Attachments

Attachments
by Rainbow Rowell

Lincoln has started a new job that he doesn't care for.  He works nights and he is to monitor staff email.  The job was't what he thought it was going to be when he applied and interviewed to be an "internet security officer."  Certain words or phrases will make staff emails pop over to him for review to make sure staff aren't breaking company policy.

In this mix are Beth and Jennifer, who are nonstop chatting back and forth.  Lincoln soon starts reading their emails back and forth and finds them hilarious and interesting.  Instead of giving them a warning to knock it off, he continues reading the emails.  And he eventually starts to fall for Beth. 

The book was amusing, thought at the same time a bit creepy having someone's job to just read emails back and forth among staff.

 The nonstop back and forth between Beth and Jennifer made me think more of instant messaging back in the day more than emailing back and forth.  The novel was set in 1999, and I remember being on instant messenger a lot around that time.  This was before you could just send a text to someone.

I picked this book up as part of a local library's program.  They were having a special mystery book program in February, where they wrap up books, write a brief description on the outside and you check one out.