Wednesday
My reading plans for the week have been torpedoed by two books coming available from a library. But first, I had started the first couple pages of the new Elly Griffiths. Annnnd.
I had skim-read the previous book in the series because it was dealing with the shut downs of the last couple years. I just didn't want to deal with it. Lived through it. Don't want to read my entertainment about it. And the author apparently isn't done with it yet. The book is set in 2021 still.
So I'm kinda automatically not wanting to read it. Which is sad. But I was notified this morning of the two holds. We'll see if these will hold my attention.
THIS BIRD HAS FLOWN by Susanna Hoffs. Stand alone.
Jane Start is thirty-three, broke, and recently single. Ten years prior, she had a hit song—written by world-famous superstar Jonesy—but Jane hasn’t had a breakout since. Now she's living out of four garbage bags at her parents’ house, reduced to performing to Karaoke tracks in Las Vegas. Rock bottom. But when her longtime manager Pippa sends Jane to London to regroup, she’s seated next to an intriguing stranger on the flight—the other Tom Hardy, an elegantly handsome Oxford professor of literature. Jane is instantly smitten by Tom, and soon, truly inspired. But it’s not Jane’s past alone that haunts her second chance at stardom, and at love. Is Tom all that he seems? And can Jane emerge from the shadow of Jonesy's earlier hit, and into the light of her own?
Published 2023; 368 pages. The author knows of what she speaks -- she was in The Bangles.
And ROMANTIC COMEDY by Curtis Sittenfeld. Stand alone.
Sally Milz is a sketch writer for "The Night Owls," the late-night live comedy show that airs each Saturday. With a couple of heartbreaks under her belt, she’s long abandoned the search for love, settling instead for the occasional hook-up, career success, and a close relationship with her stepfather to round out a satisfying life. But when Sally’s friend and fellow writer Danny Horst begins dating Annabel, a glamorous actor who guest-hosted the show, he joins the not-so-exclusive group of talented but average-looking and even dorky men at the show—and in society at large—who’ve gotten romantically involved with incredibly beautiful and accomplished women. Sally channels her annoyance into a sketch called the "Danny Horst Rule," poking fun at this phenomenon while underscoring how unlikely it is that the reverse would ever happen for a woman. Enter Noah Brewster, a pop music sensation with a reputation for dating models, who signed on as both host and musical guest for this week’s show. Dazzled by his charms, Sally hits it off with Noah instantly, and as they collaborate on one sketch after another, she begins to wonder whether there might actually be sparks flying. But this isn’t a romantic comedy; it’s real life. And in real life, someone like him would never date someone like her...right? With her keen observations and trademark ability to bring complex women to life on the page, Sittenfeld explores the neurosis-inducing and heart-fluttering wonder of love, while slyly dissecting the social rituals of romance and gender relations in the modern age.
Published 2023; 300 pages. Of course, this is imitating Saturday Night Live, etc.
Steve has got the gun range tonight. I've got the usual.
Have a good day
Much love,
PK the Bookeemonster
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