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#RedRoseSeptember I adored this semi autobiographical novel about a food writer in her third trimester of pregnancy, when she discovers her husband is having an affair. #GroundsForDivorce
#SeptemberSins What makes this book even more fabulous is the #PureAndSimple recipes that the author includes throughout the novel.
And total #BonusCoverCrush ♥️♥️♥️

I haven't read Ephron before but I really liked her spicy, irreverent humor. BUT overall I was not a fan of the characters in this book. I didn't root for the love interests and was pretty apathetic about the ending, but I still enjoyed the entertainment factor and Jewish recipes sprinkled in.

Finished reading Heartburn today. I don't think it was spectacularly amazing but Rachel's emotions resounded within me and for that I can't help but like it so much. I love well-delivered monologues of characters where they describe what and how they feel. I've always thought the more detailed the emotions, the better. I think Rachel was a good storyteller. I also listened to a bit of the audio book and Meryl Streep was wonderful.

Started reading Heartburn by Nora Ephron this week. This part in the book reminds me how very strange the human memory is. I have been realizing lately that so many things in my life seemed to be one way or the other when I had been in the moment, but in retrospect it was completely different and sometimes even more different when heard from someone else's perspective.

This is my 2nd Nora Ephron book and I liked it even more than the 1st one! It is billed as fiction but is a thinly veiled memoir, as she talks about her second husband and his infidelity in one of her other books. She‘s hilarious, vulnerable, whimsical yet also very relatable. It‘s a quick read and by the end of it, I wanted to reach through the pages and kick her cheating ass husband where the sun don‘t shine! I loved this! ❤️ 5⭐️

Well that‘s the longest it‘s ever taken me to read a thin book! This tale of a pregnant lady finding her husband has cheated was written in a overly chatty, long sentence, stream of consciousness form that did little for me. There are some great, honest and heartwarming quotes but overall I did not care for the protagonist and it all felt a bit cutesy yet aged!

#bfc update @Mitch @wanderinglynn I managed everything this week and over exceeding on active hours and books! I may get this one finished tonight - so far it‘s making me feel a bit breathless, it needs shorter sentences

Vacation planning...

This is a story about a woman who is pregnant with her second child and just found out her husband is having an affair. It was amusing at times, but it also felt pretty dated and the main character was hard to root for. I did enjoy the enter woven recipes and foodie talk. (And the narration by Meryl Streep.)

“I have made a lot of mistakes falling in love, and regretted most of them, but never the potatoes that went with them.”

This was my first Nora Ephron and I absolutely loved it. I had no idea divorce could be so funny.

Finished listening to this tonight — my first Nora Ephron. Full disclosure — the writing was great and funny, but I think Meryl Streep‘s masterful narration is what really made this work for me.

Is there anything Meryl Streep CAN‘T do?! Loved her amusing narration of this classic memoir by Nora Ephron. I didn‘t realize Nora wrote the screenplays for several of Meryl‘s memorable films, including this one, Julia & Julia and Silkwood. Perfect pairing I‘d say! I borrowed this awesome audio from #Libby and only waited 2 days. More Meryl please!

Don't read this when the weather has been cold for a thousand days, and spring feels like it will never come. It seems so depressing. Everyone in a relationship is cheating on their partner. Everyone has been married before and has been cheated on. Then they marry again and cheat. Occasionally someone cooks something tasty (there are recipes included) which seems rather random.

Meryl Streep narrates the audio version, which is one nice thing!

So for those of you following my story we filed for divorce. I'm waiting for the letter from the court saying its final. I'm depressed but I'm trying to be strong.

Disappointing read :/
I don't know why but I became rather irritated by her and thus lacked sympathy.

My first attempt at #audioknitting was unsuccessful. Today I'm bedazzling some flamingos while listening to the tagged #audiobook. #audiocrafting #winterstormreadathon

Super pleased to find this beauty on a charity shop :)
Ace condition too.

The tagged book was my least favorite mostly because of the author‘s point of view and style. It was a bit of a self novelization and ive never really read one before. They way the author discussed certain topics just made me roll my eyes p hard.
#worstreads

I found this laugh out loud funny and poignant. It's very much a product of a specific time and place (early 80s, rich New York Jews) which I guess some people might count against it but I liked (except for the occasional offhand racism)? It's an incredible strongly realized voice in a 1st person narrative. Very much in the vein of When Harry Met Sally (which I also love) but darker and less romantic. Great #audiobook performance by Meryl Streep!

"It's hard when you don't like someone a friend marries. First of all it pretty much means you have to confine your friendship to lunch. And I hate lunch. Second of all, it means that even a simple flat inquiry like 'how's Helen?' is taken amiss, since your friend always thinks that what you hope he's going to say is 'dead.'" ??

I had heard mixed reviews of this book so I wasn't sure about it, but so far I am finding it hysterically funny. Plus, Meryl Streep narrates it! #AwesomeAudiobooks

Not life changing but a good palate cleanser in between heavier reads.

I loved this story, did the audio book, enjoyed listening to Meryl Streep, does anyone know if she‘s done any other audio books?

😂😂😵

A funny but bittersweet and honest story of a marriage breakdown. The recipes sound delicious and some jokes were brilliant (some recognisable from When Harry Met Sally) but others felt dated and unpleasant more than 30 years after it was published

“I look out the window and I see the lights and the skyline and the people on the street rushing around looking for action, love, and the world‘s greatest chocolate chip cookie, and my heart does a little dance.”

