The One and Only by Emily Giffin

    You guys I was so excited for this book to come out and then it took me forever to actually pick it up and read it. I but aside to read on a vacation trip I had coming soon but the book was a little too big for my already oversized bag. Then I finally picked it up and started reading and could not get past the first chapter. Let me explain that a little more for you. The book opens on the viewing a character. The character died from cancer and at the time of me reading this book I just found out that my aunt had cancer and needed some surgery to hopefully remove it. I just couldn't get through it so I had to wait a while (after my aunts surgery which did successfully remove her cancer) till I was ok with everything but the book was definitely worth the wait.

    I love Emily Giffin's writing style. She always writes with such great detail that it's easy to picture the setting and it feels like you are there with the characters. The book is about Shea Rigsby who has always lived and breathed Walker, Texas. Her little hometown of Walker is a live and die college football town. Shea grew up with her best friend Lucy who's dad (Coach Carr) is the head coach of the football program. Shea decided to leave her safety net and venture out of Walker only to find Walker isn't exactly how she always thought it was. Shea is forced to confront her fears, secrets, and desires.

    College football was a big element in this book and it made me want to be a die hard college football fan. I enjoy watching football but I don't follow college teams. The way the book made me feel reminded me of the movie Fever Pitch with Jimmy Fallon and Drew Barrymore in that it made you want to be a better sports fan. That you wanted to join the thousands of screaming fan cheering on their team. I love sports so maybe that's why I enjoy those types of movies and books that make you feel a part of something special and bigger than you.

 

 

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Curious Reader xo