Madly, Deeply the diaries of Alan Rickman

 Madly, Deeply came today and I'm so excited to read it! I absolutely love Alan, he was an amazing actor. His witty musings and Rickmanism's as I call them are great. Random musings and some of the things he has written I can totally relate to.

His words can be hilariously funny as well as incredibly sad, and at times even a touch of arrogance. That English wit seeped through the words throughout the book.

His diaries are similar to the 1 line diaries that are all the rage these days. Celestial One Line a Day Diary

He talks about life and life in the acting world. There are also drawings and doodles on the pages. 

"Quiet pleasure of preparing food for friends. {Name of friends} The sun emerged and we spilled into the garden." 

I just love this one, it's so whimsical for me. I visualize him and his friends sitting around a table with glasses laughing and chatting about life or work. 

"3:40 am Awake trying to locate one worthwhile nameable emotion that deserves this sleeplessness..."

This is absolutely me when I have insomnia! I literally will lay awake at night trying to figure out why I'm awake and unable to sleep.

I can't wait to finish the book, I'm sure I'll be reading it all over again once I'm finished.

The Regal Rules for Girls: How to Find Love, a Life --and Maybe Even a Lord -- in London

Well I finally finished the book. While I did enjoy it, I did find that it has a creepy stalker vibe to it. You really have to take the contents of this book with a grain of salt and the use of your own common sense is advisable. Mrs. Fine talks about her life in London and what she experienced when she moved there. Call me crazy, but I find that some of what she wrote to be a bit exaggerated just a teeny bit. No seriously it has to be exaggerated a lot. 

This book is great when it comes to the aspect of places to visit and not to visit when in London. Mrs. Fine doles out some beauty advice, books to read, places to visit, where to shop as well as dating and life advice. She gives you all the information you need to move to England, from getting a VISA and places to look for when looking at schools or places to live. I literally took notes on a lot of this stuff!

Then comes the disturbing bit.. she literally tells you how to land an English gentleman by stalking. She tells you exactly where to go to find them and what to do and not to do to attract them. She makes the English gents out to pretty much not have an ounce to romance in their entire being. She also makes it seem like they are stupid and can't navigate outside their own social circles. She says that you need to be in charge of them and guide them. She literally makes them out to be pathetic. 

The Regal Rules for Girls: How to Find Love, a Life --and Maybe Even a Lord -- in London

Was Molly Weasley a bad mother?

This question was asked on Quora website and I thought I'd
answer in more detail here. 

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No in fact Molly Weasley wasn't a bad mother. Considering everything she was dealing with. Overprotective yes, but not bad.

She raised her children right and they all achieved great things. They all had amazing careers and she also had a hand in supporting
Harry and being a second mum to him. 

Charlie : Dragonologist 

Bill : Cursebreaker

Percy : Ministry of Magic.

Fred & George : Inventors & businessmen.

Ron : Auror

Ginny : Pro quidditch player & later a journalist.

Harry: Auror

Molly Weasley is a mother who fought to protect her children against the darkness that is all things Voldermort and his army of psychos. She tried to heal the relationship between Percy and the family.
 
She knows what it's like to live with the bare minimum, I mean c'mon they weren't a wealthy family at all, and she worked with her hubby's limited salary with 7 kids!

She is a mother who loves her kids enough to want them to have a better life than they had during their childhood. Absolutely nothing wrong with wanting your child to succeed!

The Rosie Project

The Rosie Project is by Graeme Simsion. This was an interesting book. I just finished it an hour ago. I will admit that the beginning was rather boring for me, but it did get more interesting as I continued to read. 
I will also admit that the only reason I even read it is because Henry Cavill will be staring in the movie based on the book! I can't wait to read the rest of the books in the Rosie series, and I definitely will if they are made into movies!

The character Henry is portraying is Don Tillman, a genetics professor who created a 16-page survey to find the right wife for himself.