What Was She Thinking: Notes on a Scandal

Zoe Heller's What Was She Thinking?: Notes on a Scandal is delightful. Shortlisted for the 2003 Booker Prize, this is a novel about female friendship, with a narrator who ends up being more interesting than the scandal she writes about. This is an extremely quick read--I read it in one day while traveling home for Christmas. It's not necessarily the most literary thing in the world, but it is carefully crafted and deft, and actually made me laugh out loud twice, which is not easy. I really recommend it for anyone who is looking for a fun read. Since I tend to overload on nonfiction of a depressing kind, this was a welcome respite.