#Tracey Garvis Graves

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Title: The Girl He Used to Know

Author: Tracey Garvis Graves

Series or standalone: standalone

Publication year: 2019

Genres: fiction, romance, contemporary, mental health

Blurb: Annika Rose likes being alone. She feels lost in social situations, saying the wrong thing or acting the wrong way. She just can’t read people. She prefers the quiet solitude of books or playing chess to being around others...apart from Jonathan. She liked being around him, but she hasn’t seen him for ten years...until now, that is. She’s not sure he’ll want to see her again after what happened all those years ago. Annika Rose likes being alone...except that, actually, she doesn’t like being alone at all.

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Top Ten Tuesday: Quotes from the last ten books I have read

Top Ten Tuesday was created by The Broke and the Bookish in June of 2010 and was moved to That Artsy Reader Girl in January of 2018. It was born of a love of lists, a love of books, and a desire to bring bookish friends together. Every Tuesday, a new topic is assigned from the schedule below. Then, you take that topic and fly free with it. You can do as little or as much as you want to (I have…

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Não podemos parar de fingir por um momento e admitir que somos humanos? Que nem tudo que fazemos precisa ser feito para mostrar quanto damos duro todos os dias?

Sem Lógica para o Amor | Tracey Garvis Graves

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BOOK REVIEW: Heard It in a Love Song by Tracey Garvis Graves

BOOK REVIEW: Heard It in a Love Song by Tracey Garvis Graves

Heard It in a Love Song is a slow-burn romance between Layla, recently-divorced after ten years of marriage, and Josh, currently divorcing after a twenty-year marriage. Both are struggling to break free from their pasts. Layla had dreams of making it as a singer in a band but set those aside for a husband who never put her foremost in his life. Josh misses the connection he once had with his wife…

[jakeperalta]

2024 books 📚 (be my friend on storygraph! / also this is my book account on instagram!)

giovanni's room - james baldwin (☆☆☆☆)

let the light pour in: morning poems - lemn sissay (☆☆☆½)

the anthropocene reviewed - john green (☆☆☆☆☆)

lessons in chemistry - bonnie garmus (☆☆☆)

wearing my mother's heart - sophia thakur (☆☆☆)

othello - william shakespeare (☆☆☆)

tiny beautiful things - cheryl strayed (☆☆☆☆½)

the death of ivan ilych - leo tolstoy (☆☆☆)

how not to be a boy - robert webb (☆☆☆☆)

the fellowship of the ring - j.r.r. tolkien (☆☆☆☆½)

the satsuma complex - bob mortimer (☆☆☆)

the two towers - j.r.r. tolkien (☆☆☆☆☆)

sapiens: a brief history of humankind - yuval noah harari (☆☆☆)

the return of the king - j.r.r. tolkien (☆☆☆☆☆)

funny story - emily henry (☆☆☆☆½)

the island - victoria hislop (☆☆☆☆)

everything I never told you - celeste ng (☆☆☆☆☆)

wish you were here - jodi picoult (☆☆☆½)

tales from the café - toshikazu kawaguchi (☆☆☆)

forever, interrupted - taylor jenkins reid (☆☆☆☆)

all about love: new visions - bell hook (☆☆☆)

unwell women - elinor cleghorn (☆☆☆☆☆)

seven days in june - tia williams (☆☆☆☆)

breasts and eggs - mieko kawakami (☆☆☆☆)

project hail mary - andy weir (☆☆☆☆☆)

lysistrata - aristophanes (☆☆☆)

the sense of an ending - julian barnes (☆☆☆☆)

dog songs - mary oliver (☆☆☆☆½)

carrie soto is back - taylor jenkins reid (☆☆☆☆☆)

you are here - david nicholls (☆☆☆☆)

the mysterious affair at styles - agatha christie (☆☆☆☆)

the murder on the links - agatha christie (☆☆☆)

the life impossible - matt haig (☆☆☆☆)

beautiful world, where are you? - sally rooney (☆☆☆☆☆)

it's probably your hormones - dr mary ryan (☆☆☆)

wuthering heights - emily brontë (☆☆☆☆)

poetics - aristotle (☆☆)

the girl he used to know - tracey garvis graves (☆☆☆)

a body made of glass: a history of hypochondria - caroline crampton (☆☆☆☆½)

the christmas guest - peter swanson (☆☆☆)

ethan frome - edith wharton (☆☆☆☆)

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Disability Pride Month: Fiction Recommendations

Greek Lessons by Han Kang

In a classroom in Seoul, a young woman watches her Greek language teacher at the blackboard. She tries to speak but has lost her voice. Her teacher finds himself drawn to the silent woman, for day by day he is losing his sight.

Soon the two discover a deeper pain binds them together. For her, in the space of just a few months, she has lost both her mother and the custody battle for her nine-year-old son. For him, it's the pain of growing up between Korea and Germany, being torn between two cultures and languages, and the fear of losing his independence.

