This was an unplanned read, but it fits the criteria for this month so, when I saw it in the store the other day I was quite excited... and now I'm once again caught up on Wendy (Corsi Staub) Markham's Slightly series. Over the years that I've been following Tracey Spadolini's rather angsty journey, I've enjoyed it immensely. Now, usually, I don't care for books where a main character just can't seem to get with the plan, but Ms. Markham has created in Tracey a very likeable person who knows her own shortcomings... but she's also a very loyal caring person. Over the years she's grown a lot, no longer second-guessing everything, needing to please everyone at her own expense. Her very good friends have always been her support; and of course Jack, now her husband of over two years, has been just what she needs. He knows Tracey and loves her as she is... the reverse is just as true, so their relationship works well. A fun and entertaining read ~ Tracey and Jack are moving up and on... and boy, I do love spending time with them! VERY HIGHLY RECOMMEND!!
RATING:
Excellence: Excellent+ ~ 4.5 stars
Steaminess: Slightly (heehee 
) Romantic
BOOK READ:
Wendy Markham; Slightly Suburban; Red Dress Ink Books; July 2008
5th in the Slightly series
FROM the BACK:
She's so over the City...
but so dreading life without takeout.
It seemed exciting at first, but after two and a half years in New York, Tracey has to admit her life...well, sucks. Sure, she makes a decent living as a copywriter, but Blaire Barnett Advertising is a cutthroat world that basically swallows her life. If she does manage to get home before nine, she's usuallly greeted by husband Jack's best bud, an almost permanent fixture in their tiny, unaffordable apartment. Add the circus freaks stomping around upstairs, and Tracey decides it's time to move.
No sooner do she and Jack take the plunge into the nearby suburbs of Westchester than Tracey loses her job. And now they're in way over their heads. Their fixer-upper is unfixable, the stay-at-home yoga moms are a bore and Tracey yearns for her old friends ~ she even misses work!
So which life does she really want? Other than Jack's wife, who is she? If Tracey merely has to find her own Slightly Suburban niche, it had better be just around the corner, because there are no subways here!
Books read in July: 13
Har / Sil ~ 5
Others ~ 8
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kalyko ~ Reading: One of life's little joys and a much needed reward!
