Title: After Birth
Author: Elisa Albert
Rating: 2 out of 5 stars
Format: e-book
Summary: Ari had her son Walker a year ago but she still can't find her place back in the world. When a legendary rocker (who also happens to be pregnant), moves to her town in upstate New York, Ari is cautiously optimistic that she's found a new partner in crime.
Review: I wanted to like this book, I just couldn't get into it. I got it--the transition of becoming a mom and the isolation that can go along with that. Also, the feeling that this wasn't necessarily something you always wanted but once it came along it was awesome. But it just didn't hold my interest--I couldn't remember the various characters and it just seemed to meander along.
Time to write: 1:08
Showing posts with label New York. Show all posts
Showing posts with label New York. Show all posts
Thursday, December 24, 2015
Wednesday, December 23, 2015
Book review: Young Money: Inside the Hidden World of Wall Street's post-crash Recruits
Title: Young Money: Inside the Hidden World of Wall Street's post-crash Recruits
Author: Kevin Roose
Rating: 3 out of 5 stars
Summary: Wall Street. It used to be the go-to job of Ivy grads looking to make money and set themselves up for a long boring career that would make them wealthy beyond their wildest dreams. But how has the 2008 crash changed this career path and does it still hold the same appeal to today's generation getting out of college?
Review: I was intrigued by this book and the peek it provided into a world that holds no interest to me yet I'm sort of fascinated by it. What's the point of working 100 hour weeks if you can't enjoy life? I liked that some of these kids didn't buy into the hype. This world will always hold some appeal to some but it's promising to hear that it seems to have lost its luster.
Time to write: 1:56
Author: Kevin Roose
Rating: 3 out of 5 stars
Summary: Wall Street. It used to be the go-to job of Ivy grads looking to make money and set themselves up for a long boring career that would make them wealthy beyond their wildest dreams. But how has the 2008 crash changed this career path and does it still hold the same appeal to today's generation getting out of college?
Review: I was intrigued by this book and the peek it provided into a world that holds no interest to me yet I'm sort of fascinated by it. What's the point of working 100 hour weeks if you can't enjoy life? I liked that some of these kids didn't buy into the hype. This world will always hold some appeal to some but it's promising to hear that it seems to have lost its luster.
Time to write: 1:56
Monday, July 20, 2015
Book review: Friendship
Title: Friendship
Author: Emily Gould
Rating: 3 out of 5 stars
Summary: Bev and Amy have been best friends for years but as they approach 30, they're approaching a crossroads in their lives. Amy's skated by with her luck, charm and family money. Bev roams from one temp job to another, drowning in student debt. When Bev finds out she's pregnant, their friendship is put to the test.
Review: There's no way I'd ever buy all of these books that I read. I LOVE THE LIBRARY. The downside of the library is I often have to return the book before I actually review it. So I almost always have to look the book up on Amazon to help me in compiling the summary (or characters' names or plot or whatever). When I was looking up this book I noticed it had all sorts of accolades, even from the New York Times(!). And yet I only gave it three stars. Dearest blog readers: if you want NY Times-quality reviews, read the New York Times. The book's fine fine, but I wouldn't say this was the top 10 book I've read this year. Unless you're a 29 YO living in New York, in which case you'll probably like this book more than me.
Time to write: 5:22
Author: Emily Gould
Rating: 3 out of 5 stars
Summary: Bev and Amy have been best friends for years but as they approach 30, they're approaching a crossroads in their lives. Amy's skated by with her luck, charm and family money. Bev roams from one temp job to another, drowning in student debt. When Bev finds out she's pregnant, their friendship is put to the test.
Review: There's no way I'd ever buy all of these books that I read. I LOVE THE LIBRARY. The downside of the library is I often have to return the book before I actually review it. So I almost always have to look the book up on Amazon to help me in compiling the summary (or characters' names or plot or whatever). When I was looking up this book I noticed it had all sorts of accolades, even from the New York Times(!). And yet I only gave it three stars. Dearest blog readers: if you want NY Times-quality reviews, read the New York Times. The book's fine fine, but I wouldn't say this was the top 10 book I've read this year. Unless you're a 29 YO living in New York, in which case you'll probably like this book more than me.
Time to write: 5:22
Wednesday, September 17, 2014
Book review: The Race Underground
Title: The Race Underground
Author: Doug Most
Rating: 4 out of 5 stars
Summary:This book details the development of the Boston and New York Subway systems.
Review: This is a non-fiction book. I don't read many non-fiction books these days. In my mind these require more brain power. Perhaps this is true, perhaps it isn't. In this case, there were so many different characters involved, it was hard to keep track of at times. Anyway, this was a really interesting book. There were times I almost gave up--after the Boston subway was completed and New York still hadn't started their own I couldn't help but think, "so where is this going?". But in many ways the development of the New York subway was even more interesting than the Boston part. I think anybody that lives in either Boston or New York will enjoy reading about what the cities looked like back at the turn of the century.
Author: Doug Most
Rating: 4 out of 5 stars
Summary:This book details the development of the Boston and New York Subway systems.
Review: This is a non-fiction book. I don't read many non-fiction books these days. In my mind these require more brain power. Perhaps this is true, perhaps it isn't. In this case, there were so many different characters involved, it was hard to keep track of at times. Anyway, this was a really interesting book. There were times I almost gave up--after the Boston subway was completed and New York still hadn't started their own I couldn't help but think, "so where is this going?". But in many ways the development of the New York subway was even more interesting than the Boston part. I think anybody that lives in either Boston or New York will enjoy reading about what the cities looked like back at the turn of the century.
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