Q3 Wrap Up/Discussion (2024) [CC]

This book was really emotional, really evocative. , it was a great read.

I loved Dial A for aunties. VAX gave it to me, I think for Christmas or for my birthday one year. And it has been a delightful thing to, to see continue.

On the whole though. I found this book a little bit of a letdown. This book is the beginning of a series, and I don't think I would continue on with it.

And I found most of the plot to be based on something that was so incorrect that I could barely enjoy trying to suspend my disbelief that it would really happen. Hence my friends, the two stars.

And the stakes got so high in this book, they were unbelievable. , I also didn't find it quite as funny as the first two books, and I think that was definitely dampened by the main character, keeping a huge secret from her entire family the whole time.

This book though, was just not well done. There was a lot of it that is unbelievable. And there were also a lot of points in it where I felt we just didn't have enough sentences to get us from action to action.

I wanna say the writing in this book is very, very high level. It feels like a historical literary fiction type of novel. It's very intricate.

Lori Frankl's writing is incredible. She writes in three different voices in this book for one, two, and three. They alternate chapters 1, 2, 3 throughout the entire book, which actually ends, opens on one and ends on three, which is a really nice touch.

I don't think the audio was particularly well narrated, and the author does trace her journey all across, , about a 20 year period of her life, both through a intense breakup and through the pandemic. , and through getting together with her current partner.

A book that I have loved since it came out since I brought it home. The sweetness at the bottom of the pie continues not to disappoint.

This is the first time I'd listened to the audio. I love the person who is narrating these. I think she really embodies Flavia.

I loved this book. I thought it was just sort of meandering enough to not feel like a formulaic plot line, but also give you that end of book last a hundred or 50 pages, , payoff that you're expecting for having made it through the first two thirds of the book.

So the ending felt a little unrealistic to me. But overall, , I really enjoyed this book. I would recommend it, especially if you have an interest in music and into vinyl.