Julie Tieu – Cannonball Read 17

The Girl Most Likely To by Julie Tieu

The Girl Most Likely To by Julie Tieu

January 29, 2025 by Classic Leave a Comment

Please note that I received this book via NetGalley. This did not affect my rating or review. “The Girl Most Likely To” follows Rachel Dang, who got “The Girl Most Likely To Succeed” in high school. A few days before her high school’s 20th reunion, she is laid off and is forced to become an assistant to her friend Nat, who is on the rise in Hollywood. Rachel wants to go since she feels stuck and is wondering about the guy she used to have […]

He wouldn’t be shocked if there was a spreadsheet on her laptop about him listing the pros and cons.

Circling Back to You by Julie Tieu

July 3, 2022 by Emmalita 3 Comments

One of my greatest disappointments of adulthood was realizing that there is no point at which you have your life completely figured out for all time. In every decade we find ourselves considering our priorities and our choices. After reading her debut, The Donut Trap, I think I can safely assert that Julie Tieu writes characters who are figuring out how they want to be in the world really well. In Circling Back To You, Cadence Lim and Matt Escanilla are at a point in […]

Circling Back to You

Circling Back to You by Julie Tieu

June 8, 2022 by Classic Leave a Comment

Please note that I received this book via NetGalley. This did not affect my rating or review. Initial thoughts: Cute enough but not very deep. There’s a fake girlfriend/boyfriend trope going on though the two characters are sleeping together so no idea why they need to fake dating? I don’t know. This didn’t hang together well at all. I found the both characters were a mess, but I disliked how Matt was manipulating Cadence because he in the end wanted her to move for him. […]

“If the measure of success was that I was living a more comfortable, easier life than they had, then why was I simultaneously penalized for it?”

The Donut Trap by Julie Tieu

November 6, 2021 by Emmalita Leave a Comment

I picked up The Donut Trap, put it down and then came back to it. Initially, it was presented as a romance, and it really isn’t, so I had to recalibrate my expectations. It is an absolutely lovely, nuanced, coming of age story, and I’m so glad I read it. Jasmine Tran is a recent college graduate who has stagnated. She barely managed her degree and instead of starting a career and blazing a trail, she is living at home and working in her parents’ […]

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Emmalita on “It came to something when you found yourself hoping that the footsteps you heard were ghosts.”I loved the ending! I don’t think it’s been out long enough to talk about why though.
Dixie on Track Her Down by Melinda LeighI am just starting Track Her Down and I have read them all in order till now and thought I...
Roland of Gilead on How can you give us the gift of a crazy character named Rando Thoughtful and then just as suddenly take that gift away? We need to talk, Uncle Stevie.I came across this randomly years after it was written because I was searching "Random Thoughtful. But I have the...
Emmalita on “Only you, Em, would refer to heartbreak as a distraction. I think I would have a more sympathetic response if I asked to marry a bookcase.”Oh my goodness, Gallifrey was beautiful. I’m sure her mittens were gloriously murdery.

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