Book Chat vol. 3

I am more than halfway through my book list, and I have added two upon the recommendation of a good friend. Here's a quick summary of what I completed so far - forgive the briefness (is that a word?), but with reading them all - and not having the energy (read=lazy) to review them all, it is what it is...

Are you there vodka? It's me, Chelsea by Chelsea Handler - what can I say, I idolize this woman! She is funny, and straightforward, albeit a bit of a hot mess! Read it!

Waiter rant : thanks for the tip--confessions of a cynical waiter by the Anonymous Waiter... What can I say, I really thought this would be more of a "we spit in your food and put pubes in your salad" kind of book. To say I was disappointed would be a lie, but I do think it is a bit misleading... I wanted the juicy stuff! But, having worked in the restaurant biz for close to 6 years, I understood and related with the story being told. I looked at the book as more of a psychoanalysis of people who work in "the biz." Not necessarily a tell all, but a memoir analyzing the anonymous waiter (who really isn't that anonymous anymore!). If you don't want to get the book, read the blog... it is the same.

sTORI telling by Tori Spelling with Hilary Liftin. Seriously, it is Tori Spelling's life story. While I did get sucked into her drama, it has very little on 90210, and she plugs her made for TV career like it is her job... Oh wait... If you like her, read the book - if not... why bother.

1 dead in attic : after Katrina by Chris Rose. Again, the obsession surfaces. This is a great book to get a real look into the people that survived "the monster" or "that thing that happened in fall of 05" and the repercussion of the storm on the city. Chris Rose is a writer for the Times Picayune NOLA newspaper. This book is a collection of essays, editorials, and journals written by him, for the not only the people of NO, but for the country. While he and his family evacuated from the storm, this story is told in parts from the time they evacuate to one year later and than some. He returned to the city weeks after Katrina, and experienced the devastation first hand, and than tried to paint a picture so all could have some insight into that crazy time. The book reads as something no one should have to go through... his stories are from the front lines, and from the heart. Read it.

That is all I have for now, more to come as I receive more books...

Here's the update.


MAH's Fall Reading List

Notes from the mothership : the naked invisibles / by Adrienne Zurub.

The night of the gun : a reporter investigates the darkest story of his life, his own / David Carr.

Heart like water : surviving Katrina and life in its disaster zone / Joshua Clark.

Look me in the eye : my life with Asperger's / John Elder Robison.

Too Fat to Fish / Artie Lang and Anthony Bozza

The Innocent Man / John Grisham


COMPLETED READING:
Are you there vodka? It's me, Chelsea / Chelsea Handler.

Waiter rant : thanks for the tip--confessions of a cynical waiter / The Waiter [i.e., Steve Dublanic

sTORI telling / Tori Spelling with Hilary Liftin.

1 dead in attic : after Katrina / Chris Rose.

Love the one you're with / Emily Giffin.

My horizontal life : a collection of one-night stands / Handler, Chelsea.

Babylon rolling / Amanda Boyden.

Pretty little dirty : a novel / Amanda Boyden.

Not just the levees broke : my story during and after Hurricane Katrina / Phyllis Montana-Leblanc


ON HOLD (books I could not get into at the time I received them from the library, so they will be stay in a holding pattern until/if I get to them)

Mean girls grown up : adult women who are still queen bees, middle bees, and afraid-to-bees / Cheryl Dellasega.

One Fifth Avenue / Candace Bushnell.

The glass castle : a memoir / Jeannette Walls.

Sex and the city / Candace Bushnell.

Trading up / Candace Bushnell.

Whacked / Jules Asner.

Happy Reading!