4.5 stars.As if life isn’t complicated enough without time travel?“How long ‘til my soul gets it right?”—Indigo Girls, “Galileo”NYC, 1982. It’s New Year’s Eve. At midnight, Oona will turn 19. She’s exactly where she wants to be—at a party with her beloved boyfriend and friends, and their band is about to perform. She has a tough decision to make: should she go study economics in London or should she stay and perform with the band? But regardless of what she chooses to do, she knows it’s going to...

Oona Out of Order by Margarita Montimore (#9 in 2020)Thank you to @libro.fm and @flatironbooks for my advanced audio version of this newbie!If I could describe this book, it would be a combination of Thirteen Going on Thirty (yusss, Jennifer Garner) mixed with the ghost of Christmas past from A Christmas Carol... mixed with any 90s primetime sitcom accompanied by a laugh track of fake audience members. I mean that... exactly as you're thinking I mean it. Now here we go with my unpopular opinion:...

This was another audiobook with my wife during our evening couch time. Before Netflix or Hulu, its Overdrive or Hoopla!This book is a thinker! A creative new look at time travel: living life non-sequentially and what that would mean to your relationships and the decisions you make. Join Oona on this journey and discover how Margarita Montimore approaches this crazy conundrum.I imagine this book will get under the skin of some due to the potential of time travel paradoxes and how certain conseque...

2.5 stars. There were a lot of things I loved about this book (I'm a sucker for a well done time travel story), but unfortunately there were other things about this that I didn't like that really got under my skin and kept me from loving this the way I hoped I would. The biggest womp.

TW: drug/alcohol abuse, addiction, death of a loved one, slut shaming, fatphobia, transphobia, homophobia, cheating, terminal illness

This was a great book!! 🤗 I wasn’t sure if I would like this book. Reading the premise I immediately thought of the old show Quantum Leap. 🤨 This was so much better than expected. 👍 Oona was a great character. I was fully invested in her story and wanted to just keep reading more and more. I don’t want to give anything away.... Just know that I would absolutely recommend this as a ‘must read’ to my book pals! ❤️😱

Nope.I hate being harsh about books, because I know authors are people too, and it's hard for them to see their books slammed. But I have very strong feelings about this book. Spoilers ahead.Bottom line: I thought it was dreadful. The concept is really intriguing, and it's a crying shame the execution is so very poor. First off, this book commits one of the worst cardinal sins of a story: it tells far, far more than it shows. The choice to have Oona leap around means that she is essentially star...

Definitely in the minority in this one. Oona drove me crazy. Well, I saw enough like minded reviews not to feel *too* absurd in giving this only 3 stars. I have to admit I am really disappointed. It started out very strong, my interest was held and then it just fizzled right out. You've all seen the plot summary - an 18 year old leaps into the future or past every year on New Year's Day (which also happens to be her birthday). I thought this was incredibly unique and couldn't wait to begin. Howe...

I loved this book so much that my only real complaint is that I think it should have been written as a series so that we could spend more time in each of Oona's asynchronous years.

Wow what a book! The perfect blend of angst, romance, pop-culture, and time travel. When I read the blurb for this book I was intrigued, sounded like such a fun concept. And while this book was a lot of fun it was SO much more! Thought-provoking and emotional. The book really gave you lots to think about, what would you do if you were in Oona’s shoes? Are there parts of your past you would change, even if it altered your future? There was also much more emotional depth to this story than I was a...

Oh boy, WTH I just finished! My head should stop spinning! What’s that smell? Did I burn the dinner again? Oh, no I haven’t cooked anything for 2 years. There is an alarm sensing my footsteps as I take only one step in the kitchen. So it can’t be!What a minute! This is coming from my brain cells! They’re burning! I overused them. What a mind bending, innovative, unconventional, complex reading I had! Wow! After reading this, I got a NewYearsEvephobia!Imagine yourself as nineteen years old (I pro...