Why the Hottest Read of the Summer Didn’t Put Me in a ‘Happy Place’

Emily Henry's 'Happy Place,' is massive hit. So much so that Jennifer Lopez's production company is creating a Netflix series about it, but it might not be the beach read you need this summer.

When I was a kid, I lived for books. I would read every night and most of the day, especially in the summer. Some would say I was a real like Belle from Beauty and the Beast, walking around my house reading, which definitely annoyed the heck out of my family.

Thankfully, I didn't trip much when I was walking and reading, but like most kids from the 90s, when I got a TV in my bedroom, I stopped reading every night and started watching reruns on Nick at Night.

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As an adult I've tried to get back into my early reading days, which has included a TON of autobiographies. I thought I was reading non-fiction because it was easier to get into the characters, but now I know it's because the fiction world make me feel way too hard.

You'd think reading about things that actually happened would really make me think or feel sympathy, hope, congratulations etc for the main characters. You know, because they're real people.

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Turns out I like non-fiction because I know how it ends.

No spoilers, but when I finished Emily Henry's 'Happy Place,' this past weekend (which I read in a matter of 3 and a half days), I had a massive panic attack about my own life and just how happy I really am.

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You might think it's strange that I'm sharing this, but I'm looking for someone else who felt the same. Did you really turn the last page and just think 'happy,' thoughts for Harriet?

Please let me know.

Thankfully the Netflix series has no production notes or release date just yet, I might need some time to chill before I watch the story on my TV... which I no longer have in my bedroom.