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I buy all my books at Amazon as well. Always cheaper.

Read 15 pages of A Countess Below Stairs...making progress:mrgreen:

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No. They gather dust, then find their way to the trash can.

Twilight. ' nuff said.

3 books.

Beef Enchiladas

I would rather travel, too. After reading Honest Illusions by Nora Roberts, I had to go to New Orleans, and I did!

does WRITING a book count??

When the "door is open" ding goes on incessantly in your car! ( because, of course, the door is open )

Vanwa, these days I choose strictly by WOM ( word of mouth ) If no mouths are sharing, I go by captivating blurbs. Lastly, covers entice me.

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Am on page one of A Countess Below Stairs.

Welcome. Happy reading, Jessie

I was drawn to the book because I adore the film. And, I was curious about the fashion industry tell all. The book didn't disappoint. Andrea lands a job working as a junior editorial assistant to the world's most prestigious fashion editor, Miranda Priestly, editor-in-chief of RUNWAY. Though she has no interest in fashion, she takes the job because she's promised by everyone she meets with in pre-interviews that the job will open doors to her anywhere she wants in the publishing industry. What she becomes, however, is a modern day slave to a woman who is one of the most powerful women in New York City as well as the fashion industry world wide. Andrea works her butt off, literally - losing weight because no one in the industry ever eats, running around NYC doing everything for Miranda from fetching fresh Starbucks at the woman's every whim to picking up the woman's dog, dry cleaning, lunch, breakfast, whatever the woman wants. There is no end to Miranda's demands and as a reader, you find yourself tearing through pages with your mouth open that any one human being deems herself above the rest of the world so as to think the rest of the world owes her everything. Miranda's character is made more astonishing because she's based on real life VOGUE editor Anna Wintour. The comparisons in the book aren't meant to hide anything, the finger points unabashedly Wintour's way. After reading the book in its entirety, one wonders how Weisberger ever got the book published. The ugly truths revealed about Wintour via the fictional character of Miranda are shockingly unbelievable. Andrea's character ( based on Weisberger's real life year-long stint ) is a 23 year old, immature young woman you want to smack sometimes. Narcissistic as most young people today, we often wonder why she endured such a punishing year even for the doors to open into a better job. ( I'd have been out of there at the first turned up nose and 'tude from the woman myself ) Miranda's character never changes. She starts out a horrible human being and ends a horrible human being. Still, she's soooo outrageously bad, she's one of the great villains to read. Andrea's character sours. She can't help it -- she spends a year in starvation mode, surrounded by some of the most vain people in the world. Soon, she's treating everyone like peons, just like her boss Miranda. I didn't care for the end. The movie end was better. The end in the book is a disappointment but I won't say why. Let's just say that Andrea's youth and immaturity speak volumes. So what. The front row seat into the fashion industry is worth the read.

Just finished The Devil Wears Prada by Lauren Weisberger Really enjoyed it!! The first book I couldn't put down in quite some time. FINALLY.

Movie going is a favorite past time of mine as well. All time Favorites: Foul Play The Devil Wears Prada How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days The Sound of Music Rear Window The Parent Trap ( new ) Overboard The Italian Job Bourne 1,2 and 3 Most James Bond

Only if highly recommended.

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He actually LOOKs like the actor. Not bad.

Costco pizza.

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Am re-reading OUTLANDER by Diana Gabaldon.