Bookish News, What's on My Radar | 02.18.2020

What’s on my Radar #1

Hello and welcome to a new segment on the blog! Here I’ll discuss New releases, what I’m curious about or/and...

💭 If you had to name your memoir based on how this week is going so far, what would it be called?

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This past week I had the immense pleasure of reading My Mess is a Bit of a Life by Georgia Pritchett

Pritchett is a multi awarding winning writer famous for shows like Veep, Succession, In the Thick of Or, amongst others. But this memoir focus on her lifelong struggles with anxiety.

At times, this was positively hilarious and other times it had a darker, somber mood. The book is writen in snippets or short stories that narrate some of her life events -from childhood, to adult life, pregnancy, becoming a writer, etc.

It's different than any memoirs I've read, and just so clever.

Thank you so much @tandemcollectiveuk, @faberbooks, and @georgiapudding!

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What are you currently reading?

I just started this lovely book by @georgiapudding and I'm having the best time! It's so funny and easy to read, and as someone who has always suffered with anxiety this is a refreshing read that hits home!

I'll be posting more on my stories soon!

If you want to read along DM and I can send you the link for the digital book and also prompts ☺️📚

Thank you so much @tandemcollectiveuk and @faberbooks! 😊

Do you have a favourite Reality Show?

The Soulmate Equation is an out-of-the-box romance that would make an exceptionally fun Netflix reality!

Jess Davis is a single mom that is jaded about love. She got pregnant young and her boyfriend at the time never wanted to be a dad. Back then, she thought he was the one, but it became clear they really weren't meant to happen. A few years later, she has an awesome daughter, is a kickass freelance statistician, and has the most awesome BFF ever, but, her love life is pretty lacking.

Jess and Fizzy (the super cool best friend) use a local coffee shop as their office on a daily basis (always supporting local businesses of course) and observe the mysterious 'Americano', a tall and handsome specimen that is as surly as he is hot.

One day, they manage to hear through the grapevine that his name is actually Dr. River Pena, and he is the lead scientist in a project/company called GeneticAlly, a new matchmaking dating service that predicts the possibility of love based on DNA.

They can pair users from base matches (low percentages) to extremely rare diamond matches (over 90%).

Although they are initially skeptical, both ladies (at different times) decide to participate. But, it's a shock for everyone involved that Jess and River are matched at a whopping 98%. That high of a match for one of the owners is something that can impact the whole launch campaign and ultimately decide if GeneticAlly will sink or swim.

I love the wild Sci-Fi concept. It's crazy, but also something that you can imagine in a not-so-distant future. The chemistry between Jess and River is crackling, and it's more enjoyable as it starts as a type of enemies to lovers.

Overall, this was sweet, fun, cute, and every bit of a good time that you come to expect from Christina Lauren.

It's just missing that extra something to make it THE romance book of the year. So, maybe The Soulmate Equation wasn't my diamond match, but we certainly had very high compatibility.

Thank you Netgalley and Little Brown Book Group UK for the ARC in exchange for an honest review.

Read with @thechicklitbookclub Buddy Read!

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