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Fat, Broke & Lonely No More: Your Personal Solution to Overeating, Overspending, and Looking for Love in All the Wrong Places
Victoria Moran
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Do you ever obsess about whether to order dessert, buy those pricey sandals, or be totally honest on a third date?
If so, then you are already acquainted with the fear of being fat, broke & lonely. If only we could eat less, get paid better, and be more outgoing.
Only it's not that simple. Our endless quest to be fit, flush, and partnered (no matter where we fall on the scale) inevitably makes us feel fat, broke & lonely. The symptoms are anxiety, shame, and fear, and the diagnosis is feeling miserable about ourselves. We have two choices: give up, convinced that this is just a lifelong, losing battle, or go toe-to-toe with our negative self-image and take back our lives.
Real-life anecdotes, practical strategies, and a touch of sass make this revolutionary five-step plan a must-read. First, Moran helps us discover the root of the symptoms. Then we learn how to break up with fat, broke & lonely for good. And finally, we learn how to hook up with the life of our dreams—and who doesn't want that?
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Practical and motivating.......2007-10-09
I saw Victoria speak at Vegetarian Summerfest 2007. I knew I needed to get one of her books. This was a quick read with tons of useful information. You can tell Victoria has professional and personal experience with being fat, broke and lonely. I recommend this to all my clients.
Bought it for a friend and ended up reading it myself!.......2007-10-09
I originally bought this book for a friend as a joke because she was, as the title describes, fat, broke, and lonely. But since her birthday was 2 weeks away I thought I would "browse" through it. Well, I ended up reading it, and loving it. Then went out and bought myself another one of Victoria's books, Younger By The Day. It is equally inspiring. I highly recommend her work!
Good Writing but Nothing New.......2007-09-18
Victoria Moran certainly has a way with her writing style, injecting humor and an understanding of her subject matter into the book. However, there wasn't much 'new' information in her book.
I did like how she presented the information in her book so it was a good read, but as far as picking up any new insights, well, there really weren't any.
Victoria has done it again!.......2007-09-04
Victoria Moran has done it again with this book - fantastic, wise and funny advice that actually works and is very doable. Anyone who has trouble with her bank account, love affairs, or food relationship MUST read this book and keep it by her bedside. I have been a fan of Victoria's since I read her Love Powered Diet, which I am happy to learn is being reissued. It too is a compassionate, well written book. Victoria is an amazing writer. Many self help books are written in the same way, with the same tone - but Victoria is a wordsmith so everything she puts on paper is fun to read. Thank you!
Best book on the subject.......2007-08-23
This is the absolute best book I have read on the subject. Practical, sensible, no nonsense advice.
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All the Wrong Places
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Brandy Monsoon is looking for love. Since there's never a shortage of casual playmates at the tropical resort where she works as a fitness trainer, most of the time she gets it, too.
If Brandy tires of the perpetually curious but primarily straight women, there's her best friend Tess for a friendly encounter - safe, with no strings. After all, they're just buddies.
When an all-lesbian tour group arrives for a week, Brandy is sure she'll be in paradise on earth. The guests include lesbian celebrity comic Celine Griffin, who has an obvious interest in an after-dinner Brandy. Celine and Brandy do find explosive pleasure together -- so why does Brandy feel as if that's no longer enough for happiness?
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Winning and Losing.......2007-02-02
I have read almost all of Ms. Kallmaker's work and while I was not impressed with how the main character engaged in such casual graphic sex I did appreciate the progression of the story and characters did advance; a love story emerged from the pages. The thing that saved this book for me was Ms. Kallmaker's ability to tell a story but I can't promise that I would purchase another title labeled erotica.
Really good.......2006-06-08
This is the first book I read by Kallmaker. It's a really fun, great, easy read. I thought I could relate to Brandy and even though it is a "hot" novel, it still has some good values about friendship and family. I look forward to reading other books by Kallmaker and do recommend this one.
Really steamy and unexpectedly deep.......2006-05-19
I bought this book off the shelf at the women's bookstore in Indiana while traveling, and I didn't look too close - just saw it was a Kallmaker so that was good enough for me. I was not expected so many steamy love scenes but I liked how the relationship between Brandy and the woman she secretly loved grew in unexpected ways.
