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Till Death Do Us Port
Till Death Do Us Port
Kate Lansing | 2023 | Mystery
10
10.0 (1 Ratings)
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This Wasn’t in the Wedding Plan
Parker Valentine is thrilled for her cousin, Emma, who is about to marry the man of her dreams. And Parker is hoping that providing the wine for the reception will help grow her winery. However, the day is facing more than the usual rockiness. Then things take a turn when the wedding planner turns up dead, and Parker teams up with an unlikely ally to figure out who did it.

I’d forgotten just how wonderful this series is before I picked up this book, but I was reminded very quickly. The characters are strong. I love seeing how Parker and the rest of the regulars have grown, and the new characters were just as good. Between drama and the mystery, there’s plenty to keep us turning pages, and it leads to a great climax. The way the author weaves in tidbits about grapes and wine to shed light on the story helps build on the theme. There are some funny moments as well, which really added to my enjoyment. The book is written in present tense, which is different, but I find it well worth the extra effort it takes my brain to adjust in the first couple of chapters. We get three recipes at the end, combined with suggested wine pairings. Fans will enjoy this book, and if you haven’t started this series yet, fix that today.
  
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Mark @ Carstairs Considers (2346 KP) rated Til Death in Books

Oct 17, 2024 (Updated Oct 17, 2024)  
Til Death
Til Death
Annette Dashofy | 2020 | Mystery
10
10.0 (1 Ratings)
Book Rating
Will Death Keep Zoe and Pete from Their Wedding?
With two weeks until their wedding, Zoe Chambers and Pete Adams are trying to juggle final prep with some puzzling cases. In Zoe’s case, it’s a friend from high school who died under mysterious circumstances with no clues after the autopsy. Meanwhile, Pete is reopening a case he solved nine years ago. A man was convicted of killing his wife, but the conviction has been overturned. Pete got it right the first time, didn’t he?

If you are new to the series, I don’t recommend you start here. Aside from the spoilers for the previous book (and they can’t be avoided), you also get some conclusions for several ongoing story arcs. However, fans will be hooked from the beginning. Zoe, Pete, and the gang are as fantastic as always, and I appreciated the growth we got. There is a lot going on here, so I never wanted to put the book down, but the mystery is always front and center and comes to a logical conclusion. Since these are police procedural, there’s a little more language and violence than in a cozy, but they are kept to a minimum. A couple of threads are left for the next book, so I can’t wait to see where things go for our characters next. Fans will delight with this book. If that isn’t you yet, fix that today.
  
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Whatchareadin (174 KP) rated The Vow in Books

May 10, 2018  
TV
The Vow
8
8.0 (1 Ratings)
Book Rating
Three friends vow at another friend's wedding that they are going to find husbands within the next year. Women like Trista, Amaya, and Vivian don't come around a lot, so any man would be lucky to have them. Trista, the Hollywood agent, who is accomplishing everything she set out to do. Amaya, emerging actress who wants just one man, problem: he's married. And Vivian, she has been pining over her baby daddy since the moment she met him, if only she could get him to return the feelings instead of just meeting up for "ex-sex". Will the women be able to accomplish The Vow, or are they meant for other things.
  
The Wedding Singer (1998)
The Wedding Singer (1998)
1998 | Comedy, Drama, Romance
7
7.1 (29 Ratings)
Movie Rating
Adam Sandler at his best
Over the years each time an adam sandler film has come out it has always been dreadful and somehow worse than the last one but the wedding singer reminds us of when his films were actually half decent and sandler was funny.

A very basic storyline that was executed perfectly with characters you could care for and jokes that made you laugh.The standout part for me everytime I revisit this film is when he sings the song he wrote,half of when he was with his fiancee and the other half after she dumped him and you have Jon lovitz smirking in delight at Sandler's misfortune..classic stuff!.
  
Mamma Mia! (2008)
Mamma Mia! (2008)
2008 | Comedy, Musical, Romance
8
7.9 (35 Ratings)
Movie Rating
Cheesy to the very end but immensely successful and spawning a sequel, Mamma Mia: Here We Go Again this very summer. 2008’s Mamma Mia was one of the most profitable musicals of all time with an all-star cast including Meryl Streep and Pierce Brosnan. With the entire wedding-themed movie set on an idyllic Greek island, it was inevitable that the ceremony itself would be absolutely stunning. It was, with a church perched high on a hill and a lovely reception in which Amanda Seyfriend’s Sophie could relish in the love of her friends, mum and (spoiler alert), her three dads.

https://moviemetropolis.net/2018/05/19/the-best-movie-weddings-top-5/
  
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Claire (8 KP) rated Dial M for Merde in Books

Feb 17, 2018  
Dial M for Merde
Dial M for Merde
Stephen Clarke | 2018 | Fiction & Poetry
8
9.0 (2 Ratings)
Book Rating
Kind of suspenseful in a Clouseau way! (1 more)
Great witty sarcastic humour
In the south of France, Paul West has a licence to thrill..he's just received an offer he can't refuse..2 weeks in the sun with a beautiful blonde called Gloria Monday
M, as Gloria likes to be called, is producing a report on caviar trafficking - but she's interested in something far more fishy than caviar..
When Paul's best friend Elodie enlists him to do the catering for her wedding..meet her crazy inlaws-to-be..and her ever spaced out fiancé Valery..events start spiralling out of control..the merde is really about to hit the fan
Gaffes, commandos, big fish!
  
Game of Scones: All Men Must Dine
Game of Scones: All Men Must Dine
Jammy Lannister | 2016 | Food & Drink
10
10.0 (1 Ratings)
Book Rating
THIS BOOK IS BRILLIANT!!!

All baking recipes are themed on Game of Thrones with an artistic or puntastic edge to them.

From Hot Pie’s Wolfbread (a basic wholemeal bread, shaped into a wolf like he did on the show) and Sansa’s Lemon Cakes to a Red (velvet) Wedding Cake (3 tier cake with ‘blood’ pouring down the side) and the one I really REALLY wanna try myself Oberyn’s Smashing Surprise (long story short a decorated chocolate shell filled with red jelly so you can re-enact the scene and squish it open with your fingers, just like The Mountain did to Oberyn’s skull, mwahahahahaaa).

Oh yes, I shall be making a few of these recipes.