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The First Man You Meet and The Man You'll Marry - Debbie Macomber
These two books are together on one set of CDs, totaling only 6 disks. The first book is just about 2 disks, so it's more like a short story. It's about Shelly, who receives a wedding dress from her aunt that is sort of a magic dress. The legend is that after you receive the dress, the first man you meet is the man you'll marry. The second book is about Shelly's friend Jill after she gets the dress passed to her. I actually really enjoyed the first book, despite being short and silly. It gave me happy feelings, and entertained me. The second one started out promising but had so many uncomfortably stupid lines that I rolled my eyes through the second half. It seems like Macomber might be like the Mary Higgins Clark of romance, writing the same story and characters over and over. I can take it from MHC, but I don't think I can from Macomber.
Married in Seattle - Debbie Macomber
This is another compilation of two stories. The first is about a woman whose grandpa wants to arrange a marriage between her and his best employee, and so she and the guy try to fight it. The second is about a divorced mom whose daughter places an ad on her behalf and sets her up with a man without her realizing until the day of the first date. I had already checked these out before I finished the first couple of books (above), and I was in the situation again where I had nothing else to listen to. So despite these being STUPID, I listened. They are short, at least. The first one was especially dumb. "Gramps wants us to get married!" "Well we can't let that happen! Let's meet for dinner and call each other to discuss how to not let that happen." Because just ignoring Gramps in his arranging efforts isn't an option, of course--one must make a big deal and focus entirely on proving him wrong by spending lots of quality time with the proposed spouse. Besides Macomber's books just being filled with romance novel cliches and stupid people, she also includes lots of arguing between the couple in pretty much every scene with them together from the moment they meet. If they can never be civil with each other, why do they think they are compatible in the end? I guess we're all supposed to think it's so passionate and glamorous when a couple argues all the time and then shares earth-shattering kisses. Because of course all of the kisses are a HUGE deal where people get all dizzy and breathless. Just like in real life!
Thyme Out - Katie Fforde
Perdita grows herbs and vegetables to sell to chefs, and her new client turns out to be her ex-husband, Lucas, who is grouchy and controlling. She is also dealing with her mother-figure friend Kitty who is very old and having health issues. This was my first Fforde book and I really enjoyed it. I was kind of annoyed at Lucas and don't understand why certain behaviors are so easily overlooked, but the book was still very pleasant. There is a sequel, although apparently it doesn't have an audio version, so we'll see when I can get to it. Fforde is very similar to Sophie Kinsella, in case you're interested.
May books: I don't know! Am I supposed to count those Macomber books as 1 or 2? I will compromise and count both compilations as 3 total, how about? So 4.
2015 books: 14
The First Man You Meet and The Man You'll Marry - Debbie Macomber
These two books are together on one set of CDs, totaling only 6 disks. The first book is just about 2 disks, so it's more like a short story. It's about Shelly, who receives a wedding dress from her aunt that is sort of a magic dress. The legend is that after you receive the dress, the first man you meet is the man you'll marry. The second book is about Shelly's friend Jill after she gets the dress passed to her. I actually really enjoyed the first book, despite being short and silly. It gave me happy feelings, and entertained me. The second one started out promising but had so many uncomfortably stupid lines that I rolled my eyes through the second half. It seems like Macomber might be like the Mary Higgins Clark of romance, writing the same story and characters over and over. I can take it from MHC, but I don't think I can from Macomber.
Married in Seattle - Debbie Macomber
This is another compilation of two stories. The first is about a woman whose grandpa wants to arrange a marriage between her and his best employee, and so she and the guy try to fight it. The second is about a divorced mom whose daughter places an ad on her behalf and sets her up with a man without her realizing until the day of the first date. I had already checked these out before I finished the first couple of books (above), and I was in the situation again where I had nothing else to listen to. So despite these being STUPID, I listened. They are short, at least. The first one was especially dumb. "Gramps wants us to get married!" "Well we can't let that happen! Let's meet for dinner and call each other to discuss how to not let that happen." Because just ignoring Gramps in his arranging efforts isn't an option, of course--one must make a big deal and focus entirely on proving him wrong by spending lots of quality time with the proposed spouse. Besides Macomber's books just being filled with romance novel cliches and stupid people, she also includes lots of arguing between the couple in pretty much every scene with them together from the moment they meet. If they can never be civil with each other, why do they think they are compatible in the end? I guess we're all supposed to think it's so passionate and glamorous when a couple argues all the time and then shares earth-shattering kisses. Because of course all of the kisses are a HUGE deal where people get all dizzy and breathless. Just like in real life!
Thyme Out - Katie Fforde
Perdita grows herbs and vegetables to sell to chefs, and her new client turns out to be her ex-husband, Lucas, who is grouchy and controlling. She is also dealing with her mother-figure friend Kitty who is very old and having health issues. This was my first Fforde book and I really enjoyed it. I was kind of annoyed at Lucas and don't understand why certain behaviors are so easily overlooked, but the book was still very pleasant. There is a sequel, although apparently it doesn't have an audio version, so we'll see when I can get to it. Fforde is very similar to Sophie Kinsella, in case you're interested.
May books: I don't know! Am I supposed to count those Macomber books as 1 or 2? I will compromise and count both compilations as 3 total, how about? So 4.
2015 books: 14
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