Thoughts 
The Rosie Project by Graeme Simsion, Simon & Schuster 2013, 304 pages
Why? Because it was touted as being a pretty entertaining read and I managed to catch a $1.99 Kindle Book Sale…
First Sentence: “I may have found a solution to the Wife Problem.”
What’s it ABOUT? A college professor who likely could be diagnosed as having Asperger’s Syndrome for his awkward social interaction skills and highly regimented order of thinking decides to create a survey tool to find himself a suitable companion aka “wife”. His boss who is a good friend decides to have a little fun and sends him a possible candidate who obviously 1) is NOT suitable and 2) wouldn’t take the survey if she knew about it. She comes to the prof with a project of her own.
Of course, assumptions happen. Mayhem ensues.
What’s GOOD: Such fun! The characters you want to root for are well-drawn and never let you down. The cads and scalliwags are believable, as well. Despite what one might call a formulaic* structure, it stays fresh and delightful and surprising.
What’s NOT so good: Um… It all seemed to work for me.
FINAL THOUGHTS: I enjoyed it immensely.
RATING: Five slices of pie.
Other REVIEWS: Chocolates & Croissants blog calls it ADORABLE, quoting Ti at Book Chatter “it’s a gem!”, and here’s a thoroughly descriptive and enjoyable review at Write Meg!
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* RomCom formula: boy and girl totally unworkable and at odds, end up falling in love.
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It was a lot of fun. I am reading another one now that is fun too, but also a little sad if you think about it too much, Where’d You Go Bernadette?”
Oh, I loved Bernadette – another fun awesome funny smart book.
I loved this one too – I listened to it on audio.
Booking Mama loved this too and was nice enough to share her copy with me. I can’t wait to read it!
I got this book, too. Hopefully I will get to it soon and enjoy it!
I bought this when it was on sale for Kindle, too! I haven’t read it yet, but I’m looking forward to it.
The kindle version was still $1.99 last time I checked…
Awesome!
I’ve heard a lot of good things about The Rosie Project — I’ll have to give it a try soon!
I bought this one when it was on super sale because it sounded like fun. I’m glad you liked it!
I couldn’t resist the $1.99 price tag on this one recently myself but haven’t had time to get to it yet. Can’t wait!
I just got this one from the library for my mom to read.
I keep seeing this one reviewed and it sounds like such a fun entertaining read – also reminds me of that movie wasn’t Eddie Murphy in it and played a professor? ack! I can’t think of the name of it ~ but it was hilarious as well!
Yay! I just got this on my Kindle, and I’m so glad that so many people seem to love it. Not sure when I will actually get around to reading it, but I’m sure I will enjoy it when I do 🙂
I bought this one when it was on sale, too. LOVED it!! Good use of $1.99 (plus tax).