CLP Blog Tours Book Review: Identity Break by Stifyn Emrys
Stifyn Emrys is now on tour with CLP Blog Tours and Identity Break Summary: How far would you go to find yourself? Imagine everything you…
Stifyn Emrys is now on tour with CLP Blog Tours and Identity Break Summary: How far would you go to find yourself? Imagine everything you…
I received a copy of Girl Three by Tracy March in exchange for an honest review. Summary: Dr. Jessica Croft has avoided the players, the…
I received a copy of The Comedy Diva Diaries in exchange for an honest review.
Summary:
The Comedy Diva Diaries is the tale of a twenty-nine year old comedienne who gives herself an ultimatum: achieve success before her next birthday, or die trying.
Our sassy, deluded and insecure heroine endures disastrous stand-up gigs and humiliating TV commercial auditions. Her rich boyfriend, pampered pooch, flamboyant agent, dysfunctional family and back-stabbing rivals aren’t much help. On the brink of emotional collapse, Diva finds inspiration in a self help book, and makes the fateful decision to move across the continent in pursuit of the Hollywood dream.
Will Diva admit defeat? Or will she find fame and fortune before turning thirty?
Review:
This book is written in a diary-like format almost, with different entries making up the chapters. I struggled a bit with Diva. While I thought she was funny (I mean, she was a comedienne!), snarky, and at times seeming to be a bit of an air head, she could also come across quite rude, crass, and selfish. About halfway through the book I started to lose steam with her story. She didn’t seem to want to take the blame for anything going wrong in her life, she didn’t treat her boyfriend with any sort of respect, and her antics just got a bit old. I’ll point out again that I did enjoy parts of the story, but the struggle do connect with the main character was my downfall.
2.5 stars
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Publisher: Diversion Books
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I received a copy of The Blasphemy Box by Mandy Behbehani in exchange for an honest review.
Summary:
“You know that nightmare you’ve always had? The one where you wake up one day to find yourself fat, frumpy, fifty and alone? I’m living it.”
Maddy Nelson has an idyllic existence: a handsome husband, great kids, a comfortable lifestyle. One morning soon after she turns fifty, however, she wakes up in her San Francisco home to find her husband Steven announcing that he’s leaving her for a woman half her age. And a third of her size.
Ouch!
Feeling totally unmoored and grieving for her married life and husband, Maddy finds herself thrust into an unfamiliar and uncomfortable world of middle-aged singledom. There, she must come to terms with her situation and embark on her new life: divorce proceedings, single parenting, internet dating, and trying to earn a living. It’s enough to drive her over the brink.
To help her cope, she shares her struggles in a smart, wry blog named The Blasphemy Box, after her ex-husband’s obnoxious habit of having her drop a quarter into a wooden box every time she said something off color. Her madcap middle-aged adventures find her devoted readers who identify with her challenges.
In time, Maddy creates herself and finds happiness in the arms of a good man, and a fulfilling new career as a novelist.
Review:
When I saw this book involved blogging, I knew it was one for me to read. Sometimes blogs can get a bad rep, but I fully believe in them – but I have blogging now for 4 years! It’s great to create a new community, a new group of “virtual” friends, especially because they more than likely will have the same interests in you – because that’s why they found your blog in the first place! But the book isn’t just about a blog, no, it’s about why Maddy started her blog in the first place. Divorce. Ah, the ugly D-word. Maddy is fifty and has just been left by her husband of twenty years for a twenty-five year old. Ouch. With three kids, a lawsuit battle, and a bank account running dry, Maddy needs an outlet for all her anger, sadness, betrayal and rage. The Blasphemy Box (also the name of her blog) helps fulfill some needs for Maddy, and the comments she receives helps her continue to move on. I thought this was a very entertaining read, even though I didn’t have much in common with Maddy. She was easy to relate to, the blogging kept me hooked, and I think this is a great women’s read!
4 stars
I received a copy of What A Mother Knows by Leslie Lehr in exchange for an honest review. Summary: Michelle Mason can’t remember that day,…
I received a copy of Double Click by Lisa Becker in exchange for an honest review.
Summary:
Fans of the romantic hit Click: An Online Love Story will enjoy another voyeuristic dive into the lives of Renee, Shelley, Ashley, Mark and Ethan, as Double Click picks up with their lives six months later. Are Renee and Ethan soul mates? Does Mark ever go on a date? Has Shelley run out of sexual conquests in Los Angeles? Will Ashley’s judgmental nature sabotage her budding relationship? Through a marriage proposal, wedding, new baby and unexpected love twist, Double Click answers these questions and more. Readers will continue to cheer, laugh, cry and cringe following the email exploits of Renee and friends.
Review:
I was very excited once Becker got a hold of me to review Double Click, the sequel to the super-cute and enjoyable Click: An Online Love Story. I of course jumped at the chance – and not only because I knew a character was named after me thanks to a Facebook post while the story was being written. Side note – the Samantha character is a huge gossip with mismatched socks – me to a T 😉 Back to my review …I loved it! I’m actually not sure which book I loved more, but since I’m given them each a 5 star review, we’ll just call it even! It was great fun catching back up with the gang, seeing how they have changed and grown and matured (cough, Shelley!) and I whipped through this book in a day. The story is written entirely in emails, but I never felt cheated out of a “real” story or felt that anything was missing. I don’t think this style of writing can be easy, so that I love these books that much makes me enjoy them even more. I hope you can read these!
5 stars
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