Title: Fast Track SeriesAuthor: Erin McCarthy I must say that this series surprised me. It really exceeded my expectations. Since reading the series Chicago Stars by Susan Elizabeth Phillips, I have been hooked with sports-inspired books. I have read Rachel Gibson’s Chinooks Hockey, and also Kate Angell’s Richmond Rogues which involves the sport baseball. As I was…
The Time Keeper by Mitch Albom | Book Review
As mankind grew obsessed with its hours, the sorrow of lost time became a permanent hole in the human heart. People fretted over missed chances, over inefficient days; they worried constantly about how long they would live, because counting life’s moments had led, inevitably, to counting them down. Soon, in every nation and in every language, time became the most precious commodity.
Second Chance Summer by Morgan Watson | Book Review
Synopsis Taylor Edwards’ family might not be the closest-knit—everyone is a little too busy and over scheduled—but for the most part, they get along just fine. Then Taylor’s dad gets devastating news, and her parents decide that the family will spend one last summer all together at their old lake house in the Pocono Mountains.…
Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn | Book Review:
This morning he was stroking my hair and asking what else he could do for me and I said, "My gosh, Nick, why are you so wonderful to me?" He was supposed to say: You deserve it. I love you. But he said, "Because I feel sorry for you." "Why?" "Because every morning you have to wake up and be you."
So Over You by Gwen Hayes | Book Review
"Some girls will love you for your intelligence, your spirit, or your smile. Some girls will fall all over themselves if you even make the smallest effort to understand them. Some girls don't care how you act as long as you drive a nice car(And some boys deserve those kind of girls. i'm just sayin'.) Some girls will require a lot more from you than most guys are willing to give. This is the girl you'll need a lot of patience for, because she will lead you down blind paths and up steep hills. The challenge will be staying true to who you are while pursuing this person. She'll wring you out, simultaneously repel and attract you, and question your every intention. She'll be the biggest pain in the asphalt you've ever had. She'll need you to understand what she won't tell you, believe in her when she extends no faith in you, and not give in to her when she wants to roll over you. She'll expect that you'll always be there, even when she avoids you. She'll want lots of independence but want you to need her desperately. She'll expect you to be smart but treat her like she's smarter than you. Hopefully, you'll believe she's worth it in the end. "
The Wedding (Lairds’ Fiancées #2) by Julie Garwood | Book Review
Connor: I'll explain everything later. You told me I only had to open my heart. Do you remember? Brenna: I remember. Connor: You were asking me to love you, weren't you? I should have told you then. Brenna: Tell me what? Connor: That I love you. Brenna: No, you only want... Connor: I love you. I know you love me. Why didn't you tell me? Were you afraid? Brenna: I didn't tell you how I felt because I knew you didn't love me. yes, I was afraid, but you weren't afraid, were you? Connor: Yes, I was. Brenna, you scared the hell out of me. If I love you, I became vulnerable. What would happen to me if you died? And then it was too late. I couldn't protect myslef from you, but once I realized i loved you, I felt reborn inside. One of us will surely die before the other, but the memories will sustain the one left behind. You know what? Brenna: What? Connor: I'm never going to let you go. I know you deserve far more than I can ever give you. It doesn't matter, though. You're mine.
Book Review: Seven Secrets of Seduction
Title: Seven Secrets of SeductionAuthor: Anne MallorySynopsis: Secret #1: Every good seduction begins with a baited hook . . . Well-educated, but not part of society, Miranda Chase is just as captivated by the erotic pages as everyone else in London. Intrigued by the layers she sees beneath the book's surface, she writes an…
Book Review: Not Quite a Husband
Title: Not Quite a HusbandAuthor: Sherry ThomasSynopsis: Their marriage lasted only slightly longer than the honeymoon - to no one's surprise, not even Bryony Asquith's. A man as talented, handsome, and sought after by society as Leo Marsden couldn't possibly want to spend his entire life with a woman who rebelled against propriety by…
The Best of Me by Nicholas Sparks | Book Review
"This weekend was wonderful, but it isn't real life. It was more like a honeymoon, and after a while the excitement will wear off. We can tell ourselves it won't happen, we can make all the promises we want, but it's inevitable, and after that you'll never took at me the way you do now. I won't be the woman you dream about, or the girl you used to love. And you won't be my long-lost love, my one true thing anymore, either. You'll be someone my kids despise because you ruined the family, and you'll see me for who I really am. In a few years, I'll simply be a woman pushing fifty with three kids who might or might not hate her, and who might end up hating herself because of all this. And in the end, you'll end up hating her too." "That't not true." "But it is. Honeymoons always come to an end." "Being together isn't about a honeymoon. It's about the real you and me. I want to wake up with you beside me in the mornings, I want to spend my evenings looking at you across the dinner table. I want to share every mundane detail of my day with you and hear every detail of yours. I want to laugh with you and fall asleep with you in my arms. Because you aren't just someone I loved back then. You were my best friend, my best self, and I can't imagine giving that up again. you might not understand, but I gave you the best of me, and after you left, nothing was ever the same. I know you're afraid and I'm afraid too. But if we let this go, if we pretend none of this ever happened, then I'm not sure we'll ever get another chance. We're still young. We still have time to make this right."
Movie Review: Hello Stranger
What's The Movie About?Inspired by Korean culture and entertainment that fluxed around Asia, the film tells a love story of a guy and a girl who destined to meet in Seoul during their private trip to Korea.The movie was a meet-cute story. The girl and the boy were alone travelling and met at Korea accidentally.…
