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December 26, 2012 · 10:31 pm

Christmas is the best.

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Merry Day-After Christmas Day! I’m one of the lucky ducks that did NOT have to go to work today, so I got to sleep in and do other stuff. But since since I’m home now, I thought I’d share pictures and stuff you with you! It could wait until Sarah Sunday, but I have free time now and no review to post, so there we have it. Click to embiggen pictures.

01Christmas Day

So, some various Christmas Day pictures. I wish I had taken more of my siblings, nephew L, and the tree and stuff. I think my siblings took a lot of pictures though, so I need them to text some to me. I was busy cookin and stuff. Also, my hair looks terrible in that picture. I need to get my hair trimmed, but I kind of ran out of time/money last week.

02 Christmas gifts

This was the first Christmas morning I’ve got to have with the honeyman in at least 2 years, so it was very exciting to wake up and make coffee and open stuff together. Some of the amazing things he bought for me – ROTATING EFFING BOOK SHELF, this amazing purse that can be worn a bunch of different ways, including as a thigh rig, books, all three Adele cds, the complete series of Charmed in that fancy Book of Shadows case, Outlander book charm, Hyperspace by Michio Kaku, Attachments by Rainbow Rowell, an Amazon gift card, a tragic-guy leather jacket, and other things. He’s the best. And seriously, YAY for bookish gifts!

Also, I was very lucky to receive a Keurig Elite from friends, a 3-tier oven rack (and serving spoons) from my sister Heather, Jam by Yahtzee Croshaw from my brother EJ, some tee shirts, picture frames from my little sister Amanda, and other just awesome stuff and everybody is the best and I love them.

03 more Christmas gifts

I am SO excited about so much of this stuff guys, you have no idea. The honeyman is supposed to put my new bookshelf together this weekend, and there will definitely be pictures of it coming.

Some things I was super excited to give to the honeyman: a gunstock war club, Wii U, games, movies, and high-precision gaming dice.

Not that everything was all materialistic and whatnot. The best part of Christmas was that on Christmas Eve, Treland and I got to stay home and play Black Ops 2 together, make pizza, play Phase 10, drink hot cocoa and just generally hang out together. Christmas morning we unwrapped stuff, hooked up the Wii U, and were able to hang out together for a bit before people started coming over. I just loved having two days off with him :-)

The only lousy thing about Christmas this year? It’s the first Christmas I didn’t get to see my mom, cause she’s off travelling in North Carolina right now. It was weird not having a big thing at her house, even though I think it went pretty well having my siblings come here. And my dad is in jail of course, and this is the first Christmas since my grandma died. So I missed all of them a bit. Still, overall, this was a fantastic Christmas and a great holiday season. I’m going to be spending the next week thinking about what I want out of 2013, reading/blogging wise and whatnot. I’m sure I’ll end up doing some sort of 2012 wrap-up post later.

I hope you all had a wonderful Christmas! Tell me about any exciting presents you got or funny family stories! I’m off to watch Star Wars: The Phantom Menace now.

~Sarah

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December 24, 2012 · 10:23 pm

Merry Christmas!

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MERRY CHRISTMAS FELLOW BLOGGERS!!!!

So, I didn’t have a Sarah Sunday post this weekend because I was busy/tired, so here’s a quick recap:

  • Sick all week. Still not quite over it.
  • Job didn’t even give us bonuses this year. I officially hate it there.
  • Lots of Christmas prep – shopping, wrapping, eating, etc.
  • Had Christmas with some close friends on Sunday night – that giant awesomely wrapped present in the pic was a Keurig. This is SUPER exciting.
  • Only finished one book – The Truth About Santa by Gregory Mone. It was enjoyable.
  • Started Antimatter by Frank Close, haven’t finished it yet.
  • Spent Christmas Eve finishing the wrapping, doing prep work for dinner tomorrow, and having an awesome Christmas Eve night with the honeyman – we made pizza and played Black Ops 2 and Phase 10. It was wonderful.

