The Rosie Project by Graeme Simsion

I love when friends pass along good book recommendations. Graeme Simsion's The Rosie Project was a lot of fun and aided in my continued procrastination this holiday season.

Don Tillman is a lovable but socially awkward professor of genetics in Australia who lives an orderly, routine, logical, evidence-based life. Because Don is lonely, he decides to create "The Wife Project" to help him find a partner. Being a scientist, he approaches this project the only way he knows how: Don identifies all characteristics he would expect in a compatible partner and creates a questionnaire that would have a high statistical probability of identifying Ms. Right. What Don doesn't expect is to be drawn to someone who demonstrates a high probability of incompatibility.

Speaking of incompatibility, Don meets Rosie and abandons "The Wife Project" because Rosie needs help with her "Father Project." Suddenly Don's life is turned upside down and he's not sure if he can fit flexibility, change and disorder into his life. But after some time with Rosie, he's willing to give it a try.

The characters are quirky but lovable, the plot moves quickly, and Don's social inadequacies are endearing. This is a fun read that is highly recommended. ~Enjoy~