"Lover Come Back!" Was Not a Musical

Which was so sad. All the other Doris Day movies my mom has made me watch were musicals. And her hats were ugly. More on that later though. I feel like I've been busy although I can't remember anything I've done so that's pretty cool. Most of my time is spent running around and attempting to be productive, which I accomplished this week! I'm working on my book club for Suggie and her friends (need names. Please leave suggestions in the comments) and got some help from Mrs. Hoar at SHS. So that's going to be good. And I've been working on reading the books since I finished my last one today (awesome). We're going to read To Kill a Mockingbird, Lord of the Flies, and Of Mice and Men. I think. I'm really excited to do it and Suggie doesn't hate me for making her read yet so it's a win-win situation right now. Mimi, my mom's mom, was in town for the weekend. She's very funny and kept us all laughing. She has lots of funny stories and decided she loved Kyle so now poor Kyle is going to have my grandmother in the stands of his baseball game. Kyle was nice enough to put up with my crazy family for a little bit after giving me advice on all the fun things I can put on my blog (which I will) and making fun of me. All around lots of fun.

Anyway "Lover Come Back" is a movie in our "Doris Day and Rock Hudson Collection" of movies. There are 3. I think I saw one but Mom said I was thinking of a different one. Basically there is a mistaken identity taken too far they fall in love all that super great stuff but there were a few very stand out points in this movie. 1. They make a candy that is basically candy alcohol. Great idea. And it's more concentrated. And it comes in different flavors. 2. The hats were terrible. Like so terrible. But other than that the costumes are very good. As are the interiors. 3. There is one song where she talks about "giving into her desire" or whatever but it turns out to be anti-climatic. and 4. Rock and Doris get hitched in Jersey drunk on the candy (called Vip), they get divorced, she gets pregnant and doesn't tell him, her secretary calls him and Rock shows up as Doris is going into the delivery room and there is a priest to marry them. I call that cutting it short. So it was almost scandalous.

Lastly I finished In the Garden of Beasts and it was amazing. Highly suggest it. I don't know if you guys want me to review the books I read or whatever but I'll give you some information. Basically, it takes place in the early 30's when Dodd, the US ambassador to Germany, moves to Berlin as Hitler and his party rise to power. The story centers around Dodd and his daughter, Martha, who has a lot of lovers (slut?). It is very informative and interesting. It is early in Hitler's rule before he is president so it is interesting to see how quickly and how much Germany changes in the 4 or 5 years Dodd is there. Totally recommend it. If you want to know more about all the other books I've read this month (5 good ones promise) or this one, let me know. Downton Abbey time! xoxo love youuuu