"Something Borrowed" has been one of my favorite books ever since freshman year of high school. It was a quick read with a great plot that kept me on my toes. I was ecstatic to learn last year that it was being adapted into a movie this spring, and was even more excited to learn that John Krasinski was starring in it (my favorite!).
This movie came out last Friday and you can believe that my friends and I went to see the matinee showing right before we had to move out of our dorms for the summer. It was a wonderful romantic comedy about friendships being tested when guys come into the picture... especially when the guy may or may not be the best friend's fiancee. Yikes!
I think the movie did the book justice and I was very pleased with the actors' portrayals of the character. Kate Hudson's character was conniving, confident, and crazy all at once. Ginnifer Goodwin's character will make you feel sympathetic for her, even if she was the "bad girl". Colin Egglesfield will make you swoon every.single.timehe was on the screen, guaranteed. John Krasinski's character was sarcastic and charming at the same time (much similar to his Jim Halpert character on The Office). At one point, he says "Well I'm the only asshole that gives a shit about you!" Um, who ever knew that my heart would melt at such a line!?
"Something Borrowed" was funny, charming, and heartbreaking all at once. It's a great movie to either see by yourself or with a group of your girlfriends. I highly recommend going to see it and reading the book too if you haven't already! (Plus, there's a great dancing scene of Kate and Ginnifer dancing and singing to "Push It" by Salt n Pepa)
Have you read the book or seen the movie?
Did John Krasinski make you melt too!?
A couple of weeks ago, I went to the Newport Public Library and found out that they had a "bookstore" in the basement of the library. I had never even seen a bookstore in a library before, but what amazed me even more was that the books were all donated by either the library or frequent readers. I could tell that many of the books were barely read so I decided to take full advantage of this. I was able to snag all of the following books for only $7! What a bargain!
1. Prep :: Curtis Sittenfield
2. The Last Lecture :: Randy Pausch
3. For One More Day :: Mitch Albom
4. Bitter is the New Black :: Jen Lancaster
5. Water for Elephants :: Sara Gruen
I've been wanting to read Water for Elephants for quite some time and have heard great reviews so I was very excited when I found it for $1!
Not to mention, the movie will be coming out on April 21 and I can't wait to see it! I simply cannot turn down a Reese movie. This role seems very different than any other role she has played before so I am looking forward to seeing her performance in this movie.
Have you read Water for Elephants?
Are you going to see the movie?
I loveloveLOVE to read, especially chick lit. I love Emily Giffin, Sarah Dessen, Nicholas Sparks, Jodi Picoult, etc. Currently, I'm reading Alphabet Weekends by Elizabeth Noble.
However, my favorite book of all-time would have to be:
The Last Summer (of You and Me)by Ann Brashares
"You know you've read a good book when you turn the
last page and feel a little as if you have lost a friend."
- Paul Sweeney
I certainly felt like that when I finished this! When I first purchased this book, I was very excited to read it solely because of who wrote the book. As you may know, Ann Brashares is the author of the Sisterhood series (which I adore), so I knew that she wasn't going to disappoint me with this one. Trust me, she didn't. The book was a tearjerker from start to finish. I was bawling like a baby once I reached the end. I recommend this to everyone who is looking for a book to read this summer. It's a quick read and I can guarantee you that it will make you feel warm and fuzzy inside. :)
"Love is a tough road to navigate. Finding a way for two people's heads, hearts, feelings, and emotions to not drive each other insane can be a tricky affair. Throw another person into the mix, and you have an even path to forge. Such a path is at the heart of Ann Brashares's novel The Last Summer (of You and Me). But this isn't your typical tawdry love triangle. It is a beautiful tapestry woven out of love so deep that it involves self-sacrifice." - Associated Content
Some of my favorite quotes:
"Sometimes you couldn't face the sadness of being forgotten until you felt the comfort of being remembered again."
"He wanted to take his love back from her so badly. The old techniques didn’t work anymore. In fact, they’d never worked. How do you stop loving someone? It was one of the world’s more brutal mysteries. The more you tried, the less it worked."
"There was a moment in between, a moment flung free in the midst of the transition, when he made contact. That was the moment she would dwell on."
"Healing wasn’t always the best thing. Sometimes a hole was better left open. Sometimes it healed too thick and too well and left separate pieces fused and incompetent. And it was harder to reopen after that."
I'm pretty sure it's going to be a movie in 2011 so keep your eyes out for that!
