I haven’t been able to make the last couple of book club meetings, so I’ve busied myself with some of my own reading choices lately {shocking!}. It’s been fun and breezy. I thought I’d share a couple with you, just in case you’re in need of a little literary escapism {who isn’t??}…
Wedding Night by Sophie Kinsella
Here is where you learn something new about me: I love Sophie Kinsella and own each and every one of her books. True! I take up an entire book shelf with these shenanigans. I have been hooked ever since the first Shopaholic book that my friend Amanda loaned to me probably like 13 years ago after she picked it up at the airport. I am such an uber-fan that I buy each book the day it comes out and then devour it. Usually they take me a day or two to read, depending on what is happening in life and what needs to be procrastinated at that moment. Kinsella’s books are my guilty pleasure, for sure. This summer I plan to tackle her books by her pseudonym, Madeline Whickham {or is Sophie Kinsella her pseodonym??}. Can.not.wait.
The books all follow a formula for can’t-put-it-down-ness: there’s a woman of around thirty. She makes/has been making a bad choice(s). She gets herself in a peculiar situation that makes me really glad I am not her because I can see no way out. There’s a nice man whom she thinks is a jerk. Turns out, he is always a nice man in the end, and she saves her skin regarding said problem. Barely. And she gets the hot-but-really-nice-and-successful dude.
In this book, our main gal is jilted by her boyfriend of many years, so she decides to take her first love up on their pact to marry one another if both are still single at this point. She has a level-headed big sis who is trying to dissuade her from this hasty marriage, but she gives her the slip by flying off to Greece for her honeymoon after getting married impromptu at the court house. Big sis thinks that if she can only get to Greece before they consummate the marriage, little sis can get an annulment and not end up a bitter divorcee like herself, so she uses her trusty travel magazine connections at the resort to ensure that the mis-matched couple gets no alone-time. Hijinks ensue. Lots of them. It’s crazy!
So if you’re needing a book to help you escape from the end-of-the-school-year insanity, or wanting to throw one in your travel bag for the summer, this is it.
Baby Proof by Emily Giffin
What do you do when you and your spouse are united in your desire for a child-less life, only to find one of you has changed your mind? Yikes, right? Right. Giffin tackles this all in a light-hearted way, but I came out on the other side very glad not to be the main character. As with all of Giffin’s books, this was totally a beach read, but still a little thought-provoking. Enjoyable. And for one penny, used, on Amazon? Okay!
What have you read lately that you want to tell me about? Shout it out in the comments! I’ve got a some travel coming up, and I’d love to have my bags stocked up with books.
. Oh. Em. Gee.
. I cooked up some black beans in the crock pot 
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. It has her fabulous artwork throughout. Teensy-Weensy can’t see the cover without pointing out how funny it is that two hands are stealing bites of the dough. I’ve mentioned it here and there in my monday meal madness! posts. I’ve written up a little review for it on Amazon.