I like the old Kallmaker books, more romance and longing and less sex, but I was surprised that I liked this new style pretty well too.
Erotic with a surprisingly intense story.......2006-02-07
This novel was a wonderful surprise. The book is marketed as a special line of novels "Bella After Dark' where the reader can expect a heavy erotic content (and this novel delivers wonderfully!!!). What I should have also expected (and got!) from this author was that it would come packaged in a terrific romance!
The coming of age of footloose and fancy free Brandy is a delight. Her journey is one you will read again and again. She is the sweetest of characters and her caring, affection and love for her best friend is a joy to read. The story has a total feel good ending but the road Brandy travels to get there is not easy. I loved it that the story strays from the normal upper middle class, well educated, well employed, money is no object, characters. These are real people with real joys and real sorrow.
I loved it that Brandy is confident in her sexuality. I loved it that the conflict in this erotic novel was not coming-out related angst but rather a multitude of issues: finances, casual sex vs commitment, relationships, parents, job happiness.
I don't want to give too much of the story away but Brandy does not come from a supportive background and she has had to make her own way in life. Her journey home to bring resolution to her history with her family was rough and made me sad.
Brandy is the least superficial character in fiction and the romance she eventually finds is the one you hoped she would find.
The humor laced throughout is a delight and you will not put the book down until the last satisfying page. Trust the Spotlight reviews and you won't be disappointed.
Shallow and Predictable.......2006-02-03
I so want to find lesbian fiction that A) has real lesbian characters (no heretofore straight women struggling with their sexual identity); B) has some form of conflict/tension other than coming-out related angst ("oh, why are such oogy thoughts haunting me?", "oh, what would my family/friends/colleagues/deity think?", "oh, that heretofore straight women would never want to be with me", ...); C) has characters rather deeper than a greeting card; and D) has an actual plot, complete with climax and denoument that are not predictable from page 1.
After all the good reviews, I thought I'd take a chance on this book. Sigh. It almost meets criteria A - almost all the characters are actual lesbians...except of course the lead character's objet d'amour, i.e. the foundation of the "plot" (word used loosely). Nix on B, C or D.
The sex is not entirely to my taste, but engaging enough that I finished the book. But that's all this book has to offer. Sigh.
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Dubbed one of the summer's hottest beach reads by People, Glamour, Cosmo, and the Weekend "Today" show, Tabloid Love introduces Bridget Harrison, an almost thirty-year-old Brit and rookie reporter for the New York Post. While her London friends begin to marry, Bridget chases her dream of becoming a hard-news journalist. But just as she perfects the art of interviewing strangers about ghoulish crimes, she discovers that finding a mate seems impossible in the ultimate singles city. Then Bridget lands her very own Post dating column, and half a million New Yorkers read about her weekly romantic disasters. Whether covering celebrity parties in the Hamptons or struggling to hide her inter-office crush, Bridget retains such humor and humility "you'll not only root for her, you'll wish she were your best friend." (Harper's Bazaar)
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A pleasant surprise..........2007-09-14
I had many reasons to feel wary of "Tabloid Love," not least of which that it is described as "Bridget Jones Meets 'Sex and the City.'" I mean, seriously? I know that's intended as an upsell, but it sounds like my idea of hell. But, since I knew this was a true story and I was in a exploratory mood, I bought a copy. Much to my surprise, I loved it. This is more than just an examination of dating in New York City. It's also a very entertaining look at the day-to-day life of a tabloid reporter and a rumination on the mysteries (and myths) of companionship. I enjoyed Bridget Harrison's escapades tremendously and appreciated her lack of egotism and smugness. She doesn't pretend to have all the answers like Amy Cohen (author of "The Late Bloomer's Revolution") and doesn't get bogged down in vanity like Jane Juska ("A Round Heeled Woman"). I wasn't hugely crazy about the last third of "Tabloid Love," which details a summer Harrison spends writing about the Hamptons, but overall this book was a delight. I will be recommending it to a lot of people.
