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In honor of the publication of Paris in Love, we decided to pop up Eloisa’s review of a fabulous memoir about decadent experiences, some of which take place in Paris. Though Eloisa would like it noted that Gael Greene’s life is much more exciting than hers (Gael’s up close and personal time with Elvis is [...]
I don’t read many celebrity kiss-and-tell biographies. Frankly, as someone who doesn’t watch much TV, I’m often in the dark about who the big celebrities are, and so why would I be interested in reading about their bed-time adventures? But when it comes to big names… For example, Elvis? OK! I’ve heard of him. Insatiable: [...]
I really like reading memoirs written by women; I particularly like it if their childhood had some of the same dismal features as mine. Some of my favorites? Susan Jane Gilman’s Hypocrite in a Poofy White Dress and Betsy Lerner’s Food and Loathing: a Life Measured Out in Calories.Free Gift With Purchase describes Jean Godfrey-June’s [...]
I did a book blog on Squawk Radio about Nora Ephron’s book a short, breezy Saturday blog that talked about what a fantastically funny, wise book this is. And I still believe that. But in the months since I first read it, I have kept thinking about certain bits of advice. I tried to follow [...]
This memoir opens up with a question from one of the author’s friends, Bill: “Do you think you’re a nymphomaniac?” he asks. In case you’re wondering, no one ever asks me that. In fact, I’m pretty sure that none of my friends have been asked that recently, and that goes double for my friends who [...]
I’ve read Money, A Memoir three times. Admittedly, I do tend to re-read. There are some favorite novels that I’ve literally read to pieces. But this is the first self-help non-fiction type of book I’ve ever read quite so religiously, and I decided to do a Pillow Talk on it because I honestly feel as [...]
I read this book on a plane delayed on its way to Charleston. The plane sat on the runway, and I read one Shakespeare midterm, and then one chapter of Food and Loathing. As each bright yellow exam book was tucked away, graded, commented, student summed up, I would swoop back into Food and Loathing. [...]
When I first heard about this book, I thought it was kind of a gimmick. Someone decided to cook every recipe in Julia Child’s Mastering the Art of French Cooking in one year? And blog while she did it? Apart from the obvious questions regarding insanity, expense and the caloric count of French butter, why [...]
There are books that you fall in love with because you would have liked to have lived the author’s life. Or been her sister, or her best friend. If I tell you that the subtitle of the book is “Tales of Growing Up Groovy and Clueless,” will you know what I mean? The first line [...]
All of you out there who love historical romances… anyone forgotten Lisa Kleypas’s Derek Craven? Craven was the ultimate bad boy — and I mean bad. No prissy aristocrat, but the owner of a gambling club who knew all about crime, prostitution and generally sinful stuff (Dreaming of You, in case you’re lucky enough not [...]
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