Commencement

It rained all weekend, so I finished this book in less than 48 hours. Definitely chick lit, definitely light reading, but a satisfying way to spend a rainy weekend just the same. J. Courtney Sullivan tells the story of four housemates from Smith College, as they start their adult lives and deal with all the stuff that entails.

The women are likable enough - though I didn't really care for April. But I don't think I was necessarily supposed to, and that may speak to the quality of Sullivan's writing. I enjoyed Sullivan's descriptions of the lifestyle and traditions at Smith. I went to an all-girls high school, so I have some idea of the weirdness of an all-female environment, but what she described at Smith was beyond any of my experiences (you may infer from that whatever you like).

She tosses in a mystery near the end, and I admit that I figured it out pretty easily, but it was still a nice plot twist. Overall, I thought it was a nice book. Perfect for the beach, or a plane, or a rainy weekend in March.