it's all coming back to me

I had requested "The Postmistress" from my local library and couldn't remember why I had chosen that book.  It had to be for a good reason.  Maybe a friend suggested it, or Oprah, or maybe it was one of those read this if you liked this?  I started it the other day and am now about 50-pages into it and am at the point of wanting to give up on it and return it to the library, unfinished.  That is a huge thing for me, I never ever give up on a book.  I feel guilty- like I could be missing out on something great.  If I ever get to that situation where I'm dreading to read the rest of a book I always find it okay to put it down for however long I need and continue it at a future date and time.  Sometimes, I have paused from books for years at a time, but I always know I will get back to it.  

I finally put my finger on how that book was added to my list of to-read.  I receive a monthly newsletter from my local bookstore, Aaron's Books, and in that I saw an advertisement for a book club meeting that was going to be discussing "The Postmistress" today and the author was going to be signing books there next week.  I figured since they are promoting this book it must have potential, right?  Now I am re-thinking the whole thing.  This book just seems not along the lines of what I typically like to read.  It reminds me of The Real Housewives for some reason.  One scene I keep going back to that bothers me is one that takes place in the local Post Office and a neighborhood lady goes there every day to catch up on the latest gossip and watch others.  I just picture a lot of old ladies with rollers in their hair and old men gathered outside chatting it up.  All that to say, I think I am going to take the dive and put the book down for good.

I finished "The Elements of Style" and have decided I need to purchase my own copy so that I can highlight and mark it up.  There are just too many points in the book to take in just one read-through.  It's the type of book that should be read at least once a year to remind you of how to talk and write.  I think the most noticeable way it's challenged me is with my text messages.  They are now complete sentences with punctuation and all that jazz.  If you receive multiple texts from me at once, that is why, they're much longer doing it that way.