Abandoned at chapter 12.
One unhappy, nasty person, a Plain Jane Superbrain / Cinderella and a frazzled, fed up mum. Not interested enough in any of them to invest the time to get to the sushi.
Author page: Sushi for Beginners – Marian Keyes
Abandoned at chapter 12.
One unhappy, nasty person, a Plain Jane Superbrain / Cinderella and a frazzled, fed up mum. Not interested enough in any of them to invest the time to get to the sushi.
Author page: Sushi for Beginners – Marian Keyes
Pride and Prejudice transplanted and updated to 21st Century Cincinnati.
Elizabeth become Liz, a writer on a glossy magazine and living in New York. Darcy is a heart surgeon. Mr and Mrs Bennet are both awful. Lydia and Kitty gain redemptive qualities. Mary remains the oddball, Jane the yogic angel, and Chip Bingley brings in the reality TV show and plotline that gives the novel its name.
Sparky dialogue, very short chapters, easy reading.
Author page: Eligible – Curtis Sittenfeld
As I say in my weeknotes, I’m at a loss as to how to describe this novella. But I read it all in one go.
Publisher page: Small Things Like These – Claire Keegan
If you loved Detectorists, I think you’ll love this.
The West of England. 1989. Two loners, ex-SAS soldier and Falklands veteran Calvert and crusty dreamer/traveller Redbone, spend the summer secretly creating ever more intricate and ever more beautiful crop circles in the fields of Wiltshire.
I remember the press-led crop circle craze of that summer. Were they the work of aliens, weird weather phenomena, or humans – and if so, why?
A lovely book. Short but sweet to read. Lots to ponder afterwards.
Author page: The Perfect Golden Circle – Benjamin Myers
Brilliant.
Saturday Night Live style TV show provides the initial comedy (and initial setting) into which Curtis Sittenfeld then stirs all the tropes of the will-they, won’t-they romance between sketch writer Sally and pop/rock star Noah.
I read it in two days – and could have read it in one.
Author page: Romantic Comedy – Curtis Sittenfeld