Greek Lessons tells the story of two ordinary people brought together at a moment of private anguish—the fading light of a man losing his vision meeting the silence of a woman who has lost her language. Yet these are the very things that draw them to each other. Slowly the two discover a profound sense of unity—their voices intersecting with startling beauty, as they move from darkness to light, from silence to breath and expression.

The Color of Family by Jerry McGill

Who wants to believe their family could ever be broken?

Devon and James Payne are brothers and rivals since childhood. But they share an affinity for sports that brings glory to their Connecticut town and promise for the future. Then they're in a car accident. Devon is paralyzed for life, while James goes on to live the dream.

For the Paynes, the tremulous repercussions of that evening never settled. Over the course of a decade, Devon decides to visit his seven siblings now scattered across the globe. Each has moved on, yet each struggles to cope with the traumatic event that irrevocably connects them. Devon confronts not only his own demons and family secrets but also the guilt and heartbreaking betrayals that followed in the wake of the tragedy. He also discovers the power of forgiveness--and that coming to terms with the past is the only way to live free in the present.

Just By Looking at Him by Ryan O’Connell

Elliott appears to be living the dream as a successful TV writer with a doting boyfriend. But behind his Instagram filter of a life, he’s grappling with an intensifying alcohol addiction, he can’t seem to stop cheating on his boyfriend with various sex workers, and his cerebral palsy is making him feel like gay Shrek.

After falling down a rabbit hole of sex, drinking, and Hollywood backstabbing, Elliott decides to limp his way towards redemption. But facing your demons is easier said than done.

The Girl He Used to Know by Tracey Garvis Graves

Annika Rose is an English major at the University of Illinois. Anxious in social situations where she finds most people's behavior confusing, she'd rather be surrounded by the order and discipline of books or the quiet solitude of playing chess.

Jonathan Hoffman joined the chess club and lost his first game—and his heart—to the shy and awkward, yet brilliant and beautiful Annika. He admires her ability to be true to herself, quirks and all, and accepts the challenges involved in pursuing a relationship with her. Jonathan and Annika bring out the best in each other, finding the confidence and courage within themselves to plan a future together. What follows is a tumultuous yet tender love affair that withstands everything except the unforeseen tragedy that forces them apart, shattering their connection and leaving them to navigate their lives alone.

Now, a decade later, fate reunites Annika and Jonathan in Chicago. She's living the life she wanted as a librarian. He's a Wall Street whiz, recovering from a divorce and seeking a fresh start. The attraction and strong feelings they once shared are instantly rekindled, but until they confront the fears and anxieties that drove them apart, their second chance will end before it truly begins.

[marjaystuff]

The Trail of Lost Hearts by Tracey Garvis Graves

The Trail of Lost Hearts by Tracey Garvis Graves  is a new book coming out next month. Tracey Garvis Graves is a new author for me.  I found her writing and storytelling wonderful. The characters she wrote were multifaceted and interesting. I loved hearing the main character’s voices as the story moved on.

The Trail of Lost Hearts was a wonderful story of loss and and found.  Both Wren and Marshall have suffered a loss when they first met on a hike for a geocache. Wren was in an unsafe situation and Marshall saved her.  They decided to hike together to find the other geocaches.   Marshall and Wren found a rhythm to hiking and each other. Wren was able to start her healing journey, but Marshall seemed to be stuck.   Marshall and Wren’s story continued after the hiking was complete and their tentative relationship grew slowly as they started to find their new life.�� 

The Trail of Lost Hearts was a good read. Wren’s philosophy of “If you pay attention the universe will send you exactly what you need.” made the book interesting to me.   I found the plotline did have some unexpected twists, which added to the interest level.    Despite the tragedy around both of them, the book is hopeful and uplifting. The Trail of Lost Hearts is a book I would recommend. 

[avelona]

What I read 2022:

The Witches of New York by Ami McKay

Purple Hibiscus by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

Receiver of Many by Rachel Alexander

The New Jim Crow by Michelle Alexander

Destroyer of Light by Rachel Alexander

Moving Pictures by Terry Pratchett

Some We Love, Some We Hate, Some We Eat by Hal Herzog

Codename Villanelle by Luke Jennings

Going Postal by Terry Pratchett

Normal People by Sally Rooney

Feeling Good by David Burns, MD

The Girl He Used to Know by Tracey Garvis Graves

Mort by Terry Pratchett

Park Avenue Summer by Renée Rosen

The Mother-In-Law by Sally Hepworth

Ask Me About My Uterus by Abby Norman

Guards! Guards! by Terry Pratchett

Juliet Takes a Breath by Gabby Rivera

So You Want to Talk About Race by Ijeoma Oluo

Men at Arms by Terry Pratchett

Thud! by Terry Pratchett

Feet of Clay by Terry Pratchett

Snuff by Terry Pratchett

Madame Bovary by Gustave Flaubert

The Pure Gold Baby by Margaret Drabble

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Thanks for the tag!!

