Age R: 17+/Rated-R
Release Date: March 25, 2009
Thoughts:
This is the story of a thirty something woman named Holly. She is not happy. Why? Well last year her now ex-husband, just up and left her. She couldn't even tie her shoes for a month after that. That was a year ago but she has still not gotten over it and she has not managed to find someone. She wants to find a guy that she can settle down and be happy with. She's not the only one feeling this way, in this unhappy way. There's also the apparently-always-looking-sad-to everyone Betsy, there's Holly's best friend Amanda, who is not that happy with her marriage and might be having an affair even if she also has a baby to think about, then there's Leo, Spencer, and many others. These New York folks just want to be happy. But it's SO hard!
Secrets to Happiness is not a story about the secrets of happiness, not really. You should know that straight off. There really isn't a secret to happiness. A bunch of people are unhappy and so they try to be happy even if it means doing crazy things. Sometimes, they don't do anything at all, they just stay unhappy, which of course keeps them unhappy. Basically the secret to happiness is there is no secret. You just have to try to be happy and hope for the best.
I liked this book, I really liked it. It started off pretty slow but it gradually got better and better. Some of the characters I didn't like because they were such a-holes. But hey, that's how they are which makes them more realistic since in real life you know there are people just like that. I LOVED how realistic this book was. Kudos to Sarah Dunn for that. Of course not only for that but also for making this book very entertaining. Some parts were seriously laugh out loud funny it's hard not to enjoy this book.
Recommended. :D
A Look Inside:
'Is it true that Native Americans get their names by the first thing their father sees after they're born?'
'That's one way it happens, yes'
'And your dad saw two feathers?'
'So he tells me.'
'That's cool' said Holly.
'I guess so.'
'I guess you're lucky he didn't see something like, I don't know, an answering machine. Or a plasma TV.'
'--'
'People are less willing to put up with unhappiness.'
'And yet, so many people are so unhappy.'
'And therein,' said Mark, 'lies the rub.'
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Release Date: March 25, 2009
Thoughts:
This is the story of a thirty something woman named Holly. She is not happy. Why? Well last year her now ex-husband, just up and left her. She couldn't even tie her shoes for a month after that. That was a year ago but she has still not gotten over it and she has not managed to find someone. She wants to find a guy that she can settle down and be happy with. She's not the only one feeling this way, in this unhappy way. There's also the apparently-always-looking-sad-to everyone Betsy, there's Holly's best friend Amanda, who is not that happy with her marriage and might be having an affair even if she also has a baby to think about, then there's Leo, Spencer, and many others. These New York folks just want to be happy. But it's SO hard!
Secrets to Happiness is not a story about the secrets of happiness, not really. You should know that straight off. There really isn't a secret to happiness. A bunch of people are unhappy and so they try to be happy even if it means doing crazy things. Sometimes, they don't do anything at all, they just stay unhappy, which of course keeps them unhappy. Basically the secret to happiness is there is no secret. You just have to try to be happy and hope for the best.
I liked this book, I really liked it. It started off pretty slow but it gradually got better and better. Some of the characters I didn't like because they were such a-holes. But hey, that's how they are which makes them more realistic since in real life you know there are people just like that. I LOVED how realistic this book was. Kudos to Sarah Dunn for that. Of course not only for that but also for making this book very entertaining. Some parts were seriously laugh out loud funny it's hard not to enjoy this book.
Recommended. :D
A Look Inside:
'Is it true that Native Americans get their names by the first thing their father sees after they're born?'
'That's one way it happens, yes'
'And your dad saw two feathers?'
'So he tells me.'
'That's cool' said Holly.
'I guess so.'
'I guess you're lucky he didn't see something like, I don't know, an answering machine. Or a plasma TV.'
'--'
'People are less willing to put up with unhappiness.'
'And yet, so many people are so unhappy.'
'And therein,' said Mark, 'lies the rub.'
-tvandbookaddict.blogspot.com
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