Valentine's Day is Coming

Yes, the big romance day of the year is this Sunday.  While I love to read romance novels I also love to watch romantic movies.  I have my favorites.  What are yours?

My all time favorite is You've Got Mail with Tom Hanks and Meg Ryan.  I loved the email messages that passed between them perhaps because I am addicted to email also.  I felt so sorry for Kathleen Kelly, played by Meg Ryan, when she had to close her book shop because of the big super bookstore Fox Books.  It reminds me of what Borders and Barnes and Noble have done to so many independent book stores.  Anyway the blooming of their relationship with the finale in the beautiful garden in Central Park brings tears to my eyes every time I watch it and I watch it several times a year!

Next is Sleepless in Seattle with, of course, Meg Ryan and Tom Hanks!  What a good pair.  Sam's son Jonah plays a huge part in getting Sam and Annie together on Valentine's Day at the top of the Empire State Building.  Jonah's calls to a national radio show are quite funny and poignant as he tries to break up a relationship between his father and a woman he can't stand.  The ending is beautiful!

My third favorite is Sarah Plain and Tall.  I love stories set in the West as it developed.  This one takes place on the prairie where a widowed farmer sends for a mail order bride.  Sarah lives in Maine but realizes in order to have any life of her own she needs to break away from family and while,it is a hard decision she answers the advertisement.  Thus begins her journey to go and try to make a life with Jacob and his two young children on the prairie.  This is a beautiful story with great characters.  The children are precious and Glenn Close as Sarah is wonderful.  In fact I think I will go watch it now!