 

CHRISTMAS IS TOMORROW!

CHRISTMAS IS TOMORROW!

So yeah, Christmas Eve has been a great day, and I’m SO excited for tomorrow! Christmas morning with the honeyman, siblings coming over in the afternoon, the honeyman’s family coming for dinner too – it’s going to be a lot of fun. I’m going to go try to sleep now, so I can wake the honeyman up nice and early to open presents :-)

HAVE A VERY MERRY CHRISTMAS!!!!

~Sarah

 

 

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December 21, 2012 · 4:31 am

The Truth About Santa: Wormholes, Robots, and What Really Happens on Christmas Eve by Gregory Mone

 

Oh how fun. This book combined two of my favorite things – Christmas, and theoretical physics. I forget where I heard of this book initially, but I borrowed it from the library and started reading it right away.

Gregory Mone takes all of the questions you may have about Santa – How does he deliver everything in one night? Can reindeer really fly? How does he fit down the chimney? And then he gives you the real, secret answers. It’s not magic, it’s science! Each section of the book tackles an aspect of Santa and unravels the mystery behind it. I bet you didn’t know Santa has a warp-speed sleigh, or that he uses clones to complete all the deliveries in one night, or that they travel via wormholes, or that there are tiny microcameras in your house monitoring whether your children have been naughty or nice.

Whenever Mone introduces us to a new piece of Santa’s gadgetry, he also gives a glimpse as to how we as a scientific community are making progress on these technologies. The science in this book is either being developed or being actively researched, and it was fun to read about some of the things I already heard about. And the writing isn’t dull or bogged down with things too hard to understand – it’s quick, witty, and a bit snarky. Obviously it was perfect for me.

I wouldn’t recommend this to kids, unless they’re in their late teens – the humor and the science would probably be lost on anyone under 16. But it’s still a fun, unique take on Santa and still makes me look forward to Christmas. (Which is only FOUR DAYS AWAY, in case you were wondering.) I think I’ll be buying myself a copy to re-read next year.

 

Sarah Says: 4 stars

 

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December 16, 2012 · 11:25 am

Sarah Sunday!

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Good morninggggg!

Sarah update: Another week gone by in a blur. Monday was game night, Tuesday I wrapped presents most of the day, Wednesday I came into work for an extra couple hours to train the temp (and to beef up my paycheck a little, admittedly), and then Thursday I made stuffed artichokes and went Christmas shopping with my little brother, and the BAM! Friday it was back to work.

I’ve gotten hardly ANY sleep this weekend before work. I really need to work on sleeping more. But I was busy! Shopping with my brother was fun, but necessary due to his lack of a car right now. Friday my little sister Amanda and L came into town. I watched L for a couple hours on my own and realized I just do not have the patience to baby-sit a 1 and a half year old. He kept touching EVERYTHING he wasn’t supposed to. We did watch Pocahontas together though, so that was okay. Saturday after work was our Christmas celebration with our older sister Heather, her husband, and the kiddos. (We’re all too busy right around Christmas, and this was the only other time Amanda and L would be in town). That was a lot of fun – the four of us hardly ever get to spend that much time together all at once. Heather made some AWESOME turkey lasagna. We did presents (I got, among other things, a 3-tier oven rack that I’m very excited about). And then it was back home for a nap so I could come into work this morning. Oy. The honeyman was very sweet to me this week though and helped where he could so I didn’t have so much to do. Love that man.

I’m really looking forward to this week. I only have 3 days off, but I’m hoping to finish up Christmas shopping and wrapping, finally send out Christmas cards, workout at the gym HARD (I only got to go 3 days this past week, and I feel like crap right now), and just generally enjoy the fact that it’s only like 9 more days until Christmas! Also, I’m going to try to catch up on sleep cause seriously, I’m exhausted.

There’s no real weight loss update, which is good since I’m in maintenance mode now. I think it’s going good so far… I’m struggling a little to fit in those extra calories everyday because I got so used to only working with 1200.

