Everything's Fine by Cecilia Rabess

Everything's Fine by Cecilia Rabess
My rating: 3 of 5 stars

I found this very readable; finished it in a day. I'm a shade of grey person and could relate to both Josh and Jess. I became frustrated at how easily she reverted to an accusation of racism when she couldn't understand a perspective or became overwhelmed and frustrated with emotion. I completely understood her passion for activism and I was furious with how she was treated at her workplaces. There was also a scene where she discovered a clothing item that Josh brushed off and maybe in historical hindsight you could explain that away - but man, was I in Jess's camp in that scene. I felt that she had many assumptions about Josh going back to college that she never apologized for as she got to know him better and realized she was wrong.

I was rooting for them together, and still am.

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"Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow" by Gabrille Zevin

Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow by Gabrielle Zevin
My rating: 5 of 5 stars

When I see review and review gushing over a book, I'll admit that I get a bit bummed out because the hype often doesn't live up to expectations. I prefer that *I* discover how amazing a book is and then delight that others agree, rather than the other way around.

However, this is an exception. I adored this book.

How exactly to classify it? I don't know....it is a love story. And it left me wanting, but not in a let-down way...but because I'll miss the characters and because of some intentionally unfulfilled possibilities.

Way to knock it out of the park, Gabrille Zevin!

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"Yours Truly" by Abby Jimenez

 

A new book from fave author Abby Jimenez is cause for celebration! I appreciate how many of her books weave together loosely connected characters so a new story often gives us a chance to check in old friends. That wasn't really the case in "Yours Truly," though Lola Simone is mentioned.

Drs. Briana Ortiz and Jacob Maddox are our protagonists and they have a delicious back and forth, beginning with major misunderstandings and ending with....well, you'll have to read it to find out!

Family drama, past relationships, old-fashioned correspondence and emotional disabilities all factor in to this delightful rom-com.