Hallmark's Blind Date Book Club | Movie Recap and Review

last weekend was a big weekend for Aaron CCO Hallmark released her new romcom the night before season 11 of their hugely successful series When Calls the Heart premiered was it a hit well let's get right to it and talk about it hi I'm Stephanie and welcome to the magical Movie Club where like you I love to watch and chat about Hallmark movies this week we watched blind date book club which premiered on Hallmark Channel on April 6th and stars Aaron and Robert Buckley both of these stars are from successful Hallmark TV series I'm sure most of you already know Aaron CCO is Elizabeth and When Calls the Heart and like so many of you I absolutely love that series too she was in sense sensibility and snowmen and I also enjoyed her in the wedding Cottage last year this one also Stars Robert Buckley who was in Chesapeake Shores but not as an original character from the beginning he came in much later after Jesse met C left the show those were big shoes to fill at least in my humble opinion other than that he hasn't done too many other Hallmark movies so I haven't seen him at anything else yet but somehow just going into Saturday night's Premiere I just had a feeling this was going to be a fun movie so let's talk about blind date book club the movie opens with a scene showing us a closeup of some books that are being wrapped up in a classic brown paper bag type paper and then we see someone writing notes on the outside of them like smart and funny you might cry just to give a tiny hint as to what they might be in the next scene Meg played by Aaron CCO is riding a bike down a really cute n Tucket Street when she gets off the bike she carries a hand basket full of these wrapped books into a quaint little bookstore called Mimi's book Corner I've mentioned I like the movie You've got mail before yeah this store definitely reminded me of it and actually this store was even cuter I would love to have a bookstore like this in my neighborhood so Meg ends up putting the books down on a table next to a sign that reads blind date with a book club although her assistant prefers to call it blind date book club she thinks it's catchier and in the short conversation right off we learned that Meg's Aunt Renee is coming to town to talk about the bookstore she hasn't seen her aunt in about 3 years and she's very nervous because she doesn't know why she's coming all she said is it's been too long and we need to talk about the shop and and then Raina bream from NPR walks in the door played by Johanna new March also from When Calls the Heart she's there to interview Meg about her bookstore it seems her blind date with a book club has caught her attention great so let's get started next I believe we're looking at the Boston skyline here Graham Sterling played by Robert Buckley is meeting with his agent about a new book He's written it turns out Graham is already a successful writer who spent many weeks on the bestsellers list he's known for writing a Coming of Age series called parachutes for beginners that's very popular among young adults but now he's trying to to write about something completely different what does he call it a historical epic that happens to center around a love story well his agent is not impressed I liked it yeah but uh I didn't love it hm where have I heard those words before I think overall I liked it I didn't love it anyway back to Graham and his agent Graham is determined to have his new book published and since his own publisher has turned him down he's still under contract with him to write two more books in that parachute series he decides to self-publish the new book but he'll have to do it under a pseudonym yeah I'll uh call myself Dylan Turner and we're back to Mimi's book corner where Meg is about to start her radio interview this is significant because the interview is being aired live on the radio while Graham is driving in his car Meg talks about highlighting local and unknown authors in their book club whether we're highlighting local authors or obscure Thrillers or relatively unknown books it's about what's on the page apparently they feature two books per week and no one knows what they're buying all they have to go on is that note that's written on the brown paper cover and then they meet on Tuesdays and Thursdays to discuss what they've read the meetings are actually more than just book discussions they're kind of like small parties where people can make deeper connections with the stories and with each other and you've made Crepes from Paris pottery from Zimbabwe and origami from Japan now when Graham left left the Publisher's office he was still on the fence about this self-publishing idea but after a pep talk with his sister over the phone and then hearing Meg's interview over the radio about featuring unknown local authors he decides to go for it although he's from Boston and not n Tucket that's a detail that even Meg calls him out on later so Graham self publishes his book and heads over to Nantucket to pay Mega visit at Mimi's book Corner although they don't realize it yet they first run into each other at the fair Landing this was a cute scene with the French tourists when they insisted on taking Meg and Graham's picture together smile for the camera I want to figure out a way to say no they run into each other again literally at the bookstore oh oh my goodness I noticed this bookstore has different rooms as though maybe it used to be a house that was converted I'm not sure but I will say I very much appreciated the fact that both Meg and Graham were understanding that the Collision was an accident and they both apologized to one another so sorry sorry anyway back to the bookstore Megan Graham seem to be getting along a fellowship discovered in darkness sounds very tolken you can tell that they're almost interested in getting to know more about one another when Graham brings up the topic of his self-published book think I would bring something refreshing to your book club Meg is clearly disappointed that he's at an angle all along so you want to be wrapped she turned turns him down and gets back to her work but Graham's next little speech tugged at her heart just enough to get her to agree to at least read his book did you ever struggle to find out what you're good at I had to keep reminding myself that she doesn't recognize him as a famous author so he's doing a good job at staying Incognito next we see Meg's Aunt Renee coming into the store and Meg still doesn't know why she's here I think her character was intentionally being hard to read when she walked through the door she said oh well you have made some changes but when Meg said good changes I hope that was met with Silence from her aunt the good news is that while the two of them went for a quiet walk Aunt Renee told her that she does like the changes she's made to keep the store going since Meg's mom passed yeah about that but the bad news is Aunt Renee wants out of it now so that she can travel but I'm not