This week’s choice is…
THE LIGHT WE LOST
By #author @JillSantopolo
Book Beginnings:
With Gilion Dumas of RoseCityReader @GilionDumas
Friday 56: (Instagram Post)
With Fredasvoice @fredalicious and on Instagram as @fredasphotos #Friday56
Hopefully, above, you can actually see my Instagram pictures!
Just in case you can’t see beyond the first photo, here’s the Friday 56 sentence below:
My First Thoughts:
I just picked this up to see what it was like and I’m hooked… not even got as far as page 56 yet. 🙂
THE LIGHT WE LOST
By #author @JillSantopolo
BLURB
THE NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER
“It’s the epic love story of 2017.”—Redbook
“One Day meets Me Before You meets your weekender bag.”—The Skimm
“Extraordinary.”—Emily Giffin
He was the first person to inspire her, to move her, to truly understand her. Was he meant to be the last?
Lucy is faced with a life-altering choice. But before she can make her decision, she must start her story—their story—at the very beginning.
Lucy and Gabe meet as seniors at Columbia University on a day that changes both of their lives forever. Together, they decide they want their lives to mean something, to matter. When they meet again a year later, it seems fated—perhaps they’ll find life’s meaning in each other. But then Gabe becomes a photojournalist assigned to the Middle East and Lucy pursues a career in New York. What follows is a thirteen-year journey of dreams, desires, jealousies, betrayals, and, ultimately, of love. Was it fate that brought them together? Is it choice that has kept them away? Their journey takes Lucy and Gabe continents apart, but never out of each other’s hearts.
This devastatingly romantic debut novel about the enduring power of first love, with a shocking, unforgettable ending, is Love Story for a new generation.
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I can’t wait to visit your blogs to find out.
Have a great weekend! – I usually say ” full of reading”, but I’m not sure how much you’ll fit in with Christmas around the corner. Hope you’ve got lots of things lined up that you are looking forward to.
Here’s wishing you all a very HAPPY CHRISTMAS and an exciting New Year full of great things, brilliant achievements and of course, lots and lots of reading time…
If you’re still around over the Christmas holidays I’ll be here. Stay in touch, and have a great time.
Luv Sassy X
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Sounds interesting. It’s being compared to Love Story? Hmmm! This week I am featuring The House on Tradd Street by Karen White. Happy reading!
Hmm, yes, Love Story. I will have to let you know once I’ve read it… that’s a hard one to beat! 🙂
Looking forward to reading your choice.
Beautiful excerpts! Thanks for sharing…and for visiting my blog.
You’re welcome. Thanks for popping by, too!
I like the sound of this one. Enjoy! Wishing you a very happy Christmas and fabulous new year.
Thank you, Catherine! Yep, it’s nearly upon us 🙂
This sounds like a great read! Love the excerpts! Hope you have a very Merry Christmas! 🙂
Thank you, Ashley! Glad you liked the excerpts, too.
Sounds like a pretty intense story. I have a feeling things don’t go as planned.
BTW, I had no problem seeing the text in the photos.
Yes, I do, too!
That’s great, thanks for letting me know. I can’t always tell if my Instagram posts work well for others. I’d hate to be adding them, not knowing they cant be seen. 🙂
This sounds like a great story. Enjoy your current read!
Thank you, Breana!
I haven’t heard of this book or author before. I hope you continue to enjoy the book. My Friday Quotes Merry Christmas!
Thank you, Anne, so far, so good! Merry Christmas! 🙂
This book sounds fantastic!!
I follow your Pinterest! 🙂
Merry Christmas to you and yours! x
Thank you Freda! 😉 x
I really like the sound of that opening!
Thanks for sharing, Sassy! Happy Holidays!
Lauren @ Always Me
Fantastic! Happy Christmas to you, too!
Wow. This book sells itself. And what a cover!
Have a magical and Merry Christmas:)
Yes! 🙂 Oh I will, thank you! You too!
Sounds like this one is quite the rollercoaster. Merry Christmas!
Yes, it certainly does. Thank you Alicia! You, too!
Hi Sass,
I don’t read much in the way of contemporary romance and to be honest, I found the premise and your extracts a bit too ‘slushy’ for my liking. However, I really did like Jill’s style of writing and the way she puts words together (if that makes sense!), so never say never on this one popping up in my TBR pile.
I also like the many various cover options which seem to be available for the book, especially the one featured most prominently on Goodreads ..
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/32956365-the-light-we-lost?from_search=true
Have a lovely Christmas and New Year, Sass and I’ll see you in 2018 🙂
Yvonne
Hi Yvonne!
Yes, I noticed there are several different book covers for this book. Mine’s an uncorrected proof copy, which I managed to get despite this book coming out in May. So I guess that’s why it’s different again. But I do love the gold foil lettering.
Looking at Goodreads it looks as though some of the current versions of this cover also have this lovely gold foil lettering.
Very nice!
Thank you for your warm wishes. I do hope you have a lovely Christmas, too! See you in the New Year!
Have a fabulous time!
Luv Sass x