If Only I Could Tell You

November 13, 2019November 13, 2019 The Nashville Wife ReadsLeave a comment

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🌱 Book Review 🌱 . ⭐️ ⭐️ 💫 2.5 stars rounded up . Two sisters and their mother, caught in a continuous web of misunderstandings, grief, hidden truths and many regrets. A story line that I feel had so much potential had it been written in a completely different way, one that led the reader to the answer through character development and growth as a family… instead what I read was a non-stop “catch me if you can” game of dangling the truth in front of me in order to get me to keep reading this book. If it hadn’t been for just wanting to find out what on earth happened… I don’t know that I would’ve finished this book. It was also a bit too dramatic (for me). The ending was good. A little twist. I just am not a fan of this story unfortunately. Jess was a 10 year old child in a 30 (or 40?) year old body throwing a grief-riddled temper tantrum her entire life, ruining her life, her daughters, her sisters, her mothers, and anyone else that walked along her path. The book talks briefly about her job and then randomly that part of the story just goes away and it never comes back. Lily is a feeble push over that never stops trying to please and lets every single person she knows walk all over her. She allows her sister to carry on this ridiculous tantrum for 20-30 years without ever really trying to get her to tell her. SURE sure we find out in the end “why” which was an eye roll in my opinion and was simply to tie up a loose end. And the mom. I liked her most but she had issues in the book too. There’s just bits and pieces of this story that don’t make sense and are just thrown together or randomly disappear with no explanation. I like to read a book to enjoy simply the story, the people, the writing… not simply bc I want to know the answer and could care less about half the people in the book. Oh and I’m still mad there was NO reconciliation of the young daughters with their mothers (Lily and Jess), no more info on or character/story development on Daniel, no telling Phoebe, etc. I hate writing reviews that lean more on the negative but clearly I just really wasn’t a huge fan of this book.. 😦 ———————— 🌱

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Little Gems

August 16, 2019August 16, 2019 The Nashville Wife ReadsLeave a comment

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⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ ———————— Thank you, @netgalley ! 👏🏻 ———————— 🍼 I absolutely adored this book! The art was phenomenal (I wanted to print half of it and frame it on my walls!) 👶🏻 And the written part was so interesting. It was neat reading about the different cultures and beliefs. ☕️ I would highly recommend this book as both a coffee table book but also maybe as a baby shower gift, tucked into a gift basket. Perhaps it could be given as a gift to be read in the hospital during the 2 days after giving birth. 👏🏻 Great job on this one! @andrewsmcmeel (authors Jane Langley, Bridget Fogarty, Becky Olivier) —————————————• #NetGalley #littlegems #bookshelfdecor #bookshelf #bibliophile #bookworm #booknerd #bookaholics #bookaddicts #ilovebooks #booksofinstagram #bookish #bookstagrammer #bookshelves #bookslover #whatshereads #nashville #blogger #bookreviewer #bookworm #bookquotes #bookishlove #bookaholic #bookphotography #booksharks

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I Owe You One

February 7, 2019February 14, 2019 The Nashville Wife ReadsLeave a comment

Author: Sophie Kinsella

Fixie Farr lives within a dynamic family: Family First as the family motto goes.

Mum is as peaceful and loving as they come. She’s the supermom that you could only ever dream to become.

Dad was bigger than life before he passed away, leaving an empty hole and an empty chair at the dinner table. He was the man in charge in their family business (Farr’s) but when he passed, Mum worked her tail off to keep it thriving.

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