currently reading: baby proof

i am already reading another book. it's the best feeling when you can stop one and pick up another. i have had this particular title for probably four years. i read emily's first two books something borrowed and something blue, and then for whatever reason, i heard this one wasn't as good. at the time, i wasn't married, wasn't even close to finding my husband, and anything with a "baby" in the name was just that. i knew i wanted children...always have know that...but i didn't have the same bug as you get when you can see the actual father of your future children standing right next to you. it's different. so...i basically never read it, but i never got rid of it either. it's been sitting on my shelf for months, and i keep looking at the yellow spine wondering what it could be about. wondering if i would like it. but somehow skipping over it. 

i finished the last book by kristin hannah, and all of a sudden, i was in the mood. i picked it up off the shelf and i'm halfway now. (did i mention i'm also reading another book on my iPad? i'll get into the particulars in another post) anyway, i really like this book. i like how it's written, i like emily's voice. it's different than the other ones she's written. so i disagree with all the "it's not as good" as the other books. 

i think it's a difficult thing for readers to hang up the story at the end of a good novel. you want it to continue on with the characters, go on forever if they will let you. and it's even worse if there is a sequel, because you get that chance a little bit don't you? you almost feel owed another book, another chapter in the story by the end! so when you read something borrowed and something blue, you almost expect baby proof to be a part three. but it's a totally different story! it can't live up to your imagination's expectations because it's not darcy or rachel or ethan or dex.  it's now claudia and ben. 

why does all this matter? well, it's a cry for giving a book a chance. it's about not putting expectations on a book until you read it, until you give it a shot, until you release it from the preconceived ideas you have on it. read every title of emily giffin's. i can go ahead and tell you that right now. she has a unique voice, that lady. and i for one am a big fan. 

*i'll let you know how it ends! (well not how but if my feelings are the same!)

happy reading!