Also, I feel the need to share these two awesome videos with you: one, of DMX’s rendition of Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer, and the newest Epic Rap Battle of History – Santa vs. Moses! And Moses is played by Snoop Dogg. (I love that ERB has gotten so popular that they were able to get Snoop Dogg!) Enjoy!

(Let me know if these don’t show up – I’m doing this at work and they block Youtube, but I think this should work…)

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This cracks me up. She looks terrified.

 Bookish update: I finished re-reading An Echo in the Bone! I’m annoyed it too me so long so I’m glad that’s done, and I SOOOOOOO cannot wait for the 8th book now. I’ll write a review of it later this week… I think I have different thoughts from the first time I read it. Also, I read The Walking Dead: Book Three graphic novel, and I’ll probably start the fourth one today, maybe.

I’m hoping I can fit in two more books this coming week - a science-y read from my TBR list for the month, and a Christmas book I have on hold at the library right now – it apparently gives scientific explanations for how Santa does all his magical things, like travels through wormholes to get to everyone’s house in one night and stuff. I think it’s supposed to be kind of funny? It sounds really amusing.

Sooo I think that’s all I got for right now! I hope everyone has a great week!

~Sarah

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December 11, 2012 · 7:33 pm

The Life and Adventures of Santa Claus by L. Frank Baum

The Life and Adventures of Santa Claus

 

Hey, look, a book review! I mean sure, the book was only like 150 pages and super cute and short, but still! Progress!

So, L. Frank Baum wrote this book in 1902, and I have to say that it’s pretty awesome. I saw this book at B&N last year at Christmas-time and have waited ALL YEAR to finally read it, so thank goodness I liked it. I think it may become a Christmas classic for me, to read every holiday season.

This tells the story of Santa Claus, how he was abandoned as a baby in the Forest of Burzee and raised by immortals, and when he finally went and saw the rest of the world and mankind, he grew a special place in his heart for children. He decides to dedicate his life to trying to make children happy, which leads to him creating toys for children and eventually distributing them all over the world.

I really liked that this book was whimsical and fun – it’s the story of Santa, with nymphs and fairies and other mystical creatures involved. As the book goes, you learn about all the different things that make up that “Santa Claus” image – why stockings were hung, why Christmas Eve is the night he gives presents to children, how he manages to do it all in one night, etc. It was adorable. In fact, this would make a really awesome movie – apparently there are some older animated adaptations, but I think Pixar should pick this up and do it, it’d be so magical!

The ONLY thing that didn’t sit quite right with me is how much the book goes on and on about how much Claus loves children. In 1902 maybe that was normal and sweet, but these days it just sound creepy, right?

STILL, a wonderful Christmas story and gave me the warm and fuzzies.

 

Sarah Says: 4.5 stars

 

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November 25, 2012 · 5:00 am

Sarah Sunday!

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Good morning everybody!

Sarah update: This week flew by and was pretty busy – I spent a lot of time cleaning and doing prep work for Thanksgiving. Amanda and L came into town Wednesday night, I worked on Thursday, and then came home and started cooking a MASSIVE dinner. And remember how there were supposed to be about 11 people coming? We ended up with only 6. Well, plus my sister Heather and her husband and kids stopped by, but they ate at another family member’s house and really just came by to say hi.

The dinner came out pretty well, and I have to say that for this being the first turkey I’ve ever made, it came out AWESOME. It was really tender and juicy, and had a lot of flavor. I was really pleased with it. All together we had: turkey, roasted garlic mashed potatoes, mashed sweet potatoes, stuffed artichokes, baked mac and cheese, stuffing, spinach lasagna rolls, green beans, roasted carrots, gravy, and biscuits.

So overall it was a good dinner and lots of fun! Next year if I host again I’m going to try to take the day off of work or leave early, because while I don’t mind eating at 7, there wasn’t really anytime to hang out and play games or anything.

