Book 10: Almost a Crime

Finished: Gave up on February 15
Pages: I got to page 427

I read more than half, I think that makes it count considering more than half is 400 pages.
If I had to read about one more meeting, or working lunch, or phone conversation about fundraisers and sponsorship, I thought that I was going to die. I should have kept track, because there is no way that I am going back through this stupid book to find out how many I read about. Any time that Octavia complained about being a bad mother, all I could think was "Yes, you are a bad mother. What's wrong with you?" I saw through the affair very quickly, and was disappointed by the trite-ness of it. I mean, the best friend? Really? I think it would have been much better if it had been the best friend's mother, or something like that.
I skipped to the end, I'm not ashamed to admit it, and reading the last 20 pages, I didn't recognize half the characters, and I found that to be rather unfortunate considering the number of characters who had already been introduced.
I think that with good editing this book could have been entertaining, but there was too much extraneous and Dickensonian information that it would never hold my attention.

Good Reading,
Caitlin