Don Tillman, professor of genetics, has never been on a second date. He is a man who can count all his friends on the fingers of one hand, whose lifelong difficulty with social rituals has convinced him that he is simply not wired for romance. So when an acquaintance informs him that he would make a "wonderful" husband, his first reaction is shock. Yet he must concede to the statistical probability that there is someone for everyone, and he embarks upon The Wife Project. In the orderly, evidence-based manner with which he approaches all things, Don sets out to find the perfect partner. She will be punctual and logical - most definitely not a barmaid, a smoker, a drinker, or a late-arriver.
Yet Rosie Jarman is all these things. She is also beguiling, fiery, intelligent - and on a quest of her own. She is looking for her biological father, a search that a certain DNA expert might be able to help her with. Don's Wife Project takes a back burner to the Father Project and an unlikely relationship blooms, forcing the scientifically minded geneticist to confront the spontaneous whirlwind that is Rosie - and the realization that love is not always what looks good on paper.
The Rosie Project is a moving and hilarious novel for anyone who has ever tenaciously gone after life or love in the face of overwhelming challenges.
Both funny and cringe-worthy at times, I loved Don and his quirks, rooted for him and wanted to shake him at different moments. It was a different, light but well-written read.
Lydia and Freddie. Freddie and Lydia. They’d been together for more than a decade and Lydia thought their love was indestructible. But she was wrong. On Lydia’s 28th birthday, Freddie died in a car accident.So now it’s just Lydia, and all she wants is to hide indoors and sob until her eyes fall out. But Lydia knows that Freddie would want her to try to live fully, happily, even without him. So, enlisting the help of his best friend, Jonah, and her sister, Elle, she takes her first tentative steps into the world, open to life - and perhaps even love - again.But then something inexplicable happens that gives her another chance at her old life with Freddie. A life where none of the tragic events of the past few months have happened.Lydia is pulled again and again through the doorway to her past, living two lives, impossibly, at once. But there’s an emotional toll to returning to a world where Freddie, alive, still owns her heart. Because there’s someone in her new life, her real life, who wants her to stay.
I thought American Royals was a fun escape. I have to get on book 2!
ReplyDeleteI'm waiting for book 2 of American Royals from my library! The Things We Cannot Say was one of my favorites from last year.
ReplyDeleteI think I felt the same about half night stand, I need to check. I love CL but some of their books are better than others for sure.
ReplyDeleteLydia Bird is on my list!
ReplyDeleteI LOVED The Things We Cannnot Say and I'm still waiting for book 2 of American Royals through my library. I thought it was a cute soap opera type of story that I could totally see being turned into a movie series.
ReplyDeleteOk, Lydia Bird is going to be my next read! The Things We Cannot Say will be added to my ever growing list! Thanks!
ReplyDeleteThe Things We Cannot Say and Lydia Bird are both on my to read list. I enjoyed My Favorite Half-Night Stand, but I've felt the same way about their books- that they are too formulaic. So I haven't read one of theirs in awhile. I read The Rosie Project years ago and liked it.
ReplyDeleteI'm looking forward to getting American Royals from the library.
ReplyDeleteAmerican Royals is next for me to read - glad to hear it was good!
ReplyDeleteNice mix of books! I need to read something by Christina Lauren -I've heard this isn't their best though.
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I read The Rosie Project a few years ago and remember it being very cute. I just finished American Spy and have four other library books sitting beside me to get through, luckily late fees are not being charged now!
ReplyDeleteI thought The Things We Cannot Say was on my list, but I don't see it. The Rosie Project sounds really fun. Thanks for sharing and enjoy your month!
ReplyDeleteI loved The Rosie Project, I thought it was so sweet! I've heard American Royals is such a good one, that is one I hope to get to soon!
ReplyDeleteLydia Byrd seems a lot like a Taylor Jenkins Reid book. I didn't like One Day in December so I'll skip this but if you haven't read that one by TJR (Forever, Interrupted), it's good!
ReplyDeleteI have had The Things We Cannot Say on my TBR for months and honestly, wasn't even familiar with the plot, so I am glad to know what its about now, haha! I need to read it soon!
ReplyDeleteHere are my September reads, if interested! https://elle-alice.blogspot.com/2020/10/september-book-reviews.html