"In a Book Club Far Away" by Tif Marcelo was an interesting story of friendship and overcoming challenges, as Army wives are bonded by a book club, opening their guarded hearts to each other, and finding support. Thank you NetGalley, the author and publisher for the copy for review. All opinions are my own.

Girl friends, books club, drama, deployed spouses... this book is like a Lifetime movie. It took a while to build up to the source of the drama and years of not talking and then once it was all explained it just kind of went away. There was no real resolution and everyone just moved on? I'm not buying it. ⭐⭐⭐ the payoff wasn't worth it for this one, but it was fine.

Great book. Highly recommend and will most defiantly read more by this author and suggest to others!

Follow three women friends through ten years of friendship while their significant others are part of the Army. The book gives a glimpse of the seriousness of the spouses and children who remain at home during deployments of their loved ones. Although it is a fiction story, it seems the author was in touch with people experiencing this.
The three friends have a "SOS" code should they need one another. Upcoming surgery requires Adelaide to reach out to the others as she is currently "single" parent of her toddler daughter. Although the women are now living in different cities, they converge on Alexandria, VA to help her out. Readers soon learn, though, that there are unresolved issues between the friends. Sharing a house for a week or so forces things to the surface.

received an advanced copy of this book from the publisher through netgalley in exchange for an honest review. This book is well written and the characters are described well. I enjoyed how the characters where apart of the armed forces. This book is set between Georgia and Virginia mentioning Korea. The friendships in this book is great. The romance is slow and sweet. It is in stores for $16.00 (USD).

I have always LOVED books about books. From this title, I immediately knew I wanted to read this and while it wasn't focused as much on novels as I thought it would be, I really enjoyed reading In a Book Club Far Away. It had a surprising depth that I wasn't expecting. Tif Marcelo is definitely an author to watch!

In A Book Club Far Away is a wonderful womens fiction novel by Tif Marcelo.
I LOVE the characters and the setting and the story.

There were parts of this book I liked and I found the writing compelling enough to keep reading. But the more I thought about it, the more issues I had with it. I wish there had been more about what it was like to be a military wife or even in the military, like Regina. The book club aspect was just glossed over and the dispute between the women really, REALLY bugged me. I mean, there was absolutely no reason to get so angry: it was basically a shoot the messenger type deal. This book was just meh.

Three things made me grab this book: 1) I have read and loved all of Tif Marcelo's books to date. 2) I love books that celebrate books. 3) Remember that old show Army Wives? Big fan here.

Based on the synopsis, this book seemed like a great fit for my interests, and it was. With this book, we are introduced to Adelaide, Regina and Sophie - three military spouses who are bonded together when their significant others are deployed. While they are estranged, it takes one text from Adi and an emergency to bring them back together where they'll face their new and old challenges together.

Many thanks to the author, publisher, and NetGalley for sharing this book with me. All thoughts were my own.

This is a women's fiction. This book follow a group of women that started a book club while their husband's/boyfriend's where in the Military. The three women reunite when one of them needs surgery and need the other two to help her recover. Well, They are together they flashback to the event that pulled them apart years ago. I really was pulled into this story, and I really loved the storyline of this book. I have to say that the storyline is in the drivers set in this book, but the characters are really developed. I found myself slowly falling in loved with the characters of this book. I was kindly provided an e-copy of this book by the publisher (Gallery Books) or author (Tif Marcelo) via NetGalley, so I can give an honest review about how I feel about this book. I want to send a big Thank you to them for that.

I have seen mixed reviews for this book. I have to say I enjoyed it. I loved the connection the three women had through the years, even though they hadn't seen each other in ten years due to a feud. The book club moments, SOS calls, and friendship was still there. The ten year feud was a little cliche but it helped draw the story together in the end.

Enjoyed this book, Story of three Army wives who reunite after 20 yrs to help out one of the group. I received this book from Net Galley and the publisher in exchange for my honest review.

Adelaide, Regina and Sophie used to be best friends, and were constant companions through their partner’s deployments, illnesses, pregnancies and more. Until Regina’s relationship blew up spectacularly and the group split. Both women still spoke to Adelaide if not to one another – so when an SOS came from Adi that she needed them (without telling them that she’d invited the other) they both appeared ready to help. Neither was willing to discuss the past – and while both were furious with Adi for her interference and trying to “fix” them, they also knew that Adi needed them desperately with her husband on deployment and a toddler at home – so they stuck around. Mostly to deal with Adi and her needs.

