whitney, my love by judith mcnaught

not recommended: this book was incredibily too long. the story was ok, but the characters kept exaggerating every single thing. it was exhausting. i don't recommend this.

natural born charmer by susan elizabeth phillips

recommended: O....M....G!!!!!!!!!!! I love this book. I love this book soooo much. This book is now easily part of my top 20-30 favorite books. I love the characters the plot, the setting, the background characters, the history of the characters. this family in this story reminded me of the movie the family stone. families are crazy and this book advocates for crazy families. i laughed so much and felt so much, it was great. the book begins with laughs with a woman walking down the highway in a beaver costume. a guy sees her and pulls over offering her a ride, and the laughs don't end until the end of the book. there is a young girl, parents, an old grumpy lady that are all funny. and the whole story takes place at a farm that is so cozy and homey. i will read this book over and over.

what i did for love by susan elizabeth phillips

recommended: this book was good, but not my favorite susan elizabeth phillips book. i would recommend to read it, but i probably would not read it again. i liked the characters, but i did not love them. i think if this was my first phillips book i read, i would have enjoyed it more, but i have read better of phillips. this book takes place in hollywood, which i did not care for. the two main characters were part of a tv series and had a history together, but the plot was just a little too outrageous. the characters were enjoyable because let's be serious....this is phillips, but it just wasn't amazing.

mr. maybe by jane green

not recommended: this book started out really good. it was funny, witty, british, and just a good time. then, half way through, it switched gears rather suddenly and became boring. i kept reading it because the beginning was so good. i thought maybe the ending will redeem the middle...but the end was so bad. it ended in two pages. blah.