Thank heavens for my iPhone! I was on the train to Rome when I finished my last book and did not have another, as I did not want to lug a bunch of heavy books around with me from city to city across Italy (although I was totally willing to lug new leather handbags--priorities, you know). So thank heavens for my iPhone and the wireless in the hotel. I was able to access my Nook account and I pulled up The Avalon Ladies Scrapbooking Society and was no longer book deprived! Hooray!
I started this book over a year ago and just never finished for whatever reason, but this ended up being a good book to read while traveling. It was easy to read and to follow the plot, the characters (there are a lot) were easy to remember and hilarious, and the chapters weren't too long so it was easy to read little snippets here and there.
It doesn't take long to realize that this book had to be written in the middle of the scrapbooking craze of the late 1990's/early 2000's as everyone in the book has discovered scrapping and are making a scrapbook for every little thing. As a scrapper myself (well...sort of...I haven't made a page in years but I totally should as Emily is still waiting for me to finish her elementary school book) it was cute to remember how excited I was at first to record every little memory.
What struck me as the best aspect of this novel was how real it is. Avalon is a quaint little town with real people who have troubles, arguments, struggles and disappointments as well as miracles, celebrations, and good times. Sometimes we read to escape real life but sometimes it nice to read and to find that we are not alone in our daily life struggles and challenges. It's reassuring.
This is a great story and I am glad that I picked it up and finished it.
Happy reading, everyone!
-Dodie
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