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Only if Youโ€™re Lucky & Today

Only if Youโ€™re Lucky & Today

Thank you MacMillan Audio and Minotaur Books for this gifted book.

โ€œ๐˜๐˜ง ๐˜บ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ ๐˜ค๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ญ๐˜ฅ ๐˜จ๐˜ฆ๐˜ต ๐˜ข๐˜ธ๐˜ข๐˜บ ๐˜ธ๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜ฉ ๐˜ฎ๐˜ถ๐˜ณ๐˜ฅ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ, ๐˜ธ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ญ๐˜ฅ ๐˜บ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ ๐˜ฅ๐˜ฐ ๐˜ช๐˜ต?โ€

Only if Youโ€™re Lucky is a twisted psychological thriller that transports you into a complex and absolutely messed up story that will take you down the rabbit hole.

๐Ÿ““๐—ช๐—ต๐—ฎ๐˜ ๐—ฎ๐—ฝ๐—ฝ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—น๐—ฒ๐—ฑ ๐˜๐—ผ ๐˜†๐—ผ๐˜‚ ๐—บ๐—ผ๐˜€๐˜ ๐—ถ๐—ป ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐˜€๐˜๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐˜†?

The suspense and the mystery. I was forced to live in the moment while reading and having absolutely no clue or even inkling of how everything was really going to come together and play out in the end.

๐ŸŽง๐—›๐—ผ๐˜„ ๐˜„๐—ฎ๐˜€ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ฎ๐˜‚๐—ฑ๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ฏ๐—ผ๐—ผ๐—ธ?

I am so thankful that I went with the audio version. Karissa Vacker knocked it out of the park with her narration. She was able to ratchet up the tension and suspense even more, which kept me wanting more.

Listening Speed: 1.75

โœ”๏ธ๐—ฅ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฑ ๐—ถ๐—ณ ๐˜†๐—ผ๐˜‚ ๐—น๐—ถ๐—ธ๐—ฒ:

Mystery

Multiple Timelines

Dark Academia

Twists

College Life

Unpredictable Characters

Psychological Suspense

๐Ÿ“–๐—›๐—ผ๐˜„ ๐˜„๐—ฎ๐˜€ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ฝ๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐—ฒ?

The audio is definitely the way to go! It helps pick up the pace for this very slow burn character driven story, with a lot of inner monologues and time reliving the past.

I got to buddy read this with @mamas_top_shelf and we had slightly varying opinions on this one, and I think some of it came down to the fact that she read it, and I listened to it.

๐Ÿ’ฌ ๐‡๐š๐ฌ ๐›๐จ๐จ๐ค๐ฌ๐ญ๐š๐ ๐ซ๐š๐ฆ ๐ข๐ง๐Ÿ๐ฅ๐ฎ๐ž๐ง๐œ๐ž๐ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ฅ๐ข๐ฌ๐ญ๐ž๐ง ๐ญ๐จ ๐š๐ฎ๐๐ข๐จ๐›๐จ๐จ๐ค๐ฌ ๐ฆ๐จ๐ซ๐ž?

Today

Iโ€™ve been craving banana bread, so today I made Krolls Kronerโ€™s new recipe.

It was super fast and easy to mix together, and it came out perfectly!

Dreadmill time was on the Middle Fork Trail in WA. I was on this trail a few years ago in real life and it was so peaceful and gorgeous.

I also came across an elk and its herd while on it.

Iโ€™m still listening to Those Empty Eyes and it is so good. Grab it if you havenโ€™t already.

The Women

The Women

Mister Hockey & The Weekend

Mister Hockey & The Weekend