NUMBER: 41TITLE: The Dewey Decimal System of Love
AUTHOR: Josephine Carr
STARTED: April 23, 2005
FINISHED: April 25, 2005
PAGES: 251
GENRE: Romance
FIRST SENTENCE: Aleksi Kullio, the new conductor of the Philadelphia Philharmonic, strode onto the concert stage with quick, small steps, like a bow who hadn't learned to match his stride to the new length of his legs.
SUMMARY: [From barnesandnoble.com] Behind a french twist and sensible clothes, forty-year-old librarian Alison Sheffield hides an extravagant nature. But after last night, even her most proper attire can't disguise the signs-the pink cheeks, the extra-poufy hair, the bounce in her step.
Alison Sheffield is in love.
The heart-palpitating, nausea-inducing, silly, inexplicable, absurd and pointless kind of love found in a romance novel. And for once in her life, what Alison needs to know she can’t find in any reference book - she can only live it.
REASON FOR READING: Katie said the book reminded her of me.
THOUGHTS: I spent the first half of this book adjusting to the author's writing style. Once I got past that, this read proved to be enjoyable. Despite my relative enjoyment of the book, it felt "loose" to me. There was too much going on in too few pages. I would have liked to see Carr expand the book and give it more depth. While she does a wonderful job of describing the physical setting and appearance of things, her characterizations and plot are too rushed. She throws in a happy ending between two characters that I would have LOVED to read more about. The leading lady and her boss were very dynamic but only given a cursory position in the book.
MISCELLANEOUS: I loved the epigraphs to each chapter. I may hate the dewey decimal system itself, but it was used quite well in this book.
KEEP/SHARE/CRINGE(?): Keeping (but only because it fits my way of life)
RATING: 6/10 [Good]
CR: Petals on the River by Kathleen E. Woodiwiss
RN: The Perfect Wife by Victoria Alexander
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