Today Will Be Different

Today Will Be Different by Maria Semple
My rating: 2 of 5 stars

I'm not even sure what to think about this book. I feel like it was all over the place & even IN the same story line, the thinking was just scattered & full of characters & details that just felt like they were taking up space.
& even the main character, Eleanor, she just got on my nerves at points.
I didnt give it a zero or 1 star because I will say, there were some things that made me laugh & chuckle, but in the end, it's just not a book I really enjoyed. It felt more like getting through to see where this was going... & in the end, to me, I'm not sure it was worth the ride.

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Eleanor knows she's a mess. But today, she will tackle the little things. She will shower and get dressed. She will have her poetry and yoga lessons after dropping off her son, Timby. She won't swear. She will initiate sex with her husband, Joe. But before she can put her modest plan into action-life happens. Today, it turns out, is the day Timby has decided to fake sick to weasel his way into his mother's company. It's also the day Joe has chosen to tell his office-but not Eleanor-that he's on vacation. Just when it seems like things can't go more awry, an encounter with a former colleague produces a graphic memoir whose dramatic tale threatens to reveal a buried family secret.

TODAY WILL BE DIFFERENT is a hilarious, heart-filled story about reinvention, sisterhood, and how sometimes it takes facing up to our former selves to truly begin living.