Early Morning Riser by Katherine Heiny is a mostly lighthearted, slow moving, slice of life book. We spend years following Jane's life, seeing small town life through her eyes.

She's an early primary school teacher and the scenes with her students always made me laugh. They reminded me of things my kids would do.

The story starts after Jane moves and falls in love with the Casanova of her town, Duncan. While the book spans several years, not a lot happens in it. And the big moments in the characters lives tend to be skipped over or mentioned only in passing. 

The characters are all a bit quirky - one friend brings (and plays) her mandolin everywhere, another can barely follow a conversation but excels at Jeopardy. Most of the side characters are reminiscent of those in Gilmore Girls. Sure they're entertaining and you can't help but get attached to them, but do people like them actually exist? 

Early Morning Riser was a feel-good, easy read. It's best described as the kind of booked you find on a 'summer reading' list. I liked it but it didn't blow me away.