Bright Side: 1

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They were almost synchronised with each other to the extent that they were only fully complete when they were together. Plot/Storyline- A girl leaves Cali to go attend college in a small Minnesota town where she makes new friends and finds LOVE. You know the world would be a bright better place if we had more Kate's and Katie's in the world, LOL sorry that's my name isn't it? I started to put a Spotify playlist together last night as halfway through the book and I just felt the words needed to be accompanied by a soundtrack – the words are so… Epic! But I love that this book also made me smile so big, made me laugh, and genuinely made me happy and look at life in a different light.

Definitely worth reading, but be prepared to do some serious eye-rolling and frequent “oh, come on, she can’t be that perfect”. She’s a successful young architect from Northern England with an adorable smile, sarcasm for days, and an unparalleled trusting heart.So, when Kate leaves San Diego to attend college in the small town of Grant, Minnesota, the last thing she expects is to fall hard for Keller Banks.

It was a book that made such a deep imprint on me, and I’ve never forgotten it (along with Gus’ book).But without the help and love of her best friend Gus and his mother, Kate wouldn’t be the woman she is, they insured that both Grace and Kate knew what it was to be loved unconditionally. We are elegant creatures capable of depth and empathy and heartbreak, who clutch Kindles and hurt and feel – especially at 3 AM. It's about living it to the fullest and not taking it for granted because life could easily take an unexpected turn.

Not that he lets any of those stop him very much and it’s good to see him still challenging penny-pinching bureaucracy and evasive jobsworths while venturing outdoors as often as he and his motorised scooter have enough charge to do so. I can’t share the title quite yet but, it’s about a little guy who really, really doesn’t like messiness of any kind. Thanks for making the playlist, I hope it helps with the book hangover, I’ve never experience one so intense. More importantly, she has a big secret that she's been keeping from everyone she loves, which she knows will ruin everything.Thank you Kim for the gift that is Bright Side, for sharing your words and for sharing your world of music. The girl bounces from encountering one "interesting" person to another to another to another til I think the count is close to 15(! She's so brave, so strong, so drop-dead gorgeous, so caring, so loving, so talented, so smart, so positive, so kind, and so on. As you can tell from the blurb, Hendrik is still rebelling against the system and trying to live his best life despite the draconian rules set out by his care home and the more understandable limitations due to his age, health and the local weather. I don’t have the right words to describe what that feels like, but if you read Bright Side by Kim Holden, you’ll get to experience that for yourself.

I can see Kate, Clayton, and Shelly dancing to this song, because I can’t sit still when I listen to it. But there’s a more reflective and more emotional Hendrik Groen within these pages than appeared in The Secret Diary of Hendrik Groen, 83 1/4. But despite knowing what she was hiding, I still got all emotional and teary-eyed in the last 25% witnessing the aftermath.

If you’d like to read The Secret Diary of Hendrik Groen, 83 1/4 Years Old, leave a comment below and the squirrels will pick a winner on Monday. Crappy things are happening out there, things that break your heart on the evening news, and sometimes it’s easier to just drift along and float above the clouds than to actually sink down deep and risk getting hurt. There was a love deeper that words between the pair of them, something that bonded them at a chemical level and was destined to hold their hearts together.