Susan’s Book Blog

So I didn’t read quite as many as I’d wanted to. I got a little bogged down when I got to The Foxhole Court. I had to fight to finish it. I moved onto the second one in the series but I had to put it aside. I just wasn’t feeling it and needed to do CPR on my reading motivation’s will to live.  The ARCs I received this month were outstanding. If This Gets Out and Part of Your World were two of my favorite reads. Chef’s kiss. And speaking of, Chef’s Kiss , the graphic novel, was pretty adorable. I highly recommend all three.  It Happened One Summer was cute but overall left me pretty underwhelmed and a little disappointed. Especially after all the hype it received. I thought it was okay. I might reread it at some point in the future, and I will probably read the sequel that comes out next year. Here the Whole Time was so sweet. It’s not often you get to read about a boy in high school struggling with his weight and body image and also trying to navigate his changing feelings...

 Like so many of you out there, I recently read The Love Hypothesis by Ali Hazelwood - and I ADORED it. Sometimes (as you’ve seen if you scroll down my blog a bit) I get inspired to create my own Funko Pops. I wasn’t very far into TLH when I decided I needed Adam & Olive for my shelf.  So I did some online window shopping to see if I could find the right pops to use to create them, then I made a mock-up of what I hoped the finished product would look like. (At the bottom, you’ll see what I used.)  Tell me what you think!  Adam & Olive are on the top shelf standing in front of their book. ⤵️

The Love Hypothesis by Ali Hazelwood 5 stars out of 5 (and high heat)  🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟 🔥 I loved everything about this. This is a wonderfully fresh take on the fake dating trope, a delicious slow burn, and my absolute favorite trope of them all - grumpy/sunshine. And I honestly don’t know what it’s called or if it even has a name but you know that dynamic where Person A is feared by everyone and Person B discovers that Person A is actually a misunderstood teddy bear? Yeah that. This is that. And. I. Love. It. (Adam really is just the Best ever book boyfriend. Drew from The Wedding Date, take fucking note.) I really enjoyed Ali Hazelwood’s writing style. It was easy and relatable and smart and funny. I think Olive’s awareness of romance tropes was so great and cleverly incorporated into the story. I also appreciated the feminist perspective she gave to the book and its characters and how the power imbalance in Olive & Adam’s relationship was addressed. Will definitely check out anyt...