Palace Circle

Palace Circle by Rebecca Dean was a book that I finished a week or two ago. The premise of the book was that a southern belle marries a British Viscount and what her life is like. I picked this book up for two reasons. One I really liked the cover and two the summary on the back really pulled me in. This is a very good combination.

"Delia Chandler, an eighteen-year-old Southern girl, marries Viscount Ivor Conisborough just before World War II, becoming part of the Windsor court. It’s every girl’s dream come true. But Delia is jolted from her pleasant life when she realizes, after the birth of her two daughters, that Ivor chose her only to bear an heir to his estate. Shortly thereafter, she begins an affair with her husband’s handsome, titled, and frequently scandalous best friend.

When Conisborough is appointed as an adviser to King Fuad of Egypt, Delia exchanges one palace circle for another, far different one. While she sees Egypt as a place of exile, her two daughters regard Egypt as their home. Only when war comes to Cairo—and Delia finally reveals the secret she has kept for so long—can she begin to heal the divisions separating her from those she loves."


This is the summary that is on the back of the book I purchased. Now with this summary I expected the story to start at the end of WW1 or right after but the entire story starts well before WW1. I didn't have a problem with this it was just a little bit of a surprise since the back of the book had said WW2. I really liked this book despite this error. I enjoyed the characters and how they interacted. There was also some plot twists that I didn't expect which is always a pleasant surprise. I hope that you have a chance to read this book.

Books

I have read 2 books in the last few weeks and I really want to tell you about them but I haven't had time. Hopefully this next week I will be a little less busy or if nothing else I will make time to review them. I have finished reading Palace Circle and I reread The Myth of You and Me. They were both really good but I will tell you more about that later at the moment I must get of to work. Yes, that's right I have joined the work force. I'll try to get at least one of the reviews to you later today. Have a lovely Sunday.

Bad Thing

Well yesterday was Monday as many of you were well aware. Monday's generally are not the best day of the week but yesterday just might have been one of the best Mondays that I have had in a long while. First off it was a sunny spring day with a temperature of about 80F and I was done with class at 1pm. The sun just makes everything better and it would have been a good day but my day got even better from there. I went with my friend to the town that's right next to our little college town because we learned that they had a used bookstore that we had never been to. It was amazing!!! I bought How to Marry a Marquis by Julia Quinn, which is one of my favorites. My friend also went crazy because I found her a British children's edition of Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire. My good Monday didn't even stop there. We then went and saw 17 Again with my Simon (aka Zac Efron). It was a really good movie. The only bad part of that experience was that we went to a 5:10 showing and there were these 10 or 11 year olds in there and whenever there was one of those sexual jokes that we got and they didn't they would shhush us really loud. It was actually kind of funny now that I think about it. Well everyone have a nice sunny (at least for me) Tuesday!

Anastasia

We all remember our childhood differently but the most vivid things that I remember are the movies that I watched. I always went to the library and rented Faerie Tale Theater episodes and watched them with my grandma. Another of my favorite movies was Anastasia. It was an animated Fox movie with the voice talents of Meg Ryan and John Cusack. I love all of the songs. Even though it is very historically inaccurate I still love it to this day. And what to my surprise when I was looking on hulu yesterday I found it! So for your viewing pleasure I have put it on my blog. I hope that you enjoy it.

Here Again!!

Well spring break was 2 weeks ago and I didn't get much of a break seeing as I was sick for the first half and then I had to work the second half. I had one full day off where I did nothing, which was rather nice. Since I've been back in school now for a week and a half I figured that I should start back up on my blog. I have missed writing about my reading, movie watching, and day to day life over the last month.

Last week I watched for the first time Pearl Harbor and I really liked it. The funny thing about it was that I watched it with my friend. We had borrowed the movie from her dad but the catch was the it was on VHS but not just 1 but 2 VHS's. This was not a problem since her TV has a built in VHS player. I had not seen it before but she had, so the entire length of the movie I was making predictions about what was going to happen. It was rather amusing since I kept say things like "If this was real life this is what would happen but since this is Hollywood this is what's going to happen." I was right most of the time on my predictions. After we watched Pearl Harbor we need a happy movie. I picked Persuassion. She'd never seen it before and at the beggining kept asking if it was going to get any better. I told her to wait till the end. The end makes the whole movie worth while. You have to go through all the tension and longing to get to it though.

Well, my next goal is to watch Little Dorrit since it is on PBS's Masterpiece Theater at the moment and so they have all the previous episodes on their website. I was going to make use of this. So, until next time. Bye.