Wednesday, March 26, 2008
Off the Record

Sure I was tired, but the book became more and more interesting towards the middle and before I knew it I had read 150 page to finish the book. It didn't start out as intriguing, but I definitely got caught up in this fine piece of chic lit.

Off the Record: A Novel, by Jennifer O'Connell, is about a girl named Jane who kind of played the "plain jane" role her whole life. Now a lawyer, living on her own and just meandering through life. Until her brother Andy calls her and tells her she is "Janey 245."

A rock star had written a song about Jane. He is someone she knew when she was a kid, but they hadn't seen each other since the 6th grade. But for one reason or another her pig tails and spirited ways had inspired a hit single. Or so Andy convinced her to think...

Sure it might be cool, but when you're trying to become a partner in a law firm you don't really want rock star attention. Except she suddenly found herself signing autographs and appearing on the Letterman show to reunite with Teddy Rock, formerly Theo from her childhood neighborhood.

Of course you can imagine a possible love story here, but Jane and Janey might as well have been two different people. Janey was wild, Jane was not. And let's face it, Janey would have been a great match for Teddy, but Jane...not so much.

To throw another male into the mix, a new person began working at Jane's firm. Drew. Drew had a reputation, which was based on fiction we find out, but Jane was immediately put off and treated Drew a bit unfairly.

The story also includes two of Jane's best friends; Nat and Liv. There are girl moments of what should she wear on Letterman, there were professional moments when Jane and Drew worked on a case together and of course there were anxious moments for Jane the entire time.

The book was great. An easy and entertaining read. I'd give it 3.5 stars only because it was awfully predictable and the editors did a bad job at catching typos. Otherwise it's fantastical!

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