Sammy's House
2 journalers for this copy...
On a recent trip to NYC, I found this perched on the edge of a trash can in the subway. I got SO excited, thinking it MUST be a BookCrossing book! But no; just a book a BookCrosser-at-heart had finished and left for the next person to find...
Now that I think about it, maybe I should wipe down the cover :)
Now that I think about it, maybe I should wipe down the cover :)
Now this is some very smart chick lit! In fact, it might be too smart to be called chick lit. So what is it? Just political/relational fiction? That doesn't quite cut it. This was a little bit of a mystery, a little bit of a love story, a lot about the inner workings of the West Wing, and very interesting. So interesting, in fact, that I've already put Sammy's Hill on reserve at the library!
This book is both serious and funny, and the funny is really funny. There are lots of asides that made me go back and read them again for the chuckle. I wondered if she was a speed-reader. I considered speed-reading one of the less splashy, more attainable superpowers...
I recently trimmed all my nails short -- perhaps the shortest they've been since my mom cut them for me as a child, and painted them all a purply-black color (I think it looks cuter on short nails as opposed to witch nails if they were longer). So of course, this struck me I consoled myself with a hot shower, once I managed to free the complimentary soap from its shrink-wrapped plastic, which was a remarkably dificult thing to do. Such packaging really discriminates against short-fingernailed people. We may not look as polished, but we still deserve a chance to be clean.
This book was fascinating and informative while still managing to be very entertaining. I didn't want it to end! Sammy is a charming character with enough naivete to be hopeful in the political machine, but not annoying to the reader. Her internal struggles with information and her reporter boyfriend restore my opinion of ethics in chick lit (perhaps that's why I want so badly to call this chick lit ...). And of course, I loved RG, the vice president. I know he was written that way on purpose, but I still loved him :)
This book is both serious and funny, and the funny is really funny. There are lots of asides that made me go back and read them again for the chuckle. I wondered if she was a speed-reader. I considered speed-reading one of the less splashy, more attainable superpowers...
I recently trimmed all my nails short -- perhaps the shortest they've been since my mom cut them for me as a child, and painted them all a purply-black color (I think it looks cuter on short nails as opposed to witch nails if they were longer). So of course, this struck me I consoled myself with a hot shower, once I managed to free the complimentary soap from its shrink-wrapped plastic, which was a remarkably dificult thing to do. Such packaging really discriminates against short-fingernailed people. We may not look as polished, but we still deserve a chance to be clean.
This book was fascinating and informative while still managing to be very entertaining. I didn't want it to end! Sammy is a charming character with enough naivete to be hopeful in the political machine, but not annoying to the reader. Her internal struggles with information and her reporter boyfriend restore my opinion of ethics in chick lit (perhaps that's why I want so badly to call this chick lit ...). And of course, I loved RG, the vice president. I know he was written that way on purpose, but I still loved him :)
It was o.k. - kept me going, but not very realistic or compelling. I did like Sammy's quirky character, but... no desire to read anything else in the series. Sending back to ant.
