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Tabloid Love: Looking for Mr. Right in All the Wrong Places, A Memoir
Dubbed one of the summer’s hottest beach reads by People, Glamour, Cosmo, and the Weekend �Today” show, Tabloid Love introduces Bridget Harrison, an almost thirty-year-old Brit and rookie reporter for the New York Post. While her London friends begin to marry, Bridget chases her dream of becoming a hard-news journalist. But just as she perfects the art of interviewing stra...more
Paperback, 400 pages
Published
June 12th 2007
by Da Capo Press
(first published January 1st 2006)
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some things you read only because you come across them for free (free!) on the street and occasionally the mood strikes for junk reading. this (obviously) echoed sex and city and she acknowledges this, but is unable to offer anything beyond or different from what carrie bradshaw offers, and fails to even achieve those occasional moments of deep familiarity and insight that, yes, can be found in sex and the city. the fact that it also capitalizes on the author being a Brit named Bridget and attem...more
Just finished this book, and I really enjoyed it. Bridget got me thinking about my life, and choices. When you read about someone trying to be brave, it makes you want to be brave too. I also found myself really relating to her. She really is sort of Carrie Bradshaw meets Bridget Jones. I love her style and voice. She's not only witty and intelligent, but really awkward, brave, adventurous, and a hot mess...all at once. The only problem with the book was the end. I wasn't ready for it to be over...more
An ok read - didn't realize this was a memoir until a few pages in (despite A MEMOIR emblazoned on the front cover - duh). Bridget moves from London to NYC in her mid-20's through the NY Post's exchange program with a sister newspaper in London. She intends to stay only for 4 months, but ends up staying longer than that.
Bridget is beset by dating troubles from page 1, but none of her tales were especially hilarious. It was entertaining in a sanitized Sex in the City sort of way, with a bit of L...more
Bridget is beset by dating troubles from page 1, but none of her tales were especially hilarious. It was entertaining in a sanitized Sex in the City sort of way, with a bit of L...more
I enjoyed reading this book. It was fun, it took me about the rough equivalent of three round trip subway journeys from Midtown to Brooklyn to finish, and it was exactly the fluffy break I was looking for between rafts of non-fiction. But that's all I'll say for it. Though non-fiction itself, the book lives up to its back cover review - it is Sex and the City meets Bridget Jones (even her name is Bridget), but it seems not to have much of the joy of either and it does have all of their cliches (...more
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I don't know. I'm just a sucker for happy endings and I guess without one, this book seemed pointless. That is why it is real life though, right? If it were fiction that last scene when Jack told her he never cared for a woman the way he cared for her would have been the moment they got back together. But no such luck in this 'memoir.' Kind of depressing, if you ask me. She tries to make it seem all victorious that she is single at the end. But after reading 300 plus pages of...more
I don't know. I'm just a sucker for happy endings and I guess without one, this book seemed pointless. That is why it is real life though, right? If it were fiction that last scene when Jack told her he never cared for a woman the way he cared for her would have been the moment they got back together. But no such luck in this 'memoir.' Kind of depressing, if you ask me. She tries to make it seem all victorious that she is single at the end. But after reading 300 plus pages of...more
I didn't hate it. And it is very much a Bridget Jones meets Sex and The City.
I embraced the ending though tended to feel the main characters antics at her job were more interesting than this alleged quest for Mr. Right.
I would question the cover's promise that it's this season's must-have beach accessory. I feel there are trashier and/or more funny books deserving of that moniker.
I embraced the ending though tended to feel the main characters antics at her job were more interesting than this alleged quest for Mr. Right.
I would question the cover's promise that it's this season's must-have beach accessory. I feel there are trashier and/or more funny books deserving of that moniker.
I've had this one on the shelf for awhile (gotta love $1 finds at the half price books store). It wasn't terrible, but it wasn't great either. Some parts were funny, but sometimes I was cringing at the things the author did. I did appreciate the fact that she could laugh at herself.
Nov 20, 2008
Sari Lynn
rated it
3 of 5 stars
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review of another edition
Recommends it for:
Fans of chick-lit & NYC
Shelves:
memoir
Memoir meets chick-lit. 20-something Brit chick goes to Manhattan to work as a reporter for the New York Post. Not great literature by any stretch of the imagination, but it was a light, fun read.
Easy read. Fun & flirty. Made me want to visit New York City. Absolutely loved this book! Recommend it to all ladies.
Sometimes when I'm missing New York, I'll read this book because it's as much about the city as it is her relationship tales.
Candace Bushnell, author of Sex and the City, calls this book "A real-life Bridget Jones meets Sex and the City". Plus its based in NYC.. the greatest city in the world.-------------------------------------------------------------------I decided to start another easy read...so far its got me giddy!-------------------------------------------------------
I struggled with sleep last night and actually finished this up at about 3am this morning. This book was an enjoyable read. The narrator ends with...more
I struggled with sleep last night and actually finished this up at about 3am this morning. This book was an enjoyable read. The narrator ends with...more
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This is a fun, frivolous read. A memoir of a British girl's troubles w/dating in NYC. I was sucked right in.
This is an easy enough book to read, but even though it's real life, it seems far too much like Bridget Jones.
You do feel for Bridget though and you do want her to succeed but it's not a gripping novel. It's pretty basic.
You do feel for Bridget though and you do want her to succeed but it's not a gripping novel. It's pretty basic.
Well written fun beach read.
LOVE THIS BOOK!!!
Aug 16, 2011
Tori
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Once again, I'm a sucker for a young New York gal making her way in the big bad city, but this time around, I barely got 50 pages in before losing interest. The writing isn't funny, smart, or insightful enough to make such a cliche story work. At best, it's mildly amusing every five pages or so.
This is a fantastic book. Not only does she do an amazing job describing her own story of being single in New York (in a Carrie Bradshaw sorta way), but she also goes into her experience during 9/11 and the way it affected the city. This book is a very quick read, and also very relate-able.
I enjoyed this memoir, it made me feel a lot better about being single in my late 20s. Though most of it is set in NYC, it's fairly universal (though maybe Boston is more similar to NYC than most would care to admit).
I would really give this book a 3 1/2. It's an easy chick-lit read. Bridget Harrison is amusing in her accounts of finding love in the big city. It's also interesting to see New York from an outsider's perspective.
Jul 10, 2007
Kelly
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3 of 5 stars
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review of another edition
Recommends it for:
Someone living and dating in NY
I really enjoyed reading about Bridget's experience in New York---she found herself in interesting situations as a reporter and as a single girl in NY. Her commentary is also funny to read.
Fantastic! Couldn't put it down, a perfect read for a lazy weekend. A cross between Sex and The City and Bridget Jones' Diary, but from what I hear it's all true.
This book was interesting and parts of it really made me laugh, but the over-all theme was really sad and the ending just seemed a bit empty.
if Bridget Jones was a real person and she lived in New York, this would be her bio. Hilarious and heart breaking at the same time.
A real-life Sex in the City! Brain candy - a cute fun read. A story we can all relate to in one way or another.
A nice, long, easy read - just realised it was a memoir even though I read it years ago- story.
i found this book pretty cheesy and predictable. if you like chicklit, then you'll like it.
Very real. It has the tendency to actually take you in that particular event. I liked it.
Lost interest just have too many other books to read. Gave it to a friend to read.
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