Eat, Read, and Be Mommy

I’m very consistent about entering what I’m reading into Goodreads, peeps. And I may take much longer to review the books than I do reading them, but it happens eventually. Bafflingly, however, I completely missed marking Jane L. Rosen’s Nine Women, One Dress as ‘currently reading,’ which means that I have to guess completely at my start and finish dates. Sad story! On the other hand, it was a good enough book that it’s worth it.

So. As with Not If I Can Help It, I decided to listen to Nine Women, One Dress on a whim, despite it NOT being one of my dozens of audio holds. My friend Britt had recommended it, however, and I was in the mood for something new; this story of one particular little black dress–a size small of the must-have little black dress of the season–definitely fit the bill. Not all of the nine women who wear the dress are likable (and some of them barely wear it at all!), but who doesn’t love to hate the occasional awful character? Add to that the fantastic almost-90 designer of the dress (not to mention the size small in question’s hilariously awful demise), and you’ve got a thoroughly enjoyable thread of a story. It’s the dress that connects the characters, but their stories reach out and grab you, and the lovely serendipity of the end made me smile. If you’re looking for a book to make you laugh, cry a little, and smile with satisfaction this summer, don’t miss this one!

In other news, yesterday was Field Day at the elementary school, and I guilted myself onto the committee this year, so I went for the whole of it. How sitting in the shade in a camp chair and cutting hundreds of Otter Pops in half (while repeating “Yes, seconds, NO THIRDS” over and over and over and over and OVER) could leave me so ridiculously exhausted and sore I will NEVER know, but there you have it. It went well and I survived, however, and that’s what matters. Whether I’ll manage to guilt myself into it NEXT year? Well, THAT’S another matter entirely…