Author: Ali McNamara
Publisher: Sourcebooks Landmark
Date: October 1, 2012
Guest Reviewer: Cindy Phelps Thomas
About the Author
Ali McNamara lives in Cambridge with her family and two Labrador dogs. This is her first novel.
Real Life or Movie?
Scarlett O’Brien has an average life; a good job, good
friends, and is engaged to a good man. There is very little excitement though.
Scarlett has a love for the cinema; this is the only excitement in her life.
She constantly quotes and imagines movies, specifically romantic comedies and
compares them to her dull life.
As her wedding date nears, it is apparent
that she needs to have some time to herself. Her best friend arranges for her
to house sit in Notting Hill, the set of one of her favorite movies. Scarlet
sets out on a mission. She wants to prove to everyone that real life can
resemble movies. She plans to do this by taking note every time she lives out a
scene she has seen in a movie.
The first day that she is in Notting Hill she
meets an exciting new friend and lives out more than one scene from a movie.
She is happy with the start. As she continues on with her month long stay, she starts to search for her mother who abandoned her as a baby. She realizes
this is a part of her life that she has been longing to find.
She begins this adventure with her irritating
but attractive next door neighbor, Sean. As the time moves on, she is not sure
if her life is the real life movie that she is currently living out with Sean
and her new friends; or if real life consists of the boring but stable life
she has back home with her father and fiance.
My Thoughts
I adore this book! I am a huge fan of romantic comedy movies and this is the perfect book for such a fan. The characters are lovable and the scenes are wonderful (especially if you have seen movies such as Notting Hill). There are even cameos of a few famous actors and actresses.
I adore this book! I am a huge fan of romantic comedy movies and this is the perfect book for such a fan. The characters are lovable and the scenes are wonderful (especially if you have seen movies such as Notting Hill). There are even cameos of a few famous actors and actresses.
This is one of the best
“Chick Lit” books I have read. I did not
want to put it down, but unfortunately I had to. I just finished the book and now
have a long list of movies (mentioned in the book) that I will be watching as
soon as time allows. I highly recommend this book!
My Rating: 5 Stars Out Of 5
Cindy Phelps Thomas is a U.S. Navy
Veteran (2001-2005). She earned her BS in Psychology/Criminal Justice from the
University of Houston at Clear Lake. She received an elementary teaching
certification and is a former kindergarten teacher in the La Porte, TX School
District. She is currently a stay-at-home mom and is working on her MBA degree
at the University of Houston.
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