Pretty normal around here. 😀 The weather has been nice, 80’s but not killer humid, and other than work this week, I have done a little house keeping and DEVOURED the book Between by Jessica Warman (which was released yesterday). My review will be up yet today.
Are you a Shelf Awareness reader? I love this little email I receive on weekdays by 7 am. It lists book and author reviews, book store happenings, upcoming bookish news, and usually a chance to win a book or two. This morning they announced a little incentive for others to sign up:
Since I had nothing witty or spectacular to say this morning… I am going with the Shelf Awareness sign up. 😛 I will put this in my sidebar too for those who are interested, get on board by clicking and entering…. you wont be sorry.
In other news, the big Brainerd Library sale is tomorrow morning at 9 am. I will be there by 7 am. Yes, as a freind of the library I could have helped set up the sale and get first pick of the books… but if you know me… I like the adventure of the hunt. Besides, as I told my friend on the phone yesterday, they may frown apon how many books I would like to have “first pick” at.
I will take my chances in the crowd. 😀
Here is what happened last fall during the wait for this sale:
Waiting for Library Sale August 2010
Whats the craziest thing you have ever done for a book/ author event?
Darcy was born beautiful. Really… it’s true. Just ask her. She will be the first to tell you that she is perfect. She loves that men find her attractive so it’s no big surprise that she is stunned to find that her fiance friend Marcus takes work. Oh but never fear, Darcy continues to work her magic until she gets her way… only to be truly shocked and offended when she finds out fer fiance Dex, has also found his way to another… her best friend Rachel.
Oh the nerve of some people! While yes, Darcy to has cheated with Marcus (more than once but really who is counting) she is still appalled to think that Dex and Rachel had done the unthinkable to her. Yes… once again it is all about Darcy…
and as the title suggests….
she turns out to be pregnant with Marcus’s child… a child he does not want… and in fact he’s pretty tired of Darcy’s uppity ways as well. Darcy quickly finds herself without a place to stay, so she packs her bags and goes to London to stay with her writer friend Ethan… only the life lessons continue as Ethan’s flat isn’t “all that” and he is not about to put up with selfish behavior.
Oh whats a girl to do…. and a pregnant one at that….
The character of Darcy is desribed as 5' 9" and 124 pounds. I had to Google such a body type to get a visual... and here she is .... "A Darcy"
Occasionally I enjoy a bit of a fluff read. Just a fun, no thinking involved read. When I found this audio on Amazon I thought I would give this audio a try. A series of emotions came forth as I listened to this audio:
disbelief
annoyance
horrified
disgusted
cautiously optimistic
passive
accepting
Ugghhh…. it’s almost like the stages of grief. 😛 I started out not liking Darcy at all. Really there was nothing to like. She is an extremely self-centered character who only cared about making sue all men had eyes only for her, always wanting what she could not have until she got it… and then drinking while pregnant just about pushed me over the edge. Fictional character or not, I was about to take Darcy out.
Then…. slowly…. she began to change, in an almost predictable way, she learns the errors of her ways and well… you will just have to read it to see exactly what that means.
This is the sequel to Something Borrowed which I have not read. ( I heard it was a movie and I was going to try to see it before I listened to this audio but I did not… I still may watch it at some point.) However I don’t think I missed anything by diving into this one, the characters were easy to figure out where they stood.
In recap…. I didn’t hate it. It actually grew on me a bit. Not so much as I would pursue the series, but in the end I may have been able to have lunch with Darcy without stabbing her in the neck with my fork.
This past weekend I was up North with a couple of friends. It is a tradition to go the last weekend of July and one of the reasons I love this trip is the Silver Bay Book Sale. Yup, at 8:45 am on Saturday the three of us waited in a short line to get in the library when the doors opened at 9.
Here is what I walked out with:
Now to bad at a 25 each on the paperbacks and $1.00 for the hard cover. Two books I am really excited about are Shanghai Girls as I have yet to read Lisa See and A Night To remember because I am fascinated with all things Titanic.
Brainerd’s library sale is this Thursday. It is a much bigger sale and I am quite sure I will have a larger pile than this to post on Friday. 😛
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