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I recently read I Feel Bad About My Neck: And Other Thoughts on Being a Woman and thought it was very humorous. So when I saw this book on display at our local library, I thought it would be another fun, quick read. I enjoyed this book and it was certainly a quick read, but it wasn't nearly as refreshingly witty and candidly self-deprecating as the first book. Somehow it seemed darker and more bitter.
I liked that she included her simple recipe for ricotta pancakes (see below) and yummy-sounding ...more
I liked that she included her simple recipe for ricotta pancakes (see below) and yummy-sounding ...more
I love and value Nora Ephron as a cultural figure. This book, however, has some pretty dumb essays in it. There's one about meatloaf and another about online Scrabble. There's also a lot of name-dropping - interesting anecdotes, yes, but not great storytelling. I read at least one of these essays before inThe anew Yorker, anyway, and it was probably the best of the bunch. This had the feeling of being hastily thrown together to sell to moms for the holidays, (Which is indeed how my mom came to b
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Funny in parts but not what I normally read. It's a very fast read read it in one day.
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3.25
A quick, fairly enjoyable read with a few laugh out loud moments, and two sad last pages.
A quick, fairly enjoyable read with a few laugh out loud moments, and two sad last pages.
3.5 really.
Dec 18, 2010
Beth
marked it as to-read
Jan 21, 2013
Janet Morris
marked it as to-read
Sep 26, 2014
akaellen
marked it as to-read
Dec 12, 2022
Gina
marked it as to-read
