Book Review Time!

I am going to lump two books together today.  I recently read both of Mia King's books that chronicle the life of Deidre McIntosh: Good Things and Table Manners.  Deidre is a forty year old single woman with her own successful local television show, Live Simple.  She has a wonderful apartment which she shares with her best friend, Will.  She loves her life and would not change a thing.  Then, at the beginning of the first novel, everything changes. 

Deidre finds herself living in a shack in a tiny town called Jacob's Point, OR.  She is escaping her life in Seattle and hoping to build a new one.  The story is far from unusual.  It is even predictable in many ways.  However, it is uplifting and enjoyable to read.  The plot is even engrossing at times.  I was in the mood for light reading after tackling some pretty heavy novels lately, and these filled the bill beautifully. 

Especially if you consider the two books together, the characters are everything from heroic to hopelessly flawed.  I loved getting to know each one of them.  The second novel leaves off at a good point to finish out that segment of Deidre's story.  However, there is more that can be written.  I can't wait to see where Ms. King takes us next.