THE NANNY DIARIES by Emma McLaughlin and Nicola Kraus

Genre: ChickLitISBN: 0312291639Place of Purchase: Sam’s ClubReading Began: June 2003Completed Reading: June 2003
Overall rating: Eight out of ten
Recommendation to others: Hilarious, outrageous, and superior work of ChickLit. I cannot recommend it enough to girlfriends and anyone who’s ever been used as a doormat.
Why I chose to read this book: I worked as a nanny, once [...]

Summer Film Series – Vol 1, No. 6: HULK

June 29, 2003 at Cinemark in Sherman, Texas

I came to this film fully prepared. My friend Nate had schooled me on the character’s comic origins, and I had familiarity of my own from the 70s series starring Bill Bixby and Lou Ferrigno. I knew to watch for nods to the fans, I knew to keep [...]

THE ART OF TRAVEL by Alain de Botton

Genre: TravelISBN: 0375420827Place of Purchase: library loan (update: not one soul has checked this book out since I did in 2003. Quite sad, actually)Reading Began: June 18, 2003Completed Reading: June 25, 2003
Overall rating: Six out of ten
Recommendation to others: Literary balm for wanderlust, though you certainly must be ready to think about your travels. It’s [...]

Summer Film Series – Vol 1, No. 5: THE ITALIAN JOB

THE QUALITY OF LIFE REPORT by Meghan Daum

Genre: FictionISBN: 0670032131Place of Purchase: library loan (and the first to check it, which has never happened before or since and is generally very, very cool!)Reading Began: June 6, 2003Completed Reading: June 11, 2003
Overall rating: Six out of ten
Recommendation to others: Enjoyable chicklit with quite a few crazy caricatured characters.
Why I chose to read this [...]

Summer Film Series – Vol 1, No. 4: FINDING NEMO

CAUSE CELEB by Helen Fielding

Genre: FictionISBN: 0330332694Place of Purchase: library loanReading Began: May 2003Completed Reading: May 2003
Overall rating: Seven out of ten
Recommendation to others: For anyone with a heart for relief work and a strong sense of wanderlust as well as a healthy sense of humor about the absurdity of celebrity.
Why I chose to read this book: I wandered [...]