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Haven't done a love picture post in a while... xoxo

Have a lovely weekend!

 

(all photos have been found on the interweb, they are not mine)

BOOK REVIEW: Nights in Rodanthe by Nicholas Sparks

From the #1 New York Times bestselling author Nicholas Sparks comes a tender story of hope and joy; of sacrifice and forgiveness -- a moving reminder that love is possible at any age, at any time, and often comes when we least expect it. At forty-five, Adrienne Willis must rethink her entire life when her husband abandons her for a younger woman. Reeling with heartache and in search of a respite, she flees to the small coastal town of Rodanthe, North Carolina to tend to a friend's inn for the weekend. But when a major storm starts moving in, it appears that Adrienne's perfect getaway will be ruined -- until a guest named Paul Flanner arrives. At fifty-four, Paul has just sold his medical practice and come to Rodanthe to escape his own shattered past. Now, with the storm closing in, two wounded people will turn to each other for comfort -- and in one weekend set in motion feelings that will resonate throughout the rest of their lives.- goodreads

Old people falling in love. Awe. I guess they need romance too.

Adrienne decides to finally tell her daughter (who is recently widowed) the story of her brief love affair 14(?) years prior.   It all began in Rodanthe when Adrienne, needing to get away after finding out her husband was having an affair with a much younger lady, agrees to help watch her friends little Bed & Breakfast.  With a storm a brewing there are no visitors, except Paul- a surgeon who has come to the little town to talk face to face with the child of a patient who died on the table.

Well, what brings two people together than a hurricane and similar tales of divorce. Nothing, that's it.I enjoyed the slow build-up of the romance. In the writing style. In actuality they fell in love over a weekend. Possible? yes. Plausible? No.

The book goes from Adrienne's point of view and Paul, which I like. I like the duality of the story and knowing how the other person feels.

It wasn’t my favourite Nicholas Sparks book, but it wasn’t bad, but not great. Hence the 3 star rating.  I think I will go watch the movie though. The movie adaptations to his books are usually pretty decent.

 

BOOK REVIEW: Waking Up Married by Mira Lyn Kelly

Goodreads synopsis:
Her first thought: "Who are you?"
It's the morning after her cousin's bachelorette party in Vegas and Megan Scott wakes up with the mother of all hangovers. Even worse, she's in a stranger's penthouse having woken up with something else as well - a funny, arrogant, sexy...husband!
Up until now, finding even a boyfriend had seemed impossible - been there, got the broken heart, sworn off men for good. Then a few martinis with Carter...no, Connor Reed and she's gone from first meet to marriage in one night!
Megan wants a lawyer.
But Connor's shocking bombshell?
"I don't want a divorce."

2 stars, maybe 1.5

Okay.  This book was a netgalley read. It sounded like it could be intersting and be a quick little mindless read. It was mindless alright. But it garnered 2 stars because I felt like I needed to finish it to see whas was going to happen.

I can't stress how unbelievable this book was.  Two single people, Megan and Connor happen to meet up at a bar in Vegas, and after too many drinks ends up marrying eachother.

This is not how it was. As here Ross and Rachel were both shittered.

The kicker is it seems only she was drunk and that Connor had this partnership figured out. She is the logical one being like ' shit, Connor, we need to get a divorce stat.' and he's all 'no you wanted to marry me last night, I will convince you that this was a good idea'.  First off... SHE WAS DRUNK!  I mean, I was drunk on my wedding day, but I at least knew what I was getting into. And another thing, she said the ring was at least 10 carats worth of diamonds! ARE YOU FREAKING KIDDING ME!? 10 carats on someone you just met and drunkenly married. Really? Maybe like a gumball ring would be more suitable.

Anyways, another reason why Megan wants to get a divorce (cuz the first one isn't enough) is that it doesn't fit in with her plan. No shit. Her plan by the way it to go to the sperm bank and get knocked up that way because no one else wants to have a baby with her. Okay, I get it sometimes you want to be a mother and waiting for the right guy just doesn't seem plausible and I'm all for the women power...but come on.

Then there is Conor. Who apparently is this big shot rich dude, who just wants a wife that would obey him, follow him to his obligatory social outings. And there must be no love. Sex yes. But no feelings. I guess Megan fitted the bill to be part of this partnership. Not marriage. Partnership, because apparently Connor lives in the 18th century.

Megan is painted as this stupid women who is insecure and can't stand up for herself if someone is swinging their penis. Even though she is self described as a strong, independent women. Like come one. If a partnership isn't what you want and you want to have a loving marriage, then have the balls to have that. And Connor, what is your problem? Its a marriage not a god damn job. Why are rich guys all asshats?

It just wasn't realistic in any sense. You meet someone, You get drunk. You get married. You wake up, down some Advil and chocolate milk and make your way to the nearest lawyers to get your ass divorced. You do not say "hey, lets give this 3 months to see if your drunken mind actually knew what she wanted" and after 2 months you do not say 'lets have a baby'. 

There were a lot of face palm moments during the trail period too, that I won't get into. I'm just glad they never actually said how old these two morons were.  At least they ended up together. *PUKE*


I think I need to stop reading Harlequin Romance novels.  They make me so angry.

BOOK REVIEW: Staying At Daisy's by Jill Mansell

 

I bought downloaded all of Jill Mansell’s book one day because she kept coming up in my Goodreads recommendation panel. And well, why not. I do love chick-lit books. They are the perfect easy read for the days where you want to read something but don’t want to think.

Synopsis:Daisy manages the hotel in a small quaint village in England in which her exceedingly cool dad Hector owns, when a wedding comes into the hotel. This wedding is of Dominic, whose ex- Tara-  just happens to work in the hotel and is Daisy’s best friend (oooh look at all the connections already!). Sparks reignite between Tara and Dominic. Daisy and Dev (Dominic’s best man) have some issues as well, but Daisy is also trying to start things up with her best friend Josh again.  

Confused yet? Staying at Daisy’s had a lot of sub-stories going on; while it wasn’t hard to follow each story line. But they all flowed into the bigger picture. It was easy to like the characters in this book. Jill Mansell developed them in a way that you  felt connected to them. I love Hector. He seemed like the coolest dad. Josh was a great character to. What girl wouldn’t fall in love with him?

I give it 3 stars, The typical British chick lit book.  Nothing special but it filled my chick-lit quota for the week. I know this isn’t the best review, but with all the sub-stories going on I find it hard to give a good synopsis without spoiling anything and how they are interconnected.