Cover to Cover

Love the One You’re With

I won’t give the story away, in case some of you have not read it, but I will fill you in on my thoughts, feelings and overall LOVE (or is it just lust?) for the book. It’s the second book I’ve finished in less than seven days; therefore it will forever hold a special place in my heart. I find being enthusiastic about even the minor details makes life just a bit (actually, a lot) more fun!

To pick up where we left off yesterday. If this were a movie, I would watch it over and over again like I do “The Wedding Date” or “The Holiday”, leaving the room during the unhappy parts. You know like when Miles leaves Iris at the Sushi restaurant because Maggie called and wanted to see him or when Nick sleeps at the boat house because Kat is furious with him for not telling her that her sister had been sleeping with her ex for years.

I still hate Leo and the kind of man he represents in this book. I actually found myself skimming quickly through the parts about him while slightly holding my breath.

I laughed out loud at many parts and also cried. A few random thoughts & quotes…

Andy & Ellen spotted Dustin Hoffman in East Hampton. “After we passed, Andy told me he had to use every bit of restraint not to burst out with the famous line from The Graduate – “Just one word… plastics!” If you don’t already know, our family is in the plastic manufacturing business. Enough said, right? Even though it sounds a bit different coming from my dad, “Plastic, young man…. plastics are the future!”

I love when Ellen is talking about the Buckhead social group and says something on the lines of…. they are more interesting than they look when you see them chatting on their cell phones behind the wheel of their Range Rovers with their designer kids in the back seat. The “designer kid” part is just hilarious.

“This is a blip on the relationship radar screen.” So fitting for so many different situations. Don’t fret the small stuff, it’s what gives us depth, right?

I wish I would have marked the pages with some of Margot’s lines. I love her character. If you have read the book & know anything about me, it probably doesn’t surprise you in the least. I seriously think I was born and bred in the South in a previous life! I mean, it would explain why I wear pearls on a regular basis…. even sometimes with my Lulu pants.

So I leave with this quote and two questions, “…love is the sum of our choices, the strength of our commitments, the ties that bind us together.”

Do you believe in fate or destiny?

Is love a choice and not a surge of passion?