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3.48 AVERAGE
3.48 AVERAGE
I loved this book. I have always wanted to have a bed and breakfast and it was so much fun to read about someone else living my dream. ;) Love all the characters and I loved the bond and support she has with her girlfriends.
I actually really liked this book. It was quirky, and showed how the female character changed and learned about herself through a few big transitions. funny and sweet, I'll be reading the next one!
hopeful
lighthearted
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
I loved this book! I enjoyed seeing the growth of the main character throughout the story. I also enjoyed the humor in the book. I am looking forward to listening to the next one in this series.
This book was so not enjoyable for me I couldn't force myself to finish it so I won't actually rate it. The characters were so shallow that I couldn't stand any of them. It was hard for me to tell if the author was trying to make them like that on purpose or if she's just not my type (I'm thinking the latter). I'm sure the main character was supposed to become a better person by the end but after 75 pages I saw no signs of promise that she was going to become more bearable so I had to put it down. I only read this for a book club so I knew it wasn't exactly up my alley to begin with. The plot idea could have been cute but this was disappointing.
I SO much want to find good books with Southern characters, and I especially like the idea of seeing those characters taken out of their native places and put into other places.
I listened to the audiobook of "Whistlin' Dixie in a Nor'easter,"and from the get-go I knew I wouldn't like it. The Southern characters' accents were HORRIBLE- we don't all sound like Scarlett, people! Second,the main character was a wuss- and I'm not sure how that happened. She would have been younger than me (I was born in 1971) but she came across as much older, like my mom's age. Is there still a class of Southern women like that? Third, the ending was a real letdown. I listened clear up through the epilogue, hoping that LeeLee had gotten her big girl panties on and realized that she had succeeded in a new place, a different environment with different kind of people (who had become her friends) and chosen to STAY in Vermont. Instead, she ran back home because- why? She had GIRLFRIENDS there. Ick.
I won't read any more in this series.
I listened to the audiobook of "Whistlin' Dixie in a Nor'easter,"and from the get-go I knew I wouldn't like it. The Southern characters' accents were HORRIBLE- we don't all sound like Scarlett, people! Second,the main character was a wuss- and I'm not sure how that happened. She would have been younger than me (I was born in 1971) but she came across as much older, like my mom's age. Is there still a class of Southern women like that? Third, the ending was a real letdown. I listened clear up through the epilogue, hoping that LeeLee had gotten her big girl panties on and realized that she had succeeded in a new place, a different environment with different kind of people (who had become her friends) and chosen to STAY in Vermont. Instead, she ran back home because- why? She had GIRLFRIENDS there. Ick.
I won't read any more in this series.
What a FUN book! It wasn't formulaic so didn't expect the ending. Really liked this one. Totally worth your time.
This book, which I listened to on CD, wasn't bad, per se, but there were too many issues with it for me to give it three stars; I enjoyed parts of it but too frequently it was just irritating.
Leelee Satterfield is a spoiled southern belle who follows her narcissistic husband to Vermont to purchase and run an inn, leaving Tennessee and most of her loved ones behind. She complains almost constantly about what she finds in Vermont, but she does try to support her husband in his dream. When he leaves her for another woman, she's left on her own to run the inn, raise their two daughters, and make her way in a place she never wanted to live.
Sadly, Leelee is annoying. We're supposed to root for her, but it's tough to do, in part because the difficulty of her situation is never really explored. For example, while her husband was still with her she worried over money. Once he leaves, though, this is never addressed again. She's running a restaurant and inn, but the inn portion is never mentioned until it's conveniently used as a way to illustrate Leelee's gumption, although lots of hand-fluttering and time-wasting takes place before she kicks in and gets the job done.
Little things, too, bothered me. Leelee is 33 when the book is written, so she was born in 1976...but she was a fan of the Beatles as a teenager? Possible, I guess, but unusual. When Leelee's dog dies, she insists that the body be buried outside, although it's January in Vermont and the ground is frozen solid...and she calls it a "northern idiosyncrasy" that northerners don't do burials at that time of year. No, Leelee, it's a necessity. Later, she insists that an inn employee dig a hole using "one of those things that goes up and down to cut concrete," explaining that later she learned those things are called "jackhammers." Really? Just how sheltered is she? And her revenge on her husband for leaving included dumping all of his possessions on his new property, including putting all of his clothing on a chairlift to be strewn all over a mountain, but there are no repercussions for this action, no conversation with her husband after the fact, nothing. It's just an isolated event and then it's done. In fact, she never really talks to him about what happened, she never really expresses her anger. There's more, but I listened to the book in CD so I can't go back and find them easily.
About 1/4 of the way into listening to the book I requested the sequel from the library. Now I'm thinking I may cancel it. Again, this wasn't bad, but I wanted to like it far more than I did, and if this is any indication of what's to come, my time is better spent on other things.
Leelee Satterfield is a spoiled southern belle who follows her narcissistic husband to Vermont to purchase and run an inn, leaving Tennessee and most of her loved ones behind. She complains almost constantly about what she finds in Vermont, but she does try to support her husband in his dream. When he leaves her for another woman, she's left on her own to run the inn, raise their two daughters, and make her way in a place she never wanted to live.
Sadly, Leelee is annoying. We're supposed to root for her, but it's tough to do, in part because the difficulty of her situation is never really explored. For example, while her husband was still with her she worried over money. Once he leaves, though, this is never addressed again. She's running a restaurant and inn, but the inn portion is never mentioned until it's conveniently used as a way to illustrate Leelee's gumption, although lots of hand-fluttering and time-wasting takes place before she kicks in and gets the job done.
Little things, too, bothered me. Leelee is 33 when the book is written, so she was born in 1976...but she was a fan of the Beatles as a teenager? Possible, I guess, but unusual. When Leelee's dog dies, she insists that the body be buried outside, although it's January in Vermont and the ground is frozen solid...and she calls it a "northern idiosyncrasy" that northerners don't do burials at that time of year. No, Leelee, it's a necessity. Later, she insists that an inn employee dig a hole using "one of those things that goes up and down to cut concrete," explaining that later she learned those things are called "jackhammers." Really? Just how sheltered is she? And her revenge on her husband for leaving included dumping all of his possessions on his new property, including putting all of his clothing on a chairlift to be strewn all over a mountain, but there are no repercussions for this action, no conversation with her husband after the fact, nothing. It's just an isolated event and then it's done. In fact, she never really talks to him about what happened, she never really expresses her anger. There's more, but I listened to the book in CD so I can't go back and find them easily.
About 1/4 of the way into listening to the book I requested the sequel from the library. Now I'm thinking I may cancel it. Again, this wasn't bad, but I wanted to like it far more than I did, and if this is any indication of what's to come, my time is better spent on other things.