What to read, who should read it and how to find it

Currently, there are 3 categories of books being written up within this blog. Books you can read to your grade school children (great stories that might be just a little over their independent reading level), books for your teenage children to read (or "Young Adult" - which you may find you'd like to read as well!), and books for you yourself to read. I post the write ups of these books as I read them, which is to say the categories of books in the main body of this blog are jumbled together. However, I have created labels so you can easily find and browse through whichever category most interests you. "Charlie" is for the grade schoolers, "Max" is for the tween/teens and "Mom" is for books you yourself might enjoy.

Thursday, April 19, 2012

One Day by David Nicholls

Official Summary
It’s 1988 and Dexter Mayhew and Emma Morley have only just met. But after only one day together, they cannot stop thinking about one another. Over twenty years, snapshots of that relationship are revealed on the same day—July 15th—of each year. Dex and Em face squabbles and fights, hopes and missed opportunities, laughter and tears. And as the true meaning of this one crucial day is revealed, they must come to grips with the nature of love and life itself.

My Two Cents
Now I am a pretty tough sell as far as this "romantic" kind of book genre goes (if you couldn't tell by now) and I have to say that I really, really enjoyed this book. And I was super leery about reading it, I mean...a major motion picture with Anne Hathaway? Uuuugggghhh. But I have to say I was very pleasantly surprised. It was an honest look at romance, a realistic love story if you will - with all kinds of ups and downs and emotions and actions that made no sense and left you shaking your head...much like real life. Nothing was idealized, most especially the main characters. It was a story about growing up and just how painful and difficult - yet amazing and happy - it can all be. It was also very funny and intelligently written - a great read...I strongly recommend.

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