Have any of you read In Other Lands yet?

I got about 80% of the way through and then my library book expired, Kat. I thought it was interesting but I obviously wasn't super into it if I didn't go "oh no only one day left quick must finish" but partly I think it just wasn't hitting the mood I was in.

Epic - where do I find the "What's the name of that book?" section on Goodreads?

There's a menu at the top called "Community", it gives you a dropdown for "Groups". It comes at the top of my Groups page, but I realized that's because I joined the Group. There is a search bar in Groups, I assume it will come up if you search for it.

Here's a link, assuming it will work for someone who's not signed in as me:

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I finally read The Wedding Date yesterday, and it was so fun! Also fun to see Nanita in the acknowledgements. And I'm excited that Jasmine has another book coming out in the fall.

That makes me so happy! And the second book will thrill all of you who, like me, LOATHE public wedding proposals. The "meet cute" is with a particularly likeable character from the first book who witnesses a Jumbotron proposal gone wrong and swoops in to help the young woman (who turned down the proposal) deal with leaving the packed stadium amidst the emotional aftermath!

I just read that summary and am super happy!

Ooh, love that. Because for some people the performative love of big proposal is thrilling but for me it would be horrible. So I would love to read that

I loved The Wedding Date, so I'm excited that she has another one on the way!

Re: public proposals -- I think that if you don't know your partner well enough to know if they like public proposals (and that includes just assuming that they do like them, even though you've never checked*), then you have no business proposing, in public OR private. But if you know your partner thinks a public proposal would be awesome, then go for it. (I cringe at them, though.)

*(This also includes surprise parties. Tim knows that a world of hurt awaits him if he ever tries that bullshit on me. And I had to sit through a surprise party that a friend threw for her boyfriend, who has crippling social anxiety as bad as mine. I emailed friend and asked if her boyfriend likes surprise parties, and she said "I don't know! I've never thrown one for him before!" When I mentioned his anxiety, she said "Oh, I'm his Safe Person; he'll be fine!"

SPOILER: He was not fine. I felt SO bad for him the entire night. For the first hour or so he had this vacant thousand-yard stare and was all sweaty, and then he got very, VERY drunk on tequila shots. Poor noodle.)

Anyway. Books, woo! Didn't mean to derail.