Marian Keyes has a gift for turning a phrase. This was a very funny, worthwhile, easy summer read!

This one will be slow-going, but not because it is less than great. Interesting so far.

This book was great. It is about nothing and everything at once. More importantly, it is hilarious.

So far so good. Love the setting and the idea of college kids wearing tweed coats, pince-nez and dresses while discussing history and philosophy in front of a roaring fire over tea.

I am liking the vivid descriptions of Paris. Nice prose.

I will read this book soon! I like books about people with autism. Just a mini-obsession.

Wow. Frequent and Vigorous.

Could this woman ever turn a phrase. Amazing prose. She is filled with insight into people, their motivations, nuances and psychology. Can I leave you with an excerpt? She describes her old house:

“I can imagine Lillian/Dorothy/Ruth standing at this sink, cutting wax beans into one-inch pieces and covering them with water, sighing and looking at the clock. Almost suppertime. The clock—post-war plastic—would have been shaped like a teapot or a frog. She is a woman of about my size and age, a medium frame, still slim, but widening at the hips. Middle forties with a lipsticked pout. Some essence has deserted her. A bodily evaporation has left her with nothin but hard, direct questions aimed in the region of her chest, and no one would ever suspect that she might be capable of rising to the upper ether of desire, wanting, wishing.”

Amazing!

Awesome book. Typically Canadian because it is told somewhat in retrospect but very real and true. Set in a fascinating time, the time of the Cuban Missile Crisis. It explores issues like sexuality, abuse, war, Canadian culture, and the burden of living with lies. None of it is contrived. The author is lesbian and that is represented, but her view goes far beyond that.

Po’ girl rocks. This is all I need to write: hip hop and roots-style fiddles and guitars.