The Love is Here

Posted on | February 14, 2010 | 21 Comments

Happy Valentine’s Day! Above is an insight into how I shall be spending my day. My boyfriend bought me a box of delicious Valentine’s cupcakes and I shall be curled up beside him today eating those and reading about love (and feeling it).

Mid-week I received a wrapped package from the lovely Alice at Bloomsbury; inside were a copy of Aphrodite’s Workshop for Reluctant Lovers by Marika Cobbold, a bar of Green & Black’s chocolate, and a note to say that Valentine’s Day is a day to indulge in guilty pleasures. I could not agree with the sentiment more. I am thoroughly enjoying Cobbold’s quirky tale of a Romance novelist who has fallen out of love and incurred the wrath of Aphrodite and her son, Eros, whose career has been brought into disrepute. I also have Love by Elizabeth Von Arnim to immerse myself in; after being enchanted by The Enchanted April last Spring, it is about time that I sought out some more of this wonderful author.

Whether you are being spoiled today or indulging yourself, enjoy your Valentine’s Day.

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21 Responses to “The Love is Here”

stujallen
February 14th, 2010 @ 11:39 am

we had breakfast in bed ,will be spending the day together with my darling wife
Verity
February 14th, 2010 @ 11:46 am

I/m reading Love too, but I have the later green edition. My fiancee (!) is out cycling but I have been making cupcakes. Have a good day!
Simon (Savidge Reads)
February 14th, 2010 @ 11:59 am

Oooooh those cupcakes look lovely! I am having a day of no books!!! I am also not meant to be on the internet but bruch is being cooked (scrambled eggs my fav) for me so have snuck on my blackberry… Shhh don’t tell!

Think for one day only I can be book free for the one I love… The perils of marrying a non book lover eh?
anothercookiecrumbles
February 14th, 2010 @ 12:59 pm

Looks like you’re all set for a lovely day! Enjoy.

Cupcakes look delicious.
Jackie (Farm Lane Books)
February 14th, 2010 @ 1:10 pm

I wish publishers (or anyone actually!) would send me chocolate! Have a wonderful day!
Nymeth
February 14th, 2010 @ 1:17 pm

Have a great Valentine’s Day! Love sounds wonderful – and I really must read The Enchanted April soon!
kimbofo
February 14th, 2010 @ 4:10 pm

My goodness, those cup cakes look devine!
kiss a cloud
February 14th, 2010 @ 4:45 pm

Happy Vday! May I have a cupcake?
JoAnn
February 14th, 2010 @ 8:07 pm

Sounds like a perfect day – enjoy!
Paperback Reader
February 14th, 2010 @ 8:48 pm

Stu, sounds like a lovely day! Breakfast was made for me (as was dinner) and we have spent the day together also.

Verity, I’m looking forward to your thoughts on Love. I hope your homemade cupcakes were a success.

Simon, the cupcakes were divine! I was made French toast (I’m not a huge egg fan so scrambles eggs are out for me but I do love French toast and had it with fresh raspberries).
A day without books for the one you love seems like a reasonable sacrifice to me. I haven’t read much at all although he managed to finish his current book before I was even awake!

anothercookie, they were delicious and the day has been lovely, thanks.

Jackie, it was a wonderful surprise! Chocolates and books – what more could we want?!

Ana, you really must! Perhaps in April?

Kim, they were indeed divine. They’re from Lola’s Cupcakes in Selfridge’s (I know how much you love cupcakes).

Claire, I wish you could but they are all gone!

JoAnn, it was and I did
Simon T
February 14th, 2010 @ 9:09 pm

I toyed with buying Love in Oxfam the other day, but left it behind out of Project 24 duty…
Aarti
February 14th, 2010 @ 9:18 pm

Ooh, what a sweet package to arrive! I hope you enjoy the book AND the chocolates
Paperback Reader
February 14th, 2010 @ 9:40 pm

Simon, I admire your restraint! Perhaps it will be there still next month…

Aarti, isn’t a wonderful thing for a publisher to send? And I thought that packages of books couldn’t be any sweeter
Jenny
February 15th, 2010 @ 2:43 am

Oo, I love the sentiment about Valentine’s Day! I actually completely indulged myself in guilty pleasures – lots of Cadbury chocolate and a guilty pleasure read and I sat outside all afternoon and got no work done. It was amazingly pleasant.
Dot
February 15th, 2010 @ 9:44 am

Wow- the cupcakes look lovely and it sounds as though you had a very nice day planned! Hope that you enjoyed it!
Paperback Reader
February 15th, 2010 @ 10:44 am

Jenny, mine was an amazingly pleasant day too. We should have more days of indulging in guilty pleasures.

Dot, I had a lovely day, thanks! The cupcakes were delicious.
Eva
February 15th, 2010 @ 11:18 am

Looks like a perfect holiday! You’re torturing my gluten intolerant soul with those cupcake pictures. :p I did make GF chocolate cookies yesterday, though, so I can console myself with them.
Paperback Reader
February 15th, 2010 @ 5:09 pm

I’m sorry, Eva . At least there were guilt-free (and I imagine pain-free) consolation for you.
Frances
February 15th, 2010 @ 8:23 pm

Great photo – it screams love and happiness! Hope the day was everything you hoped for. Loving the look at your new digs!
Paperback Reader
February 15th, 2010 @ 8:45 pm

Thanks, Frances! It was indeed a day of love and happiness. I’m happy that you like the link of the new site.
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February 24th, 2010 @ 7:12 pm

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