Friday, January 30, 2015

Books 6 and 7

Book 6:  As You Wish by Cary Elwes and  Joe Layden

The making of The Princess Bride is detailed by Elwes with some backup from Layden.  There are also sidebar commentaries by the other actors, the writer and director.  Who doesn't love this movie?  People who are DEAD INSIDE.  I have seen it probably a dozen times and I would see it another dozen more.  Everyone involved in this book describes it as magical-- a great script, a great setting, a great director, and a great ensemble.  Elwes is totally charming, grateful and endearing from start to finish.

Book 7:  Say Yes to the Marquess by Tessa Dare

This is the second in Dare's Castles Ever After Series.  I enjoyed it mostly, but there was no exposition of how the heroine came to inherit her castle. Supposedly she inherited it from the same dead guy as in the previous installment, but there was no connection made.  It just seemed an odd omission. On the plus side, you could read these out of order without a problem. The hero was a little bit of an alphahole for my taste,  I didn't really care for the secondary characters.

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