In the book, Janie is dealing with an ex-boyfriend who can’t seem to let go, a crazy criminal younger sister named Jem, a new man named Quinn, and her best friends/ knitters. But whenever she over thinks something or calls an emergency meeting with her knitting group, where she doesn’t actually knit, you can’t help but say, “Same, girl… Same.” Except, I do knit because why not – never actually made anything, but I’ve started many a scarf and sock. She’s crazy smart, knows something about practically everything, has a killer shoe collection, and is so hilariously awkward it hurts.

Part of the reason why I connected with this book was the fact that the main character, Janie Morris, was exactly like that. Strange facts and questions are my domain, part of the struggle of National Geographic being your favorite magazine *le sigh* ( ELLE and Nylon are tied for my second favorite, just in case you were wondering). How many of us can honestly say that we’ve come across someone we find attractive in the face and knew all the right things to say? Definitely not I, Lord knows that my brain doesn’t function properly and my weird comes out in full force at all the wrong times. I found this book a few months ago during a snowstorm and laughed the entire time. This week’s book is “Neanderthal Seeks Human” by Penny Reid and it’s the first book in the Knitting in the City series.

This week I bring you a pretty relatable, pretty realistic, pretty witty book – did you see what I did there? Well, relatable for those who would consider themselves awkward (me), smart (me), and have an interest in weird and sometimes useless facts (me times a million).

Neanderthal Seeks Human by Penny Reid