Given by a friend to register and release. Whilst this isn't my copy, I did read this last year, so here is my review from then:

The Rosie Project by Graeme Simision - Very Good

I'd forgotten I'd got this lurking on my Kindle. Then Pauline read and reviewed it, I was at my Dad's having read a book and two short stories and I thought 'Ah Ha'!

So glad I did.

Our main character is Professor Don Tillman, a geneticist that seems oblivious of his own place on the autistic spectrum. Middle aged, he embarks upon 'The Wife Project' devising a fiendish questionaire for any prospective date to fill in prior to him agreeing to spend any time with them. Funnily enough, this doesn't go down too well with the ladies he passes it to.

His close (only) friends and mentors are Gene and Claudia - a colleague and his wife. Claudia coaches Don on how to react in given situations and Gene... well Gene is a womaniser on a global scale (he wants to bed a woman from every country and has a map board and pins to keep tally of his progress). Having failed to find anyone to date, Don tasks Gene with finding someone who fits the questionaire for him....

One day Gene sends Rosie to see Don. It's actually to settle a bet, but Don thinks it is a successful applicant from the questionaire. He is astounded that she fails on so many levels and is totally unsuitable according to his meticulous questions, but he also finds himself intrigued by her situation - when her mother died she discovered that the man she thought was her father.. isn't. And so 'The Father Project' is born.

Nicely written and just the right side of humourous without actually poking fun at autistic people. Some of the situations they end up in are down right funny. Of course, we all know how it will end, but can't be quite sure of the path to that ending. Lovely book.

Oh and for fans of The Big Bang Theory - you can see Sheldon Cooper in a lot of the story. For IT Geeks like me, you can probably see everyone you ever worked with encapsulated in there too. Loved the book, delighted that I have the next one on the shelf awaiting my attention. I just hope it's as good.

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Bringing to Old Gang Meetup

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Picked up at the Old Gang Meetup.

This is an easy read and has its moments of comedy even if the love story is a bit obvious. I started off thinking Don Tillman had autism or Asperger’s and immediately thought of The Curious Incident of the dog in the Night Time, which I didn’t enjoy. However when he was preparing for a lecture in Asperger’s Syndrome he said he had no knowledge of autism spectrum disorders but later mentioned many adults on the autistic spectrum are undiagnosed (like himself). I got into the book very quickly, it is a good story, funny in parts but it sadly flagged at the end and felt a bit rushed.

I laughed at some of the situations Don got himself into and sympathised with him on an equal number of times regarding his so called anti-social behaviour. I believe every reader will see some part of themselves in Don's personality, I certainly did. Plus, I loved his understatement “Does fucked up mean not exactly normal?”

Passing this to Poodlesister who was looking for it for someone else.

My sister-in-law could do with some fun reading so I’m going to give this to her.

Giving to my sister-in-law

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