Booknerds are pretty too: May 2009

Sunday, May 10, 2009

The Fabulous Mum's Handbook by Grace Saunders

Covering personal relationships, work and sleep, to clothes, sex, exercise and nutrition, this mum’s survival guide offers practical tips, witty anecdotes and inspirational solutions to help modern women face the challenges of motherhood.

Highly enjoyable friendly and down to earth Grace not only includes her own experiences of pregnancy and motherhood but that of fellow mothers.Honest and friendly, reading this book is like enjoying a nice long chat with your best friend. There is an extensive section devoted to balancing work and mothering, and I think many women would find this one quite useful too.

★★★★

Saturday, May 02, 2009

The Notebook by Nicholas Sparks

"I am a common man with common thoughts, and I've led a common life. There are no monuments dedicated to me and my name will soon be forgotten, but I've loved another with all my heart and soul, and to me, this has always been enough."

The Notebook, a Southern-fried story of love-lost-and-found-again, revolves around a single time-honored romantic dilemma: will beautiful Allison Nelson stay with Mr. Respectability (to whom she happens to be engaged), or will she hook up with Noah, the romantic rascal she left so many years ago? We're not telling, but you have two guesses and the first one doesn't count. Decades later, after Allison develops Alzheimer's, her beau uses "the notebook" to read her the story of the great love she's plumb forgot.

The story touched my heart and spoke to me in a very strong way. This book makes you want to fall in love all over again. It tells of love we all seek and very few of us find. A lasting and enduring love,the book opens with a short introduction by an old man, and then launches into a love story.We all need to escape into a perfect world every now and then and experience the meaning of true love.

★★★★★