Wow. This was far better than I expected it to be. Sarah Vaughan could have taken this particular plot in many different directions. She could have gotten bogged down with the different plot lines, or taken the cooking contest too far. She could have made the stories trite or silly. She could have made the solutions and consequences simple, or easy. Instead, she created 5 different and compelling storylines that tied together, not completely, not perfectly, but satisfyingly. The Art of Baking Blind managed to make me […]
I’m embarrassed that I even read this.
*Upon posting this review I learned that this book isn’t available on amazon.com, only amazon.ca. However if any Americans are out there thinking “hey, I’d love to try a Canadian author and this one isn’t even available in the States, how cool is that?” just stop, give yourself a shake and get something from any of the millions of other amazing authors that Canada has to offer. I’ll have to check the manual but I may have to give myself ten lashes for turning people away […]
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 […]
More Poehler Please
Amy Poehler, comedienne, best friend of Tina Fey, SNL alumni, genius behind Parks and Recreation, brains behind Smart Girls at the Party, and all around general ass-kicker, wrote a book. And it’s good. In fact it’s great. I’ll avoid comparisons to Bossypants, Is Everybody Hanging Out Without Me?, and the other recent biographies written by the various funny women we’re so lucky to have in our lives, except to say that I’m so so glad to live in a time when women like Poehler, Tina Fey, Mindy Kaling […]