I’m SO happy I took Friday and Saturday off. Friday while most people were out getting trampled in Black Friday shopping sprees, I stayed home and listened to music and decorated all day. Then the honeyman came home and his friends came over, and we all ate leftovers and played Phase 10. It was fun :) I never get to hang out with his friends or stay up so late because I usually work on weekends.

Saturday I finished decorating (I have lights EVERYWHERE) and went out with the honeyman and did a bit of Christmas shopping. I’m at the point now where there’s only a month left to shop and I still have a lot to buy and my next couple paychecks are going to suck because I took a lot of time off. I took these two days off, and then next weekend I took Saturday and Sunday off because it’s my friend’s Merry Movie Marathon and I’m so excited! Hanging out with a bunch of girls for two days straight, in our pj’s, drinking alcohol and eating junk food and watching Christmas movies. This is the first year I actually got to take the days off of work to attend, so I’m PSYCHED.

Speaking of all this food, I’ve decided that I’m probably not going to switch to maintenance until after Christmas. I’m just going to keep exercising and doing MFP most of the time, but I definitely didn’t count calories for Thanksgiving, and I’m not doing it next weekend either, or at Christmas time. I’m .2 lbs up from last week (so 166.2), which isn’t bad considering all the yummy food. So yeah, yay for that.

Oh also, I watched the first Star Wars movie yesterday! (The original 1977 one.) This is the first time I’ve ever watched a whole SW movie. It was good, & I might watch the next one while I’m at work today. I have to say though, Darth Vader is kind of a really lame bad guy in this movie. I really liked Obi Wan, & Han Solo, & I even kind of liked Princess Leia. So hooray for me finally watching these movies! I kind of wish that I had seen them back when they first came out & the special effects were really cool.

Bookish update: NOTHING. Ugh. Between my tooth healing and then being SO busy with Thanksgiving and then decorating and everything, it just hasn’t happened. Hopefully I’ll be able to read for a bit at work today, but I’m SO far behind in what I wanted to read this month. It’s a bit frustrating, but oh well. I can’t really help it.

SO, that’s my update for this week! Did everyone have a nice Thanksgiving? Any plans for this week? How’s Christmas shopping coming along?

~Sarah

 

 

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December 27, 2011 · 10:56 am

Instead of Top Ten Tuesday…

Hey everybody! So normally I do the Top Ten Tuesday meme, but I feel like the topic (top ten favorite reads of this year) is kind of stepping on the toes of the Bookish End of Year Survey I plan on posting Saturday. Because I’m a freak and feel like I can’t post an accurate end-of-year post until it is ACTUALLY the end of the year. So on Saturday I’ll be doing a Bookish End of Year Survey, and on Sunday I’ll be doing a Sarah Year in Review type post, which will be more personal reflections on the past year.

Anyhoo, so instead of TTT today I’m going to share with you ten of the AWESOME gifts I received for Christmas this year, many of them bookish.

 

 

1. From the honeyman: Claire’s bracelet - So, for every year that we have been together, the honeyman has gotten me a piece of Outlander jewelry from theauthorsattic.com, and this year it was a bangle bracelet with Claire’s wedding ring pattern on it. I loooove it! I grabbed the close-up picture from the actual website so that you could see the pattern clearer, and if you click on that picture it should take you to the website, which is awesome. (P.S. Thank you honeyman <3)

 

2. From the honeyman: BOOKS! - He also gave me Diana Gabaldon’s newest book The Scottish Prisoner, which is a book that is half Lord John’s story and half Jamie’s story (from Outlander). I started it last night, I can’t wait to really dive in to it! He also bought me The Hunger Games Companion book, which I’m super excited to read just in time for the movie coming out in March. (And kudos babe, for being the only one to buy me actual books. That’s why I adore you.)

