The Lucky One

When U.S. Marine Logan Thibault finds a photograph of a smiling young woman half-buried in the dirt during his third tour of duty in Iraq, his first instinct is to toss is aside. Instead he brings it back to the base for someone to claim, but when no one does, he finds himself always carrying the photo in his pocket. Soon Thibault experiences a sudden streak of luck, winning poker games and even surviving deadly combat that kills two of his closest buddies. Only his best friend, Victor, seems to have an explanation for his good fortune; the photograph- his lucky charm.
Back home in Colorado, Thibault can't seem to get the photo-and the woman in it-out of his mind. Believing that she somehow holds the key to his destiny, he sets out on a journey across the country to find her, never expecting the strong but vulnerable woman he encounters in Hampton, North Carolina-Elizabeth a divorced mother with a young son-to the girl he's been waiting his whole life to meet.
This was a page turner. Elizabeth has an ex-husband who is a conniving creep and I held my breath through the last pages!

This is so adorable

Since I didn't do anything this weekend, i have no new pictures to post. Brooke went off to Newfield's for the weekend to her friend's house. Gary worked Saturday and Sunday. It rained here all day yesterday so I thought it would be a perfect day to watch the Nora Robert's movie I had recorded. As I pressed Play, the TV screen turned a bright lime green and I could see no picture, although I could hear the voices. !$%&#?
I couldn't fix it so I had to wait for Gary to get home. After fiddling with it for an hour he unplugged the cable box and plugged it back in and lo and behold the picture came back on. Too late for me to watch my movie though, cause it's not something Gary or Brooke want to watch.

My Best Friend's Girl

This movie was absolutely hilarious. Dane Cook is really funny and crude as usual. And Kate Hudson and Jason Biggs are great. Lucky Brooke gets to go see Dane Cook at the Verizon Center in May.

High Tension

Students Marie and Alex have no idea of the horrors that await when they head off to a remote country home to study for their upcoming exams. When night fall, a psychopathic stranger attacks, tying up Alex and taking her away. It's up to Marie to save her friend- but first, she must figure out what is really going on.

Okay, so this was just plain pathetic. This did have a twist at the end but I think it was poorly done. This movie was an outrage to low budget slasher films. :) I am only going to give it one star, Gary would likely give it two stars because he got to see boobs for about 30 seconds.

Calling Mr. Lonely Hearts

Growing up, Roxanne, Del and Alice tested the limits of their friendship with cruel, and often dangerous, games- but they always knew they would be bound together forever. Now, Alice's marriage is over, and her husband is having a baby with another woman. Roxanne, and artist is consumed by her work, and is losing touch with her friends and perhaps reality. And Del is desperate to be a perfect wife and adoring stepmother, but her friends see that her careful facade is crumbling.
The instrument of their destruction is a single enigmatic man- Varick. He seems to be a lonely woman's dream come true, but where has he come from? And what does he want? As he seduces the women in turn, their lives become unrecognizable to them. Varick's secret lies buried in their shared past. One simple childish act has brought them, all these years later, to a place where not only their lives, but their souls are at risk. For once upon a time, the three of them agreed to tell a lie- one that ruined the life of a young priest. Defrocked, destitute, and ruined, he hoped with the whole of his shattered heart that he would get revenge. And in that hope he shook hands with the one who promised it. The devil himself. Now they all must live with the consequences.
I have to say, this was a creepy book. Not creepy as in it scared me, but creepy so I sometimes felt like I needed to take a shower after reading it. But, I am a nosy person and I had to finish it, and truthfully, near the end I couldn't put it down.

Twilight

Bella Swan (Kristen Stewart) doesn't expect much when she moves to the small town of Forks, Washington, until she meets the mysterious and handsome Edward Cullen (Robert Pattinson)- a boy who's hiding a dark secret: he's a vampire. As their worlds and hearts collide, Edward must battle the blood lust raging inside him as well as a coterie of undead that would make Bella their prey.

I read all the these books, and the movie certainly doesn't live up to the book, but it is really good nonetheless, a nice love story.