What I Loved This Week (99)
I'm all about a Liane Moriarty TV adaptation, A book that reads like a hug, and Soap Operas this week
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📚What I Read and Loved
Three Days in June: Do you need a hug? I certainly do. The world has been a lot lately. This short book is a tight, fuzzy hug, just what I needed this week. It tells the most beautiful love story gently and quaintly. I can’t stop thinking about it.
Gail Baines is having a bad day. To start, she loses her job—or quits, depending on whom you ask. Tomorrow her daughter, Debbie, is getting married, and she hasn’t even been invited to the spa day organized by the mother of the groom. Then, Gail’s ex-husband, Max, arrives unannounced on her doorstep, carrying a cat, without a place to stay, and without even a suit.
But the true crisis lands when Debbie shares with her parents a secret she has just learned about her husband to be. It will not only throw the wedding into question but also stir up Gail and Max’s past.
📺 What I Watched and Loved
The Last Anniversary: I’m a sucker for Liane Moriarty retellings on TV and this Australian-made one started strong. It has the same producers as Big Little Lies so if you liked that show (I loved it) this one might be for you. (AMC+)
Sophie Honeywell (Palmer) inherits a house on Scribbly Gum Island, left to her by her ex-boyfriend's great-aunt Connie, however, the island has many secrets, amongst them, the Baby Munro origin, in which the discoveries will rock everyone involved.
Gone Girls: It’s a hard watch as you might get very frustrated at the blatant behavior of the police, but I enjoyed how the victims were respected and how the families pushed for the recent discoveries of the Long Island serial killer. (Netflix)
💕 Micro-Joy
I like short business trips! I love having a hotel room to myself and waking up to a fluffy bed, a Nespresso pod, and a different breakfast than my usual. This week I had a company offsite and although I loved coming home to my family and my bed, the little break is necessary.
✅ To-do List
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Inspiration for your next Book Club pick
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A Christian tech utopia in the Appalachia?
All about Soap Operas! (loved this)
Fantastic True Crime Read: The Mysterious Sinking of the Bayesian
The Fake Bride scandal
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I feel like we are both vibing with the same books at the moment! Three Days in June is one of the next ones on my tbr :)
I immediately went and downloaded Three Days in June. I need a hug in the form of a book for sure.
I also really liked the Gone Girls documentary. I loved how involved the families were. Honestly they broke down a few of my own misconceptions about sex workers. I'm also glad the police department was fully cleaned up because those early cops were useless.