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I received this book free for an honest review.
The thing is, I really expected to like this. I'm unmarried (though not single), have no children, and I love to travel. I thought it would be funny and that it would be more about being independent, that the author would at least be an interesting person.
She's pretty much not any of those things or at least she doesn't come across that way in her book. Instead it's just a long account of self indulgence and sex with lots of men in other countries ...more
The thing is, I really expected to like this. I'm unmarried (though not single), have no children, and I love to travel. I thought it would be funny and that it would be more about being independent, that the author would at least be an interesting person.
She's pretty much not any of those things or at least she doesn't come across that way in her book. Instead it's just a long account of self indulgence and sex with lots of men in other countries ...more
I read this in two days. It is the first book I've finished in about 5 months, or so it feels. Very funny and great.
I identified with it in ways I found irritating and not flattering to myself. It also said truths I did not like regarding my own peter panita living and/or the reality that the good ones are hard to find when you are creaking into your late thirties, etc., which has almost pierced my denial! Whatever, it is already pierced. She did make me want to travel, particularly to Israel. ...more
I identified with it in ways I found irritating and not flattering to myself. It also said truths I did not like regarding my own peter panita living and/or the reality that the good ones are hard to find when you are creaking into your late thirties, etc., which has almost pierced my denial! Whatever, it is already pierced. She did make me want to travel, particularly to Israel. ...more
This was a different kind of travel memoir - a combo of a travelogue and something by Chelsea Handler. The author is hilarious and is delightful frank about her experiences abroad. I learned a lot of fun words and was given permission/forgiveness for my own travel shenanigans. Fun read.
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