After finishing Garden Spells I was interested in finding out what happened to the family in the book so I read the sequel. Again — it was fine. Nothing lofty. Kept me interested.

(Enough to read another book by the author…)

I don’t remember how I came to find this book. I think it was available on the Libby app from the library and it sounded interesting.

It was fine. Not high literature, but I am too distracted these days for anything more lofty then chick-lit it seems.

I certainly liked it enough to read more of the author’s books.

After reading Where’d You go Bernadette? and loving it I looked for more books by Maria Semple. I found Today Will Be Different at the library and started reading it. I loved it too. The protagonist makes lists. I make lists. My mom made lists. The protagonist has a few more issues than I do, making it a fun book instead of a self-study.

My daughter didn’t like this book, but that’s okay. She and I don’t always have to agree on books.

Hopefully I will get to meet Maria Semple next September when she’s at the Olympia book festival.