Time to Have a Little Chuckle

Happy Thanksgiving!  For today’s book review, I had started reading this book about 2 weeks ago after reading books that were really intense.  I wanted to read a book that had some humor in it, and to coincide with the holiday season, it was about family.

Save the Date by Morgan Matson

I came across this book by watching a few book review video blogs.  As the reviewers were talking about Save the Date, I thought this would be a good book to read in order to get out of a slump of reading suspenseful books. 

Save the Date is about Charlie Grant and her family preparing for her sister, Linnie, wedding.  They are not just an ordinary family.  Her mother writes a weekly comic strip that depicts their family in a more comedic light.  While the comic strip has had its share of success, it has also caused some issues in the family.  Charlie, the youngest sibling, intends to make the wedding weekend filled with family memories that she had when they were all living together.  She also has a goal of moving forward with the boy she has had a crush on, Jesse Foster, who happens to be her older brother’s best friend.  Trying to have this wonderful family weekend and to have everything go right for her sister’s wedding, Charlie does struggle with trying to maintain the chaos that ensues at any given moment.

Filled with humor and heart breaking moments, the story makes it feel like that this can happen in life.  Morgan Matson makes the story believable and it can really relate to readers.  I found the book to be a little slow at moments, but I loved how Charlie was able to come to a realization at the end that there is no perfect family.

Have a great turkey day everyone.  Please share any recommendations for book that are filled with humor and love.