"10 Things I Love About You"

This was a lovely story of Sebastian Grey a bachelor who would soon inherit a little fortune if his dear uncle died or could not bear an heir. Sebastian Grey is a young bachelor out on the town to get his kicks and not settle down with any one woman for the time being. He has a fine way of using words when speaking to others or belittling them like when speaking to his uncle and is a good narrator being that he is an author but uses a pen name of Sarah Gorely. He meets Annabell Winslow a country girl staying with her grandmother to find a husband so that her family would be secured with education, finances and a home to live in.

What pressure that must have been on the young ladies back in those days to prepare themselves to wed a man probably twice her age to secure the well being of her family. In these times, love was not the only factor in a relationship. I would say Love didn't matter in some instances where young ladies were pre-arranged to marry older men, how terrible!

Sebastian's uncle Lord Newbury was out and looking for a young wife to produce an heir so that he could inherit the fortune. He had his eye set on Annabel Winslow. She loathed him. At one of the balls Lord Newbury practically violated Annabel. She was a young girl, lovely, with big birthing hips and a bust that caught every mans attention. She did not want to marry Lord Newbury, he did not respect her and tried to rip her clothes off at the ball, what a jerkface! She ran out of the ball and through the bushes as she backed up she bumped into Sebastian Grey who was laying on a blanket awaiting one of his playmates. Her heart was racing as she fled the side of Lord newbury. She spoke with Sebastian Grey who was a fine gentleman but was known for seducing and sleeping around with the married women in town. He respected her and found that he was quite interested in conversation with her. They did not exchange names at first and she thought to herself, what are the chances that she would see him again as she herself admired him. He was an attractive and polite gentleman.

Annabel being a country girl doesn't exactly know the rules of living with her aunt and so she gets herself into some trouble. She cannot stand the site of Lord Newbury after he tried to have his way with her. Her stomach churns at the site and mention of him. She goes the Opera and Sebastian was also invited to attend. The whole evening she and Sebastian were talking and carrying on all nite and so there went the gossip in London. Things got twisted and word was spread that Annabel was being fancied by Sebastian and Lord Newbury was disgusted and did not take any interest in her for the time being. Her reputation was going downhill and at the same time the men in town were all flocking to her house to court her. If Lord Newbury did not want to have her then her family would lose their house, her siblings would have to return home from school and they would lose everything. It was her only hope to save her family by marrying Lord Newbury, "the old fart" is what I call him haha!

To stop all the gossip the right thing to do was for Sebastian to court her and put on a show for the town, but little did anyone know that Sebastian and Annabel did have feelings for each other when they were together. Her body trembled and his sotmach would turn when they caught each others eyes and they could both feel the intensity in body language when together.

Towards the end of the book Sebastian tells Annabel that he loves her over and over again. Annabel tells Sebastian that she always has cold hands and feet and he tells her, "I vow to spend the rest of my life keeping your hands and feet warm". He tells her that he knows its right for him to be with her and is lost in words, which is not like him as he always has something to say when speaking being that he is a writer but when he talks to Annabel he is at a lost and tells her I love you because "I just know." He realizes that some things need not be said in so many words but left to be sweet and simple!

A very cute story of how a man who is the towns pimp daddy has finally found someone to love and settle down with. He has finally found his one true love whom he chooses to spend the rest of his life with, to wake up by her side, to dedicate his life to making her happy everyday. Enjoyed this book very much and I'm quite the fan of Julia Quinn and Historical Romance Novels.

Reading again..YEA ME!!

So its Wednesday, January 12, 2011 and I started reading "10 Things I love about you" by Julia Quinn and I'm still in the beginning chapters but its getting good. I'm sure the plot will be great. I was telling Wena how I love when the books come together and are connected. I read "What happens in London" by Julia Quinn which told of Harry, Sebastians cousin and this book is about Sebastian and according to Wena she loved it, so I know I'm gonna enjoy it as well. All the books I've read thus far are arerecommended by her so I know its all good in the hood!

I also just got "Misguided Angel" which is the 4th or 5th book for the Series Blue Bloods which I loved as well. I read the first chapter and its taking me a little while to recall what happened in the other books but its all coming back to me. I think I'm gonna read some more of Misguided Angel tonite and then resume with Sebastians story tomorrow. I love it reading 2 books is beyond me. Since I'm not so new in the reading game now, I hope not to confuse all the characters in each book so good luck to me. But I think I'll be okay with these 2 books since Sebastians story is in the British setting about love and what not and Misguided Angel is also about love but with vampires as well, the Blue Bloods, the Silver Bloods aww goodness again.

Alritey so off I go to read and enjoy my nite...Good nite all..

