Anna and the French Kiss 
by Stephanie Perkins
From Goodreads:

Anna is looking forward to her senior year in Atlanta, where she has a great job, a loyal best friend, and a crush on the verge of becoming more. Which is why she is less than thrilled about being shipped off to boarding school in Paris - until she meets Etienne St. Clair: perfect, Parisian (and English and American, which makes for a swoon-worthy accent), and utterly irresistible. The only problem is that he's taken, and Anna might be, too, if anything comes of her almost-relationship back home.

As winter melts into spring, will a year of romantic near - misses end with the French kiss Anna - and readers - have long awaited?

My Thoughts: I have to admit, I'm impressed.  I've seen lots of reviews on Anna and the French Kiss (hundreds of them!), and everything I've ever read has been positive.  Plus my some of my best friends have read and loved the book. I bought it months ago, when sadly I benefited off the closing of my local Borders, but it lingered like so many other books on my shelf.  So a few Sundays ago I made up my mind to just read it already. 

I read the first few chapters that day and was immediately happy with it. Anna was easy to empathize with, and the book is just flat out funny.  But then I put the book down.

Are you shaking your head at me?  You should.

In my defense I've had several review books that I've had to read the past two weeks.  So the other day I was just going to read a bit more and finally get past chapter 3, when suddenly I couldn't put the book down.

Needless to say that not a lot other than reading went down in my house, because housework can wait until the people from Hoarders show up and help me clean my house with shovels and stuff. 

Etienne and Anna... sigh.  Paris... sigh. Old movies on the big screen... sigh.  I fell in love. 

Afterwards I kind of cuddled the book... just a little. 

Don't worry, nothing got creased.  I'm a careful reader and cuddler. 

Oh, young love and its misunderstandings.  Please, read this book.  You know you want to!  And don't be put off by how wildly popular it is, because it's not just bunk, it's actually worth the hype.

Anna and the French Kiss gets a Midnight Book Rating of:

The cover gets a Midnight Book Cover Rating of:

It's okay, but it doesn't blow me away.  And where's her stripe?!

3.11.12 Sundays In Bed With...

Okay, so this may be the start  of a new meme, or just a random post.  I'll leave it up to you!  But I want to know what book you're reading in bed this Sunday morning (before dutifully getting up and going to church/work/clean the house/feed the family, etc).  

I'm spending this Sunday in Bed with...

(my husband made the bed, I don't know why he does that weird piling thing with the pillows, but the point is that he made the bed.)

Anna and the French Kiss by Stephanie Perkins!

I'm just starting this book (I know, I know, it's a travesty that I haven't read it yet, I'm a bad, bad blogger),

but I've had it for awhile and I kind of feel I owe it to this book to read it before I go and get Lola and the Boy Next Door (which I really want to read).  And since I lost an hour of sleep this morning, I'll probably be staying in bed with Etienne a bit longer (I wish I knew how to put that little dash above his name).

So what book's in your bed this Sunday?  

Comment below, or link to your own Sundays In Bed With post!  

If this becomes something I'll make it a weekly meme and get someone with talent to make us a cute little graphic to go with it and I'll set up a Mr. Linky.