Poignant and funny!.......2007-08-14
I hadn't been to New York in over 10 years until this summer when I was there on my book tour. While at Book Expo, I picked up Bridget Harrison's book, tucked it into my bag, and cracked it open on the airplane ride home. What a smart and funny read -- and a great way to recapture the New York I'd just visited! BH is a sharp and clever writer, and somehow manages to come off as resilient and fabulous in the midst of multiple dating disasters. What a pleasure to read!
AMAZiNGG.......2007-03-25
This book was amazingly funny. i absolutely loved it. i wish it was longer or she could make another one because this book is seriuosly the best ive read so far!U HAVE TO READ IT!!!!!
An Entertaining Read, At Least For A While.......2007-02-14
I enjoyed the first half of this book. It is an entertaining look at the New York dating scene. But as I progressed in Ms. Harrison's narrations of her dating successes and failures, I found myself less and less impressed with her. She is certainly not as shallow as some of the over the top characters she describes, but she is nonetheless more shallow than I had initially hoped. Her countless descriptions of her name brand outfits and how sexy she can be (the bathroom transformation on the airplane is particularly tiresome) made her unsympathetic in the end. While I recognize that this was part of the story - her failed and contrived attempts to play the New York game - it nonetheless did not make for a satisfying book. It was hard to continue reading a book about a woman in search of love who, in the end, I didn't really think had the raw material to sustain a healthy relationship. At the end of the day, we want our heroines to be sympathetic, and this one didn't deliver.
Bridget, you ignorant slut.......2007-01-21
OK, I admit this book was entertaining. However, Bridget needs to learn not to give it up quite so easily! My goodness. She should be ashamed of herself. Having said that, the book is a bit of a guilty pleasure.
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In The Hillary Trap, journalist and media personality Laura Ingraham turns a razor sharp eye on this view of Hillary and questions her status as a metaphor for the modern empowered woman. Ingraham suggests that if anything, Hillary's mix of opportunism, acquiescence, and dependency has set women back rather than leading them forward. This is the Hillary Trap.
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Take it easy.......2007-08-12
I do not like Hillary ether, But this book crosses the line of informative, on her and her politics, to an I hate Hillary rant.
Paris Hilton takes on Hillary.......2005-05-18
Let's face it the only reason this Ms. Ingram has a career is that she is sort of attractive and conservative, a combination that apparently filled a need in our Faux media universe. (Also nice to be able to trot out Laura so as to prove that the fear of women embodied in Rush's quaking "femi-nzai" doesn't entirely translate into male Star War fan level of female company.) And let's also be fair she's no worse a hack than Hannity and is at least a bit more coherent than Ann Coulter. Her book on Hillary is just plain fatiguing, throw out some carefully spun ideas that Hillary supposedly represents than trash the straw woman Laura has created. Repeat this exercise endlessly and you have this book. Even while skipping a fair bit I was beginning to crave a little Coulter lunacy to keep things from getting too drab but no such luck. Ms. Ingram, unlike Ann, actually looks good in a leopard skin mini skirt, so why not some photos of that to keep one awake? Or are we supposed to pretend this is a serious book?
Hillary is dangerous--but you already knew that........2005-01-25
As a disclaimer, let me say that I am a fan of Laura Ingraham's, but I am NOT a fan of Hillary Clinton. You might think that would translate into a rave review for this book, but it doesn't. The basic construct of each chapter is to take a liberal position, demonstrate how Hillary embodies it, and then offer a body of evidence rebutting the position and proving that Clinton is anti-democratic, anti-woman, anti-choice and anti- nearly everything else good and decent. It should be a devastating critique, but it isn't--what comes across is a loosely connected series of chapters with talking points and arguments that suggest Hillary is the personification of what's wrong with America today. And that's the problem--Ingraham would have been more persuasive if she had focused on the most egregious of Hillary's flaws instead of trying to indict Clinton on everything under the sun. Despite the fact that Ingraham litters the book with facts and data (most of which are nice tidbits for any argument you may get into with a Clintonista), it all gets monotonous very quickly and can even seem a little petty at times. All in all, it is a quick, readable political book (think "beach book") with several very good standalone chapters, but it doesn't deserve a place on the conservative bookshelf pantheon. Save that for something from Bork, Schlafly or Buckley.