Haven’t done one of these in forever!:)

Favorite color: Blue! Any shade

Last Song I listened to: Pink Pony Club by Chappell Roan (one of my favorites by her)

Last Movie I watched: 500 Days of Summer (mostly was interested in all the analyses breaking down the themes of it and wasn’t disappointed)

Currently Reading: I’ll be honest haven’t picked up a book in a while but “The Girl He Used to Know” by Tracey Garvis Graves is a wonderful love story with a very good plot twist that comes after a less shocking twist (like there’s a reveal that has you like “oh this all makes sense now” and then another one that really just hits you with the complexities of the main character’s choices) 10/10 last book I loved

Currently craving: chocolate raspberry cake

Currently watching: Bridgerton (got into it a couple months ago and am so hyped for the new season!)

Coffee or tea: I’ve always been a both kind of person especially since I’m currently a barista. Mostly depends on my mood if I really need the caffeine lol.

I will tag: @fragileizy @punkpillywiggin @siarer @69420angrycrabs @whipped-for-fictionals @hondakiku @vesperlord @brainfilter @nightlynymph

OMG! Thank you so much for the tag @twostarscolliding 💙

Rules: answer + tag nine people you want to get to know better and/or catch up with!

Favourite colour: witchy green(Idk what its actual name is, the green that's associated with the villains mainly) and purple(any shade)

Last song I listened to: Dinner and Diatribes by Hozier

Last film I watched: All of us strangers (I cried for an hour after watching this movie, it's definitely one of my favourites)

Currently reading: The Goldfinch by Donna Tartt(I'm loving the book so far)

Currently craving: Cranberry juice(The local store I usually buy cranberry juice from, ran out of it 😭)

Currently watching: Series 10 of doctor who

Coffee or tea: I'm down from anything, but just black. I take black tea mostly with a lot of spices but when I don't get enough sleep, I rely on black coffee.

Tagging these lovely people: @aes-555 @miko-fellco @midnights-wish @manicpixxiedreambitch @wannabemychammakchallooo @strangewomanwithanefariousagenda @stiles-stilinski-luvr @satanistwhore @foragewitch

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#TheGirlHeUsedToKnow by #TraceyGarvisGraves #AutismAwarenessMonth #BookReview

In honor of #AutismAwarenessMonth I'm reading or listening to some fiction novels with autistic characters. #TheGirlHeUsedToKnow by #TraceyGarvisGraves #BookReview #Autism #AudiobookReview #worldtradecenter #1990sAmerica #NineEleven #bookstagram #booksta

From Amazon: “Annika Rose is an English major at the University of Illinois. Anxious in social situations where she finds most people’s behavior confusing, she’d rather be surrounded by the order and discipline of books or the quiet solitude of playing chess. Jonathan Hoffman joined the chess club and lost his first game—and his heart—to the shy and awkward, yet brilliant and beautiful Annika.…

[euinsisto]

Sem Lógica para o Amor | Tracey Garvis Graves

Sem Lógica para o Amor | Tracey Garvis Graves

Sem Lógica para o Amor traz essa capa que super nos remete a uma comédia romântica, então qual a minha decepção quando na verdade encontrei um livro com um drama com somente uma pitada de romance? Annika tem muitas dificuldades de socializar então quando começa a faculdade tudo fica ainda mais difícil, então ela entra para o clube de xadrez e as coisas parecem melhorar bastante. Ainda mais depois…

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[quoted-books]

I want to work at a library someday," I said. "I want to spend every waking day of my adult life surrounded by books.

Tracey Garvis Graves, The Girl He Used to Know

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Heard It In A Love Song by Tracey Garvis Graves

This book was just a really wonderful, non-dramatic book. So many things I have read recently are heart-wrenching, anxiety-ridden rides from start to finish! This book was just deliciously calm in a way that I didn't realise I needed. As someone who grew up in Minnesota, it tickled me to find a book that took place just casually in my home state. The story of Layla, a music teacher, and Josh, a recently separated dad, is sweet and made me hope that this type of book - something that will give everyone the benefit of believing it might happen for them too - will become more popular. Having read something from this author before, I knew her writing was engaging, but this book was exciting without being nerve-wracking. I greatly appreciated the outlook from someone in their thirties because so many chick lit and adult fiction are written from a 20-something's point of view and seeing something I could actually relate to more was refreshing. I suggest you read this book if you need something that will remind you of the good in the world, or if you've just finished all the Ted Lasso episodes available and need something calming!

This ebook was provided by NetGalley in exchange for an honest review.

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Book Review #74: The Girl He Used to Know

Book Review #74: The Girl He Used to Know

Title: The Girl He Used to Know Author: Tracey Garvis Graves Genre: Contemporary Romance Number of Pages: 291 About: This story follows Annika Rose who can’t understand social cues and prefers spending her time reading or playing chess. She meets Jonathan at her chess club in college and they fall in love. Fast forward, ten years when they meet each other and try to re-kindle their love and…

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Shelf-Confidence June BPC Day 26: Island Getaway