The Twins of Tribeca by Rachel Pine

Looking for something light to read while getting a pedicure, I picked up this silly story about a woman working in a movie studio publicity department. She leaves her job at CNN to join this crazy world / company. The only thing that resonated with me was how quickly you can let your job become your life - that workaholic nature. I didn't feel for the characters much - it was about as deep as a TV show - and not one of the high quality ones either. But it was a fun read - and I finished it quickly.

It will go in the donate / sell pile. No one I know reads that kind of stuff, so no one I would pass it on to. Fun, but forgettable.

When to give up on a book????? Affinity by Sarah Waters

When do you decide to give up on a book? There are books I actively dislike, books that made me dread picking them up. I can understand putting them in the donate / trash pile unread. But what about a book that you start reading and just don't get sucked into. One where all of your day to day problems are still foremost in your mind, even when they are only as pressing as what to pick up at the grocery store next time? A book that you think, oh I feel like reading, but then never actually bother to pick up - even after a week? It's not a bad book, just a book that hasn't captured your attention or imagination? Do you put it down and pick it up again later, hoping it is just the mood you are in? Do you persevere until you reach the end? Do you put it into the donate / trash pile?

This is the struggle I am having with Affinity by Sarah Waters - it's not a bad book, it is just a blah book. I could be my mood. It could be that I just haven't made it far enough in. I just don't know.

For now it is sitting on my bedside table, under tissue box, suduko daily calendar and collecting dust after over a week of sitting there.