Sister Sister.......2004-12-03
The Hillary Trap is a reader which exposes the failed feminist theory still being pushed by the victim fanfare of the Hillary Clan. In it are seven sections each titled with a different trap. "The sisterhood trap," "The Education Trap," "The Work Trap," etc. which are all traps utilized by Hillary and her group-thinkers to spread the disease of victimhood thinking, lesson individual responsibility and freedom, and gain more government control for "The Village," theory.
An important read for anyone who wishes to clarify the underpinnings of feminist group-thinking, victimization attitudes, or social theory concerning personal responsibility and the tacits of personal freedom.
Book is Really About the Failed Views of Elite Liberal Women.......2003-10-12
Laura Ingraham poses an interesting thesis: Hillary Clinton uses the language designed to "liberate" the masses of women in America, yet her policies are less likely to do so. For instance, low-class Sen. Hillary Clinton often speaks of a need for a "village" to raise a child, but in doing so, Ingraham points out, this means taxes must be higher, which decreases the independence of women, and places one's child in a stranger's hands--a child-care provider, which is a necessittee considering our high-tax system (reaching a federal income tax maximum of 35% as of this writing, but was 39.6% when Ingraham published her book).
Similarly, it is also true with other areas--such as self-defense. Hillary Clinton believes that women should not be able to defend themselves, and should instead, while being raped or abused, to accept their victimhood or try to call the police by dialing 9-11, which is not practicle considering police officers cannot be everywhere. Of course, in Hillary's world, this is not a problem since she has Secret Service protection and lives in an upscale neighbhorhood in New York.
The prose is not of the highest quality in this book. It seems that the writer is using the same tone that she would on her radio show, which takes away from the quality of the book. There is a difference between a spooken and written voice, and that is a major defefiency here.
Also, it is important to recognize that while Ingraham is talking about Hillary Clinton, her focus is not necessarily exclusively on her. She is criticizing elite women--those who subscribe to the views of the National Organization for Women, the university professors, female anchors at major news networks (excluding Fox News), and those who work for liberal think tanks or female Democratic Members of Congress.
Overall, it is a good book, although it does lack the quality I have experienced in other conservative books such as Ann Coulter. It lacks the superb logic, researched material, and ability to seriously call one's political opponents for what they are: usurpers of power.
-- Michael Gordon
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At a time when Americans were so riveted by questions about their place in a newly hostile world and were swearing off air travel, Elinor Burkett did not just take a trip -- she took a headlong dive into enemy territories.
Her yearlong odyssey began with her assignment as a Fulbright Professor teaching journalism in Kyrgyzstan, a faded fragment of Soviet might in the heart of Central Asia -- a place of dilapidated apartments, bizarre food, and demoralized citizens clinging to the safety of Brother Russia. She then journeyed to Afghanistan and Iraq -- where she mingled with tense Iraqis, watching the gathering storm clouds of an American-led invasion -- as well as Iran, Mongolia, Uzbekistan, China, and Vietnam.
Whether she's writing about being served goat's head in a Kyrgyz yurt, checking out bowling alleys in Baghdad, or trying to cook a chicken in a crumbling apartment, Burkett offers an eclectic series of adventures that are alternately comical, poignant, and discomfiting.
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adventurous spirit abroad.......2007-02-16
Elinor Burkett's account of her travels in Central Asia is vibrant, quirky, and fascinating. I especially admire her courage in traveling to a region not well known to most Americans, her observational powers, her attention to detail, and her ability to place her adventures in a global context. I also admire her integrity in sticking to her principles as a professor of journalism at Bishkek, Kyrgystan, and her sincere desire to inject the spirit of journalistic objectivity into her students' psyches.
As I read over the other reviews of this book, I found it hard to believe that anyone who had not acted with the same bravery in traveling to the truly exotic locations in this book would dare to express a negative opinion of two who dared do so. I believe that Elinor and her husband Dennis made a great team as they explored foreign cultures, not only in Central Asia, but as far afield as China, and reported their own colorful experiences, as well as the stories of the many people they met who are dealing with enormous adjustments from the communism of the former USSR to a free market economy, and from age-old peasant practices to the rapid technological advances of the first world. Elinor describes in great detail the painful shifts in mindset that are occurring among the young people in Kyrgystan, Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan, and Afghanistan, as well as in Iraq and Iran, and the way that they are caught between conflicting desires for the past and the future. She sheds light on their world and their natural wish to be regarded as important by America and other developed nations.
