I Remember Nothing (and Other Reflections)
2 journalers for this copy...
One of many books that I recently acquired for the purposes of sharing it with others. I snagged this from a Little Free Library because I just recently listened to the Audiobook of it (read by the author) and was telling Melydia how good it was. I found a copy of I Feel Bad About My Neck in a Little Free Library earlier this week and picked it up for her. Now I found this one in hardcover and I thought she would enjoy it, since modern cars = no CD player and she cannot enjoy the audiobook.
My review of the audiobook:
My brief relationship with this charming audiobook could possibly, in the hands of a talented writer such as Nora Eprhon, be turned into a lovely anecdote or a funny scene in a movie. But I am not Nora Ephron. I found this book in a local Little Free Library and knew I had to snap it up. I drove to the beach this morning (Memorial Day 2022), thinking I was clever enough to beat the traffic. And there was no traffic on the way there. But it took me an hour to go the 1.1 miles from the off-ramp to the entrance to the park. And then it was so crowded that I did not get out of the car. But I had Nora and her funny stories to keep me company all the way there and then back home again. So it was not a wasted morning.
I will now spend some time with Wikipedia learning a little more about Nora's life, desptie her comments in this book that Wikepedia will tell me nothing in depth and some things will be inaccurate. I was intrigued by her relationship with Lillian Helman. I was charmed by her stories of being a journalist -- or trying to be -- in the early 1960s. I was touched by her issues with her memory. And her relationship with the D word and the O word. And the 25 things list was mostly true and a little confusing (was Cary Grant Jewish or not?)
My review of the audiobook:
My brief relationship with this charming audiobook could possibly, in the hands of a talented writer such as Nora Eprhon, be turned into a lovely anecdote or a funny scene in a movie. But I am not Nora Ephron. I found this book in a local Little Free Library and knew I had to snap it up. I drove to the beach this morning (Memorial Day 2022), thinking I was clever enough to beat the traffic. And there was no traffic on the way there. But it took me an hour to go the 1.1 miles from the off-ramp to the entrance to the park. And then it was so crowded that I did not get out of the car. But I had Nora and her funny stories to keep me company all the way there and then back home again. So it was not a wasted morning.
I will now spend some time with Wikipedia learning a little more about Nora's life, desptie her comments in this book that Wikepedia will tell me nothing in depth and some things will be inaccurate. I was intrigued by her relationship with Lillian Helman. I was charmed by her stories of being a journalist -- or trying to be -- in the early 1960s. I was touched by her issues with her memory. And her relationship with the D word and the O word. And the 25 things list was mostly true and a little confusing (was Cary Grant Jewish or not?)
Journal Entry 2 by 
6of8
at BC-DC Meetup in -- Mail or by hand-rings, RABCK, meetings, etc, Virginia USA on Sunday, June 19, 2022
6of8 at BC-DC Meetup in -- Mail or by hand-rings, RABCK, meetings, etc, Virginia USA on Sunday, June 19, 2022
Released 1 yr ago (6/19/2022 UTC) at BC-DC Meetup in -- Mail or by hand-rings, RABCK, meetings, etc, Virginia USA
WILD RELEASE NOTES:
Two copies of this book are going to today's meet-up, one in print and one on audio (CD). Hopefully it works for someone.
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Any future reader or recipient of this book is encouraged to leave a journal entry here on the BookCrossing site to let prior readers know the fate of the book. You can make an anonymous entry without joining the BookCrossing movement, but if you are interested in joining, it is a free and spam-free community where your contact information is not shared with others. Best of all, members receive private messages via e-mail from books like this one when those books are journaled, allowing for long-term relationships between books and readers.
My dear friend 6of8 gave this to me because I'd been wanting to read more stuff by this author. Thanks!
