I am a member of the American Library Association Reading List Award Committee. This title was suggested for the 2021 list. It was not nominated for the award. The complete list of winners and shortlisted titles is at <a href="https://rusaupdate.org/2021/02/2021-reading-list-years-best-in-genre-fiction-for-adult-readers/">

This book just wasn't for me.  It seemed slow and there was really very little tension and everything was very predictable.

Thank you for allowing me to preview this title. I did not care for the story. I found it predictable and it didn't capture and hold my attention like I thought it would from the synopsis. Sadly it was a "did not finish" at the 43% mark. Best wishes and thank you again.

We all die, that's an unfortunate part of life. But what happens when your life ends before it's meant to? This is what happens to Daisy Cooper. Due to a clerical error, she finds herself in Death's processing center more than 50 years before her time. She can not "move on" to the place where people go when they die because it wasn't her time, nor can she return to life. 

Never having dealt with this kind of conundrum before, Death offers Daisy a job as his assistant to help pass the time until Daisy can move on. 

Narrated by Death and by Daisy Cooper, this book explores all the facets of dying and grief, from the perspectives of Death, the deceased and those left behind. 

I really enjoyed the way this book examined all the types of grief and how it can be processed by different people in various situations. The sadness was countered nicely with moments of humor, friendship, hope, and love. 

Books that make me think and make me feel, on that deepest of levels, are my favorite. Sure, sometimes we all need a nice book to read to escape all of the emotional baggage of life. But even still, the authors whose writing leaves the biggest impact for me are the ones that cause me to think and feel. This book did exactly that. I don't think it's going to be a book that everyone enjoys. There are some tough topics in here, that many people don't like to face. But it was a book that left a lasting impact on my heart and I recommend it for everyone who needs these kind of stories in their lives. 

Thank you to Netgalley, Harlequin Publishing, and  Tamsin Keily for a copy of Daisy Cooper's Rules for Living in exchange for my honest review.

If I had to choose one word to describe this book, it would be "off."  It's just a really strange premise with an even stranger set of circumstances that carry through.  However, it's fascinating...it's the kind of thing that will keep you reading straight through the night just to see what happens next.  It's a bit like a train wreck actually....which is funny, because that's one of the few MDSs (massive death situations) that _doesn't_ happen here.  For anyone who likes to read off the beaten path, this one is intriguing...

Superspeed readers like me can read 150 - 200+ pages/hour, so yes, I have read the book … and many more today. LOL			
			
I received a temporary digital Advance Reader Copy of this book from #NetGalley, the publisher and the author in exchange for an honest review.  			
			
From the publisher, as I do not repeat the contents or story of books in reviews, I let them do it as they do it better than I do 😸.			

Rule One: Anything Can Happen

Daisy Cooper’s life has been pretty uneventful—until the moment it suddenly ends. Unfortunately, her death is—literally—an accident: Daisy wasn’t meant to die for another fifty years. One terrible, embarrassing clerical error is behind it, and Death himself is to blame.

As Daisy battles against her new reality, she starts to realize that letting go isn’t just a challenge faced by those left behind. And while she learns how to survive this impossible time, friendship, hope and even love begin to come alive in the most unexpected ways.

Dripping with heart and humour, Daisy Cooper’s Rules for Living is a fresh and modern take on loss, love and friendship. It is a joyful story about our own humanity and a poignant reminder of what it truly means to live.

This was a funny, enjoyable read from page one to end - it was poignant, well written and totally a reason to avoid housework and spend the afternoon reading. It is a hard book to describe beyond what is written above - this is a love letter of a book from the author to its readers --- read it at book club as well and discuss what you would do/miss if you went now vs. decades from now.

As always, I try to find a reason to not rate with stars as I love emojis (outside of their incessant use by "Social Influencer Millennials" on Instagram and Twitter) so let's give it 👼👼👼👼👼