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Swimming In Books

Posting has been a little slow lately. I am being a good, little book blogger and catching up on my reading.

Just yesterday, I had these titles come in:

Testimony by Anita Shreve
We Need To Talk About Kevin by Lionel Shriver
Misadventures of Oliver Booth by David Desmond
Forever Lily by Beth Nonte Russell

On top of the ones listed, I have about seven that I need to review within the next couple of weeks. I really should not have taken the time to see High School Musical 3 on Tuesday but having never seen a High School Musical movie I figured, why not? Hello! Zac Efron is cute! Yeah, I know he is like 21 but he is so adorable! My son was mortified that I was ogling him. Like daughter like mother though. My little five year-old has a crush on him now. So sweet.

Okay, back to reading, ahem…work I mean.

A Movie For Book Lovers

Last weekend I was flipping channels and saw that You’ve Got Mail (1998) was about to come on. I didn’t have time to watch it so I recorded it for later. Last night I had a chance to sit down to watch it. I’ve seen it before. It’s a remake of The Shop Around The Corner and stars Meg Ryan (love her) and Tom Hanks (love him). Here’s a blurb from Netflix:

Book superstore magnate Joe Fox (Tom Hanks) and independent book shop owner Kathleen Kelly (Meg Ryan) fall in love in the anonymity of the Internet — both blissfully unaware that he’s trying to put her out of business. Soon, however, director Nora Ephron’s Golden Globe-nominated romantic comedy puts romance on the ropes — and forces two people to make tough decisions about life, love and livelihood.

The independent bookstore that is run by the main character, Kathleen Kelly is my idea of the perfect children’s bookstore. The story is peppered with sweet memories of her childhood and the history behind the store. It’s just such a sweet romantic comedy. It also stars Greg Kinnear and Parker Posey. Roger Ebert gave it four stars.

If you have time this weekend rent it, make yourself a big bowl of popcorn and enjoy it!