3. From the honeyman, friends, family, and a co-worker: gift cards! - So, I love gift cards. I know a lot of people feel like gift cards are just kind of a cop-out, but I think they’re great. So as you can see, I have some book shopping to do! I’m actually going to B&N today with a friend to pick out some books and use up my gift cards, plus I can get coffee at Dunkin Donuts while we’re in the mall. And I already have stuff picked out to use my Amazon gift card on – I’m just waiting until payday so I can add to it and put in one nice big order :-)

4. From my big sister Heather: A library embosser! - Do you see the awesomeness?! I can literally emboss the front pages in all of my books with “LIBRARY OF SARAH M *****” Sorry, but I don’t really want to share my last name with ya’ll. But isn’t it so cool? Sometime in January I plan on going through ALL of my books, scanning them into the book catalogue on my phone, and embossing the books I’m sure I’ll always want forever. I can’t wait! Well done, sis.

 

5. From my mommy: awesome Lane Bryant shirt! - I looooove this shirt! I showed it to my mom when she visited me while I was working and I went on and on about how cute it was, so she got it for me :-) Hmmmm… I think I may even wear it today. There’s also a cream & maroon one that I’m going to get.

 

6. From the honeyman: A SEWING MACHINE! – This was my “big” present on my Christmas list, and the honeyman picked out an awesome one for me! I don’t know how to use it yet, but I can’t wait to sit down for a whole day and just figure it out. I’m so excited!!!! I have been wanting to make a long corduroy -patch skirt for ages, but didn’t want to attempt it until I had a sewing machine. Yayyyyy!!!!!!!

 

7. From the honeyman: A wok! - I have been wanting a wok FOR-EV-ER! The awesome thing about a wok is that you can use it to make basically anything in. I plan on making pierogies in this baby ASAP.

8. From the honeyman: CD’s! – Yup, that’s right, I still like to own CD’s. I have been dyyyyying for the Wicked CD. I have the whole soundtrack on the computer already, but I wanted the real physical CD to listen to in the kitchen. And I had that Our Lady Peace CD ages ago but the case is empty and I really missed it, and I love the Jason Mraz CD that I already have, so I hope this one is just as good.

9. From the little brother EJ and the honeyman: DVD’s! – Have you seen The Proposal yet? Cause it is freaking hysterical, one of the best romantic comedies I’ve seen in ages. And I could have sworn I owned The Wizard of Oz on DVD like 5 years ago, but it’s been missing (and I actually received two copies for Christmas, and I’m keeping them both just in case I lose one again, lol.) And Pushing Daisies was a great show – sadly season 2 was the last season, but at least now I have it and can re-watch the adorableness.

10. From Heather: Wine & “bookish” necklace! – Heather also gave me a bottle of my new favorite wine, with a little metal-stamped necklace that says ‘bookish’. So cute! And my goodness Relax Riesling is my new favorite wine (and the first grown-up wine I’ve ever really liked, lol).

11. From a friend: Cute striped shirt! – So, this sweater is ADORABLE. This is a terrible picture of it, but it’s black with stripes, and the stripes are like pastel-rainbow colors. And there’s two square pockets on the front, and yeah it’s awesome.

 

Apparently I just couldn’t stop at 10, lol. And I got a bunch more awesome stuff too – gaming dice, cell phone covers for my Droid 3, scarves, bath stuff, Christmas serving dishes, etc. etc.

Also, I have to finally say that I was SUPER excited for some of the gifts I gave to people this year. For my honeyman, I basically got a bunch of survival type gear – a big army bag, a tin with waterproof matches / fishing line / iodine tablets / compass, etc, more water purification tablets, a big hunting knife, a handcrank solar lantern, etc. I was soooo excited, and he seemed pretty surprised with it all. It was definitely fun picking out stuff that would fit that theme. And of course, I got him some video games that I knew he was dying to play so he was glad about those too.

For my sister Heather, I got her a Harry Potter mug – it says “I solemnly swear that I am up to no good”, but when you pour hot liquid in it, it says “Mischief Managed”. Ironically, I got this for her when she repinned it on Pinterest, and she got the library embosser for me when I repinned it on Pinterest. LOL! So YAY for Pinterest for helping to find awesome gifts!

