Still have nightmares from the last time I foolishly signed up for a summer reading spree......("Win an IPAD!" the library trumpeted)........
Followed all the goofy categories......(read a book with blue cover, read a banned book, read a book by a first time author, read a book published the year you were born......)
I DID ALL THAT! AND I NEVER WON THE $&^#%#&$#% IPAD! WHERE'S MY IPAD? I WANT IT....AND I WANT IT NOW!
(......resigned sigh.......)
Usually, I'm the last human on earth who gets around to reading Book Club/New York Times Bestsellers.......(proof positive: see the "Where'd You Go, Bernadette" post from a couple days ago...)
But fate took a hand, and I snagged a copy of this one before 30,000 other people got their hands on it.......
Verdict: a breath of fresh air......and about as far from the over-hyped, over-praised "Bernadette" as you can get.......
First thing to love: sharp humor........sharper than a fresh Fusion blade.......yep, you wild 'n crazy internet kids will LOL like there's no tomorrow.......
And that's exactly what this book needs, since you can tell where it's going from Page 1......lonely widow, survivor of her late husband's verbal and borderline physical abuse, meets a fellow damaged soul, a Major League pitcher suffering from the "yips"......(English Translation: he can't pitch for shit anymore.....)
Will these two sweeties find love and comfort in each other's arms? Uh......does Donald Trump lie 80 times a week?
The fun here comes from author Holmes' spicing up this tale-as-old-as-time with some of the wittiest prose you'll read all year.
Okay, I'm done describing.......otherwise you'll think you've stumbled on to a.....OH MY GOD, A BOOK CLUB???
4 stars (****)......and for all you summer reading contestants.....it qualifies as reading a book with a blue or green cover.......if they're offering an IPAD as a prize, lawyer up and make 'em cough it up!!
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