Just out of college, with aspirations to be a writer, Andrea lands an ill-defined job as assistant to the editor of RUNWAY magazine--Miranda Priestly (rhymes with beastly). Soon Andrea is so caught up with Miranda's outrageous errands (pick up her dog, her car, her just-so lunch) and the world of fashion that she neglects her boyfriend and her needy roommate. Rachel Leigh Cook reads this first-person nightmare at a rapid pace, capturing Andrea's naïveté and skewering the city weirdos she encounters. But it's her performance of the insipid and demanding “boss from hell” that will stick with you. Eventually Andrea tells the devil off but not before you've had a highly entertaining listen. J.B.G. © AudioFile 2003, Portland, Maine
July means beach reads! And this month, some of your favorites, including Danielle Steel, Jane Green, and Lauren Weisberger, are back with beach bag–worthy fare. Dave Eggers explores the wilds of Alaska, and the angst that leads a recent divorcee to plot a great escape. Master of thrillers Liane Moriarty returns with a puzzle of a […]
The adage “truth is stranger than fiction” fits celebrity gossip to a T. But if you’ve ever wanted to know the real story behind the sparkly photos and salacious headlines that fill the tabloids, the closest you’ll probably get is through one of these six juicy novels. The layered depictions are so plausible you’ll feel as […]
The newest, much anticipated super-show debuted on CBS last night. It’s maybe not for everyone, but for me, Supergirl may well be the antidote to superhero fatigue. Whenever it seems like everything possible has been done with costumed heroes on the screen, a show like this comes along as a reminder of the genre’s flexibility. I’m going to […]
Weddings (and murder!) take center stage this month, along with intriguing family dramas starring modern Muslim Americans and Native Americans. Fates and Furies author Lauren Groff is back with a collection of short stories, and sequels to I Don’t Know How She Does It, Beartown, and The Devil Wears Prada bridge the gap between Lowcountry beach reads and juicy, heart-clenching tales […]
Coming up with the title to a work is hard (except for New York Post headline writers), which makes for a convenient loophole in copyright law: Titles can’t be copyrighted. So, yes, there can be a Hemingway book titled For Whom the Bell Tolls (the title itself is an allusion to a John Donne poem), […]