Readers Block

The past several weeks I have been unable to find anything to read that brings me any sort of joy, longing, or that even sparks my interest. So tonight, I opened my cupboard that contains my TBR "pile" and reached to the very very back and pulled out 5 books. The first one that makes me want to turn to page 21 WINS!!

Here are the contenders:

The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg Larsson
Dedication by Emma Maclaughlin & Nicola Kraus
Sarah's Key by Tatiana de Rosnay
The Mermaid Chair by Sue Monk Kidd
Life of Pi by Yann Martel

All of these books have been waiting so patiently in my TBR pile. Here's hoping that I won't need to crack the cover on more than one tonight. (I'm TIRED!) Okay, I closed my eyes, and ran my finger up and down my list randomly.... and.....

The Mermaid Chair!

I don't even remember what it is about. Here we go. And.... Ugh. Didn't even get past the inside flap. (Told you I was tired.) Reaching for Dedication instead. Should be an easy read - it is by the girls who wrote The Nanny Diaries afterall.

Wait. Wait. Feeling guilty for not even reading page 1 of The Mermaid Chair. That was the deal. I was supposed to suffer out 20 pages and THEN decide. Opening to the first page, and here is the opening line:

"In the middle of my marriage, when I was above all Hugh's wife and Dee's mother, one of those unambiguous women with no desire to disturb the universe, I fell in love with a Benedictine monk."

The first 75% of that sentence could be me... and then WHAT? A Monk? Tell me more....

Page 14 now... I'm hooked. Will review when I finish! :)