is causing a great deal of rumbling in the summer reading department, in fact:And now Chicken Lit Bookclub follows with our own shout out here - we must get started!"SEVEN YEAR SWITCH has received beach read shout outs from People, USA Today, The NYTimes, and The NYPost!"– Claire Cook
No pressure. Ok, some.
Brenda?
ReplyDeleteIs this the book we are reading now or have you finished it?
Yes - I started reading it on my eReader while in SD and I'm currently on pg 36. I'm also on pg 22 of HOM... focus needed after that big vacation! Are you working on SYS now? Via eReader?
ReplyDeleteYes, have both of these on the reader...will get caught up with you! Will start tonight! Sorry about being so slow!
ReplyDeleteNo problem whatsoever! I'm just grateful you've got my back. THANKS!
ReplyDeleteIsn't that what friends are for?
ReplyDeleteAbsolutely! Friends should always do that, and you're such a great one.
ReplyDeleteI am on page 33-34 of Seven Year Switch..liking this book so far, and the ereader is making it fun..
ReplyDeleteJust starting ch 12 on my eReader (pg 69). Hoping things start looking up... Seth is a complete jerk for showing back up after 7 years. I can relate to how Anastasia would feel after having her disappearing father return, and like her mom, mine would've been absolutely LIVID.
ReplyDeleteHi there, I am in chapter 12 now. Page 69 for me too on the reader! Caught up to you...for now. I hear you on your reaction, I am having a hard time not feeling the same way, too! But this is a well written book..I love the idea of a manless vacation sometimes, now that would be an ingenious business to open!
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ReplyDeleteStarting chapter 24! I can't believe she did that! 7 years and it was that easy? You know what I am talking about..wonder what happens next?
I'm in ch 26 and seeing her regrets - I couldn't believe it either! Way too easy. She needs to stick w/Billy and let sperm donor just be Anastasia's Dad.
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ReplyDeleteI finished reading 'Seven Year Switch' yesterday (4th of July) and found it refreshing. Jill's rediscovery of her long lost husband and herself in the process really touched a cord with me. Like Jill, people tend to nurse old wounds until forced out of their comfort zones. By letting go, she expanded her small world and opened up relationships with those closest to her.
I give this book 4 out of 5 stars, mostly because I had a hard time accepting how easily Jill welcomed her husband back into her life and home after he disappeared without a trace for 7 years, and then she even left him alone to care for her daughter while she vacationed in Costa Rica. I know it's just a work of fiction, but that was just a little beyond my comfort level. Despite that, I especially enjoyed the author's humor/wit and would love to take a trip with 'Great Girlfriend Getaways' some day... but with my hubs, too. ;)
Good morning Brenda,
ReplyDeleteI finished Seven Year Switch late last night. I give it a 4. I liked the book, but the ending was a little odd. I thought that bringing Billy to Costa Rica, though nice, didn't really fit. He had been calling her? He knew that she was in Costa Rica, or should have been easy enough to find out from Seth. And to show up during a GGG? Didn't fit for me.
And leaving Asia with her dad, after 7 years? And not completely freaking out when Eileen was found to be in your house? I agree, work of fiction, sure, but it was beyond my level of comprehension.
And having sex with that man 7 years after he left, like nothing happened? What about the other people he had been with in that time? We know that there was at least one. Doesn't speak well to safe sex.
I hope that there might be a sequel to flesh out the characters more. Billy's father? Relationship with Joni? Now there could be a story there...
Thanks for posting your review, Becca. I agree with all of the above - you are spot on. And a sequel for fleshing out purposes would be nice, too. Will post a tweet to Claire Cook on Twitter and see if she has any plans for writing one.
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