Posts by Sara
‘Save the Date’ (2019): Book Review
Save the Date by Monica Murphy Synopsis from the publisher: Caroline Abbott loves her job—helping engaged couples pick out the perfect save the date cards and invitations for their dream wedding. Working at Noteworthy means she has to deal with the occasional bridezilla, but Caroline’s always up for the challenge. Review: Until one particular bridezilla…
Read More‘Notting Hill’ (1999) Review
Notting Hill Synopsis: The life of a simple bookshop owner changes when he meets the most famous film star in the world. Twenty years ago, Julia Roberts had two romantic comedies released within two months of each other. The first was Notting Hill, where she played Anna Scott, a famous actress who found love with…
Read More‘The Hating Game’ (2016): Book Review
The Hating Game by Sally Thorne Synopsis from the publisher: “Nemesis (n.) 1) An opponent or rival whom a person cannot best or overcome.2) A person’s undoing3) Joshua TemplemanLucy Hutton and Joshua Templeman hate each other. Not dislike. Not begrudgingly tolerate. Hate. And they have no problem displaying their feelings through a series of ritualistic…
Read More‘Always Be My Maybe’ (2019) Review
Always Be My Maybe: A pair of childhood friends end up falling for each other when they grow up.
Read More‘Knocked Up’ (2007) Review
Knocked Up Synopsis: For fun-loving party animal Ben Stone, the last thing he ever expected was for his one-night stand to show up on his doorstep eight weeks later to tell him she’s pregnant with his child. Career-driven journalist Alison Scott (Katherine Heigl) hits a snag when she finds herself pregnant from a one-night stand…
Read More‘Miss Congeniality’ (2000) Review
Miss Congeniality Synopsis: An F.B.I. Agent must go undercover in the Miss United States beauty pageant to prevent a group from bombing the event. I’ve been in sort of a movie slump lately, which sucks, but I’m also making pretty good headway with my Goodreads challenge! That being said, I watched Miss Congeniality on Saturday,…
Read More‘Couples Retreat’ (2009) Review
Couples Retreat: A comedy centered around four couples who settle into a tropical-island resort for a vacation. While one of the couples is there to work on the marriage, the others fail to realize that participation in the resort’s therapy sessions is not optional.
Read More‘My (Not So) Perfect Life’ (2017) Book Review
My (Not So) Perfect Life by Sophie Kinsella Synopsis from the publisher: “Everywhere Katie Brenner looks, someone else is living the life she longs for, particularly her boss, Demeter Farlowe. Demeter is brilliant and creative, lives with her perfect family in a posh townhouse, and wears the coolest clothes. Katie’s life, meanwhile, is a daily…
Read More‘The Last Summer’ (2019) Review
The Last Summer Synopsis: A group of young people in Chicago come together during the summer before they head off to college. The Last Summer follows a group of high school graduates through their last few months of “freedom” before college. The movie has quite a few storylines going on. Griffin (KJ Apa) is set…
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