Today I’m participating in WWW Wednesdays, at Taking on a World of Words. Here’s how it works:
The Three Ws are:
What are you currently reading?
What did you recently finish reading?
What do you think you’ll read next, and/or what are you eagerly awaiting?
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Tracy Flick Can’t Win, by Tom Perrotta
From New York Times bestselling author Tom Perrotta, a pitch-perfect new satirical novel about ambition, coming-of-age in adulthood, and never really leaving high school politics behind—featuring his most iconic character of all time.
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BOOKS READ & REVIEWED SINCE LAST POST OF 6/7/22:
Fly Girl, by Ann Hood
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The Latecomer, by Jean Hanff Korelitz
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Summer Love, by Nancy Thayer
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EAGERLY ANTICIPATING: Left on Tenth, by Delia Ephron (a memoir)
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Synopsis:The bestselling, beloved writer of romantic comedies like You’ve Got Mail tells her own late-in-life love story in her “resplendent memoir,” complete with a tragic second act and joyous resolution (Adriana Trigiani, bestselling author of The Good Left Undone).
Delia Ephron had struggled through several years of heartbreak. She’d lost her sister, Nora, and then her husband, Jerry, both to cancer. Several months after Jerry’s death, she decided to make one small change in her life—she shut down his landline, which crashed her internet. She ended up in Verizon hell.
She channeled her grief the best way she knew: by writing a New York Times op-ed. The piece caught the attention of Peter, a Bay Area psychiatrist, who emailed her to commiserate. Recently widowed himself, he reminded her that they had shared a few dates fifty-four years before, set up by Nora. Delia did not remember him, but after several weeks of exchanging emails and sixties folk songs, he flew east to see her. They were crazy, utterly, in love.
But this was not a rom-com: four months later she was diagnosed with AML, a fierce leukemia.
In Left on Tenth, Delia Ephron enchants as she seesaws us between tears and laughter, navigating the suicidal lows of enduring cutting-edge treatment and the giddy highs of a second chance at love. With Peter and her close girlfriends by her side, with startling clarity, warmth, and honesty about facing death, Ephron invites us to join her team of warriors and become believers ourselves.
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That was my week. What did yours look like?
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Wow, that Delia Ephron book sounds like quite the emotional ride! I hope you will enjoy it! Have a lovely week 🙂
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Thanks, Lola, I have loved all the Ephron sisters, and this one definitely captured my interest. Enjoy your books.
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Sounds like you read interesting books. I hope you enjoy your current and future books.
Here is my WWW | https://herseriallife.com/www-wednesday-june-15-2022/
Have a great week 🌈
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Thanks, Rae, I hope to love them all!
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Interesting looking books, especially Tracy Flick Can’t Win.
Have a great week!
Emily @ Budget Tales Book Blog
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Thanks, Emily Jane, Tracy Flick had a slow start, but now I’m finding it more interesting. I usually love this author, so hopefully it will grab me.
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Fingers crossed 🙂
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An interesting variety of books. Happy reading.
My WWW post: https://liseysreads.wordpress.com/2022/06/15/www-wednesday-62-15-june-2022/
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Thanks, Lisa, I hope to love my reading this week. Enjoy yours!
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Thayer’s book looks like a good summer read. I hope you enjoy all of these.
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Thanks, Deanna.
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Delia Ephron’s book sounds so interesting, I’m tempted to get that one. I hope you enjoy the books you read this week.
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I am definitely adding this one to my shelves, Hayley.
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I don’t know that I could do the Ephron book. Sounds like I’d need a couple boxes of tissues just to get through it. Happy Reading, Laurel-Rain!
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So true, Teri, but then again, sometimes I need a good cry!
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Holy 1990s! Tracy Flick! Maybe I need to catch up with her.
I love the Nora and Hallie Ephron. I ought to pick up Delia’s. After all, we shouldn’t play favorites among sisters, right? 🙂
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Thanks, Gal, I agree!
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Fly Girl sounds amazing. Just checked out your review and I’m going to definitely add that one to my TBR. Thanks for sharing and happy reading!
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Thanks, Denise, I really enjoyed it.
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Left on Tenth sounds really good. I hope you enjoy it. The cover is so stunning too!
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Thanks, Leslie, I love the Ephron sisters’ books!
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It looks like you have some great summer reads on this list!
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Thanks, Cassie, they have been great reads!
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Left on Tenth is intriguing!
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I agree, Nicki!
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