyce. Lotta nothing happens/unlikable or complex characters meant to show the state of a generation.
(A white generation) 🙃
I've only read Normal People out of the books Sally Rooney has written. I too did not like or enjoy it. The book to me was pointless and not in a slice-of-life kind of way.
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oh god if i already was so afraid of picking sally roooney books, now it's getting worse lol
Normal people was so good i don't understand !!!!
Sad you have so many preconceived ideas…