A Heart to Mend : Book Review

This is my first book review for 2013..

Book Review for February..

Title : A Heart to Mend

Author : Myne Whitman

Published by : Author House

Genre : Romantic

Pages : 250

My Rating  : **** and a half

My Review

Baseline : A Love story!!

Well February is the month of love.. So, I had to give a review of a book with a beautiful love story. Set in Lagos, Nigeria.. This tale is about a girl from a small town.. She is beautiful, intelligent and wants to stand on her feet, help and support her family. Her family went through a difficult time after the death of her father. She is the first one to step out of the house and make a living for herself. Love is not even a thought in her mind.. until she meets the handsome businessman Edward Bestman.. First time in town and Edward gives her a lift to her aunt's place and after dropping her off can't stop thinking about her or I should say falls in love with her.. which he himself is not able to understand!! He has gone through a lot in his life and has a lot of trust issues.. Building up a relationship with Gladys seems to have it's ups and downs especially when the story takes a twist and a turn and Gladys is accused of ruining Edward's business which he started from scratch and has put in his life's work!! 

This is a book you just can't put down.. The author has given such fine details of the business and the financial world as well as the emotional aspect of what goes through the character's mind!! Both the characters have absolutely different personalities but are extremely likeable! Loved reading this simple yet creatively written book by Myne Whitman, it being her debut novel!!

This book was sent to me by a dear friend Vaishnavi.. she has a lovely blog "a one cent life" and one of the most active person on instagram!! She recently got engaged and I wanna extend a heartiest Congratulations to her!!!

Thank you so much for recommending this book to me!!

If you people get a chance go ahead read the book or if you want an ebook version just drop me an email or leave a comment and your email address below and I would be happy to send it to you!!

Weekend Edition XIV : Blessed

Blessed...

Sitting here in my living room I can't help but think how blessed I am to have a husband who care and loves me the way he does... This weekend was truly the most memorable Valentine's Weekend for me.. not that I need a day to express my love or for that matter his love for me.. but what's the harm in celebrating the Day of Love.. right!!!

We had nothing planned for the day.. as we wanted to keep in low and thought we'll cook dinner together and enjoy by watching a movie... I had already bought hubby his Valentine's Day present.. "A recliner" which he wanted to buy from the moment we started buying our furniture for the apartment...

So I just put a big red bow on it on Valentine's Day.. hahaha

I decorated the whole house with Hearts, Bows and Ribbons!!! Made it all myself!! :)

But hubby made the Day special for me by getting me a new coffee maker ( I broke the last one.. if you follow me on instagram you must be knowing about it)..

My Coffee Maker!!!

 he got my laptop fixed , he got champagne and instead of getting cut flowers he got a beautiful planted tulip (Tulips are my favorite) (he knows I get sad when the flowers die..)

Champagne , My favorite Tulips and not to forget the thin mint girl scout cookies which hubby ordered a week ago
cause he knows I love them!!!

 and I was just in awe... I just couldn't help but smile ear to ear and to top it all he suggested we do our workout (which is rare or I should say never happened before) and order in Chinese.. We finally found a perfect chinese delivery place near our place!!

I've already got my treasure!!!

We enjoyed having our yummy dinner and watching movies!! This was not the end but the starting of our Valentine weekend...

The next day he asked me to pack our bags for 2 days as we were going out and on asking he said it was a surprise... Well I do love surprises...

Beautiful windmills on the way...

I just hoped into the car and enjoyed the way.. taking pics of beautiful landscapes, windmills till we reached a sign board that said Napa and I finally asked hubby Are we going to Napa Valley??? For which he shrugged his shoulders and said "may be"!!! and that was all he had to say.. We went for an amazing Winery tour and Wine tasting!! I just loved it..

The Winery where we took our tour....

My Hero!!!

Wine Tasting!!

Wine being stored in Oak Barrels!!

Huge 3 storeyed barrels!

We had lunch in the town of St. Helena at an italian place.. The sandwich was sooooooo yummy!!!

The Italian place!!! Get their Grilled Chicken sandwich...

If you ever visit St. Helena do find this place.. St. Helena is an amazing place.. with beautiful small shops lining the road.. Restaurants with seating on the pavements.. it had that old vintagy feeling to it!!!

I wish I could have spent a little more time there to explore all the beautiful shops!!!

