What I'm Reading Right Now...

Danny got me a bunch of books for our anniversary, but this book, "This Charming Man," by Marian Keyes, wasn't released until June 23rd so I just started reading it last week. I don't read much chick lit anymore, but Marian Keyes is one of the authors that has stuck with me (in addition to Lisa Jewell and Anna Maxted) because I think all of her novels are so good.

I had a little trouble getting into the book at first because one of the narrators, Lola Daly, talks in a sort of shorthand that is awkward to read. But the novel visits several narrators: Lola, a stylist; Marnie, a wife and mother to two little girls; Grace, a journalist; and Alicia, newly engaged to a prominent politician named Paddy de Courcy. And soon I was moving quickly through the pages, at the speed which I used to read books before becoming a mom. ;-) Marian Keyes takes the reader through each of these characters' lives, and I spent much of the book wondering how they were connected. Although this book deals with a serious subject, there were a lot of hilarious things going on to balance it out (such as Lola hosting weekly 'trannie' events). All-in-all it was a great read, and definitely holds its own alongside her other novels, such as Watermelon and Rachel's Holiday.

I had such a good time reading this book that I hesitate to start on the next one too quickly, but know that I must do so soon enough as our daughter is due to be born in about two months and when that time comes there will be no reading of books for some time. :-)