But everyone here has secrets: Sophie is a nurse and now with her partner retired from the military – she's wanting more. Leaving her twins with Jasper and running off to help Adi was just what she needed: time away to think and decide on her own next move. Regina, now divorced with a 7-year-old son also has a catering company that has been struggling. She’s got to decide – it's been three years and still her business hasn’t taken off like she’d hoped. She’s also now (while at Adi’s) a stone’s throw from her on-line flirtation: Henry Just of Just Cakes, and while she’s debating about the ‘next step” she’s in meeting distance.

Meanwhile – Adi has been struggling with her gallbladder and being the perfect ‘officer’s wife” - a role she’s based on her mother’s seeming ease with all that entails, all while raising her children. But Adi’s holding a guilty secret – one that is at the center of Sophie and Regina’s troubles.

What this story brought was plenty of drama, lots of growth and a TON of emotion that everyone can relate to: communications gone wrong, the struggles with loneliness and the constant imminent moves, the adjustment periods both with and without spouses, where to focus your energies and desires for careers when you know that you aren’t long for a place, the challenges are endless and show, as Adi’s mother said “they call us dependents because the military is dependent on us doing everything at home while they are away”. I’m paraphrasing, but this story highlights military spouses – male and female, and celebrates them, their friendships and their strength – all while allowing them to grow, change and find community within a group that understands, and can forgive and love even when the worst happens. Thanks to Tif Marcelo for creating such a lovely group of women to look up to, understand and want to be friends with even if they aren’t physically in our worlds.

I received an eArc copy of the title from the publisher via NetGalley for purpose of honest review. I was not compensated for this review: all conclusions are my own responsibility.

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This book is excellent for people who have their partners away, especially for long periods of time. The book is about three women - Regina, Adelaide and Sophie who are all military wives and who bond over their husbands being deployed. They form a book club and their friendship turns into a sisterhood. 10 years later, Adelaide "tricks" Regina and Sophie into visiting her although the other two women haven't spoken in a decade. Although I really enjoyed the book, it was a bit slow for me and dragged a bit. I really enjoyed seeing the friendship blossom and grow, and then when the women re-connected their friendship. I enjoyed the side relationships of the women and their significant others. I liked the writing and how the book ended (no surprises there) and definitely recommend it for anyone who needs a relatively easy read. Also, no idea where the "far away" came from from the title..

This is a super fun read. I really enjoyed this one!

Many thanks to the author, the publisher, and Netgalley for my ARC. All opinions are my own.

This book is great! Would definitely recommend. Thanks so much to NetGalley and the publisher for the ARC.

This was such a heartwarming story about three military spouses that become close friends and the difficulties they've faced over the years. Each of our main characters are facing their own hardships when Adelaide calls them back together after 10 years apart. I found each of the characters interesting, although I think I may like Regina just a tiny bit more. The spouses of the girls seemed a bit off putting, especially Sophie's boyfriend of 20 years Jasper. For some reason he just rubbed me the wrong way. Overall I found this to be a charming book about friendship and loved the look into the lives of military spouses. This is a great summer read.

I really enjoy Tif Marcelo's writing. She writes excellent filipino characters and family situations. In a Book Club Far Away wasn't my favorite of her books, but I still highly recommend it for people who enjoy women's fiction stories with own voices characters. 3.5 stars (4 for Netgalley)

Really didn’t love this one. It had all the makings of the perfect story for me but fell really, really flat.

In a Book Club Faraway is Tif Marcelo’s newest release and the first I’ve read by this author. As soon as I saw the title with the words “Book Club” popping out at me, I knew I had to read it. This book was about enduring friendships and hardships that military spouses face. Marcelo, a veteran army nurse,herself, definitely brought her background to the pages. Although, I did like this story, I didn’t love it. The three main characters had a shared storyline with a shared problem plus, each of the 3 had their own storylines in both past and present going on through the novel. I felt this would have been better as a 2 part series instead of one long-ish read. It would have allowed us to get to know the characters and their backstories in better detail within each timeframe. Thank you to Netgalley and Gallery Books for gifting me this digital ARC in exchange for an honest review.