10. Under Gemini - Rosamunde Pilcher

Oddly enough I got this book from my grandparents - I am not sure if the 3 books they gave me at Easter were a gift or merely things they thought I would enjoy after our discussion of Maeve Binchy but they came for dinner and I left with 3 books and that was that.

This was a nice break from the books I have been reading lately. All of which I have loved and enjoyed, but I had gotten myself into a rut of books that were long and complicated and full of theory and taking me For Freaking Ever to get through. And for whatever reason I seem to be the kind of person that likes to finish one book before I start another - sometimes with more textbooky types I can take a break in the middle and read something short and then come back, but for the most part I like the continuity of finishing what I have started and mulling it over and then moving on. I guess that way I don't have characters or ideas from one book on my mind when I am trying to absorb a new set of characters or ideas.

Under Gemini was an uncomplicated distraction. From the blurb on the back I already felt like I knew the general path the book was going to take me down - there would be a bit of mystery, a bit of romance, a bit of mistaken identity and then everyone would live happily ever after. And sometimes that is just what is needed - a story you know the outline of if not the exact people and words that will be involved. I didn't fall particularly in love with any of the characters but I didn't hate them either - they could have been anyone, anywhere and the story would have been the same.

This is exactly the kind of book I used to live off of as a teenager. A story that is comforting in its' predictability and in its' happily ever after.