Review: Yesterday's Weather by Anne Enright.
Sunday Salon 3/14/10: Reading with Small Fry.Review: Venetia Kelly's Traveling Show by Frank De.In My Mailbox/Mailbox Monday: March 22 2010.Giveaway - Venetia Kelly's Traveling Show by Frank.In My Mailbox/Mailbox Monday: March 29, 2010.Author Marian Keyes - Skillful Chick Lit.A New York Woman: Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis.The book does a good job of honoring friendships and the power that an artistic release can have in a person's life. There were many storylines going on at once in the novel - perhaps with a few less characters and by cutting a story line or two, the book would have rung more true for me and seemed less trite.īottom line - the is a fun, frothy novel but it is terribly predictable. I had difficulty believing how easily everything started to fit together within the storyline. For example, Star and Crafty Chloe move from being arch enemies to the closest of friends with little to explain the transition. Some of the scenes are difficult to believe and not just difficult to imagine happening in real life but difficult to imagine with what we are given with these characters. However, when I reflect on the novel in its entirety, it seems to just miss the mark. With these characters and snappy dialogue with frequent pop culture references, the book has a lot going for it. Along the way they develop a friendship - this friendship and how it supports them through a variety of challenges is endearing. The four embark on a crafting project extraordinaire in order to meet Star's father's ultimatum. Benecio, the talented teenager who hides his artistic interests from his absent parents, is actually wise beyond his years and provides steady support for the women in the group. Ofie is desperate for others approval and the mother figure for the group while Crafty Chloe is an ambitious career woman who looks around and realizes her career is all she has in her life. Star is the "Lucy"of the group and she is caught in crazy scenarios that she brings on herself but you root for her anyway. Star and her crafting friends - Ofie, Crafty Chloe and Benecio - are very likeable characters. Her father finally gives her an ultimatum requiring Star to plan and execute an event to benefit the family business - this ultimatum sets Star on a path to discover what she really wants from life.
Star, the daughter of new age parents Dori and Al, moves relatively aimlessly through life starting projects she never finishes and shirking her responsibilities as she lives rent-free at age 28 in her parents' home. Waking Up in the Land of Glitter: A Crafty Chica Novel by Kathy Cano-Murillo tells the story of Estrella (Star) Esteban's antics as she tries to redeem herself in the eyes of her parents, her boyfriend and her friends.
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