In my previous post, I mentioned that I’d begun reading Kiss & Tango. I am only on page 56 (there are 327 pages to get through). I must say that while it’s just the “brainless fluff” I’m hoping for, it’s also mediocre.

Her writing style is very choppy and not fun to follow.

It’s kind of like when you accept a dance invitation but then once the music starts you can’t find a connection. This book is not giving me good tango.

I have issues with her grammar. I have trouble with some of her vulgarity (I find her use of the English language a little less than charming).

I really want to get through this book after reading so many mixed reviews, and I’ll try as hard as I can to get through a little more of it tomorrow, but I’m sorry - this book is just not holding my attention. I want to have an opinion of it, I really do. I can read the cheesiest of books and if it’s well-written, tell you what I liked or did not like.

I want to read this book front to back and tell you all how I feel about it, what I agree with and disagree with, but the fact is, Ms. Palmer is not a captivating writer at all. If she were, I’d be reading her book instead of writing in this blog - regardless of my opinions of her take on Buenos Aires, which so far are not in her favor either.

I don’t think I can finish this book. It’s boring.

I’ve needed some literary romantic escape for my lunch breaks, so I picked up the book “Kiss & Tango“, figuring that I may as well read a book involve something I can relate to. It’s a pretty light read. I haven’t gotten far enough into it to review it just yet, but it is pretty much what I’m looking for right now - fluff. I did enjoy something one of the characters said, which I will now share with you.

“There is a famous saying: ‘It takes only twenty minutes to learn a figure. But it takes twenty years to learn to walk.’”

I smiled when I read that. I must say, in Tango there is nothing like a good walk.