Last week on our show (part 2)
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shadowedge613More Project Lit. Lust behind the cut...
"The Nanny Dairies" by Emma Mclaughlin and Nicola Kraus
Why I picked it:
I had seen the movie trailer the previous week, and had been intrigued. Also, it has a nifty cover.
What I thought:
Amazingly funny, and well written. I empathized a great deal with the main character, since I too have spent quite a bit of time taking care of children that were not mine. This is wonderful read on the perils of being a nanny, as well as a look at economic, racial, and gender privilege, wrapped in the snug fit of satire mixed with a love story. '
I am now a little nervous about the movie: there is no way it could be as good as the book. Highly recommended.
"Good in Bed" by Jennifer Weiner
Why I picked it:
The title caught my eye, and the first page, a first person narrative of finding out that one's ex-boyfriend has written about you in a national magazine with the article title of "Good in Bed." I mean, how could I resist?
What I thought:
An amazing book. I laughed and cried, and stayed up far to late two nights in a row to read this book. It is not a romance (although there is a love story), and not a coming of age story, and not humor, (although it is funny, with its deft use of stereotypes: successful but unsatisfied main character, wastrel pothead boyfriend, lesbian mother,); I define it by what it is not because it is so hard to describe.
I cannot recommend too little.
"The Nanny Dairies" by Emma Mclaughlin and Nicola Kraus
Why I picked it:
I had seen the movie trailer the previous week, and had been intrigued. Also, it has a nifty cover.
What I thought:
Amazingly funny, and well written. I empathized a great deal with the main character, since I too have spent quite a bit of time taking care of children that were not mine. This is wonderful read on the perils of being a nanny, as well as a look at economic, racial, and gender privilege, wrapped in the snug fit of satire mixed with a love story. '
I am now a little nervous about the movie: there is no way it could be as good as the book. Highly recommended.
"Good in Bed" by Jennifer Weiner
Why I picked it:
The title caught my eye, and the first page, a first person narrative of finding out that one's ex-boyfriend has written about you in a national magazine with the article title of "Good in Bed." I mean, how could I resist?
What I thought:
An amazing book. I laughed and cried, and stayed up far to late two nights in a row to read this book. It is not a romance (although there is a love story), and not a coming of age story, and not humor, (although it is funny, with its deft use of stereotypes: successful but unsatisfied main character, wastrel pothead boyfriend, lesbian mother,); I define it by what it is not because it is so hard to describe.
I cannot recommend too little.
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I liked Nanny Diaries too.
Date: 2007-07-24 05:41 pm (UTC)Haven't read either of those Jennifer Weiner books but I really liked...
Date: 2007-07-25 12:15 pm (UTC)Hehe
Date: 2007-07-25 10:38 pm (UTC)Wish you'd told me you were reading it!
Re: Hehe
Date: 2007-07-26 09:31 pm (UTC)and if I let you know every book that I was reading... well I kinda am now, arn't I?