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Standing Still

Still Me by Jojo Moyes

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Bingo Square: So Shiny! Picking up after Me Before You and After You, Still Me finds Louisa Clark in New York, working as an assistant for the Gopnik family. Specifically, Lou is there to help Agnes Gopnik, the much younger (very unhappy) second wife of Leonard Gopnik. She handles Agnes’s schedule, attends swanky events with her, and keeps her secrets. They’re friends you see. Lou also attracts other ‘friendly’ attention in the form of Josh, a man who looks strikingly similar to someone Lou loved and lost. Meanwhile, she’s left her new love, ambulance man Sam, back home in London, […]

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8/24/2018 's CBR10 Review No:30 |

There is Great Consolation in Simply Doing Something You Love

Still Me by Jojo Moyes

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I would categorize the British author, Jojo Moyes, as my literary snack food.  I tend to inhale each book like a bag of potato chips—not particularly nutritious but just what I’m looking for at the time.  I read this book in one day during my spring vacation back in March and it was a perfectly good way to spend a long afternoon. I’ve enjoyed getting to know Louisa (Lou) Clark over three novels: Me Before You, After You, and now Still Me and truthfully, I’ve found her relationship with Will Traynor the least interesting thing about her.  As a result, I’ve found […]

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4/18/2018 's CBR10 Review No:14 |

“Know first who you are and then adore yourself accordingly.”

Still Me (Me Before You #3) by Jojo Moyes

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Lou Clark is back in our lives and it is glorious.! My wonderful husband took me to Barnes & Nobel after our Valentine’s dinner and told me what every girl wants to hear, “Pick a book out, and don’t use your Christmas gift card.” Swoon. A bit spoilery. Do we really need a trilogy of Louisa Clark novels? Probably not, but she is clearly a beloved character (/ money maker) and Jojo Moyes is trying to give her fans what they want (/ buy a private island). Having torn through Moyes’ entire catalog I now must wait for her genius […]

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2/17/2018 's CBR10 Review No:25 |

I liked the bits with the horses

The Horse Dancer by Jojo Moyes

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Caitlin_ D called this story classic Jojo, and she’s absolutely right. It’s not as wonderful as, at least in my opinion, Me Before You was, but it’s still a decent story and I enjoyed the characters. “… “Lived happily ever after,” Natasha concluded, thinking back to that photograph. The woman who was well loved. John’s glare was withering. “Are you kidding me?” he said. “Who the hell gets to live happily ever after?” As usual, JoJo weaves several stories together. In the past, we have a young man who trains horses for a living to perform incredible tricks. He falls in love […]

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5/9/2017 's CBR9 Review No:116 |

Typical Early Moyes

The Horse Dancer by Jojo Moyes

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My affection for Jojo Moyes has been well documented throughout my years on CBR so I was ecstatic to see The Horse Dancer was finally released in the United States! This is an older novel and it bears more resemblance to Ship of Brides or Silver Bay than her more recent novels like Me Before You and its sequel Me After You.  Like most of Moyes novels there are various viewpoints from several main characters whose stories intertwine to form a charming story. Natasha is a busy lawyer navigating the biggest case of her career; her confidence is shaken when she reads a shocking newspaper article about a former […]

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4/26/2017 's CBR9 Review No:47 |

Oh, Jojo, I just can’t quit you

Paris for One and Other Stories by Jojo Moyes

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3.5 star rating for Paris for One (a novella); 2.5 star rating for the “other” stories). Paris for One is the story of Nell, 26 and unmarried (insert gasp!) but dating a rather useless boyfriend. After mentioning to him that she’s never been to Paris, he responds with “you should go one day, you’d love it), so she immediately buys plane tickets and books a hotel room for a weekend getaway. Unsurprisingly (at least, to everyone but Nell), useless boyfriend no shows, and she’s left to navigate the city alone. Of course, she meets a dashing Frenchman and rekindles her own inner flame. Blah […]

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1/25/2017 's CBR9 Review No:20 |

Troubled Short Stories about Troubled Romances

Paris for One and Other Stories by Jojo Moyes

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Paris for One, the titular story for Jojo Moyes collection of short stories, is both the longest and best story in the bunch. Paris for One is more novella length and tells the story of Nell, an English girl, who impulsively buys a weekend  getaway to Paris for herself and her loser boyfriend. The loser boyfriend bails on the trip and Nell is left stranded in one of the most romantic cities in the world. The front desk woman at her hotel sends Nell to a restaurant where she meets a Parisian waiter, Fabian. Fabian is a writer who loses his […]

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1/15/2017 's CBR9 Review No:8 |

117 Days

Me Before You by JoJo Moyes

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I’ve been sitting on this review for awhile now, and not just because I procrastinate with the best of them when it comes to my reviews, but because I honestly do not know how I feel about this book. I think I know how I’m supposed to feel about it, but I’m not even a hundred percent sure of that. I’m sure you know the story, especially since the movie came out a few months ago. Quiet, shy, relatively poor Louisa loses her job at the local diner, and finds herself answering a help wanted ad for a companion for […]

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10/20/2016 's CBR8 Review No:51 |


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