From the library
“The Second Chance Year” By Melissa Wiesner A woman down on her luck is given a second chance at fixing her life and trying one year all over again. Sadie Thatcher’s life has fallen apart. All at once she managed to lose her job, her apartment and her boyfriend. When a fortune teller offers her one wish, Sadie jumps at the chance to redo her awful year. Deep down, she doesn’t believe magic will fix her life, but taking a chance, Sadie makes her wish, opens her eyes and nothing has changed. And then, in perhaps her dumb est move yet, she kisses her broth er’s best friend, Jacob. When Sadie wakes up the next morning, she’s in her former apartment with her former boyfriend and her former boss is expecting her at work. Checking the date, she realizes it’s January 1 … of last year. As Sadie navigates her second-chance year, she begins to see all the red flags she missed in her life. She also keeps running into Jacob, and she can’t stop thinking about their shared kiss. The kiss he has no idea ever happened. Suddenly, Sadie begins to wonder if her only mistake was wishing for a second chance.
This is a whimsical lighthearted rom-com perfect for a New Year’s read. We sometimes wish we had a chance to do things all over. Sometimes that still isn’t enough. “The Second Chance Year” makes you wonder how different things might be if you could do it all over again. Your perspective changes. Would you do things differently if given the chance?
“This Time Next Year” By Sophie Cousens Minnie Cooper has a birthday twin, Quinn Hamilton. They were the first two babies born in 1990. Quinn was born just a few minutes before Minnie. He got the prize money and the good luck name to go with it. Minnie blames Quinn for all her bad luck and they’ve never even met.
Minnie unexpectedly meets Quinn at a New Year’s Eve party as the clock is ticking down to their thirtieth birthday. Quinn is charming, successful and seems to have it all together which makes Minnie dislike him even more. Minnie learns there’s more to Quinn than what meets the eye as they keep bumping into each other. Why do they keep having these chance encounters? And why do are they both left with wanting more each time? Find this book at the library and on the Libby app.
