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Lucky Caller
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3.5 stars
I loved the start of this but I didn't like the ending. It was so fun to read tho I really couldn't stop!
This happened to me so many times and I should be upset that I loved this so much only to be disappointed by the end but I'm really not.
I loved every character in this but especially Jaime, he was one of the sweetest boys I ever read about and I love him! I wish we had his pov and I would scream my lungs out if we get a book totally about him!
I love Rose, Sidney and the mom, I love Dan and their father too. I love Joydeep and Sasha. I LOVE EVERYONE! And it's a rare occasion that I do, but if anyone can make me feel that it'd be Emma Mills and she did.
I loved the relationship between some characters and how it developed, especially between Nina and her father, also Nina and Dan.
This book is about Nina, a highschool senior who in order to pass her radio broadcasting class needs to group with her childhood friend Jamie, whom she's been ignoring for the last couple of years. With Sasha and Joydeep the group is aiming for an easy A, just play 90s music and let the show take care of itself. Should be easy right?
I love that plot and writing. I was hesitant at the start because I know school projects, they never really are described correctly in books while in reality, it's just one doing most of the work. This though felt real, because that group dynamic was true enough. There was carelessness, there was staling to the last minutes but there was also friendship and working together.
The family aspects of this were everything to me and I would totally read this if it only had the 3 sisters and their mom hanging around at home!
Dan was a good addition to that mix and I love how Nina had her doubts at first. To me, it felt so real that the development in their relationship would be small and done through actions rather than just having a talk, I love how they started and how they ended even tho it's not the biggest change it's subtle and feels real.
Same thing with Nina and her father. I saw that ending coming but I still love how it's not just your typical one, family relationships are complicated and sometimes they aren't just a "I hate you now" thing.
Still with all these good things, I think it could've been better. I don't like the romance much and I think of all the development in characters and their relationships, the romance was the worst. It felt too much.
I also wanted to see some more things wrapped up nicely or if not then give me the second book that I deserve! I want to know what happens to Rose and her classes and I so want to know about Jamie's parents. I do like some openness in my endings but I think those two are very important things that define those two characters and I want to understand them better.
I also hated that interview at the end because it felt so lucky! I guess with a title like that I should've expected something like this but it honestly was too convenient.
I do recommend this if you want a sweet contemporary about friends to lovers, about family and friendship in general.
I loved the start of this but I didn't like the ending. It was so fun to read tho I really couldn't stop!
This happened to me so many times and I should be upset that I loved this so much only to be disappointed by the end but I'm really not.
I loved every character in this but especially Jaime, he was one of the sweetest boys I ever read about and I love him! I wish we had his pov and I would scream my lungs out if we get a book totally about him!
I love Rose, Sidney and the mom, I love Dan and their father too. I love Joydeep and Sasha. I LOVE EVERYONE! And it's a rare occasion that I do, but if anyone can make me feel that it'd be Emma Mills and she did.
I loved the relationship between some characters and how it developed, especially between Nina and her father, also Nina and Dan.
This book is about Nina, a highschool senior who in order to pass her radio broadcasting class needs to group with her childhood friend Jamie, whom she's been ignoring for the last couple of years. With Sasha and Joydeep the group is aiming for an easy A, just play 90s music and let the show take care of itself. Should be easy right?
I love that plot and writing. I was hesitant at the start because I know school projects, they never really are described correctly in books while in reality, it's just one doing most of the work. This though felt real, because that group dynamic was true enough. There was carelessness, there was staling to the last minutes but there was also friendship and working together.
The family aspects of this were everything to me and I would totally read this if it only had the 3 sisters and their mom hanging around at home!
Dan was a good addition to that mix and I love how Nina had her doubts at first. To me, it felt so real that the development in their relationship would be small and done through actions rather than just having a talk, I love how they started and how they ended even tho it's not the biggest change it's subtle and feels real.
Same thing with Nina and her father. I saw that ending coming but I still love how it's not just your typical one, family relationships are complicated and sometimes they aren't just a "I hate you now" thing.
Still with all these good things, I think it could've been better. I don't like the romance much and I think of all the development in characters and their relationships, the romance was the worst. It felt too much.
I also wanted to see some more things wrapped up nicely or if not then give me the second book that I deserve! I want to know what happens to Rose and her classes and I so want to know about Jamie's parents. I do like some openness in my endings but I think those two are very important things that define those two characters and I want to understand them better.
I also hated that interview at the end because it felt so lucky! I guess with a title like that I should've expected something like this but it honestly was too convenient.
I do recommend this if you want a sweet contemporary about friends to lovers, about family and friendship in general.
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Reading Progress
December 3, 2019
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Started Reading
December 3, 2019
– Shelved
December 4, 2019
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8.0%
"The perfect comeback only comes to you way after the offending incident, most especially when you’re alone in the shower with no one but the shampoo bottle to tell it to.
That's so true, my shampoo bottles have been roasted so many times I tell you 😂"
That's so true, my shampoo bottles have been roasted so many times I tell you 😂"
December 4, 2019
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17.0%
"“It’s me!” Sidney screeched. We were still jumping.
“She didn’t tell you?” Rose said.
“She did—I just liked hearing it again.” Mom flung her arms in the air, started jumping too. “My daughter gets a ballad!”
I love this family! ❤
They remind me of Lara Jean's family in To All the Boys I've Loved Before."
“She didn’t tell you?” Rose said.
“She did—I just liked hearing it again.” Mom flung her arms in the air, started jumping too. “My daughter gets a ballad!”
I love this family! ❤
They remind me of Lara Jean's family in To All the Boys I've Loved Before."
December 5, 2019
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75.0%
"“Remember, for my birthday? I never told you. I was so … That was so nice of you, you didn’t have to do that, it was—you’re too good. I don’t know how to be good like that. I don’t know how to not be a human garbage can, Jamie.”"
December 6, 2019
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85.0%
"I love the characters individually but I'm not into the romance and I did expect this ending."
December 6, 2019
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89.0%
"Okay maybe I didn't predict this exact ending. It's more convenient than I thought, and I didn't even like my own version that much 😬
It's like someone wanted to add a little pinch of sugar to their drink, slipped and accidentally pressed the self destruct button on a sugar factory and blew it up! Now there's sugar on EVERYTHING!"
It's like someone wanted to add a little pinch of sugar to their drink, slipped and accidentally pressed the self destruct button on a sugar factory and blew it up! Now there's sugar on EVERYTHING!"
December 6, 2019
– Shelved as:
3-and-a-half-stars
December 6, 2019
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Finished Reading
