![]() ![]() □ Also a professor with quite the randy reputation with his students. I’m too busy having my world reordered.īut then she soon realizes (when she starts her courses) that he’s her professor. Ugh (for her) and YAYYYYYY!!! (for me… the reader… that just LOVES this kind of thing). He smiles charmingly at the group and everyone responds with an appreciative chuckle.Įxcept for me. Poetry that speaks to me, and leads you in… perfectly).Īnyway, all that to say, she has a pretty appalling start when she runs into – in the worst of ways – a rowdy (yet super-sexy) man that’s full of pomp and circumstance. As a person?”Įlla is a competitive, self-starting, highly intelligent fighter that’s ready to take on the world, and while she’s headed straight for politics, her major at Oxford is Literature (and oh how I fell in love with it… the intro to every chapter is absolutely incredible. But this whole year for me is about pushing boundaries, and exploring new things, and basically just, like, leveling up. LOL! What it means is that she’s been awarded an elite position to attend Oxford University in a certain study, etc. All told from the heroine’s POV (YAY ME!!!)Įlla has received a highly coveted “Rhodes” (Rhodies?) position at Oxford University (I dunno the logistics of it all… just work with me here). She’s pretty much a super-woman (education-wise) and I was gearing up for a slightly “stuffy” atmosphere… but this is NONE of that, once the story gets rolling. ![]() Word of warning: At first (first few chapters), I wondered if I’d be able to relate to the main character and if this story could hold my interest. Michele G: I LOVED the book My Oxford Year by Julia Whelan!! …one of my faves this year!ĭoes it go there? Doesn’t it? It doesn’t matter. I didn’t cry (although I did get teary-eyed a couple of times) and the ending was bittersweet but lovely. Finished it, and it was really, REALLY good. You have NO idea how this will end, as I didn’t, even if I had all sorts of suspicions due to reactions from fellow readers.Īmy: OH! By the way…about My Oxford Year. I’d say this is a cross ( feel-wise) between Nottinghill (one of my absolute FAVORITE movies) and … dare I say it? Me Before You (WARNING!!!! DO NOT consider the ending of that one in regards to THIS one – maybe… maybe not!!!! I said FEEL-wise, not spoiler-wise). I could be crying of happiness Maryse: That just makes me want to read it more. ![]() *whispers I think it’s one of “those” books* But as soon as I saw it was on sale…CLICK! □Ĭheryl: My Oxford Year scares me to be compared to Jo Jo Moyes and Nicholas Sparks and a “heartbreaking story.” Think I’ll wait for someone else to guinea pig it and let me know. I had seen buzz for it before it was released, but the price made me a bit hesitant. It was epic and amazing and I want more from this author! …I loved this book!Īmy: My Oxford Year (teacher-student drama!)… Oh, you KNOW My Oxford Year was an immediate click for me. Kari: This ended up being a book where “that thing that happens” was nowhere on my radar!!! It totally changed the story and made it so so good!Īndrea: Just finished this book. Michele: This book was a 5 star fave for me!! It is one of “those” books but I thought it was done very well! So worth reading!! ![]() Was I up for all of that intensity and emotion? But I can promise you, I couldn’t be more delighted. Suspecting – due to comments – that it was “ one of those” books, hearing words like “ugly cry”, “sobbing” and all the warnings that come with “one of those” books – and I was second guessing myself. Seriously I’m crying as I write this, but I am so absolutely in love with this love story, and I can’t believe my luck that I was able to experience it. MARYSE’S SURPRISE FROM HER FAVORITE BOOK BOYFRIEND’S.ALL MY REVIEWS (ALPHABETICAL BY AUTHOR). ![]()
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