The Marriage Diaries by Rebecca Campbell

Well, it's a new year and I just spent $140 on books. I think we are off to a good start.

The book I chose to start with (I guess this cold is good for something) was The Marriage Diaries by Rebecca Campbell. This book is a journal by a husband and wife. Not to say they are co-authoring the journal. Actually, the wife, Celeste, discovers her husband's journal and begins her own counter journal, so to speak.

Sean (Celeste's husband) is a stay-at-home-Dad and Celeste is a high fashion something or other. Each of them don't realize that they are just a tad unhappy with how things are going until there is the opportunity for an affair staring them in the face.

Perception is reality. You hear it on TV, you see it played out in movies and, of course, you read about it in books. I may have said this same thing in other book reviews. However, it is a common thing in life. You can not escape it. What Celeste perceives is her husband-who no longer thinks of her "all the time". She perceives a husband who has a keen interest in a playgroup mother. Her reality is her marriage is falling apart. She uses it as her own excuse to stray. Only to realize that her perception is NOT reality. She loves her husband. Perhaps it's her who is not holding up her end of the bargain.

This book is well written. The characters are brutally real. It's a good start to 2007.