I have a soft spot for the community here at Cannonball Read, and it gives me great pleasure to organize our book exchange each year. Pairing up just the right people is a fun challenge. The most awkward part? Sending my own name to someone. It doesn’t stop me though, since I love giving and receiving books. This year Ellepkay nailed it (I have always been very lucky with my gifters!). Not only did I receive a very sweet card (one is on its way […]
Hard to see much Lorelei in this one
I tried hard to separate the writing in Someday, Someday Maybe from my intense, decades-long crush on Lauren Graham. It wasn’t really hard to do, since I pretty much equate Lauren Graham with Lorelei Gilmore in my head (and maybe a little of her character in Bad Santa…) and the heroine of Someday, Someday Maybe doesn’t bear much resemblance to Lorelei. “Once again, I’ve been thwarted by the massive difference between my vision of the successful me and the me I’m currently stuck with.” Good lord, girl, we all […]
Everyone’s favourite Lorelei
As a dedicated Gilmore Girls and Parenthood fan, when I heard that Lauren Graham wrote a book I obviously had to read it. In Someday, Someday, Maybe, Graham tells the story of a young actress ready to find her break in 1995 New York. It’s easy to speculate that at least some of the book is based on the real life experiences of a young Lauren Graham trying to make it as an actress in the big city, but this is a not a biography. It is, however, a thoroughly enjoyable story […]