carpe librum
seize the book
Today is:
Reading Challenge dates feature a review of a book that must meet/fit one of our “challenge” themes (we each will pick three challenges from the categories below and also complete our Must Do list):
Book Cover features
One you don’t like
Mis-match (cover doesn’t fit the book)
Trifecta (cover, title, blurb fit perfectly)
Animals
Nature
Single Person
Objects
Body Parts
Clearing Off the Book Shelves
Read
An author whose books you are 2+ behind on
Any new to you author
Start a new series
A book you’ve had for six months or less
A book you’ve had for over a year
A book you’ve had for over five years
A book you keep meaning to read
Must Do
Read any Someday…Sunday you featured
Read any Friday or Sunday book featured by the other blogger
Reader’s Choice
Anything Goes
Just Because
Double Dip
Recommended by
Re read
Second Chance
Try Again
I really tried, but…
*completed
my challenge pick
I really tried, but…
Fixie Farr has always lived by her father’s motto: “Family first.” And since her dad passed away, leaving his charming housewares store in the hands of his wife and children, Fixie spends all her time picking up the slack from her siblings instead of striking out on her own. The way Fixie sees it, if she doesn’t take care of her father’s legacy, who will?
It’s simply not in Fixie’s nature to say no to people. So when a handsome stranger in a coffee shop asks her to watch his laptop for a moment, she not only agrees—she ends up saving it from certain disaster. To thank Fixie for her quick thinking, the computer’s owner, Sebastian, an investment manager, scribbles an IOU on a coffee sleeve and attaches his business card. Fixie laughs it off—she’d never actually claim an IOU from a stranger. Would she?
But then Fixie’s childhood crush, Ryan, comes back into her life, and his lack of a profession pushes all of Fixie’s buttons. As always, she wants nothing for herself—but she’d love Seb to give Ryan a job. No sooner has Seb agreed than the tables are turned once more and a new series of IOUs between Seb and Fixie—from small favors to life-changing moments—ensues. Soon Fixie, Ms. Fixit for everyone else, is torn between her family and the life she really wants. Does she have the courage to take a stand? Will she finally grab the life, and love, she really wants?
It’s simply not in Fixie’s nature to say no to people. So when a handsome stranger in a coffee shop asks her to watch his laptop for a moment, she not only agrees—she ends up saving it from certain disaster. To thank Fixie for her quick thinking, the computer’s owner, Sebastian, an investment manager, scribbles an IOU on a coffee sleeve and attaches his business card. Fixie laughs it off—she’d never actually claim an IOU from a stranger. Would she?
But then Fixie’s childhood crush, Ryan, comes back into her life, and his lack of a profession pushes all of Fixie’s buttons. As always, she wants nothing for herself—but she’d love Seb to give Ryan a job. No sooner has Seb agreed than the tables are turned once more and a new series of IOUs between Seb and Fixie—from small favors to life-changing moments—ensues. Soon Fixie, Ms. Fixit for everyone else, is torn between her family and the life she really wants. Does she have the courage to take a stand? Will she finally grab the life, and love, she really wants?
let me start by saying how ANNOYED i am that i could not get into this book. namely because i really LOVED the other two i've read by her and i was so excited to get this one...a huge part of the reason is the character interactions were really PISSING me off
i still have it - so maybe i'll try again someday.
may 30
giveaway as hosted by RTR
now take a peek at RTR's challenge pick:
Looks like we both had a bad challenge month!
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