Theme:
Book Lovers by Emily Henry, explores theme of family and mental health, holding and taking space for self and loved ones, and the power of books to heal, soothe and reveal.
Summary:
It is a heartwarming enemies-to-lovers romance centering around Nora Stephens, a literary agent, who goes to Sunshine Falls for a month-long trip with her sister Libby. But enemies may be too harsh of a word to describe Nora and her love interest, Charlie.
Famous Quotes:
“You are in all of my happiest places.”
“The only two ways I’ve ever managed to get out of my head are through reading and rigorous exercise.”
“I understood then, the immense honor it is to hurt like she does. To have loved someone so much that the taste of maple syrup can make you cry and laugh at the same time.”
“My best friends taught me a new kind of quiet, the peaceful stillness of knowing one another so well you don’t need to fill the space. And a new kind of loud: noise as a celebration, as the overflow of joy at being alive, here, now.”
“You’re like gravity. Everything keeps spinning, but my mind’s always got one hand on you.”
“Is there anything better than iced coffee and a bookstore on a sunny day? I mean, aside from hot coffee and a bookstore on a rainy day. Maybe love shouldn’t be built on a foundation of compromises, but maybe it can’t exist without them either.”
“Of course I have a checklist.” His eyes glint in the dark. “What am I, an animal?”
“I used to think it was because people like me don’t get those endings. And asking for it, hoping for it, is a way to lose something you’ve never even had.”
“Another “universal truth” Austen could’ve started Pride and Prejudice with: When you tell yourself not to think about something, it will be all that you can think about.”
“Maybe it’s possible to belong in a hundred different ways to a hundred different people and places.”
“I think,” I whisper, “you’re one of the least disappointing people I’ve ever met.”
Literary awards:
- Goodreads Choice Award for Romance (2022)
- The Listen List for Outstanding Audio Narration (2023)
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