So all in all, Christmas was great. EJ and I went over to my dad’s the night of Christmas Eve and played pool and ate food. It was an okay night, although I was exhausted afterwards. I had to go to work like 4 hours later, and Christmas Day at work was okay. I relaxed, the honeyman visited me (we ate breakfast together and shared some hot chocolate), and I finished season 6 of How I Met Your Mother. I came home and got in my Christmas PJ’s and we opened presents together, which was so fun and wonderful. Then we relaxed for a bit and went out to visit his family. His mom made us chicken lasagna, which was yummy. I was SO TIRED when we got home and fell asleep almost immediately. And yesterday we both had the day off, so we lounged around the house and then went to my mom’s for my family’s Christmas get-together. We ate and all hung out and exchanged presents and it was fun. Plus, I got to see all of my nephews and niece, including L who is HUUUGE. He’s only 5 months old but man that little man is chunky. His ELBOWS are fat! ELBOWS! I love it, lol.

I love Christmas-time. The lights and decorations, the food, the visiting family and friends, the cheesy movies and the general cheerfulness. But now it’s back to the real world… the honeyman is back at work, and I am going to go book shopping and then it’s game night tonight.

I hope everyone had a wonderful holiday! What did you get for Christmas?

~Sarah

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December 23, 2011 · 9:16 am

a re-read of… Dash and Lily’s Book of Dares

 

Yes, the time had finally come for me to re-read Dash and Lily’s Book of Dares. I read it last year at Christmas-time and absolutely loved it. I’ve been waiting for some snow to fall to read it this year, but according to the weatherman on the news yesterday, we won’t be getting wintery weather until mid-January (holy crap!). So, I finally caved and started reading it just in time for Christmas.

Unfortunately, looking back at my review from last year, I don’t know how much more I have to add. It’s a great book with wonderful characters and an interesting plot. All the Christmas talk – Christmas shoppers in Manhattan, baking cookies, opening presents, Christmas memories, etc – puts me in a happy mood. I literally have a smile on my face as I read this book.

It’s one of those books that makes me want to be a nicer person and all that stuff. Of course that warm and fuzzy feeling only lasts for about a day and then I go back to my semi-crabby self, but I like the themes of hope, belief, risk, friendship, etc that this book literally just bleeds. I wish I could be a little more like Lily.

Anyways, if you want an actual review, look at the one from last year. It’ll make more sense. I’m off to try to squeeze reading one more book in before Christmas…

Sarah Says: 5 stars… I think I like it even better this time around.

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December 21, 2011 · 6:48 pm

A Wallflower Christmas by Lisa Kleypas

Hey ya’ll. So, another Christmas romance! Surprised? Probably not. It’s such a busy time of year, and this is all my brain can really handle when I’m so exhausted.

So, if you’re a historical romance fan you’re probably familiar with Lisa Kleypas’ Wallflower series. It’s about four young “wallflower” ladies in England who meet and become friends, and agree to help each other find husbands. They all have some barrier – one girl is super shy, another is kind of poor, and the other two are American (which at that time was I guess a bad thing, cause they were unrefined and not of nobility). And you know, there’s four books in the series (one for each of them) and I read the first one a while back and remember thinking it was cute. I still have the others in the series, just haven’t gotten around to them yet. Anyhoo, this little novella is a cute edition.

American Rafe Bowman (the brother of the two American wallflowers) is in London for the holidays – to visit his newly married sisters, and to get engaged himself. His father has chosen the rich and beautiful Natalie for his son to marry – but first he must meet and impress Hannah, Natalie’s lady in waiting.

So, Rafe is a smart and ambitious young man making his fortune on Wall Street and through manufacturing in America, but he’s also brash, crude, and a womanizer. He’s almost sure he’ll end up marrying Natalie, for her generous inheritance and to please his father and get his piece of the family business. However sweet, proper Hannah is convinced that he is no where good enough for Natalie, and does her best to get in the way. Like the normal rake, Rafe is intrigued by the challenge that Hannah poses, and can’t stop thinking about her. And romance blooms over the Christmas season.