We did not stay there that night.. We headed on to Sunnyvale to visit my sis and her family and we spent two  awesome fun filled days there... I had the most fun time playing with my niece and nephew and chatting away with my sis!! I couldn't have asked for a better way to spend the weekend.. although we were planning to go there this weekend but it wasn't sure till the last moment!!

On google tour!! hubby with  nephew!!

My sis and my cute niece!!!

I hope the title for this post is justified..!!

This Weekend was one to remember for sure!!!! Enough about me.. how did you people spend your weekend???
Linking up with The Weekend File

Hi There... M new here....

Hi Everybody...
As Mehak mentioned in her last post... I am the newest member of her blog... You might have seen me in her posts and stuff... I will be writing a few guest posts in her blog... Even though this is a "lifestyle" blog, but my post will be less of "style" and more of "life"... I will share all the crazy stupid stuff I do... :)
I hope I don't damage her viewer base and scare you guys away :)

Okay so a little bit about my self....

Okay this is not me.... But I love this girl like crazy... She made the mistake of marrying me... Hah.... Score!!!

I like doing crazy stuff...

My bike when I was in India... Cant wait to buy one here in US...

My ride... Bought it 6 months ago and have already driven 17k miles... I love driving and Mehak loves to ride....
Works out perfectly for us.... Our last road trip was a cross country from LA to Seattle....
Was awesome....

I love snow... And Mehak hates it... 

Snowboarding... My latest passion... Every week I go to the slopes and come back with a broken something...
But I  just won't quit... :) M a newbie so any advice for me??

My life has to have adventures... Loads of them...

Our last road trip....

M a racing game fan... My new custom xbox controller... gifted by wifey on our Anniversary...

My latest purchase... And it is awesome....

Did I mention ROAD TRIPS.... looooooooads of them...

Somehow I managed to graduate SC.... My wife thinks I am a Geek... NO I AM NOT.... I do love engineering though.... Wouldn't do anything else in my life...

I used to work for Maruti (Suzuki) in India....

Now I work for Mr. Mickey Mouse... YES... I GET TO GO THERE FOR FREE as many times as I want...
Wanna join???? 

 

So that's me... :)

Here is a brief post about me.... 

I will sharing "Restaurant Reviews", Game Reviews, Travel and Destinations and will be happy to help you with whatever queries you have....

Next Post: Best Valentine's Ever...

(Spoiler Alert)

 We are on a Road Trip right now.... SO that means loads of new pics and trip advice... Stay tuned...

1st blogiversary !!!!!

Its been 1 year... Can you believe it... Time flies... I started this blog as a platform to express myself and log the adventures of  my new life in US. And it has become a part of me now...
This blog opened up so many opportunities for me to express myself. It opened me to an entirely new world which i have come to absolutely love now. I met and made so many wonderful friends in this past year and because of your love and support, I am able to express myself freely...

I realized a few days ago that my blog is coming up for its 1st blogiversary and thought it was time to jazz things up a bit. As you would have noticed (or not) I did give my blog a complete makeover a couple of days ago. I am also planning to add a few new sections so don't forget to check back in a few days.
I will also be introducing a new member to my blog. It will be a good refreshing change.

Don't worry... The old sections that you love will still be there... But we will add a few more....

Here are the main highlights from the past year....

Thanks again for all the love and support... And I hope you'll keep coming back for more...

Grammy's Red Carpet 2013...

Did you catch the Grammy's???
Were you also interested in knowing who wore what??
Well, I certainly was and did watch the Red Carpet with a lot of interest!!

There weren't many good dresses that I came across and felt a bit more effort could have been put but nevertheless here's my list of some of the best dressed artists on the Grammy's Red Carpet...

Katy Perry in the most prettiest colored Gucci dress looked really good!! I loved her make up.. it was subtle but still enhanced the perfect features... 

Okay okay... I know He looks totally handsome in  Tom Ford... right?? 

Rihanna's Floor sweeping custom Azzadine Alai dress spoke for itself.. Red was Hot!!!!

Carrie Underwoon in Roberto Cavalli.. She looked stunning!! 

Heartiest congratulations to all the winners... Looking forward to some more red carpet action coming up really soon.. you know what I'm talking about .. don't you??

Which looks were your favorite and why??

Love hearing from you!!!

P.S. : next up : Book Review.. 1st one in 2013

photos courtesy OK magazine!!