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Wedding Disaster Themed Books

September 7, 2019

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Wedding season is ultimately upon us and it’s the perfect time to delve into some wedding-themed books! It’s been two years since my wedding and especially after all the planning and stress I endured with trying to trim down the guest list, table seating arrangements, the restaurant changing the whole menu, and family drama these days I would much rather read about weddings! These are the kinds of books that teach you that weddings aren’t perfect but it is the one day that you will never forget!  

Save The Date by Morgan Matson
Save the Date by Morgan Matson

Charlie Grant’s sister is having a wedding coming up and she is excited to escape her impending college plans and leaving her childhood home to have a three day weekend with her big rambunctious family! Her plans for a picture-perfect family wedding go awry when the wedding planner escapes due to fraudulent activity. The wedding service “Where There’s a Will” steps in as replacements to do damage control. Charlie meets Bill who works for his uncle’s company “Where There’s a Will” and Charlie teams up with him to help save her sister’s wedding. Charlie and Bill have no idea the wedding disasters that are in store for them but through the disasters, there is a sweet romance that develops between them. Charlie’s whirlwind wedding weekend helps her realize that things are not always what they seem and that change isn’t always such a bad thing.

Save the Date has been described as a “Father of the Bride meets Sixteen Candles” kind of book. It is a book that will make you laugh, drive you insane, and it will most importantly leave you with the heartfelt message of change being inevitable but the love of a family being unchangeable.

The Unhoneymooners by Christina Lauren
The Unhoneymooners by Christina Lauren 

Olive is someone who has always felt supremely unlucky. Although her twin sister Ami holds all the luck in the world from meeting her fiancé for the first time in a meet-cute rom-com fashion and financing her entire wedding through Internet contests. Olive’s bad luck carries onto the wedding when she is forced to spend a day with her nemesis Ethan who is the best man. When the wedding guests get food poisoning from eating shellfish they are the only ones who didn’t get affected. And now there is the once in a lifetime opportunity for them to go on a free vacation to Hawaii. Olive and Ethan decide to set aside their hate for one another and pretend to play newlyweds until they realize that they are not pretending anymore.

I am a sucker for the hate to love romance trope and I think that Christina Lauren will create the perfect blend of hot tension that will leave me wanting more. There is just something about a romance set in Hawaii that provides those perfect summer love feels. I know I am going to enjoy cracking open this book by the beach with a margarita in hand. 

Something Borrowed by Emily Giffin
Something Borrowed by Emily Giffin

Rachel is the girl that has always played by the rules. She is a successful attorney who lives in Manhattan. Her best friend Darcy throws her a birthday party for turning 30 and her best friends fiancée is also in attendance. Rachel has always harbored a secret crush on her best friends fiancée and always feels that she can never measure up to her best friend. Until that night she decides to throw the rules out the window and ends up sleeping with Darcy’s fiancée. When Darcy’s fiancée reveals that he always had feelings for her it puts Rachel in a difficult position and it forces her to choose between the love of her life or her childhood best friend.

When I was planning my wedding, I spontaneously picked up this book thinking it was a fluffy chick lit and I was completely blown away. I saw the movie before I read the book (The horror!) and the amount of emotion and turmoil that the book exhibited was so much deeper than the movie. The indecision that Rachel goes through is so well-written and believable. I love how the topic of cheating isn’t written in a way to paint Rachel as the other woman and it really explores the emotional journey that the character goes through. If you want a wedding-themed book that explores the complicated nature of the relationship between two best friends then pick up this book! 

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Filed Under: YA Book Lists Tagged: Christina Lauren, Emily Giffin, morgan matson, Save the Date, Something Borrowed, The Unhoneymooners, Wedding Disaster Themed Books, Wedding Season

Life Update (Books and Friends)

July 2, 2018

Catfairy’s Weekly Update

My last week was pretty eventful but it was a bit busy overall with errands! Earlier in the week, I hung out with my friend Aurora and she took me to a used bookstore and I stocked up on some old school books! The used bookstore is called Volume One Books and it’s a cute place that is hidden in this random shopping center and once you step into the bookstore it’s like a maze! 

And the books are CHEAP! I only spent like $11 on all four of these books!

I couldn’t resist the R.L. Stine books and I am most excited about the book How to Deal because it’s my favorite Sarah Dessen book! I read the Sarah Dessen book in my late teens and I probably read it more than once! Then when I moved to college, it just got lost somewhere in my childhood home and I am so glad to have this book back in my life! 

Later on, in the week my best friend from Orlando came into town and we hung out a bit! Also, I watched (Pretended to watch but really I was reading.) a lot of “futbol” with my husband who is huuuge into soccer! 

The end of my week ended perfectly because I went to a Books and Books event where I got to listen to a book talk by Sabaa Tahir! Now, whenever I hear an author is coming to my local bookstore and I haven’t read their books it always throws off my TBR! I race to finish their books by audiobooking it and it’s just insane! I actually decided to stick to my original TBR this summer and I am trying to stay strong! Pray for me guys!

Regardless, I had an amazing time listening to Sabaa Tahir discuss the third installment of her Ember in the Ashes series! This woman was an absolute trip! I adored her! She was funny, nerdy, sweet, and so humble! She was doing a trivia where she was asking the audience questions about her own favorite authors and gave away prizes related to arcs and book swag! (She had the arc copy of Marie Lu’s Wildcard!) 

This woman is awesomeness and yes I am super tempted to read her books like now but I am trying to pull through and stick to my TBR! Oh and hopefully I will win the Beat the Backlist Challenge which basically consists of reading the books that you had on your TBR last year!

After the Books and Books event, we hung out for a few drinks and we had dinner at California Pizza Kitchen! It was the perfect end to my Saturday!

Books I Have Read

The last two weeks I have only read two books in total! I need to pick it up since this summer I am off but it has been a busy two weeks! Of course, I finished reading Save the Date! This book warmed my soul! I know you guys are sick of hearing this but I freaking love Morgan Matson! And don’t forget I have a giveaway for a signed copy of Save the Date! Details are here. 

And I listened to Girl, Wash Your Face on Audible again! I love listening to self-help books more than once! It’s always good to reread books in general but especially with self-help books, I pick up things the second time that I didn’t before. There is one part in the book where she says that you can’t do it all. She says to focus on one goal and don’t be hard on yourself for achieving it all. This message resonated with me because I pressure myself with so many goals and it’s hard to juggle them all. I didn’t pick up this message the first time and I am so glad that I listened to it a second time around!

This book is so uplifting and motivating! I love how real, honest, and how relatable of a person she is! She is struggling just as much as we are and I love that she is frank about her struggles! 

Books I Reviewed…

Children of Blood and Bone was one of the hardest books for me to review but I am happy with the final product! Check out my review here.

Books I Will Review Next…

Oh dear too many! I have so many books to review it’s not even funny! But my priority is to review Save the Date and Turtles All the Way Down (Which is way overdue!)! 

I am looking forward to…

I can’t wait to visit my parents in Virginia! I am going on a mini-trip to visit my parents and I look forward to hanging out with them at their fabulous pool and hanging around the quaint town of Fredericksburg, VA! Oh and I am doing a buddy read with my mom! We are going to read The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo and you have no idea how excited I am to read this book! I have only heard amazing things! 

Tell me down in the comments below how was your week! Any fun bookish adventures?! What books are you reading?! What books will you read?!  

 

 

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