Officially Evil.

A couple months ago my sweet sister and brother-in-law gave me a book written by one of their friends. I remember my sister telling me a few weeks before, "we have a surprise for you!" and wondering what it could be. When we were finally in the same city they handed it to me and I knew why my sister was so excited. It was like she was telling me, "See you can do it too" without saying those words at all. It meant a lot. Thanks Jecca.

Since, I'm a loyal cancerian nerd I tend to have trouble starting a new book without finishing the current one first. It feels like I'm cheating. However, since I'm also an ADHD rule bender, after a few months of inner battle and impatience I usually get over the "inanimate object loyalty" thing. I finally started reading "S.M.I.L.E" and immediately took a liking to everything about it. I'm not quite finished yet so I'm not going to turn this into a review (plus that's not my style anyway), but I will say that one of the things I love most about it is the tone and how conversational the book is. Mix that with a love story and a Chicago setting, and that's it - I'm putty. 


I've had my nose in this book for a few days and then yesterday something happened. There I was following the main characters romance - their beginning, their first "love" encounter, the romantic proposal on their new yacht, their nontraditional wedding and then I put the book down. I took a look at the cover, wondered about the author and how it was a guy who wrote all this, reread the comments and brief synopsis, and then released a huge sigh of relief when I read "They seem to be set for a lifetime of happiness and prosperity until, suddenly, it all changes." 


Ummm, what's wrong with this picture? I'm officially evil. Who doesn't want to read a "happily ever after? Apparently me. Jeez, might as well call me Madusa. So there. Maybe it's the "interesting time of year" I referenced in the last post. I mean, who doesn't think those diamond commercials are annoying? ("every kiss begins with kay" stopped being clever about 2 years ago. #justsaying) 


Anywho, let me get back to this novel. I have a feeling I'm about to get to the part where things fall apart. If it makes me cry there might still be hope! 


In the meantime, check it out for yaself at www.thesmilestory.com . Did I mention homeboy is friends with the Big O? Yeah, I mean Oprah. I use "friend" loosely incase you hadn't noticed. 


I'm out. 

~A Charlie Gal