snowflakes and coffee cakes by joanne demaio

The difference between the Gilmore Girls and Snowflakes and Coffee Cakes, though, is that I absolutely loved the GG for its hilarious and smart dialogues, which Snowflakes and Coffee Cakes lacks. To me, however, the settings, scenes and characters just reminded me of it in an almost non-stop kind of way. I’m not saying the author was inspired by the Gilmore Girls, it could quite possibly be she’s never heard of the series at all. Then there’s this scene in which Vera wakes up from Derek fixing her porch on an ungodly hour…which goes a little something like this:ĭerek’s a grumpy and bitter guy ever since his 7-year-old daughter died. Even though it’s still called Williams Hardware store.ĭerek loves working on his boat.

He works in a hardware store, which is technically what Luke did until he turned it into a diner. He has the backwards baseball cap going on. Let me just start by saying that the best part of the book for me was reliving some Gilmore Girls (of which there’s going to be a sequel on Netflix with most of the old cast members!!) moments. It is then up to Vera to not only bring the town together, but to mend one man’s heart she fears she may have lost.” When the first snowstorm hits during Derek’s annual Deck the Boats Festival at the cove, residents become stranded. But mostly for Derek Cooper whose own tragic story has headlined Addison’s news. While restoring her rundown, wood-sided home–its creaking floors, broken bannister, and neglected widow’s walk–that secret slowly unfolds like a bit of snowflake wonder, crystallizing hopes and dreams for many in this small Connecticut town. In that rough-hewn barn, she discovers a secret treasure left behind by the previous owner, the proprietor of the long-forgotten Christmas Barn gift shop. She takes what’s left of her severance pay and invests it in real estate … in one particular drafty colonial home and old timber barn set upon the pretty banks of Addison Cove. “ Reluctant to leave her cherished New England hometown after her sister’s winter wedding, former journalist Vera Sterling makes a sudden decision. Thirty pages in, I thought, “Hmm, this reminds me of chick lit, I hope it’ll get better than this”.

So when I finally got to reading it a few weeks ago, I did all the things I planned on doing while reading it: I put on my hideous, yet oh so comfortable snug rug deluxe, grabbed my favourite tea mug which has a picture of Winnie-the-Pooh’s Eeyore on it, filled it with a special soothing chamomile tea blend which I got from Geneva, popped the fancy chocolate with pecan nuts I’d been saving up for a special occasion, and finally lay my ass down on the couch. However, since I didn’t get an e-reader until last year, and couldn’t order a physical copy of the book that could be shipped to my country, I waited. I’ve been looking forward to reading this book for two years now.

Snowflakes and coffee cakes by joanne demaio