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Reminiscent of early modern Jennifer Cruisie: A single woman (size 18) (approaching forty) returns to her small Maine hometown to clean out her great-aunt's house, reconnects with her high school boyfriend, and runs afoul of a local antique dealer.

Reminiscent, only not as smooth or as charming as Cruisie's earlier work. The writing is filled with pointless detail, the banter isn't as fun as it should be, and it takes nearly half the book for something interesting to happen. I'm not sorry I read it—because they do put a crew together and there is a heist—but I could have bailed out early on and wouldn't have missed much. Also, while there is romance, this isn't a Romance as the ending is hand-wavy in a way that doesn't fit the genre, but even without the expectation of a happily ever after, I found it annoyingly vague about the logistics of the relationship.

Contains: death of a family member, though not much grief; brief mention of infertility; starts off extremely heterosexual but eventually throws in two queers; non-explicit m/f sex.

I Just Got a Kitten. What Do I Do?: How to Buy, Train, Understand, and Enjoy Your Kitten, by Mordecai Siegal:

Why do all these books with titles like What The Heck Do I Do With This Kitten??? insist on starting with a lengthy explanation of what cats are, how they work, and where to find them? I already have a kitten or I wouldn't have picked up this book which seemed to understand that I Just Got A Kitten.

It's a good resource if you're going to get a kitten and want advice on how to pick one and what to do once you've brought the guy home, but if you already have a kitten in hand, the last two chapters are the most relevant.

Fun Fact: The kitten on the cover of this book looks almost exactly like my kitten, though this kitten is fuzzier, and mine started out that small but has since tripled in size.