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I am traveling A LOT this next month and a half, so most of what I am reading is a.) Kindle-enabled and b.) of the generally comforting variety that makes you feel better about life while you're stuck on an airplane and your brain is only half-working.

Barking Up the Right Tree is therefore exactly the kind of thing I want to be reading right now, being a cute contemporary romance novella that centers around:

a.) lots of lovely descriptions of all the beautiful autumn stuff that I'm missing out on this year by being constantly on a plane
b.) lots of lovely descriptions of really delicious-sounding baked goods
c.) lots of INCREDIBLY CHARMING PUPPY ANTICS

Lilly Grant is a good friend, which is an excellent thing for me because I find contemporary romance very hit-or-miss generally and otherwise would probably not have discovered this novella and known that it is exactly what I want to be reading right now! So, I mean, I am deeply biased, but also: it's 100% great. I'm not even a dog person and I'm super charmed by everything that happens; if you ARE a dog person, I'm fairly sure this will be your jam. Also if you are a tech person frustrated by obligatory long hours and the overwhelming presence of tech bros. Or a person who loves delicious baked goods. Or, generally, a person who loves cute tropey rom-coms.

(NB: The novella is not the sexy kind of romance novella, it's very rom-com PG-13 levels, which I mention because I know it will be a bug for some of you and a feature for others!)

Date: 2016-10-01 03:44 pm (UTC)
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From: [personal profile] obopolsk
I'm not even a dog person and I'm super charmed by everything that happens; if you ARE a dog person, I'm fairly sure this will be your jam. Also if you are a tech person frustrated by obligatory long hours and the overwhelming presence of tech bros. Or a person who loves delicious baked goods. Or, generally, a person who loves cute tropey rom-coms.

Wow, as a non-dog person who is sick of tech bros, loves baked goods, and has been lamenting the lack of good rom-coms in my life, I feel like I may be the ideal reader for this book.

Date: 2016-10-01 04:32 pm (UTC)
rmc28: Rachel in hockey gear on the frozen fen at Upware, near Cambridge (Default)
From: [personal profile] rmc28
Sold! :-)

Date: 2016-10-01 05:40 pm (UTC)
agonistes: (looks like batman's crying)
From: [personal profile] agonistes
I stayed up SUPER LATE last night reading it. SO GOOD.

Date: 2016-10-02 08:40 am (UTC)
rachelmanija: (Autumn: small leaves)
From: [personal profile] rachelmanija
This sounds lovely. I will get it when I can download stuff to my Kindle (I can't where I am now.)
Edited Date: 2016-10-02 08:40 am (UTC)

Date: 2016-10-02 05:27 pm (UTC)
silveraspen: silver trees against a blue sky background (Default)
From: [personal profile] silveraspen
OMG, I had such FUN reading this!

Date: 2016-10-02 07:09 pm (UTC)
wakeupnew: Joshua Chamberlain staring into the distance, with caption "brains are sexy" (Default)
From: [personal profile] wakeupnew
IT'S SO CUTE

Date: 2016-10-29 07:08 pm (UTC)
izilen: Yoko Nakajima looking fierce (Default)
From: [personal profile] izilen
I've no idea how I missed this post! Anyway I'm one of those people for who, the PG-13ness is A FEATURE so I will definitely be checking this out, since I like both baked goods and cute tropey rom-coms.

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