Words can't express how much I hate this book. I love the concept, I love the cover, I even liked the author (before I read this book!). Everybody seems to love it.
I HATED it!
She's annoying and pretentious and completely nuts. And possibly lying through her teeth about everything.
Here's an example. She leaves her husband of 10 years to take up with her "soulmate" with whom she has a wild affair that leads her to meet her guru. Anyway, this is a tumultuous affair where they hate each other as often as they get along. She runs away to Italy for four months and tells the soulmate not to contact her while she's away. Six months later, after no contact from the guy, she e-mails him and says: "I think we should break up". His response? "I adore you more than words can say."
BLAH! She's a big faker.
Then she went to India to live in an ashram for 4 months. I didn't even make it to the part where she gets to Indonesia to live with a medicine man or something.
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Tuesday, June 12, 2007
Little girls in pretty boxes : the making and breaking of elite gymnasts and figure skaters - by Joan Ryan
Wow! This book is an eye-opener!
It's kind of a grusome tell-all about how horrible Bela Karolyi (and all his protege coaches) is and how terrible it is for young girls to be involved in gymnastics.
The figure skating stuff is less shocking - more like how they told Nancy Kerrigan to get veneers on her teeth to get better endorsements and how Tonya Harding lost competitions because she was trashy. The gymnastics stuff is more about horrifying injury and eating disorders and all sorts of abusive treatment by coaches. I don't think I'll ever be able to watch that sport again. (not that I watched it much anyway!)
It was a total page turner but it's also a lot of stuff I wish I didn't know.
The book also killed the dream of the Olympics -- all the girls they talked to hated the experience. Mostly because their coaches wouldn't let them eat or participate in any of the fun parts.
It's kind of a grusome tell-all about how horrible Bela Karolyi (and all his protege coaches) is and how terrible it is for young girls to be involved in gymnastics.
The figure skating stuff is less shocking - more like how they told Nancy Kerrigan to get veneers on her teeth to get better endorsements and how Tonya Harding lost competitions because she was trashy. The gymnastics stuff is more about horrifying injury and eating disorders and all sorts of abusive treatment by coaches. I don't think I'll ever be able to watch that sport again. (not that I watched it much anyway!)
It was a total page turner but it's also a lot of stuff I wish I didn't know.
The book also killed the dream of the Olympics -- all the girls they talked to hated the experience. Mostly because their coaches wouldn't let them eat or participate in any of the fun parts.
Educating Esmé : diary of a teacher's first year - by Esme Codell
I got this one from Barnes & Noble's book a day calendar.
Esme sounds like an awesome teacher and the book is easy to read but I still found it a little bit self congratulatory and kind of irritating.
Still, I read it in one sitting. It's a tiny book.
Esme sounds like an awesome teacher and the book is easy to read but I still found it a little bit self congratulatory and kind of irritating.
Still, I read it in one sitting. It's a tiny book.
Review: I feel bad about my neck : and other thoughts on being a woman - By Nora Ephron
I think I'm just a tiny bit too young for this book but I still found it quite funny. It's about the hassles of growning old as a woman and still trying to look good.
It's short and easy to read and probably should have been a magazine article.
It's short and easy to read and probably should have been a magazine article.
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