Books 2014 - Attachments by Rainbow Rowell

[byslantedlight]

It's 1999 and the internet is still a novelty. At a newspaper office, two colleagues, Beth and Jennifer, e-mail back and forth, discussing their lives in hilarious detail, from love troubles to family dramas. And Lincoln, a shy IT guy responsible for monitoring e-mails, spends his hours reading every exchange. At first their email offers a welcome diversion, but the more he reads, the more he finds himself falling for one of them. By the time Lincoln realises just how head-over-heels he is, it's too late to introduce himself. After a series of close encounters, Lincoln eventually decides he must follow his heart... and find out if there is such a thing as love at first sight.

I quite often feel like a relatively light read - I spend most of my days reading fairly heavy academic stuff - and Rainbow Rowell (as I may have mentioned before *g*) is an author who writes the kind of fabulous light stuff that actually says more than it claims to, as well as making you feel completely at home with the people in the story. You end up thinking about things as you read, and in the best possible way. Yet again - highly recommended. *g*

Comments

[miwahni.livejournal.com]

Another one to add to my list which is already sagging under its own weight *g*.

[byslantedlight.livejournal.com]

Hee - I know what you mean... *g*

[caffyolay.livejournal.com]

Now I think my library has this - somewhere in Devon anyway - so when I've got my library pile down a bit I shall reserve it. You could say I'm newly converted to Rainbow Rowell. :-)

[byslantedlight.livejournal.com]

Oh, excellent news - both things! *vb*