The Postmistress

a couple of days ago while awaiting the arrival of my girlfriend
for our lunch date

i began to peruse the life section of USA Today

on the front page was a write up on a new book by Sarah Blake ,
The Postmistress

they gave it a stellar review

compared it to the wildly popular "The Help" by Kathryn Stockett

Kathryn gives a little blurb on the cover ( here's an interview with both of them)

after lunch i zoomed over & grabbed my own copy
complete with a gorgeous cover
you know how shallow i am about gorgeous covers
and
ruffed pages
how i love ruffed pages
is that what they're called or did i make that up?

figuring if Kathryn Stockett loves it
& i love Kathryn Stockett
then by golly
certainly i will love it too!

speaking of "The Help"

please tell me you have read it
if not, climb out from under the rock & go grab yourself a copy

hands down one of my fave books of all time

i could hear the voices of those fantastic characters as i soaked in every page
i hated for it to end
i terribly missed Abileen, Minny & Skeeter
not to mention a fantastic cover :)

rumor has it
"Saving CeeCee Honeycutt" is fabulous
its certainly next on my list

don't send me hate mail
but i must be honest
"the time travelers wife"?
shoot me now
i could barely take it
i really needed that 500something pager to be done with itself
never could really follow the time line
& their love affair was a snoozer to me
i know all my favorite bloggers encouraged me to perservere
i did
glad i'm done
i sorta maybe kinda liked the very very end
hate me

francine rivers is a fantastic story teller

"The Sin Eater" & "The Atonement Child"

were both pretty good reads

also really enjoyed

"The Summer House"

by nancy thayer

"Pretty in Plaid"

started totally laugh out loud funny

but quickly disolved

besides the incredible "The Notebook"

why do i continue to read Nicholas Sparks

someone dies

you always cry

& i must admit

in my who-really-cares-opinion

i don't think he's an incredible talented writer

sorry nick

anyway

"The Last Song"

was okish

saw the movie "Dear John" to spend time with my 14 year old

which is the total target age for this movie

maybe because of ole Channing

did not like the ending

thankyouverymuch

savannah read the book

fairly certain she whizzed it across the room when she finished

shockingly the book ending was apparantly even worse

but on an upnote, i did love the music from the movie

my girls loved "The Doll People" series

so Caroline & I are reading that together

ya'll know i always love to hear what you're reading too!
xo