Year 3, week 32: The Bromance Book Club / Between the Lines

This week's post will be two of the books I have read this week during the COVID-19 quarantine.



The Bromance Book Club
By Lyssa Kay Adams

Every year I print off a reading challenge from the website Popsugar. Every year the list seems like it has several types of books I like to read. This year's list might be a bit of a bust, but I'm still going to give it a go. One of the categories on the list was a book with a book club in it. I googled "books with book clubs in them" and The Bromance Book Club was one of the top entries.

If I'm going to be honest, the book was utter mind candy. I would have LOVED this book in high school! The plot revolves around a couple that finds out they haven't been completely truthful about their bedroom life. The husband, who is a baseball player, tries to win back his wife with the help of his teammates and a romance novel.

Yeah, the plot is super unrealistic fluff, but in the times we are living in it was an escape from being scared all the time. If you want a silly romance with a little dirty talk then check this book out.



Between the Lines
By Jodi Picoult and Samantha van Leer

This book was the second book I read this week. I actually listened to it because I gave my unread copy to a book drive for lower income kids to read while we are all stuck at home. My used copy of the book had been sitting on my shelf for Lord knows how long, and I was glad to get it out of the house. This year one of my resolutions was to get through most of the books that have just been sitting in our house before I buy new books. Yes, I realize I signed up for a Book of the Month club, but I'm trying, okay?

The second book was Between the Lines, and like the first book of this week, I would have loved the concept of this book in high school. An outcast girl falls in love with a character from a children's fairy tale. When the character from the book starts to talk to her, she's over the moon. Apparently in this story, the characters are just kind of acting out a play while the reader reads the book, but when the book isn't being read the characters have their own lives. The plot is a little gimmicky and I originally picked up the book because I love Jodi Picoult, who happened to write this novel with her daughter. It's definitely a young adult novel and I wasn't quite feeling this one. The real world was just too much for me when I was trying to get through this book.

I guess I would recommend this novel if you have a daughter who enjoys books, or if you want a quick easy read.