Thank you SO MUCH @Cathythoughts this book was fabulous!!! I ❤️‘d it 😁It was beyond hilarious and made me believe that the author was just a girlfriend I was having coffee with ~ a definite case of #KnowingMeKnowingYou #AbbaInAugust and the cover is STUNNING❣️❣️❣️ I‘m officially obsessed with Nora Ephron ( is she related to Zac?!?!) and NOW I want to read ALL her books. Awesome birthday gift 💟 and 5 shiny stars 🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟

A cheerful pot of Earl Grey tea, views of the rising sun through large bay windows and piping hot food was just what this early Saturday morning called for. After polishing off our food in record time, we decided the luxury of comfy seats and extra hot lattes merited sticking around a little longer. We‘ve been chatting and dipping into fresh novels - I‘m starting ‘Heartburn‘ by Nora Ephron.

I saw the movie years ago and I did NOT remember reading the book, so when I saw it at the library a few days ago I grabbed it. Now I have moments when I feel I‘ve HAVE read it and moments when I think no, I‘m just remembering the movie 🎥 🍿....either way, I decided to not try to figure it out and just ENJOY it. I‘ll probably rewatch the movie tonight too 🤣

"...he cheated on me, and then got to behave as if he was the one who had been wronged because I wrote about it! I mean, it's not as if I wasn't a writer. It's not as if I hadn't often written about myself. I'd even written about him. What did he think was going to happen? That I would take a vow of silence for the first time in my life?"
#whenyouweremine #princeofjuly @vkois88 @Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks

#heatofjuly #burn
Firstly, I'd like Meryl Streep to narrate all the audiobooks!
Rachel‘s husband announces he is in love with someone else whilst she is in her third trimester (this mirrors Nora‘s own divorce). It feels like a comedy monologue more than a novel, and Nora gets laughs from what in reality must have been an awful time in her life. But as her mother taught her “Everything is copy"! I also loved the recipes woven into the story. ?

#heart #coolbooks @Linsy

#BookMail Pt3 & the last from today is another Virago Modern Classics Edition, this time it‘s a Nora Ephron story called Heartburn. While it may not be as colourful as Frost In May or The View From The Harbour, if you look closely you can see little hidden details in the pattern. And that makes 7 VMC down, 6 to go! #ViragoModernClassics #ImABookMagpie

I'm sorry @Moray_Reads, yesterday got away from me and I'm just now posting this GLORIOUS package! You totally blew me away with all your selections, and I LOVE that you went with a food theme! ( Why didn't I think of that???) Everything is absolutely perfect, and those recipe cards!!! They are so thoughtful! (More on them tomorrow!) Thank you so so so much!

(Also can I do all international swaps from now on?) #foodimentarywatson @wordslinger42

#readingwomenmonth #pinkcovers #TBR @thereadingwomen

"Is it possible to write a sidesplitting novel about the breakup of the perfect marriage? If the writer is Nora Ephron, the answer is a resounding yes. For in this inspired confection of adultery, revenge, group therapy, and pot roast, the creator of Sleepless in Seattle reminds us that comedy depends on anguish as surely as a proper gravy depends on flour and butter."

@Weaponxgirl @Andrew65

I think I liked this more listening to Meryl Streep read this than I would have if I‘d just read the book. I did laugh out loud a few times and I loved the ending! I might have to check out the movie now. 😃

#OldCoolBooks #RomanAClef

OK, it's not really old since it was published in 1983, but Nora Ephron's Heartburn, is a Roman a clef that I have on my shelves. I have the pink edition, which I like, but I think the original cover on the left is cooler.😎We read this one for my virtual foodie book club and I made a Curried Shrimp & Butternut Squah Bisque as my book-inspired dish. I was particularly happy with my 🍤❤️garnish! 🤣

5-19-18: Amidst the Royal Wedding, which was gorgeous, I finished this take on a different type of marriage. And while it was very funny as all Nora Ephron books are, it‘s still sad that marriage just doesn‘t stand the test of time all the the time. 📖👍🏼#️⃣1️⃣9️⃣

I haven't yet stuck to bailing on this book bc its so short but I really want to. I think it's because I'm not a fan of the eccentricness just for the sake of being eccentric and I am having trouble staying attached to the book. With that being said I am at least reading it at cool places since it's so small I can take it anywhere. Today it was at an awesome restaurant and bar! This drink is called Bubblebath

I just wanted more from this. Maybe my expectations were too high?

Oh hey, Meryl Streep as audiobook narrator!!!

My next audiobook is a #Litsy recommendation. This looks like a total win-win—it‘s written by Ephron, read by Meryl Streep. Bingo! 😊🌸😊

Okay😅😅😅😅

Maybe I‘m reading too many different books right now... this doesn‘t even include a graphic novel I have on the go right now, an audiobook on Hoopla, and a couple ARCs from NetGalley. 😂😅😱🖤

Starting this one tonight. ♥️

Infidelity is not my favorite topic, the characters are DEEPLY flawed, it was written in the 80s (& felt like it), & I didn‘t care at all for the gimmicky contrivance of interspersing the narrative with recipes. Still, I‘d give “Heartburn” 4/5 stars. This is the first book by Nora Ephron I‘ve read & I‘ve gotta say: I find her truly hilarious. Also, - & this should surprise *no one* - Meryl Streep does a beyond fabulous job performing the audio.

“I thought you said you wanted him back.”
“I do. But I want him back dead.”

😂💔

“Show me a woman who cries when the trees lose their leaves in Autumn, and I will show you a real asshole.”

😂😂😂