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happy friday!
this book's been sitting on my tbr long enough...
first line: isadora bentley is shopping for her final meal.
page 56: all at once the words stop, and the conversation sputters and splats to the ground like an ice cream cone dropped by a five-year-old.
about the book
She’s out to prove that there’s no such thing as choosing happiness.
Isadora Bentley follows the rules. Isadora Bentley likes things just so. Isadora Bentley believes that happiness is something that flat-out doesn’t exist in her life—and never will.
As a university researcher, Isadora keeps to herself as much as possible. She avoids the students she’s supposed to befriend and mentor. She stays away from her neighbors and lives her own quiet, organized life in her own quiet, organized apartment. And she will never get involved in a romantic relationship again—especially with another academic. It will be just Isadora and her research. Forever.
But on her thirtieth birthday, Isadora does something completely out of character. The young woman who never does anything “on a whim” makes an impulse purchase of a magazine featuring a silly article detailing “Thirty-One Ways to Be Happy”—which includes everything from smiling at strangers to exercising for endorphins to giving in to your chocolate cravings. Isadora decides to create her own secret research project—proving the writer of the ridiculous piece wrong.
As Isadora gets deeper into her research—and meets a handsome professor along the way—she’s stunned to discover that maybe, just maybe, she’s proving herself wrong. Perhaps there’s actually something to this happiness concept, and possibly there’s something to be said for loosening up and letting life take you somewhere... happy.
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Born of Guilded Mountains by Amanda Dykes:
ReplyDeleteMercy Peak Gulch, Colorado 1894
“Blood moons were made for pact-swearing. Four boys orbiting ten years old knew it, and so did the mountains standing witness.”
Posting: Paula Shreckhise
This book seems interesting. Have a great weekend!
ReplyDeleteI love that second excerpt. Isadora sounds like a great character who grows a lot over the course of the novel. I love seeing a character come into their own. I hope you have a great weekend!
ReplyDeleteHappy Saturday!
ReplyDeleteI'm currently reading Her Part to Play by Jenny Erlingsson. So far, I am enjoying it a lot!
"Adanne swallowed the lump in her throat and turned toward the mirror. The fluorescent bulbs highlighted the worry in her eyes that no amount of makeup could hide."
I hope you are having a great weekend filled with lots of relaxing reading time. 😊❤️📚