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Unbelievably Disappointing Sequel
Last year when I read The Rosie Project, it blew me away. (My review here.) 5 stars, funniest book I'd read in ages, I bought copies for friends and family, I sung its praises to all who would listen. So I had high hopes for The Rosie Effect, but as is so often the case with sequels, I should have quit while I was ahead.

The Rosie Project was a joy to read. I devoured it in an afternoon. The Rosie Effect was the opposite: I had to keep taking breaks and thinking about other things because the reading experience was literally traumatizing. This is not a fun read. It's an engaging read, because I enjoyed Rosie and Don so much from the previous book that I pulled for them and wanted to know what would happen, but it's painful, frustrating, vicariously embarrassing, anxiety-provoking, anger-making, and sad.

And worst of all? It isn't funny.

For those not familiar with the Rosie phenomenon, Don Tillman is a genetics professor whose Asperger's Syndrome (on...

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Enjoyable but not my favorite from SAA
"First Frost" is the sequel to Sarah Addison Allen's "Garden Spells", which is my favorite book from her. It's just as cozy-cute as the others but somewhat lackluster overall.

This story picks up 10 years after "Garden Spells". Sydney and Claire are both married now, Claire has a young daughter named Mariah, and Bay is a teen. Each sister is successful in her individual business, but as fall passes by they both become exceedingly anxious. The Waverly women know that until first frost comes each year there will be all kinds and sorts of drama, but after it's happened everything will be fine and they can celebrate. When a mysterious stranger breezes into town, suddenly there are doubts and angst all around.

"First Frost" was a little different than the other books I've read from SAA (although I haven't read "The Girl Who Chased the Moon" or "The Peach Keeper"). While enjoyable, it is easily my least favorite. It's as if Allen was trying to do it all in this book...

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Fantastic!
I have long been fascinated with the stories of World War 2, which is why I chose to read this book. The story focuses on two sisters - Isabelle and Viann— in occupied France, and what they did to survive the war. While the characters in this book are not real, their stories are based on things that really happened during World War 2. It was a new perspective for me to read of what women did during the war; not just them surviving at home without their men, (fathers and husbands) but what they did to save those in danger. These women endured incredible, unimaginable circumstances. They were faced with danger and difficult decisions. They had to be brave and strong and keep moving forward despite their hardships.

Kristin Hannah has an incredible way with words; her descriptions are vivid; you see what the characters are seeing, you feel what they are feeling; you feel like you are there. I felt like I was experiencing what they were; hunger, deprivation, cold,...

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