I'm not dead!

This past month has been the month of doing stuff and then forgetting to tell anyone about it.  For example: I read two books, but left them off the blog.  Also, I worked out a lot and logged NONE of it in fitocracy, so my husband now thinks that he is in better shape than me because he has more fitocracy points.  He is probably in better shape than me... but still!

So, to pick up where I left off a month ago...

I DID finish Good in Bed over the weekend with the in-laws.  It was a very fun, easy read.  I like Jennifer Weiner as an author.  I loved In Her Shoes and Good in Bed hit a similar tone.  It's chick lit, but not the vapid sort of quickie romance that a lot of chick lit ends up being.  Yes, Good in Bed has a love story in it, but it's not the main thrust of the plot.  Most of the book focuses on heroine Cannie Shapiro's attempts at building a happy life for herself.  Romance is included, but it's not the only thing she's worried about.  Cannie seems like the kind of person I would love to hang out with - she's wickedly funny and very smart, so it made the book easier to read.  Of course, there were some things I had a hard time swallowing.  There was section of the book that was basically wish fulfillment - she meets a starlet who likes her and *spoiler* gets her screenplay made into a movie.  She goes to Hollywood and has a high old time, though not without some problems.  While Cannie's reaction to all this rang true, I just couldn't see this too-good-to-be-true storyline really fitting in with the rest of the very realistic book.  But that was really my only problem.  I guess there was also quite a bit of frank discussion of sex.  I guess the title should tell you that much.  That could be a little jarring at times, but it was never offensive to me.  I would give the book 8 out of 10. Very very good, but In Her Shoes (which was written after this book) is better.

Of course, I finished Good in Bed on the plane to New Hampshire, so by the time I go there, I had nothing to read.  To solve this problem I stole my husband's kindle and downloaded The Piano Teacher from the St Louis Public Library.  It was the only book they had in kindle format that was also on my list.  So, again, I did not use my random number generator to pick my next book.  What can ya do?