Elen's Updates en-US Sat, 15 Feb 2025 10:44:40 -0800 60 Elen's Updates 144 41 /images/layout/goodreads_logo_144.jpg Review7323391136 Sat, 15 Feb 2025 10:44:40 -0800 <![CDATA[Elen added 'Missing You']]> /review/show/7323391136 Missing You by Harlan Coben Elen gave 4 stars to Missing You (Hardcover) by Harlan Coben
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The Crash by Freida McFadden
"The amount of times “tuna� was written in this book should be illegal"
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The Crash by Freida McFadden
"i’m not even going to sugarcoat it � this book was horrendous

� minus half a star for ‘Little Tuna� 🥴
� minus one star for the utterly stupid + delusional characters
� minus half a star for the copious mentions of leg/ankle pain (we get it, you’re in pain!!!)
� minus one star for the terribly annoying + repetitive writing
� minus half a star for being anticlimactic and very predictable (that ending was awful)

so we’re at�. 1.5 stars! i am graciously rounding up like the nice human i am. (edit: nevermind, i decided to round down 🙂)

i have read four of freida’s books and i have previously described her writing as ‘bingeable� and ‘easy to read�, just to be nice.

all along, i really just meant it’s genuinely BAD, uninspired , + simple writing and i wanted nothing more than to get it over with. this book is no different. how she’s so popular, i genuinely do not know.

i’m done with freida indefinitely

**book club read
read new releases with us 🫶🏻"
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Review7323372389 Sat, 15 Feb 2025 10:37:43 -0800 <![CDATA[Elen added 'The Crash']]> /review/show/7323372389 The Crash by Freida McFadden Elen gave 3 stars to The Crash (Hardcover) by Freida McFadden
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Comment287171794 Sat, 15 Feb 2025 10:36:44 -0800 <![CDATA[Elen commented on Kail's review of The Crash]]> /review/show/6660429740 Kail's review of The Crash
by Freida McFadden

I also found it very repetitive. This is the first book I have read by this author. I don't think I will be in a hurry to read another. ]]>
Rating826071846 Sat, 15 Feb 2025 10:32:06 -0800 <![CDATA[Elen liked a review]]> /
The Crash by Freida McFadden
"I would love to see this as a tv show/movie. I liked it a lot - a little bit repetitive & slow in the middle but I stayed engaged & would recommend to anyone looking for a quick read or to get out of a reading slump. "
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Comment282802739 Wed, 06 Nov 2024 12:16:27 -0800 <![CDATA[Elen commented on Amy's review of Happy Birthday Sleepover Club]]> /review/show/3108868502 Amy's review of Happy Birthday Sleepover Club (The Sleepover Club, #10)
by Fiona Cummings

I'm thinking of buying ..The Sleep Over Club for my granddaughters for Christmas. They are both 9 years old ,cousins not sisters. One is into dancing the other more Tom boy. Can you recommend the books you liked the best please. There's so many. ]]>
Review6309456502 Thu, 20 Jun 2024 13:08:37 -0700 <![CDATA[Elen added 'Mad About the Boy']]> /review/show/6309456502 Mad About the Boy by Helen Fielding Elen gave 1 star to Mad About the Boy (Bridget Jones, #3) by Helen Fielding
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ReadStatus7651722888 Fri, 01 Mar 2024 13:53:04 -0800 <![CDATA[Elen wants to read 'Mark Twain: Huckleberry Finn']]> /review/show/6308111141 Mark Twain by Coles Notes Elen wants to read Mark Twain: Huckleberry Finn by Coles Notes
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ReadStatus7651711302 Fri, 01 Mar 2024 13:49:38 -0800 <![CDATA[Elen wants to read 'The Outsiders']]> /review/show/6308102704 The Outsiders by S.E. Hinton Elen wants to read The Outsiders by S.E. Hinton
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