
WTF RIP🥲
WTF RIP🥲
I‘m listening to audio books in my car. It‘s an assortment as I‘m getting them for $2 from our discard library shop. Loved this one as I‘m a fan of hers, she is reading this , and she is a similar age to me. Funny at times and very reassuring that I‘m not the only daft older woman. A great listen.
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Count me in for the March #BookSpin @TheAromaofBooks ! Such a great idea! 🙌🏻These books have been begging me the most to read them. Plus I threw in a few Kindle ebooks so they wouldn‘t feel left out. 😁 Here‘s the list:
1)Word by Word
2)The Hollywood Book Club
3)Save Me the Plums
4)They Called Us Enemy
5)The Lost for Words Bookshop
6)The Girl from Yamhill
7)Jaws
8)Joy in the Morning
9)The Whole World Is Talking
10)Sand in My Bra
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So not really a book review but book related. This movie was great! I absolutely loved it, such a feel good movie. Andy Garcia and Diane Keaton are so great together. I'm jealous of their book club!
I am a little embarrassed to admit that I listened to this, and even more embarrassed that I enjoyed it. I was in the middle of some heavy books and needed something lite to fill in the gaps. Keaton, who reads with a touching vulnerability, mixes humorous anecdotes with moving moments from real life. A surprisingly personal look into the life of a real person who is also a celebrity. She is open about her flaws, her mistakes & her insecurities.
Imagine having brunch with Diane Keaton during which she shares Hollywood stories and other scattered musings. Some bits are interesting. Other bits leave you discreetly playing on your phone. It's a fun brunch. Now imagine reading a transcript of that lunch. Not as fun. This was scattered, self-indulgent, occasionally cute. I think she was trying to explore the beauty of life's ups and downs, but she lost focus. Not the worst book. Not the best.
I failed to plan ahead and select audiobooks for my road trip in advance. I ended up having to pick fro. what the library had on hand the day before I left. I listened to Why Not Me by Mindy Kaling in the way there and decided on this for the drive home. I didn't quite finish it on the drive. So far it's just OK. Diane Keaton can be pretty funny, but this feels disjointed.