{"id":8177,"date":"2017-03-07T10:00:00","date_gmt":"2017-03-07T16:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/booksyalove.com\/?p=8177"},"modified":"2017-03-07T15:15:18","modified_gmt":"2017-03-07T21:15:18","slug":"seven-days-of-you-not-enough-by-cecilia-vinesse-fiction","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/booksyalove.com\/?p=8177","title":{"rendered":"Seven Days of You… not enough! by Cecilia Vinesse (fiction)"},"content":{"rendered":"

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US cover<\/p><\/div> Why does he show up now?!
\nJust as she’s leaving everything she loves, forever.
\nHmpfff! Hmm… Oh!<\/p>\n

Reading this took me back to my September visit to Tokyo – konbini<\/a><\/em> convenience stores, punctual and safe metro, meeting near Hachiko statue at Shibuya. And just like Sophia, I had to move back to the States just before my senior year (not recommended by either of us).<\/p>\n

The complication of parted-in-anger Jamie returning just before she leaves? That is Sophia’s alone, and three years of deliberately not emailing each other really hasn’t erased their feelings…<\/p>\n

Happy book birthday to Seven Days of You<\/em> ! <\/p>\n

Which book cover do you prefer? (that woodblock print on the UK cover is so Japanese to me!)
\n**kmm<\/p>\n

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UK cover<\/p><\/div>Book info<\/strong>:\u00a0Seven Days of You \/ Cecilia Vinesse. Poppy, 2017. [author site<\/a>]\u00a0 [publisher site<\/a>]\u00a0 Review copy and cover image courtesy of the publisher.<\/p>\n

My book talk<\/strong>: Not fair! Having to go back to the States just before senior year, not visiting Dad’s new family in Paris, knowing that Jamie will be back before she leaves Tokyo, remembering their horrible argument 3 years ago…<\/p>\n

With a week to pack up everything, say goodbye to best friends Mika and David, and re-experience her favorite things in Japan, 17-year-old Sophia gets more stressed with every second that clicks by on her countdown watch.<\/p>\n

And suddenly Jamie is here – still funny, still cute, still complicated. He’ll get to finish high school at Tokyo Academy with their friends from around the world, while she’ll be back in New Jersey with just Mom.<\/p>\n

Can time slow down for just this week?
\nCan they heal their fractured relationship in just seven days?
\nCan she leave him behind if they succeed?<\/p>\n

Her departure date hasn’t changed, but Sophia’s reasons for wanting to stay have multiplied in this contemporary story weaving together bitter and sweet.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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