Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants by Ann Brashares

Between the stories about murdering maniacs I read a piece of wonderful fluff - a book for "young readers" called Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants by Ann Brashares. The book was recommended to me by a friend, and it's a story about four 16 year old girls, best friends, who for the first time ever spend their summer apart. They vow to keep in touch no matter what, and they do this by sharing a pair of jeans - magical traveling pants that against all odds fit all the four girls perfectly.

It's actually a very charming little book - all girls have different personalities and different problems, all very teen age-y but handled in a very nice way. It's a typical coming of age book with trials and tribulations, and in the end everything is (almost) back to normal, everyone just that little bit wiser. Brashares' writing style is easy, funny and witty, I love the way it made me giggle in unexpected places ("Tibby, you are crazy," Carmen said. "Those pants are in love with you. They want you for your body and your mind.").

And that's really all - a bit of a laugh, a bit a sniffle in the end and soon forgotten. Perfect fluff.

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