You all know that I love books and of course on Instagram I follow lots of Publishers who give previews of new books to be published and I also have found quite a few people who review books and give their take on whether they like them or not, five star reads or not.  Of course one of those books which some people have raved about and others who have said they do not like is Colleen Hoover’s book “It Ends With Us”.  It is not a book I would normally go for because of the subject matter but I think everyone now knows about this book because of the film from the book and the hoo-ha around it with Blake Lively suing Justin Baldoni who in turn is suing her!

I personally don’t like Blake Lively, having first seen her in the film “A Simple Favor” with Anna Kendrick who I do like, which is why I watched the film.  Ms Lively came across in the film as arrogant but of course that is the part, however it now seems that her personality is like that in real life!  I have always liked Ryan Reynolds until I heard about the accusations being levelled at him with this whole mess of suing and counter-suing.  I am sure it will eventually be a he said/she said trial but Ms Lively reminds me too much of Amber Heard and THAT trial.

It also now appears that People on Instagram talking about the situation are being cancelled or having their accounts affected because of reviewing the various articles/filings etc.  If this is the case how much influence do Lively & Reynolds hold that this can be done?  Going back to the book it was promoted as a love story and yet it is not, it is more about domestic issues and so some people have read the book not knowing this and have felt that it should have trigger warnings on.  I believe, as I have not seen it, the same happened with the film with Ms Lively promoting it as a romance and Mr Baldoni talking about the domestic issues.  From what I have read and seen about the controversy, I am leaning more towards Mr Baldoni than the other side!!!

I do have this book on my TBR shelf which is about a struggling writer, Lowen Ashleigh, who is asked to finish the remaining books of author Verity Crawford who is unable to finish them due to an injury.  Lowen starts to sort through the notes and outlines of the books hoping to find enough material to complete them but then finds an autobiography which was never intended to be read, revealing secrets which need to stay hidden.  Should Lowen reveal them to Verity’s husband or keep quiet?  I rather like the sound of this but have not got around to it yet.

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In the midst of all this of course we have Meghan Sussex’s (!) new show on Netflix!  I have, again, not watched it because as far as I am concerned she burned all her bridges when they left the UK and all that she and he said about The Royal Family was disgusting.  The bits of  “With Love, Meghan” I have seen, again on Instagram, have been shall we say cringeworthy.  Taking pretzels from the plastic bag they came in, putting them into another plastic bag which she then labels for a guest at the “fake” house.  What about all their eco stuff, using plastic bags and the fact it is not filmed in her own home but a hired one I mean really? 

The programme has been resoundingly given a negative by all who have watched every episode including Gwyneth Paltrow yesterday morning with her take on how to make breakfast in your own kitchen, with your dog and coffee in a cup with your initials on it!!!!!!  I did laugh at that as it came across as genuine which Mrs Sussex does not!

As you know I do not read the news at all because it is so depressing but these two TV/Film things have been keeping me entertained!!!!!! 🙂

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We, of course had a busy weekend with Eldest, Partner & Little Man coming to see us for lunch on Saturday and staying for a while which was lovely to see them.  We spoke to Youngest & Fiancé as they were busy over the weekend too. I did get a few jobs done but not all of them so will be doing the rest this coming weekend.  DH is away Friday night setting up for all day Saturday swimming event in Leeds!  I am going to have dinner on Friday night with Youngest & Fiancé and their new addition to the family:

Please meet Gordon, their West Highland White puppy who is ten weeks old!

He is so cute!   We have not seen him yet but I will see him at the weekend.  He is having his first set of vaccinations tonight and then the second lot in a fortnight and then he will be able to meet Coco and Honey.  We now have three dogs in our family and two cats!  Blaze has taken to him really well, after being with Coco for so long, which is making life a lot easier for everyone.  He has been named after our friend Gordon who, with his wife Corinne, lived in Scotland both of whom have sadly passed on now.  Welcome to the Family Gordon!

I hope you lovely lot had a wonderful weekend and a great week to come. 

Hugs & Love, Susie & Coco.