SPOILERALERT

this was a free kindle download and although the basic story was a decent read, the typical plot points of Harlequin books still piss me off and that’s why I had stopped reading those after I turned 13. Guy meets girl. They hate each other, even though they are secretly attracted to each other. Some ridiculous plot point sees them having to get married before either realizes they are in love with each other. Usually because the woman is extremely stupid and the man is having to save her from something. Oh yeah, and no matter the woman’s age she will ALWAYS miraculously be a gawdamn virgin.

oh, puhLEASE.

It’s shit like that which would have kept me from reading this had I known it was a Harlequin. I will concede this – the sex scenes in this story were slightly steamier than I remember (the steamier the better, I say) which is what kept me reading through a story that while blessedly omitting a stupid twist that got the two characters married before having sex, the girl was still a virgin and getting married at the end was the main achievement for the characters.

blech, no thanks.

I’m watching episode 2 (Season 1) and the leader of the Shamrock gang is none other than David Caruso. Heh.

this one cut to close to the bone.

just 10 minutes in and already I’m re-thinking my decision to watch this alone, at night, in the dark.

I can’t remember how I came to stumble upon this book, but I am oh so glad that I did. A fantastic read, simply awesome. Sadly, after I finished reading the story I closed the book and looked over the back cover again which is when I noticed for the first time that the author, Ken Grimwood, died in 2003. I believe that makes him the 4th recently deceased and fabulous author I discovered over this past year. Thankfully, he wrote a couple other books besides Replay, and I’m looking forward to reading them someday.

(Side note: kinda spooky he died the same way his character in Replay dies, while writing the sequel to Replay.)

DESCRIPTION:

“At forty-three Jeff Winston is tired of his low-paid, unrewarding job, tired of the long silences at the breakfast table with his wife, saddened by the thought of no children to comfort his old age. But he hopes for better things, for happiness, maybe tomorrow . . . But a sudden, fatal heart attack puts paid to that. Until Jeff wakes up in his eighteen-year-old body, all his memories of the next twenty-five years intact. If he applies those memories, he can be rich in this new chance at life and can become one of the most powerful men in America. Until he dies at forty-three and wakes up in his eighteen-year-old body again . . .”

I had read the book, and enjoyed that immensely so had no real interest in seeing the movie – but a bargain DVD made it worth a taking a look and I’m glad I did.

This is more than just a story about a dog and there are a lot of funny moments in the movie (although many of the clips used in the adverts were from deleted scenes) but there were a lot of heartfelt moments as this couple navigated through life.

It was a little weird that they kept switching dogs out for different scenes, but I understood how that was necessary especially towards the end as this covers 12 years and there really isn’t a way to “age” a dog.

Definite emotional movie, especially as it brings up memories from my own life with dogs, but even a non dog person should get teary at points. If not, well they’re just dead inside ;-)

Not a bad flick. It seemed a bit corny at first, the way older films can be, but once I adjusted my thinking I was able to sit back and enjoy the tale.

A quote I really liked, from the Hugh Jackman character Dover:

“Most people like to own things. You know, land, luggage, other people. Makes them feel secure. But all that can be taken away. And in the end, the only thing you really own is your story.”

“who says you can’t have an ASBO and an all-over tan?”

“You think I risked my life traveling through the dimensions of time in order to sniff your knickers?”

“I’ve seen some weird shit over the last few weeks, but THIS… this goes against the very laws of nature.”

I am seriously diggin’ series/season 2!

okay, not really forever to finish this – it has been less than a week, but this is a small book and had it been any other genre I would probably be done.

the good news is I have found something that’s helping with the insomnia.

crikey, this puppy weighs a ton!

it looks pretty intensive, with photographs for the signs, and is categorized by hand-shape. This will make looking up an unknown sign, that I see, much easier. Thankfully there is also an index in the back so I can find a sign I forget.

fingers crossed that these aren’t too far off from the Glasgow signs that we’re learning…