getting any younger they talked about Meg's options whether to keep running the store Solo or to go back to her original passion which is realistic you mean real estate you always wanted that license before your drivers later that evening when me has trouble sleeping she picks up a magazine to read but then her eye catches Graham AKA Dylan's book on the table so she decides to go ahead and read it now I am seriously jealous of anyone who can read this fast because the next morning Graham walked into the store to offer to pay her to read his book and that's when she confessed that she already read it no that won't be necessary because I already read it seriously how are her eyes not puffy and bloodshot you did mhm wow this turned out to be a more delicate conversation because Meg didn't want to hurt his feelings but she really didn't care for the book The Love Story so pretty much the whole thing so that's his agent and now Meg who SE seemingly share the same opinion I was intrigued by this because clearly he knows how to write a bestseller and he's very passionate about his new book but that's over too at the moment that is Broad and devastatingly more specific of course Meg's assistant Alice who hasn't read the Dylan Turner book becomes instantly Starstruck when she finds out his true identity and she convinces Meg to give him a chance you'd be helping a writer struggling against being PP cast so you're just Star Struck and with that Meg caves and offers to wrap his book and let the book club decide what they think about Dylan Turner's debut novel fine we will wrap your book as she explains to Graham the way the book club works is that people choose a book blindly to read based on the clues that she leaves and if they like it enough to discuss they come back the following week this feels a bit more involved than your average Club no one thing I didn't mention that was really cute in the scene is that everyone who talks to Meg about the book club calls it a dating Club sounds like a like a dating profile that have made the book club into a dating craze and it absolutely rubs her the wrong way no no it's not a dating craze now as I see it the biggest difference between the two main crises here is that whatever Meg decides to do whether it's to sell the store and go back to real estate or try to keep the store going on her own she has the full support of her friends and her aunt Graham's in a different situation he wants to find his passion for writing again and he thinks it's by changing his writing genre however his agent and his publisher are pushing him for book number eight in the parachute series now I just need my book he's under contract so he doesn't really have a choice and did I mention he only has 3 weeks to turn in the next book yeah so what choices will these two make and will they ever be happy with their choices oh and what will the book club think about his mystery book that's what we'll find out as the movie continues and without giving away too much more detail the book club meeting didn't quite go the way I expected you know early on in the movie I thought it would be great if Meg could find a way to keep the bookstore and stay involved in real estate somehow and after seeing it the first time Saturday night I was happy she kept the bookstore but disappointed that she gave up on real estate I've seen many Hallmark movies where one of the main characters who's successful in a big city winds up in a small town perhaps against their will but ultimately they fall in love with a small town and find a way to continue doing what they're passionate about and staying in the small town so I felt left down when Meg gave up on real estate but you know after seeing it a second time I paid more attention to Graham and Meg's character growth together and that's when I realized her passion had changed after spending a few years in the bookstore I believe Megs heart-to-heart talk with graham about why she believed so many people love his parachute series not only helped him find his passion for writing again but also made her realize just how much she loved owning the bookstore I think that's part of why people have fallen in love with your books because they feel lived that's what I believe makes a good Hallmark Love Story the acting was wonderful the direction was great the scenery the characters the relationships and the [Music] chemistry if this isn't chemistry on screen I don't know what is but that's just my own opinion as you can see I really enjoyed this Hallmark movie even more the second time around they also answered one lingering question that had been in my mind about no one recognizing Graham in a book club where all of his real books were right there on the shelves and on that note I'm giving this one a four and a half out of five so why the 4 and A2 well early on I had hoped they would find a way to let Meg keep the store and stay connected to real estate at the same time I was looking forward to finding out how she'd be able to pull that off and it didn't happen I'm still just a tad disappointed that she let go of that entirely not to mention they never discussed exactly how she would buy out her aunt's half of the store that topic never even came up I always knew I wanted to do something that mattered I just didn't realize I was already doing it so again if I thought that they could somehow incorporate her Passion For Real Estate to keep the bookstore and not worry about maybe the Financial Risk so much that would have tied up the ending just a little bit neater for me how about you what did you think of blind dat book club did you enjoy this one too or was this not for you this time I'm always up for a discussion so please share your thoughts about the movie too in the comments below well I think that wraps up my review of blind date book club in the last video I mentioned that my schedule would be different coming up with my trip to Disneyland next week at the time I was thinking I'd be able to watch Legend of the Lost lock it won at premieres on Saturday night the 13th but the very next day after I recorded that Hallmark released legend of the Lost locket on Hallmark movies now so the secrets out I've actually seen most of it already I'm still going to watch and live tweet during the premiere showing on Saturday night but my next video is already in progress so now I have a decision to make do I still release a video on one of my favorite Hallmark Christmas movies if you'd like to see one please let me know in the comments below either way I'll finish up my review of legend of the Lost locket soon and after that we'll be falling in love in Niagara as always thank you so much for being a part of the magical Movie Club if you like this too and want to see more please let me know by hitting the like button and subscribe to the channel also consider following us on Instagram at magical Movie Club and on Twitter at 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Length: 14min 17sec (857 seconds)

Published: Thu Apr 11 2024