Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason by Helen Fielding

I picked this up on tape at the library to have something to listen to on my drive to Charlotte. But I couldn't wait until then, and I listened to almost the whole thing yesterday! While I mopped the kitchen floor and weeded and ate lunch and planted celosis(?) and moved the daylilies that were crowded and ate dinner and just hung out on the front porch.

This, of course, is not a children's book, what with the colorful language, drinking, smoking, and discussions of shagging. And I can't really explain my fascination. Alan can't stand it, because he hates the characters and feels that they fully deserve all the pain they go through. But he rented the movie for me, so I was interested in hearing the book.

I guess I'm a little more sympathetic to Bridget's problems than Alan, although she competes with the comic strip character Cathy for her obsessions with her body and overanalyzing relationships. I do share her appreciation for Colin Firth in Pride and Prejudice, although I'm not as obsessed with the wet shirt scene. Anyway, I always like a romance, and having seen the movie, I have Colin Firth in my mind for the Mark Darcy character. And he's really such a sweet character...sigh.

Well, I think this post wins for being the most stream of consciousness, a.k.a. disorganized.