The Marriage Plot by Jeffrey Eugenides

He didn't disappoint.

It was a great read.

It was a bit weird to read the book whilst all the hype of his book tour and appearances was going on

but it's a good story and I felt like I knew the characters early on.

I went to a reading he did at the Toronto Reference Library last Monday.

I have to say that I don't always want to meet authors I love
because I get a little....

starstruck.

I usually get quite nervous

and try to say something witty and interesting

but end up babbling ridiculously.

A bit like a teenager meeting Corey Hart for the first time.
(or maybe I should use Justin Bieber as a reference?
 I've never heard his music and I don't really get the sideswiped hair thing
but beauty is in the eye of the beholder I suppose.

On the plus side - he read really well

(sometimes they aren't good readers. They don't have the flair for the dramatic, so to speak.

I'm thinking specifically of Mordecai Richler.

I saw him read from Barney's Version when it was first published and he was awful.)

I love it when the voice they use sounds like the one I hear in my head when I'm reading a book.

You may think it's my own voice I hear - but it isn't.

You may also think I'm a little crazy.

That's not untrue but I'm not completely off my nut, I assure you.

The point is, he was a lovely guy.

Well spoken.  Funny.

Very enjoyable.

I would endorse any of his books.

My favorite was Middlesex but Virgin Suicides is also very good.

Marriage Plot is an easy read.

It's not easy subject matter -

depression, religion, college

but it flows.

And besides, he kind of looks like a pirate.
How can you not love him?