Perhaps the most compelling reason for which I appreciate this book is that Elinor succeeds in making us Americentric people aware that there are many other nations out there, many other peoples, all of whom have hopes, desires, and problems that are just as valid as ours. This book enriches our knowledge of the world. Bravo to a modern American trailblazer!
Misleading title, nonetheless leads to intriguing read.......2006-03-05
Burkett manages to squeeze in so much travel in a year as a Fullbright Professor from homebase of Kyrgyzstan, that it makes you want to pick up and follow her lead. She makes it seem, however, from the title, that she is somehow in danger or threatened when she does travel to areas of the world such as Iran, Afghanistan, and Iraq. This could be far from the case, as she realizes too that these countries, places that Americans or Westerners might not think of as travel destinations, are full of life, and filled with friendly and curious people.
She also sheds light on the country of Kyrgyzstan, a newly emerged Central Asian nation, struggling with modernization amongst the gritty aftermath of the Soviet Union. The popular "resort" area of Lake Issykul is marred by discarded industrial plants rusting in the water. Trying to find a normal chicken to cook and eat for dinner is a funny vignette. Also the different outlook on life that her students take, open her eyes, as well as the reader.
Overall an intriguing read, don't expect anything too deep, especially when she goes on assignment as a "journalist" for Elle magazine. And what exactly does her husband do when he goes with her on her Fullbright trip? She never says, except once when he tries to secure press passes... I'm not exactly sure how he can be a part of the media.
The Ugly American is alive and well........2006-02-09
If Ms. Burkett's light-weight, self-important book is an example of the type of journalism she presented to her students in Kyrgyzstan they deserve their money back. For example, she begins by describing the less than rigorous practice of religion in the country as "Muslim light." What an egregious error; she obviously needed to say "Islam light", but she - and her editors - couldn't quite find the words to do so. But why would we expect her to? After all, she's only a self-described "professor" of journalism. Faculty appointments notwithstanding, she's about as much a journalism "professor" as I am the King of Siam. Frankly, she hasn't a clue what she's talking about.
Worse, Burkett mocks and denigrates everyone and everything she encounters: she dreads the food, she loathes her hosts' formality and politeness; she even hates their buildings. And she makes herself the long-suffering heroine of every story, from being in a putative Muslim country on 9/11 , to surviving flights on ancient Soviet commercial airliners. How very, very brave.
I've seen her type before: the brash complainers who go overseas - usually at U.S. taxpayers' expense - waving their American "We're Number One" foam-rubber finger at the natives! Burkett may have traveled widely, but her attitude is strictly bush, pun intended. In short, if this book is anything to go by, she is the quintessential Ugly American - or maybe just Ugly American Light.
Unexpectedly good..........2005-07-17
I picked up this book on a whim when I saw it under the "new non-fiction" at my library. And I'm glad I did. The author, a journalist, decided to spend one year teaching "American-style journalism" in Kyrgyzstan as part of the Fulbright program. Her journey at first paints a picture of a place many of us have probably heard little about. She tells us, for example, of the struggle to find edible "non-delicacies" in a country where customarily goat brain is served to guests. The author and her husband had also planned to travel extensively around the region, but then 9/11 struck. Instead of ditching what they considered a "once in a lifetime" opportunity, they proceeded on their trip to Afghanistan. The author's encounters with the people of these countries, as well as others, including Iran, Iraq, Uzbekistan and Turkmenistan show us how very alike- and different we are. She also tries to paint a picture of how these countries view the USA, before and after the attacks of 9/11. My only gripe with this book is I felt the end, where she traveled across Russia, China, and Vietnam, seemed a bit rushed, and I wasn't ready for the story to end.
Elinor Burkett: Today's Marco Polo.......2005-05-03
Just finished Elinor Burkett's So Many Enemies, So Little Time.
