The Rosie Project/Graeme Simsion/295 pgs./April Challenge

This is one of the quirkiest romances I've ever read--in a good way! Don Tillman, a genetics professor, is searching for a wife. His approach to the "Wife Project" is to have possible candidates fill out his scientifically devised 16 page survey. Enter into the picture Rosie Jarman--a doctoral candidate working for Don's friend, Gene. It turns out that Rosie is everything Don is not looking for in a wife. However, Rosie has her own project, which Don calls the "Father Project." Rosie is trying to discover her biological father, and Don decides to help her in her search. If you are familiar with Dr. Sheldon Cooper in the television show The Big Bang Theory, then you will have a good idea of Don's personality. It is strongly hinted at in the book that Don has Asperger's syndrome, which makes the book even more interesting. There is a lot of humor in the story, with an underlying lesson about how society treats what it deems "the misfits." It's a very entertaining, and highly recommended, book!