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I hate these books, I really really do. This type of chick lit really gets on my nerves (with only one exception, and that would be Sophie Kinsella's Shopaholic Series) and I hate it that I have a weak spot for somewhat pretty covers. They are like historical romances, that I like very much, but they happen in the real world. In the modern world. And I cannot, for the sake of my brain functioning properly, really get into these types of romances because they give me ideas. Ideas that are definitely not right for my measly love life, because, let's face it, I don't even remember when was the last time I fell in love, let alone had so many screaming orgasms my vocal cords wouldn't work. So, no, these books giving me ideas that it happens just around the corner for everyone (except me) doesn't do it for me, and I like to keep my head on my neck. I just don't like these books, and frankly, this one doesn't have anything that separates it from all the others of it's genre. Living in a city, working your ass off, meeting a guy, falling for a guy, there's some type of shiz-whiz that is supposed to be like A BIG FUCKING DEAL, but everything just passes and goes back to a blissful happily-ever-after everyone expects to happen. I really think I'll stick to historical romances... Or paranormal ones...
I don't know if I would say that reading this book was an enjoyable experience. However, that doesn't mean that I didn't gain something from her perspective. Any one who enjoys a good analysis of the Protestant work ethic will appreciate her discussion of the origins of positive thought (the strongest chapter). The first chapter was painful for me to read but that is in part because she is shattering the delusion that positive thought is a curative. Given the current economic climate, maybe we should embrace the fact that life does suck sometimes!
Awesome I love this book, I look at it everyday though I've already read through it multiple times.
"Villa Incognito" is a very scatterbrained novel, involving both MIA Americans after Vietnam, and a horny little creature, and I don't think that is a bad thing. The book has a very great sense of humor and uses some very interesting and obscure pieces of folklore within it. What I learned from reading this, my first Tom Robbins novel, is that as writers we should keep our eyes pealed for interesting things to work into our writing, even if they may sometimes not make a lot of sense initially.