Tag: grief/death

Love and Other Conspiracies

Really Loved this book Contemporary Romance, mild open door Published 2024 by Berkely Romance Narration: ๐™ฐ๐š•๐šŽ๐šก ๐™ต๐š’๐š—๐š”๐šŽ Funny yet tender, banter-filled yet serious, ๐˜“๐˜ฐ๐˜ท๐˜ฆ ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜–๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ ๐˜Š๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ด๐˜ฑ๐˜ช๐˜ณ๐˜ข๐˜ค๐˜ช๐˜ฆ๐˜ด is a feel-good rom-com that will have you laughing one moment and googling famous bigfoot sightings the next.  Marlowe crafted Hallie Barrette and Hayden Hargrove with a soft [โ€ฆ]

Two Can Play by Ali Hazelwood

Really Loved Narration: ๐™บ๐šŽ๐š•๐šœ๐šŽ๐šข ๐™ฝ๐šŠ๐šŸ๐šŠ๐š›๐š›๐š˜ ๐™ต๐š˜๐šœ๐š๐šŽ๐š› Published 2024 by Spotify Book soundtrack: Beautiful Things by Benson Boone It is no secret that I love Ali Hazelwood. She creates STEM career women, swoony men, and complex dynamics that feel real, deep, and true to the messiness of real life. I find great comfort in knowing her [โ€ฆ]

Fall for Him by Andy Burke

Liked it Narrators:  ๐™บ๐šข๐š•๐šŽ ๐™พ๐š–๐š˜๐š›๐š’ & ๐™ป๐š’๐šŠ๐š– ๐™ณ๐š’๐™ฒ๐š˜๐šœ๐š’๐š–๐š˜ Thank you NetGalley and St. Martins Press for the advanced audio copy.  Awoken by his upstairs neighbor, Dylan Gallagher, who literally falls through the ceiling onto his bed, Derek Chang canโ€™t handle another stressor, adding to his strained relationship with the HOA. However, it soon becomes apparent [โ€ฆ]

Summer Romance by Annabel Monaghan

Captivated Romance (fade to black) Published 2024 by Putnam Books soundtrack: August โ€“ Taylor Swift Moving, warm, teaming with just enough humor for happy tears and depth for sad ones, ๐˜š๐˜ถ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ ๐˜™๐˜ฐ๐˜ฎ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ค๐˜ฆ will be on my shortlist for favorite romances of the year.  Ali is stuck. Between losing her mother, her unfulfilling marriage turned impassioned [โ€ฆ]

The Art of Catching Feelings by Alicia Thompson

Loved Sports Romance (open-door) Ebook via Libby Published 2024 by Berkeley Romance Soundtrack: Delicate by Taylor Swift Open communication (mostly), baseball, a man who wants to worship his woman, and references to other sports romancesโ€”The Arthur of Catching Feelings is everything we love about summer romances. Thompson creates complicated, inwardly reflecting main characters, instantly drawing [โ€ฆ]

The Collected Regrets of Cover by Mikki Brammer- A Book Review

In the Collected Regrets of Clover, Mikki Branner explores what it means to have a well-lived life and the seemingly disinterested approach we (especially those of us in Western countries) take towards death. The ability to accept death is such a rare but beautiful trait and something I wish I could provide to more of my patients and their families. This book touched a piece of me I rarely get to share with those outside of work, and I hope those who read ๐˜Š๐˜ฐ๐˜ญ๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ๐˜ค๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ ๐˜™๐˜ฆ๐˜จ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ต๐˜ด ๐˜ฐ๐˜ง ๐˜Š๐˜ญ๐˜ฐ๐˜ท๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ  feel a pull towards a life filled with fewer regrets and more living.

The Dead Romantics By Ashley Poston โ€“ A Review

There were some loose ends in the character development I would have loved to work through, especially Florenceโ€™s grief; it just felt too surface-level for a book heavily related to death and dying. Additionally, despite one sexy conversation, I did not feel much tension between Benji Andor and Florence Day.