I am however, glad to say my weekend was quite fulfilling and a nice, quiet weekend to myself (and yet not quite).
First and foremost, I am really suffering from a great lack of sleep at the moment. I slept at 4.45am this morning, utterly of my own doing of course... reading! Yup, again :) I had the fortune to finish 2 wonderfully marvelous books over the weekend - Surrender to a Wicked Spy by Celeste Bradley and The Truth about Lord Stoneville by Sabrina Jeffries. I am glad to say, both were wonderful reads that I enjoyed very much, it was a great decision to shelve The Devilish Pleasures of a Duke.
Surrender to a Wicked Spy - it was one of those books that casually caught my attention. Well, because I recently discovered my soft spot for historical romances where the hero (and heroine sometimes) is also an important, influential, darned kickass spy in addition to being a suave duke or other lord of course. On Saturday afternoon past, I was rather reluctant to continue with Devilish Pleasures, not wanting to spoil my marvelous weekend of reading opportunities that was looking really promising. Thus I decided to give Celeste Bradley a chance over Jillian Hunter (I am surprisingly disappointed, given her books have had such great reviews in good reads - it goes to prove one man's meat is another's poison!). I am pleased to say it paid off well. I'm a little embarrassed that I still cannot completely remember the full title of this book, or the author's name but I shall strive to do better than that! However the book wasnt without it's pained moments. I am really disappointed with Dane many a times. Seriously, how could he doubt Olivia (not my fav name for a heroine) again, and again, and again? It's heartbreaking alright, when she loved him so wholeheartedly. I know the author is attributing it to professional hazard (a spy is naturally suspicious and doesnt believe everything at face value?) and his personal experience as scarred by the father he idolised, an ex-spy as well, whose ultimate betrayal in becoming a traitor for the country that eventually ended in his death. But still, how could Dane claim to be sorry over and over but still abandon Olivia at urgent times from suspicious distrust? Sigh... but I still admired the courage of Olivia to fall in love with Dane so whole heartedly!
The Truth about Lord Stonevile - this marks my first book from Sabrina Jeffries. I loved it! Actually the plot was fairly straightforward - dark cynical man (Lord/Marquess) who believes he is extremely wicked, evil and undeserving of all good because he might just have indirectly caused his mother to kill his father.In comes a knightress in shining armour, kind, all-good, voluptuous (and of course) blonde who is brave enough to stand her own against cynical wicked Lord Stoneville but at the same time, she truly believed in him, that he is not a black guard unlike what he had condemned himself to be. Someone who just might genuinely believe in him wholeheartedly and have the soul connection to Oliver (seriously? couldnt he have a better name like Aidan? and Freddy? Maria? *roll eyes*) to bring down the fortress he has walled himself into and of course she did! With a predictable storyline as thus depicted, yet I was still wonderfully drawn into the book all the same. You can imagine she must be a wonderful wonderful author! Esp in being able to convince me not to put down the book despite I am so glad that I chose to read her 1st book anyway, despite being more drawn to the 3rd book initially. There's a happy problem now - I might just have to end up reading all 5 books in the series! And no skipping book 2!
Ok but reading was not all I did the whole weekend, I did go out on both Sat & Sun as well! I'm still horribly guilty I knocked out like a log early on Fri and didnt send Melvin to airport on Sat morning. Sat night I met Alynn and Cinnie for a lovely dinner cum movie date at NorthPoint. haha but the company was good, food was nice (I got to go to my fav Mayim), cinema was surprisingly nice and the movie was really nice (You are the Apply of my Eye). The carpark was horribly expensive though - $9.10!! Fortunately, the movie was a nice one. Although the great romantic in me couldnt quite reconcile with the ending. How could the 2 leads, evidenced by their wildly passionate kiss at the end of the movie, not be together?! How could the female lead marry another?!Sunday night was spent at Somerset, I did some shopping with my sis. Bought jeans, a casual top and some socks fr Espirit and a really nice dressy but still work dress from Fond and a necklace. We had a light but nice dinner at Din Tai Fung followed by my fav, ice cream cold stone creamery!
Yup that's about it! Quite a long entry eh? Wish me luck to a) survive the rest of this work day somehow, b) hope my dinner tonight with Geraldine & KS is postponed and c) get the call I am eagerly yearning for (NTU inviting me for a 2nd round interview!). Wish me luck truly!!
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