Friday, April 27, 2012
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Book Rant/Rave
(I haven't done this in a while!)
I
am back to reading chick lit. For a while, I stopped reading Sophie Kinsella.
My only chick lit options were Emily Giffin—I very much enjoyed her no nonsense
protagonists and clear style of writing. She’s a very straightforward writer
and I found that lacking in most writers lately. Although yes it was chick lit,
the heroines don't necessarily get into strange situations that can obviously
be avoided. As opposed to Sophie Kinsella's heroines who can get entangled in
the most incredulous situations and get away with it.
Take
the Shopaholic series. I got the first three because I was so curious about it. That was my first chick-lit venture and splurge—all three at once with
the same edition (I am OC like that). Becky was cute at first with all her
inanities, but she never learned! I kind of gave up already; if not for Luke
(Kinsella has this way of making her male leads really amazing. Well, duh, it's
fiction). But the last three books, I gave up already! I thought it was already
over. Her other books outside the Shopaholic series - Can You Keep A Secret?
(so so), Undomestic Goddess (I liked this because we were in the same boat at
that time), Remember Me (meh) – were not that compelling. I skipped Twenties
Girl – I thought the premise was too out there. Haha!
So
while looking for a book to read one Saturday last month, I chanced upon I’ve Got Your
Number on Amazon and National. The story seemed safe enough so I bought it,
much to my surprise since I unconsciously stopped buying Sophie Kinsella books as
I was more on the lookout for Emily Giffin (I digress: Emily G is coming out
with a new book!).
The
story is about Poppy Wyatt, a physiotherapist, who loses her engagement ring
and her phone on the same day during a fire drill. She finds a phone thrown away in a rubbish bin and
decides to use it. Apparently it belongs to businessman Sam Roxton’s PA and he
wants the phone back. What ensues is a comedy of errors of how Poppy and Sam
share the phone and learn much about themselves in the process.
Haha
okay I sound like the summary on the book’s jacket. I was never good in coming
up with book summaries. Anyway, I actually got into the story and found Poppy
not as ditzy as the other heroines (I thought Becky was the worst, followed by
Can You Keep A Secret’s Emma Corrigan). She had her dubious moments like the
“Singles Ladies” bit (although I did LOL there) and SMSing Willow, but her
character definitely had more brains and heart than I thought.
And
let’s get into Sam. Oh my why does Sophie Kinsella have a way of making her
male protagonists so… perfectly flawed? He may have been brash at first, but
OMG when it came to the ending, I CRIED. Haha! Seriously.
So
yes for some brain candy, I reco this book! It may have been one of those incredulous
situations—especially the ending scenario—but the characters are relatable
enough to root for and love. Labels: rant-rave
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