This book got me back and at it again with my reading for the Year 2011. I like to say I got my reading MOJO back haha..It left me for a few months last year. I really enjoy Racel Gibsons books and I've read a few of them.

This time around I 'm just gonna share a few of my favorite events in the book and and a few of favorite quotes that were said. It seems that I sure do give alot of info away after reading books, but I love it because when I go back to read what I wrote, I totally remember everything that went on but I'll try my best to keep it at a minumum haha good luck.

So a brief background about the book. Loch Hennessy is married to Rose Hennessy and live in a small town called Truly. They've been married for years and Loch is a dark haired blue eyed man who has had many affairs while married to Rose. She endures the affairs for years and Loch never leaves her. Loch has an affair with young Alice Jones, 24 year old waitress, who works for him ,at his bar; she has a young 5 year old daughter (Madeline Jones). So Rose can't take the affairs anymore and she shoots and murders Loch Hennessy (her husband) and Alice Jones (the mistress) then Rose kills herself. Very sad story..Loch and Rose left behind a daughter (Meg-10 yrs old) and a son (Mick 5 or 7 yrs old).

One of my favorite parts in the book is when Maddie comes into town to write a book about what happened to the Hennessys,but her real reason was to find out what happened to her mom with the whole affair and to find answers to her childhood and so forth. She comes into town and walks into the bar where Mick is working and they are totally attracted to each other and they can both sense it. I kind of miss that feeling, haven't felt it in years haha, I'm just saying..

Maddie and Mick develop a relatioship and really enjoy each others company amongst other things like when they are in each others face they can't help but let their senses lose control and do what comes natural..a little too much of that, but their relationship was not predicated on the physical attraction alone, they genuinely enjoyed each others company and getting to know each other.. Well each time Maddie would try to tell Mick who she really was, she knew if she did she would lose Mick and he would be so angry at her, but she wanted to be with Mick just a little longer in his presence, and loving him..She ended up falling in love with Mick which is something she had in her Book of Rules that she was not suppose to love anyone being that her childhood she was not really loved by her aunty who took care of her after her mothers death.

I really admired Maddie because although she didn't tell Mick upfront who she was, in the end she really let him know how she felt. She told him finally who she was and she expected Mick to be andgry but he said he was DISGUSTED with her..Now that is a low blow! I think it took some major courage to tell him, I mean she could've held that information from him until he found out on his own, but her feelings for him changed and she loved him, so she did the right thing by telling him that she was indeed Madeline Jones, the daughter of the waitress who was killed by Micks mother..He acted like a typical jerk and said horrible things to her and she let him but then when he down talked her mom, Maddie was livid and shot back at him and told him a few things on her mind and asked him to leave her house..

She saw him a week later and I love what she told him. He said something like I don't even know who you are, and Maddie replied, you know me Mick, you just can't handle who I am! That was good stuff right there. She decided to complete the book which Mick and Meg hated that Maddie was there to dig up all the old bad stuff, but she gave the only copy to Mick and the disk and asked him to read it for himself. She didn't care if he threw it away or burned it, she figured he deserved that much to read it and do with it what he wished.

But before that, what Maddie told Mick was so heartwarming and I really appreciated it. Just shows her personality and her love for Mick.

This is what she said, "I've thought about what I've done since I moved to Truly, and I'm sorry that I hurt you, Mick. but I'm not sorry that I met you and fell in love with you. Loving you has broken my heart and caused me pain, but it made me a better person. I love you, Mick, and I hope that someday you find someone you can love. You deserve more in life than a string of women you don't really care about and who don't care all that much for you. Loving you taught me that. It taught me how it feels to love a man, and I hope that someday I can find someone who will love me the way that you can't. Because I deserve more than a string of men who don't really care about me.

Ok, was that not the most loving thing I heard of so far in 2011.. I love what she told him and she was speaking from the heart..Good gosh, 2 thumbs up Maddie..you're the bestest thus far! I'm gonna end right there.. Alot of events take place in the book and its definitely gonna be a happy ending so find out..Oh and by the way, Mick Hennessy is hot, hot, hot...luv ya Maddie! The End..

2011 Its a NEW YEAR and time to BLOG IT!

January 11, 2011

Its about that time to get crakin and start to blog again. I haven't been bloggin lately and this year I need to step it up ladies and gentlemen and get to it! Lots of new resolutions and goals to accomplish this year and gonna name a few hmm..1) Lose weight, like always, 2) Pray more 3) Get mad, get over it and move on 4) Get it in gear and make it happen 5) Travel when the opportunity arises and no looking back 6) Read more books than last year 7) Be on time or early to work- so far so good 8) leave my savings account alone- DO NOT TOUCH!

There are many other goals I have but for right now these are the ones that I can think of so here we go..