What’s Your Number? by Karyn Bosnak

Corgi, Sept 2011.

Delilah Darling wakes up one morning to realise that she has, without meaning to, hit the Big Twenty and she still hasn’t found The One.

“Everybody’s got a number. In fact, everyone has a few numbers. There’s the one we tell our friends, the one we tell our boyfriends, and the one, if absolutely pushed, that we tell our parents. But only we know what our true number is. Come on, you know what I mean… How many people have you slept with? Well, I was getting a little self-conscious about my number. So I decided that twenty would be my limit. No more. Not ever. But then I woke up one morning and realized that I’d accidentally reached the Big Twenty and still hadn’t found The One. Disaster! I’ve only got one option – to go on the ultimate road trip back to the beginning and revisit all those past lovers. Could I have missed the Love of My Life without realizing it? “

I read this book after I saw the film; therefore, it was a little hard to visualize anyone who wasn’t in the movie. However, I think they cast it pretty well, which assisted with the reading. Had it not been cast well, I think I would have struggled. It is the story of Delilah Darling, a girl who realizes that ‘her number’ is maybe a little higher than her peers and therefore, she decides that instead of this number getting bigger, she decides to delve back into the past and is determined to make one of her exes ‘the one.’ I liked Delilah. She was a fun character. I laughed with her and despaired at her. As I’d seen the film, I knew what was going to happen at the end pretty much but even so, I couldn’t stop reading. I didn’t loose interest in the plot, which is what usually happens when I watch the film before I read the book, which for me is always a good sign. This book was also funny. The scene with the boyfriend who likes puppets was brilliant (in my opinion,) and I have to admit, I did have a little crush on Colin (imagining Chris Evans as the character did help a little, Haha.) I read it in a couple of sessions and enjoyed it immensely. I recommend it. It’s a fun, lighthearted romantic comedy.

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Laura

I’m Laura. I started Novel Kicks in 2009. I wanted a place to post my writing as well as give other writers like me the opportunity to do the same. There is also a monthly book club, a writing room which features writing prompts, book reviews, competitions, author interviews and guest posts.

I grew up by the sea (my favourite place in the world) and I currently live in Hampshire. I am married to Chris, have a cat named Buddy and I would love to be a writer. I’m trying to write the novel I’ve talked so much about writing if only I could stop pressing delete. I’ve loved writing since creative writing classes in primary school. I have always wanted to see my teacher Miss Sayers again and thank her for the encouragement. When not trying to write the novel or writing snippets of stories on anything I can get my hands on, I love reading, dancing like a loon and singing to myself very badly. My current obsession is Once Upon a Time and I would be happy to live with magic in the enchanted forest surrounded by all those wonderful stories provided that world also included Harry Potter. I love reading chick lit. contemporary fiction and novels with mystery.