Today Will Be Different, (Paperback)

from startwithgivens

I have been in somewhat of a reading rut and this book certainly helped. I was hooked from the beginning and I had a really difficult time getting myself to put it down. I'm currently finding myself wanting a little bit more, but I also loved how the story developed and felt like I was really par...

from whybehave2002

I really have fun reading Maria Semple's novels. They are the ramblings of an overloaded mind which in today's society any one of us can relate to. This book is just the day in the life of an over worked mom. Sometimes our minds have a will of their own...

from Rdra1962

Another fun fast read from Semple. Her "heroines" always crack me up - I love their snarky view of everyone else, their sense of losing control while trying to keep all the balls in the air. Supposedly Julia Roberts is producing and starring in the upcoming movie, should be fun to see how it comp...

from nivramkoorb

This book had ended up on some lists and was advertised as funny so I gave it a try. Semple is very clever and the book was funny but in a sitcom sort of way. It was a good diversion from some of the heavier stuff that I read. It takes a day in the life of Eleanor Floor who is an upper middle cla...

from nbmars

The author had a hard act to follow after her terrific first book Where'd You Go, Bernadette, and at first, I thought she might rise to the occasion. This book has a great start, with Semple's satirical humor describing the narrator Eleanor's state of mind, in which she vows this day (as you can ...