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Karom · 06-20-2016, 12:13 AM

Still trying to finish Never Fade so I can get to Me Before You. I'm just inching my way out of a massive reading slump that has plagued me these past few months and it's still gong slowly.

Stay to the Lights · 06-20-2016, 07:15 AM

Never Fade

Love that series. Me Before You is such a tear jerker

I'm seeing the movie on the weekend.

Karom · 06-20-2016, 11:42 AM

I love it as well. Although I have to say I liked The Darkest Minds better than Never Fade. Just finished it.

I'm really in the mood for contemporary right now, so I'm excited to read Me before You. Also, I have come to realize I barely own any contemporary books.

Stay to the Lights · 06-21-2016, 07:09 AM

My heart broke in that book for Liam/Ruby

The last book was great though

Contemporary books can be pretty great, it's good to have some variety.

Drunk On You · 06-21-2016, 04:37 PM

I still have The Darkest Minds laying around somewhere that I haven't read yet.

Karom · 06-22-2016, 08:23 AM

I just bought "The Hundred Year Old Man Who Climbed Out a Window and Disappeared" by Jonas Jonasson. It sounded really funny.

I also bought 1984 by George Orwell because I felt like it's one of those books everyone should own a copy of.

I believe those are both standalones. And as it turns out, Me Before You isn't.

But I am really loving it.

Stay to the Lights · 06-22-2016, 09:31 AM

I have heard of 1984, but don't believe I have read it.

Karom · 06-22-2016, 10:09 PM

Neither have I. But now I own it.

Stay to the Lights · 06-23-2016, 07:11 AM

That's great

Stay to the Lights · 03-18-2018, 11:08 PM

I read this book while on my trip, and its now in one of my fav stand alone

The premise may be done before, but the authors creates it and writes it beautifully.

Quote:

A near drowning…a coma for days…and then…

Olivia wakes up to realize she doesn’t remember. Not just the accident—but anything from the last four years. Not high school. Not Matt, the guy who is apparently her boyfriend. Not the reason she and Jules are no longer friends. Nothing.

That’s when it hits her—the accident may not have taken her life, but it took something just as vital: her memory. The harder she tires to remember things, the foggier everything gets, and figuring out who she is feels impossible when everyone keeps telling her who she was.

But then there’s Walker. The guy who saved her. The one who broke her ribs pumping life back into her lungs. The hardened boy who keeps his distance despite Olivia’s attempts to thank him.

With her feelings growing for Walker, tensions rising with Matt, and secrets she can’t help but feel are being kept from her, Olivia must find her place in a life she doesn’t even remember living.

Tina · 06-13-2018, 09:27 AM

^ That sounds really good. Is it a fast pace read?

I'm going to see if my library has it.

meraki · 06-13-2018, 10:29 AM

It seems really good.

The Hating Game by Sally Thorne is one of my favorite standalone books.

Also another new favorite is Sky in the Deep by Adrienne Young.

Stay to the Lights · 06-14-2018, 05:39 PM

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Originally Posted by Tina (View Post)

^ That sounds really good. Is it a fast pace read?

I'm going to see if my library has it.

I felt it was. It was a real page turner.

And yes, The Hating Game was a brilliant standalone. Loved that one as well.

Tina · 07-05-2018, 07:51 PM

Thanks! I checked and my library didn't have it

Drunk On You · 07-05-2018, 07:53 PM

I started to read The Hating Game but couldn't get far into it.

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