{"id":17671,"date":"2021-08-20T17:15:03","date_gmt":"2021-08-20T21:15:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/klishis.com\/reading\/?p=17671"},"modified":"2024-01-22T19:34:16","modified_gmt":"2024-01-23T00:34:16","slug":"one-bed-for-christmas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/klishis.com\/reading\/archives\/17671","title":{"rendered":"One Bed for Christmas"},"content":{"rendered":"

One Bed for Christmas<\/a><\/em> (2018) Jackie Lau<\/a> (Baldwin Village)<\/p>\n

\"One<\/a>Wes Chang has been in love with Caitlin Ng since she almost knocked him unconscious with a door their freshman year in college.<\/p>\n

But Caitlin is a successful CEO and Wes… Wes is now living a life that makes him happy, but he is a disappointment to his family and thus in no way good enough for Caitlin.<\/p>\n

Even if he still loves her.<\/p>\n

I figured I finally needed to make an effort to get over Caitlin, after more than twelve years of being pathetically in love with her. I want to stay friends, but I thought a little time apart would do me good.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

What I really liked about this book was the T-Rex costume.<\/p>\n

(F)our elderly men walk onto the make-shift stage and start singing \u201cSilent Night\u201d acappella. <\/p>\n

Okay, I\u2019m confused. What does Wes have to do with a barbershop quartet? <\/p>\n

Laughter ripples through the room. The T-Rex is making his way onto the stage, wearing a poinsettia garland around his neck. He turns around, his back to the audience, and shakes his tail, and there\u2019s even more laughter, but all the singers keep a straight face. <\/p>\n

None of this makes any sense whatsoever. <\/p>\n

I haven\u2019t laughed so much in a long time.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

That is such a delightful premise! How can you not adore a guy with a side hustle as a T-Rex for a barbershop quartet?<\/p>\n

And I really adored the bits with the barbershop quartet.<\/p>\n

This is followed by a five-minute conversation about erections and aging, which I can\u2019t say I needed, but I\u2019m not cringing near as much as Bernie\u2019s son, who finally cuts Bernie off by shouting, \u201cI don\u2019t need to learn about my father\u2019s sex life!\u201d <\/p>\n

\u201cOkay, okay,\u201d Bernie says. \u201cBetween the five of us, we have over four hundred years of life experience.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

What did not work for me was (of course) all the sex. I wanted more dinosaur costume and baking and Christmas decorations. And being me, I was kinda horrified by Wes thinking they could have sex and it wouldn’t wreck him.<\/p>\n

For once I didn’t dislike the Big Misunderstanding, because it was quickly resolved, and it actually made sense for Wes to believe he wasn’t good enough for Caitlin.<\/p>\n

Publisher: Jackie Lau Books
\nRating: 6\/10<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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