I don't remember the first Jennifer Crusie book I read, only that I didn't care for it much. After hearing soooo much hooplah over her books, I might have had exorbitant expectations and picked one that wasn't the best example of her work.

At the time, I'd tossed her off as being not my cup of tea, only to be subjected by more and more praise. She's constantly on the fan lists of readers who share my taste in books, and when I was browsing the Borders aisles the other day, I decided, What t...