I liked it a lot. It's really a Marco Polo travel diary for today. Burkett provides needed background to world events, in a lively personal style. Fun to read, and you can think about it afterwards, too. The book recounts Burkett's adventures in Kyrgystan, Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan, Afghanistan, Iraq, Russia, Burma (officially Myanmar), China, Vietnam, and Cambodia during the 2001-2002 events, when she was a Fulbright Scholar. I agree with her view that the Fulbright program is one US government initiative that really works as it was intended. She explains how her view of the world changed after her experience teaching abroad in the wake of 9/11--just the kind of growth experience Senator Fulbright wanted. Burkett has a real gift for noticing the interesting detail. Her description of the little things at her university in Bishkek--such as wandering around the hall trying to find a classroom after being kicked out for some sort of seminar--tracked pretty exactly to my experience at UWED in Tashkent (which I was pleased to see she called the Harvard of Central Asia). Burkett's observations are generally acute, the most telling ones based on her personal confrontations with age-old traditions.
Most of all, I enjoyed Burkett's Kyrgyz anecdotes, which I think reflect a certain mentality--and reality--in the region. Here's a sample:
While walking in the countryside, two Uzbeks and two Kyrgyz fell in a hole. "I'll give you a hand up," the younger Uzbek said to the older. "Then, when you're on solid ground, you can pull me up." The older man agreed, the Uzbeks freed themselves and then went on their way.
The two Kyrgyz men looked at each other grimly, and one began climbing out of the hole on his own. "Hey, you can't do that," yelled the other man, pulling on his companion's legs. "If you get out, I'll be alone and stranded."
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All the Wrong Places: Adrift in the Politics of the Pacific Rim (Traveler)
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James Fenton is the right man in the wrong place in dangerous times. This journalist, poet, and critic is almost always at the center of a revolution. Fenton was one of the last journalists in Saigon, and his reporting from the abandoned American embassy, “where the looting had just begun,” is unlike any Vietnam coverage you’ve ever read. “Some people gave me suspicious looks; I was after all the only one there with a white face—so I began to do a little looting myself . . . .Two things I could not take were reproduction of an 1873 map of Hanoi and a framed quotation by Lawrence of Arabia, which read ‘Better to let them do it imperfectly than do it perfectly yourself, for it is their country, their way, and your time is short.’”
Reporting from war-ravaged Cambodia, Fenton lived for a while in a monastery, where the monks, certain he was a CIA agent, were fixated with his bout of constipation. In “The Snap Revolution,” Fenton chronicles Corazon Aquino's assumption of power in the Philippines, from a vantage point so close “I could even tell you what perfume Imelda Marcos was wearing.” Fenton's most recent posting is Korea, where he reports, in his inimitable fashion, on the recent riots and election in that complex country on the brink of civil convulsion. All the Wrong Places is a visceral and unforgettable view from the Pacific Rim.
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A street-level view of world hot-spots of the '70s and '80s.......2006-06-04
Have to hand it to Fenton. He manages to be at the right place at the right time: on the streets of Saigon the day it fell; raiding Imelda Marcos' private quarters just after she and her husband fled the Phillipines, and making off with a monogrammed bath towel for proof. Not just about what happened, but what it felt like to be there, both to Fenton and the people around him. Subjective? Maybe. But some of things he saw and wrote about are never going to make the mainstream history books.
An entertaining read, and a good adjunct to more scholarly books about the fall of Vietnam, the end of the Marcos regime in the Phillipines, and a little-known (in the U.S.) revolt against the authoritarian regime in Korea.
Just a point of information: in the memorably humorous travel memoir "Into the Heart of Borneo," author Redmond O'Hanlon recounts his trip to the Borneo outback with his friend James Fenton -- the same James Fenton who wrote "All the Wrong Places."
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All the Wrong Places
Memphis Mathenia
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"The players may be different, but the game is still the same in Any Chocolate City, U.S.A." From the D.L. brother to the dog; from the gold-digger to the drama of the baby-mama, Memphis Mathenia depicts the issues facing African-American women and men on today's dating scene in this entertaining novel. As three women and the men in their lives play that age-old game called love, they must confront the pain of their secret pasts to cope with the unpredictable and dramatic circumstances they encounter on their quest to find love. Supporting characters gently guide their friends from outer chaos to inner peace with the knowledge that the love they seek cannot be found in people, places, or material things.
