It's your basic video shoot. The lead singer of the Tall Poppies, lime green makeup in place, wails into the camera, "I'm bent and distorted, like ...
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Jan 06, 2009
Antof9
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So I realized that sometimes it's not good to read two books in a row by the same author. Especially if you read a second or third book by them, and then go back and read their first. In this case, I have to admit, it was a little disappointing. I just LOVED Matzo Ball Heiress, and this didn't come close. It certainly had some of her style, and some funny parts, but overall, just wasn't the same quality. I'm wondering if I had read this first if I would have thought it better. OR, would I
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Nov 27, 2011
Susan
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Originally posted at http://rockread.westofmars.com
My book club read Laurie Gwen Shapiro’s The Matzo Ball Heiress. We loved it; it was a great romp through a fun story, and one most of us in my book club could relate to … in one way or another.
Then I picked up The Anglophile, her follow-up. I didn’t love it. I may not have finished it.
So what possessed me to pick up her first book, The Unexpected Salami?
Well, Matzo Ball was that good. And as a bonus, The U More...
My book club read Laurie Gwen Shapiro’s The Matzo Ball Heiress. We loved it; it was a great romp through a fun story, and one most of us in my book club could relate to … in one way or another.
Then I picked up The Anglophile, her follow-up. I didn’t love it. I may not have finished it.
So what possessed me to pick up her first book, The Unexpected Salami?
Well, Matzo Ball was that good. And as a bonus, The U More...
Oct 31, 2011
Robert
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Perhaps you DO want to see how the salami is made. Like that proverbial meat product, into which many ingredients - spicy, savory and sweet - are compressed, then sheathed into a tight, tasty morsel, this rock and roll novel is a satisfying - and at times guilty-pleasure - feast. Shapiro takes up the gauntlet of several pop fantasies at once: How far will a desperate, aging band go to get noticed? What if a forgotten punk rocker was a Zen oracle? Would my parents still love me if I brought a jun
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Apr 15, 2009
Kayleen
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I've never forgotten the title, too bad the rest of it was so forgettable.
Dec 29, 2008
Rikki
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This book was OK at best. Its like a woman/child went on a vacation to Australia and it was so profound she had to write a crappy storyline so that the world knew that she had learned some Aussie slang.
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