{"id":10257,"date":"2019-02-22T10:00:00","date_gmt":"2019-02-22T16:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/booksyalove.com\/?p=10257"},"modified":"2019-02-19T13:20:12","modified_gmt":"2019-02-19T19:20:12","slug":"sisters-big-wedding-save-the-date-by-morgan-matson-book-review","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/booksyalove.com\/?p=10257","title":{"rendered":"Sister’s big wedding! SAVE THE DATE, by Morgan Matson (book review)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Wedding<\/a> on the horizon!
Family all here again!
well, almost everyone\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Charlie misses the days when her older siblings were all home, when Mom’s cartooning <\/a>career really took off, but not when the comic made her brother so very angry.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Surely Mike will be here for Linnie’s wedding and his best friend will conveniently forget Charlie’s crush and the grumpiest neighbor ever will decide to act neighborly for once, right?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

From the author of The Unexpected Everything<\/em> (my review here<\/a>), Second Chance Summer<\/em> (ditto<\/a>), and Since You’ve Been Gone<\/em> (here<\/a> too).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

What would the award-winning comic strip based on your family be like?!
**kmm<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Book info<\/strong>: Save the Date \/ Morgan Matson. Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, 2018. [author site<\/a>] [publisher site<\/a>] Review copy and cover image courtesy of the publisher.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

My book talk<\/strong>: Charlie is delighted that all her siblings will be home for her sister’s wedding, but how many things can go wrong before everything falls apart?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Lots of changes coming – Mom and Dad selling the house, Mom ending the 25-year-long run of “Grant Central Station” comic featuring their family, Charlie graduating soon (but maybe staying here in Connecticut for college?).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Then it gets crazy – their wedding planner suddenly vanishes, the house alarm system goes bonkers, and their neighbor is calling the cops about the delivery vans.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Deep breaths everyone – more drama than usual in the groom’s family, brother Mike still isn’t here as the wedding hour approaches, the Good Morning America<\/em> crew is on the way, and Charlie’s crush shows up.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

What now?! The groom’s suit goes missing at the cleaners, a stray dog is suddenly underfoot, and the new wedding assistant is efficient and charming\u2026 very charming.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The more that Charlie wants things to be the way they used to be for her family, the more they’re not!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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