So, as a romance novel it’s no secret where this ends up – Hannah and Rafe fall in love and get married. I’m unsure how I felt about the story though. For one, this is a short little book – only about 200 pages. Rafe is initially kind of unlikable, since he’s kind of rude and a bit of a man-slut. But of course we learn about how he’s really just a sad, mistreated child inside and he’s really a good guy, blah blah blah. Almost no backstory was given for Hannah – we learn that she’s Natalie’s lady in waiting, which is really just an unpaid servant. We never really learn what happened to her family and how she came into her present situation, just that she has the hopes of marrying a respectable man in a good profession. Now as proper and kind of goody-goody Hannah was, and how crass and jerkish Rafe was, I kind of liked them. I liked how relaxed Rafe was, and his sense of humor. I liked that Hannah was intelligent, and that she just kind of got herself into awkward, funny situations.

I guess for me this was a little too insta-love. They meet and fall in love in the matter of a few days to a week – Rafe really just goes on and on about how lusty Hannah makes him, and all of the sudden that translated to love. I guess it all just happened too easily – this would have been better with a little more story and more courting. An extra 100 pages would have made a big difference.

Anywayyys… this was a cute romance novel, and a quick read. And I bet Wallflower fans will definitely enjoy re-visiting some of their favorite characters. And I did enjoy the mentions of Christmas – decorating a giant Christmas tree, reading Dickens’ A Christmas Carol, etc.

Sarah Says: 3 stars

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December 20, 2011 · 8:01 am

Top Ten Tuesday: Books I Hope Santa Brings

 

Good morning everybody! Well I’ve been up since 6:30, trying to cram as much Christmas-prep into my day as possible. We’re having a Christmas get-together with our gaming friends Doni & Alan tonight – we originally planned on doing it next week but had to switch to this week at the last minute. So, I have some more stuff I have to run out and buy today and I haven’t done ANY wrapping, plus I’m behind in reviews and emails and lots more…. oy. I love Christmas-time but I’m so glad that in 5 days it’ll be over!

So, Top Ten Tuesday is hosted by the lovely The Broke and The Bookish, and this week’s topic is Top Ten Books I Hope Santa Brings. Should be easy, no? In the interest of being quick and getting stuff done, no pretty pictures in this week’s post. Sad, I know.

 

1. The Scottish Prisoner: A Lord John Novel by Diana Gabaldon – Came out at the end of November and I CAN NOT WAIT TO READ IT!!!!

2. Fire by Kristin Cashore – I read this last year and liked it almost as much as Graceling, but unfortunately haven’t gotten around to buying it yet.

3. Domestic Violets by Matthew Norman – Really enjoyed this novel, it was a great funny read.

4. Lamb by Christopher Moore (the fancy Bible-edition) – One of those things I’m not that likely to buy myself because I already have the regular copy of the book. But it’s one of my favorite books, and the fancy leather copy is just so cool.

5. Attachments by Rainbow Rowell – Super cute love story around the time that computers and email were just emerging in Nebraska.

6. Practical Jean by Trevor Cole – It’s a long shot because I JUST read it, but this was a great novel. Very dark humor and kinda twisted, but it totally worked.

7. Crossed by Ally Condie – Came out November 1st; The day that my book-buying had to cease until after Christmas time so that people could buy me books.

8. BOOKSTORE GIFT CARDS – I really don’t understand how anyone could ever be like “Sarah’s so hard to shop for.” I am happy as a clam with gift cards for bookstores. I’m actually certainly hoping for some because I’ve developed QUITE a to-buy list since I haven’t been allowed to buy myself books for almost 2 months now.

And that’s all I can think of for now! What are you wishing for this Christmas?

 

~Sarah

 

 

 

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