Oh, the beauty of picking up a book you know nothing about and discovering a new world, a new way to approach a story and a new take on the guy gets girl love story.

I was hooked as soon as I realised I was following the story of somebody placed possibly quite high on the autistic spectrum (I'm no expert!) who was as socially awkward as he was blunt and as oblivious to social "norms" as he was determined in his many different projects. There are moments of great tenderness in The Rosie Project but I'd be lying if I said that it wasn't the laugh-out-loud moments caused by the way Don sees the world that kept me fascinated and made me a fan. Not only did it challenge my own understanding of society and the way we interact (or don't!) with one another but it also opened my mind to so many other ways to tell a story and play around with first person narratives.

A must-read for anyone looking for something different.