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More than a Page turn.......2007-05-31
I read this entire book in less than 24 hours. The beginning was a little slow but once it started I couldn't stop reading until I knew what happened to each and every character.
The descriptions were so vivid that I found myself pulled into the book so far that each character was like a friend. I was even moved beyond tears at the end.
It is a must read in my opinion.
Find the Right Place by author of Climb Every Obstacle.......2007-03-03
Women typically try the wrong tactics to find a man. Author, Memphis Matenia, in her debut book All the Wrong Places, validate what often desperate women will do to be with a man: betray friends, ignore instincts, justify immorality, and/or manipulate others for gain.
This well-written fictional story, that informs classic identifications with female relationship needs whether as a personal history or vicariously through knowing what your girlfriend did as she played the romance game, carries you through the seasons of love.
The reader will identify with the true message of getting to the right place and right actions to find love. This book is an enjoyable read; I sat absorbed for hours.
Buy this book. I recommend this book for all women, of all races, as a relationship therapy guide to unpack emotional baggage and find the self-choices that give them inner calm, in any season, that their ideal mate and soul purpose can be found in the "right" place.
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Love in All the Wrong Places
Frank Devlin
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Helen preys on single men on the make. Hoping always to find her perfect love, she is doomed to seek it in all the wrong places. She is intriguing, even sympathetic, but the men she chooses always end up dead.
As the number of unsolved murders increases, the San Francisco Police Department is under fire. Inspector Rose Burke-a savvy and experienced homicide detective, who is unhappy in her marriage and reluctantly pregnant-begins to see a pattern and, despite her personal problems, becomes relentless in her pursuit of the killer.
A thoughtful, psychologically acute suspense novel laced with unexpected plot twists and a shocking conclusion, Love in All the Wrong Places is nonetheless a vivid investigation of the mysteries of love and a page-turning ride through the human soul.
With this intriguing novel, Frank Devlin joins the company of superior crime writers like Dennis Lehane, whose novels reveal a deep fascination with people, their motivations, and inner turmoils.
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Different and very interesting........2005-10-18
Devlin employs an interesting style, as the two women are strong, interesting and almost equal protagonists in the story, yet opposite in their emotional core. There are a couple small holes in the plot, but the dialogue, descriptions and emotional involvement more than make up for them. The story stayed with me and left me thinking. Recommended.
A Real Gem.......2004-11-18
This is an excellent police procedural in the serial killer genre. Devlin's characterizations are strong; and the main characters, though familiar in their outlines, have enough nuances to make them individual and three dimensional.
The writing is very insightful, and Devlin's analysis of the complexities of relationships is spot on target. The antagonists are real, with such tragic bends in their psyches as to render them pitiable while at the same time revolting. The backdrop in San Francisco is a nice change from so many stories of this type set in NYC. Devlin is an excellent writer and storyteller, and I eagerly await his next novel--hoping it's a continuation of the relationship between Rose, Joshua, Seamus, and murder.
A novel that pulls no punches and tells it like it is.......2004-10-16
She's beautiful, she's sexy and she's deadly. Helen Rainey has serious problems finding love. From the time she cradled her mother in her arms as the life drained out of her, to dealing with her father as a widower, Helen craves a love real enough to take away the pains of her losses. By now, her boyfriend Jimmy no longer fills her needs. So she is on the hunt, cruising bars and singles hangouts in search of a certain kind of man. Her good looks draw guys to her, but her sharp wit weeds out the ones who can't take it. With an acerbic humor, Helen is bitterly honest. And she is tenacious. Unfortunately, so many men she meets disappoint her. And disappointing Helen can be a fatal mistake. Upsetting Jimmy can be seriously unhealthy too. But for a psycho woman searching for the perfect guy, what better fishing ground than San Francisco?
SFPD Inspector Rose Burke is called to a gruesome death scene. Some of her police cohorts are voting it a suicide, but too much evidence points to homicide. Inspector Burke has an uneasy feeling about this one, but with the workload bordering on insanity, the investigation takes a back seat to more pressing --- meaning more politically urgent --- crimes. That is, until more bodies start showing up.
