I love to read. I always have. I haven’t made as much time for reading as I could in the past couple of months and I promised myself I would try and change that. Uninterrupted I can finish most books within two days or less, but I wasn’t able to read uninterrupted this time around. About two weeks ago I started reading the 448 page hardcover book One Fifth Avenue by Candace Bushnell, the author of the Sex And the City book.
One Fifth Avenue is set in New York. When it comes to the descriptions of the city, buildings and apartments the book is filled with terrific descriptions that allow the reader to almost see what the author is writing about. The characters are all diverse and interesting, and written very vividly. At first it wasn’t really clear to me how certain characters would tie in with one another but it all made sense in the end. Two things tie everything together for the most part, money and an apartment/coop building. One Fifth is a historic building is full of expensive apartments, one of which becomes available for sale when it’s owner dies.
Many of the characters have money. In this book the reader learns that even wealthy people don’t always have enough money for everything they want, and that money can’t buy happiness. I was pleasantly surprised to find there was some mystery in this book. I also thought it was really neat to see blogging and the internet featured so prevalently in a book. One other thing that stood out to me is that in this book Ms. Bushnell gave her characters some unique names, such as Annalisa, Schiffer, Thayer, Cem and Beetelle. I’m not sure how easy it would be to turn this book into a weekly series, but I can totally see it being made into a movie or mini series.
I don’t want to give away any more details in case you’re not finished reading it. If you don’t have this book yet, pick it up next time you’re out. I recommend it as a very enjoyable light read. It’s a great book to bring on vacation or curl up with at home on a rainy day. The book can be purchased in book stores and online from stores such as Amazon. It’s ISBN # 1401301614.
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I just finished this book too (took me about a month), and it was such a fun read. Definitely not the typical characters!