Funny story on how I came to read this book. I remember seeing this book on the $1 'for sale' table at the public library years ago and my first reaction was to pass on it. At the moment I began to look for something more "scholarly", this image of an episode from the 90s TV comedy, "A Different World" popped into my head. It was the episode where, Mrs. Claire Huxtable was telling Kim Reese during a career training fair to "read books with absolutely no literary value" in order to relax. So I took her advice and got this book. The irony of deferring to a television show in order to help with a book buying decision is another topic for another time. Notwithstanding, this was THE first book that I have ever read in that contemporary genre and I must admit, I was shocked at just how much I enjoyed it.