I've got your number

Like Jenae, I got this book from Janssen's blog. It was one of her favorites for 2012 and it was one of the only ones without a waiting list at the library. It's called "I've Got Your Number" and it's by Sophie Kinsella, who also wrote the "Confessions of a Shopaholic" series (which I never read, but heard a lot about).

It's about a girl named Poppy who is a physical therapist and is engaged to a handsome, rich intellectual named Magnus. It starts out with Poppy frantically searching for her family-heirloom emerald engagement ring. She had been passing it around between some friends at an event, when the fire alarm went off and they were separated. Each friend seems to remember someone else having it when the alarm went off, so Poppy has no choice but to give out her cell number to everyone on the hotel staff and hope someone finds it.

As Poppy goes outside to get better service, her cell phone is stolen. Now she doesn't have the phone that she told the hotel to call her on. She begins to panic, and then she sees a phone sitting in a garbage can in front of her. She grabs it, gives the new number to the hotel staff, and is about to leave when the phone rings. A man named Sam, expecting to speak to his PA, is not happy to find that Poppy has the phone, but begs for her help in stopping a businessman from leaving the hotel before he can get downstairs to talk to him. She does as he asks and then leaves, taking the phone with her.

Sam isn't going to give up on getting his company phone back, but when Poppy explains why she needs the phone, he agrees to share it as long as she immediately forwards any texts or emails meant for him. Of course, Poppy gets nosy and begins to meddle, but she also asks him for advice on things, like how to handle her brainiac in-laws who don't like her and make her feel inferior. We get to watch as their relationship unfolds and as Poppy puts herself in one awkward situation after another. 

Anyway, it's a pretty funny book and definitely a light (and girly) read. I wouldn't say it is one of my favorite books, but I enjoyed it. There is some language and a little innuendo, though, just so you know.