I skim-read the beginning on amazon's free preview. The writing style works for me and clever can be entertaining. As much as I prefer character-centered stories, I am not the sort of who needs to like characters in order to get into a story, which probably means that I my level of enjoyment is not heavily swayed by a character's sympathy factor. (FWIW, I tend to have no feelings or, worse, cringing-feelings toward many fan-favorites.)

Once my brain unwinds into vacation mode (hopefully by the end of today? please??), I will be ready to dig into some fiction for the first time in THREE MONTHS. ._.

I need my brain to slip into vacation mode. Two weeks (16 days, counting weekends) can slip away too quickly, especially since this is a staycation that is already half-filled up with things.