My second book this year - which I thought was going to be my first - is The Arctic Curry Club by Dani Redd. I think I picked this up in the supermarket (or else from a Waterstones "featured" table), because I can rarely resist a book set in the Arctic - and sure enough, this one made me homesick for my long-ago-home in Alaska! It wasn't at all what I was expecting - a chunk of the book near the beginning was actually set in India, but most of it was set in Longyearbyen on Svarlbard (Norway). It also looks a much more chick-lit-y book than it is - it's not about a girl trying to get a boy, it's really about someone dealing with issues of anxiety and memory loss (there just happen to be some boys in the story, really!) Apart from being set in the beautiful Arctic, it's a nice easy read with characters that interest me. There's a wee stereotyped moment towards the end, but it mostly felt pretty fresh and interesting. Also the food sounds delish... *g*
