Really enjoyed this, although the ending had me sniffling.

3.5 stars. I've heard this compared to "Ready Player One" but they aren't that similar.

Fun read, better than Edenbrooke (which I thought was boring).

Light read about two former friends who open up a cupcake shop in the Mission district of San Francisco.

I enjoyed reading about the Sugarhouse fixer-upper but only gave it 2 stars because I wish there had been MORE about the house and the couple's experiences living in UT and and less about the author's frequent trips to visit his troubled grandpa (which seemed to take up the bulk of the narrative).

Very beautiful and sad. In 1987, teenager June's uncle (whom she idolized) dies after battling AIDS. The book follows her (and her family's) attempts to grieve and move on. In June's case, she gets in touch with her uncle's ostracized partner and begins to learn more about her uncle and her family as a result.

Note: Reading this immediately after "The Fault in Our Stars" was NOT my smartest move. So much crying.

Burned through this in 2 days for book group, which is definitely NOT the way to read it! I needed a lot more time to digest the writing.

So...the (blogger-turned-) author just rubbed me the wrong way, which is too bad because usually my pretension threshold is pretty high. I enjoyed reading about Paris & the food and the two women Jennifer looked up to as role models. And I was motivated by the early chapter about paring down to a capsule wardrobe and getting rid of clothes that aren't flattering or are starting to get grungy, but the rest left me rolling my eyes and skimming to see if it would get interesting again. (Seriously, do not care about your pages-long skin care routine or the high-end brands you like or your twice-a-month mani-pedi.)