Rose has her own problems at home. Her husband Seamus seems to have lost his passion for her. She desperately wants some time alone with him, but between her job and his, they simply keep growing further apart. It seems almost natural, then, for her to turn to her unattached partner, Joshua. But it may be her dead partner who really comes between Rose and her husband.
Both Helen and Rose appear to be questioning their current relationships. Despite being on opposite sides of the law, there is an undeniable parallel to the two women's lives, a certain something that leads Rose to suspect Helen. And Rose is as tenacious as Helen.
Frank Devlin gives us a suspense novel with instant gratification: great characters, quick action, and a plot that speeds the reader to the end. Full of irreverent cop humor, LOVE IN ALL THE WRONG PLACES pulls no punches and tells it like it is.
--- Reviewed by Kate Ayers
enthralling police procedural .......2004-08-20
Helen and Henry meet in a bar and after some small talk he takes her home. In the middle of the sexual encounter, Helen takes a knife and puts it through his heart. She didn't go to the bar for a pick-up; she went there to find a man who would hit on her so she could kill him. The police don't give the case very much attention figuring the woman knifed Henry because he was raping her. Not long afterward another man Helen meets in a bar gets killed in a car wash.
San Francisco Police Department Inspector Rose Burke doesn't link these two murders until a third body is discovered in Golden Gate Park with evidence from the first homicide. Rose assumes they have a serial murderer on their hands. Helen's boyfriend Jimmy is her partner in crime and helps her with some of the killings. After a thorough investigation Rose and her partner zero in on the two suspects but getting them to surrender will prove to be an impossible task.
While Rose is having marital problems and is pregnant, Helen is decompressing and the time between the need to kill a man who hits on her is growing shorter from the very beginning. Readers know Helen is a killer, and Jimmy helps her in the murders whenever she lets him. The motivation for the killings is hard to understand but that won't deter readers from finishing this enthralling police procedural thriller in one sitting. Frank Devlin doesn't need a knife to cut the heart of the reader, he just uses a word processor to make an emotional impact.
Harriet Klausner
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The Zealot in My Closet: Searching for God in All the Wrong Places.
Joshua Watson
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The Zealot in my Closet recounts the journey of one man and his search for the truth. Through his experiences in various churches and Christian faiths, Joshua Watson tries to make sense of life's big questions in this honest, insightful and humorous book. With a rare mixture of intelligence and wit, we hear stories of how people allow themselves to be bitten by rattlesnakes and why some people think that Santa Claus is evil. We are also asked to question our values and morals when they deny the rights of other people, and to consider the destructive power of religious fundamentalism. But most important of all, we are invited to think for ourselves. As difficult as all this is, Joshua Watson finds a way to navigate us through these problems by inviting us on a journey through his experiences. Along the way we are offered an example of how to open our minds, be more tolerant to others, and to not accept anything less than the truth.
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An interesting and entertaining read.......2006-06-16
What a breath of fresh air this book is. It is rare that you come across a book that is written with genuine honesty and intelligent insight. This book charts the story of the author's experiences in different Christian churches. We hear of some funnier moments, such as how Pokemon dolls are deemed evil, but we also hear of some very disturbing beliefs and practices. The ways in which children are indoctrinated to be intolerant to certain groups in society, and the animosity shown towards other religions is particularly worrying. The book is written in an unpretentious and humorous style however, and gets the balance between dealing with serious issues, while at the same time remaining entertaining and readable, just right.
The author writes from personal experience so a unique insight is offered into the inner workings of various faiths. Truth is definitely stranger than fiction here (Santa Claus is also evil for some Christians), and definitely more worrying!
I can recommend this book to anybody who has an interest in Christian fundamentalism, or who enjoys to read unusual and thought provoking books.
Must Read!.......2006-05-23
This is a revealing look at some of the little understood beliefs and practices which are common to many fundamentalist Christians in America. The humorous, down to earth tone of the author will help guide you through this world, without being overly critical of the views in question. This is a book that should be read by anyone (regardless of faith) trying to understand the dynamic of fundamentalist belief, and particularly its impact on today's youth.
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