Six Degrees of Separation

Six Degrees of Separation is hosted by Kate at booksaremyfavoriteandbest. A book is selected each month as the starting point for us to link to six other books. I go a bit rouge by selecting my own book from the previous months’ Five Star Friday, but still maintain the spirit of the meme.

This Month's Book

Summertime Punchline by Betty Corrello
Published by Avon Books on May 21, 2024
Age/Genres: Adult, Contemporary, Romance

Goodreads

HBO’s Hacks meets Carley Fortune’s Every Summer After in this hilarious and sweeping love story about a comedian forced to return to her Jersey Shore hometown and confront everything she left behind ten summers before—including the man who broke her heart.

Then. Delfina Silva-Miller wants one thing: to leave behind Evergreen, New Jersey and never look back. Despite her adoring grandmother’s best efforts, Del can’t bear to live another moment at the whims of her deadbeat dad (so cliché) and her ever-temperamental crush, Eddie Rodriguez (humiliating).

Now. If there’s one thing Del knows how to do, it’s spin her bad luck into a killer joke. After years of hard work, she’s finally landed a coveted spot at a huge comedy festival, molding the often tragic raw material of her life into comedic gold. But when Del loses her job, boyfriend, and apartment in the span of a few hours, she’s forced to pack her bags and return to the home she swore off at eighteen.

Del is determined not to let her history with Evergreen distract her. She has 45 days to perfect a new comedy set and march into her new life. Instead, she marches right into Eddie Rodriguez. But he’s nothing like the boy she left behind ten years ago.

As the festival draws closer, Del is faced with the terrifying possibility that everything she’s ever wanted isn’t as far away as it once seemed.

Vividly evoking the boardwalks and beaches of the Jersey Shore, Summertime Punchline is a hilarious, vulnerable, and sweeping love story celebrating the complicated relationships—romantic and not—that impact our lives, for better or worse.

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1. Female Comics - Summertime Punchline and Funny Feelings feature female comics trying to get their careers started. 
2. Single Dads - Funny Feelings and Canadian Boyfriend are single dad romances.
3. Minnesota - Canadian Boyfriend and Just for the Summer are set in Minnesota.
4. "Dad" - Just for the Summer hero is guardian to his siblings, and the Savor It hero is guardian to his niece.
5. Chef in a small town who is starting over- The hero in Savor It and the heroine in Effie Olsen's Summer Special are both chefs looking for redemption.
6. Friends-to-Lovers after years apart - Effie Olsen's Summer Special and One Last Summer features romances between old friends who have spent several years apart.

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