A Mini-Book Review During a Free Period

Last day subbing - in the middle of my last free period, then 2 classes and a study hall before I'm out to drop some stuff off at home and then pack more.

I got some books from the library yesterday - 2 fiction, 1 nonfic. Nonfic was a book I've been wanting to read for awhile - Finding Darwin's God by Kenneth Miller. It's an excellent book by all accounts, written by a scientist and how he reconciled evolution and religion. I am really looking forward to digging into that one.

Can't remember the name of one of the fictions I picked up - but it seems to be fusing science and religion (Judaism, specifically Mysticism) into an adventure/mystery type of book. It looks good.

And then there's this one...how to meet cute boys by Deanna Kizis (lack of capitalization in the title is deliberate). I started it before the NyQuil kicked in last night, got about half an hour in and brought it with me to read during the day today. I finished it about 20minutes ago. Damn, that means I have to somehow keep myself occupied for the next 3 periods without anything to read with me. The book is 251 pages...I read fast but this was way lighter than even I was expecting.

cute boys is a "chick read." By this I mean it's basically your literary version of Glamour. Normally I don't like books like this AT ALL. I'll pick them up and get bored with the whining about relationships and skip to the end find out how it ends and then walk away. This book actually had potential - it was funny, well written, seemed to be poking fun at the very magazines it topically represents (Cosmo, Lucky, etc). If you're looking for a light summer read, you could do worse.

It earns bonus points just for a witty characterization of the all feared "Peter Pan Complex." Also, it makes mad fun of the ridiculous social customs of hip Los Angelos - ie the Beverly Hills crowd. It's also interspersed with "articles" and quizzes from the faux fashion magazine "Filly" which the main character, lovingly named Benjamina Franklin, writes for.

So the short version? Didn't hate it, acutally liked it, not a waste of 2 hours, great for light beach reading or "I'm bored and need to get my mind off of me for a little bit" reading.