Wednesday, July 3, 2019

Open Road Summer by Emery Lord


About This Book:
Goodreads Summary
📍Stand-Alone 
📍Release Date: March 3, 2015
📍Format:  Paperback
📍Setting: United States
📍Page Count: 344
📍Genre(s): Young Adult, Romance, Contemporary, Travel/Road Trip
📍Date(s) Read: 6/13-7/3/19
📍Rating:   
Book: 3.5/5   Audio:  5/5    Narrator(s): Rebecca Gibel


My Thoughts:


Popsugar Reading Challenge: Read a book during the season it is set in
(I started the book before the official day of summer but I was still reading it when it started and of course, finished it once it started)

Audio:


I like her voice for this book. The first couple of chapters, I think I would have given up if it wasn't for the audio book. 


Book:

(Another book that I am typing as I go in some areas)

This book started off weak for me for the first couple of chapters or so, had me a bit nervous about if I was going to finish it or not but by chapter 3 or 4, it started getting a bit better. Once another character showed up, it picked up that much more.

When someone in the book says "Yum" directed at one of the characters, it's nice to know that I am not the only one who gives heavy eye 'rollage'. I just think it's annoying when people say "Yum" towards humans like their, a piece of pie. *cringe*
I had to take a break from the book for a bit there but once I picked it back up, it was easy to get through. It wasn't a bad book, I guess I just wasn't feeling it at the time. It felt forced because I was reading it for a readathon. I think I just needed a break and for the readathon to be over for me to get into it again.
I read some reviews that people saw slut shaming in this book. I didn't see that. I just saw someone coming into their own reality of the things they did. Someone admitting to themselves that they needed to get their crap together. 
The book had it's slow times and wishing we weren't inside Reagan's head so much. Sometimes it was a bit frustrating. Maybe because I am in my head so much and it's hard to share the thoughts I have and hard to get my thoughts together when trying to let people know what I am thinking or feeling.
I really did enjoy the friendship between Dee & Reagan. I also loved Matt. The few times Dee's mother was brought up in the book, I loved her too.

It's rare that I find a quote I love in fiction, at least from what I remember

My favorite quote in the entire book

"...You're just a broken winged bird. And there are two things you can do with broken wings: You can roll over and die, or you can lay low, heal and start fresh" -Mrs Montgomery

This is something I really want to remember & it fits so much right now. That "Aha Moment" Oprah is always saying when something clicks?!? This is one of them for me! 





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