Tips for Tuesday - Books: Can't Look Away & Don't Worry Be Ha 101 Deliciously Clever Food Puns

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Books: Can't Look Away & Don't Worry Be Ha

Today we are recommending Can't Look Away by Carola Lovering. From the moment their eyes met when he spied her from the stage, Molly and Jake had an instant and intense connection. Although they love each other, his focus on his career to the detriment of everything else among other things keeps pulling them apart. Years later married and with a young daughter, Molly ends up befriending Sabrina, a woman who turns out to be Jake's wife. However.  their meeting may not have been so coincidental and that may not be the only thing Sabrina is keeping secret. 

This is an exciting thriller that keeps you turning pages. It is definitely a  sweet and romantic story in many ways,  but the true love story is not the one you think you are going to get at first. Molly is a likable heroine, and you can understand why she makes the choices she does even when they do not seem to be the choices she should be making. However, she is also a smart and sensible heroine and ultimately does make the right choices. The character of Jake is at first selfish and immature, but by the end of the story, he has matured nicely. The character of Hunter, at first seems like just an inconvenient impediment to the story of Molly and Jake. Yet, he is a true stand-up guy and the one who is always there for Molly no matter what even when she is committed to someone else. He does seem a little too good to be true at times, but still, any woman would love to have a man like him.  The character of Sabrina is a first-class bitch. She is also not very smart because any regular reader of romance and/or watcher of soap operas can probably spot the big twist in the story long before it is officially revealed, but she is oblivious to it until it is literally staring her in the face.

The chapters alternate between Molly, Jake, and Sabrina's points of view. However, only Sabrina's chapters are told in the first person.  Perhaps, this is because ultimately the author wanted to make the character redeemable since we are inside her head, and we see what she is thinking.  In fact, in the epilogue, there is a bit of an attempt to redeem Sabrina and show that she has moved on. However. earlier in the book, she does something so heinous that it is not really possible to get past and give her the benefit of the doubt that she actually could have reformed especially since she makes no real attempt to atone or apologize for her actions in any way she just moves on. On the whole, however, this is an engaging and enjoyable read.

Today we are also recommending Don't Worry Be Hap 101 Deliciously Clever Food Puns by Maria Saba. Maria is known for the fun food puns she creates on her popular Instagram account. Now, she has gathered a bunch of them in this delightful book.  The book is full of well-known sayings, famous names, and more with parts of the words replaced by pictures of food. For instance,  "Let  us give thanks" where the words "let" and "us" are replaced by a picture of lettuce, or Drew Barrymore where the "Barry" is replaced by a picture of berries. It is a quick and fun read. However, it would be nice if there was some kind of answer key in the back as not everyone may recognize all of the foods, and therefore,  they may not get all of the puns. 

And that's our view. Tune in tomorrow for Where-To-Go Wednesday.