Fried Eggs with Chopsticks: One Woman's Hilarious Adventure into a Country and a Culture Not Her Own10 reviews Polly Evans Delta, 2006 An honest account of independent Chinese travel! + Wacky! A good laugh, great airplane reading. There's many a fool who would criticize this book for TELLING THE TRUTH! If ever a book rang true, it's this woman's account of trying to get around China independently, without prior planning. I know it all to be true because I foolishly tried it myself. Yes, I and a Finn bumbled our rocky way ...             Julie and Julia: My Year of Cooking Dangerously63 reviews Julie Powell Back Bay Books, 2006 Just keep trying. Eventually you'll figure out how to master mayonnaise. + Good Book for Foodies + Love Julie! I rounded up. I'dve gone with a 4.5., mainly because I think that some points were belabored, but it was a hysterical memoir filled with mistakes and blunders, cursing and all-in-all a wonderful narrator. I think one of the paragraphs towards the end summed it up for me: "Sometimes, if you want to ...             A Year in the Merde71 reviews Stephen Clarke Bloomsbury USA, 2006 A Year in the Merde + How funny merde can be + Laugh out loud funny While this isn't laugh out loud funny it does bring a smile to your face and a gentle reminder why we love France. We get to watch the lead character, Paul west, slowly become "almost French" while making fun of all those things so typically French. If you love, or for that matter hate, France, I ...             Into the Wild1219 reviews Jon Krakauer Anchor, 1997 I went to the woods .. + Poorly Equipped Dreamer + Beauty, goodness and hope. . . That the force that is nature will ultimately change those of us who are enthralled by it. Its not surprising tht the protagnist in "Into the Wild" gives up so much to live primtively in the northern climes of Alaska .. its Thoreau revisited. The author never fails to please those who understand ...             Paris to the Moon144 reviews Adam Gopnik Random House Trade Paperbacks, 2001 Precision or the Sanctity of Superfluous Civilization + liked it as a different kind of Paris guide book + a worthwhile read for lovers of Paris PARIS TO THE MOON is a collection of essays by a NEW YORKER writer. Gopnik and his wife moved to Paris in 1995. When a young teen, he visited Paris in 1773. After the couple's child was born in 1994 they endeavored to fulfill Adam's desire to live in Paris while their son was still portable. The ...             Don't Let's Go to the Dogs Tonight: An African Childhood181 reviews Alexandra Fuller Random House Trade Paperbacks, 2003 great book + Engaging story + Interesting Personal Account + Interesting read!             It's Not About the Tapas: A Spanish Adventure on Two Wheels5 reviews Polly Evans Delta, 2006 But the tapas are delicious + A novice cyclist peddles around Spain I have traveled to Spain and will return for a second go round shortly. When I saw this book in the new paperbacks section, I couldn't resist myself. I loved this book. It's smart, funny, and Polly Evans seamlessly ties in history lessons so you don't even know you're getting them. Having a good ...             Marie Antoinette: The Journey105 reviews Antonia Fraser Anchor, 2006 A pleasant surprise + History as readable as a novel. + Marie Antoinette the journey + Marie Antoinette in depth             Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West1522 reviews Gregory Maguire Harper Paperbacks, 1996 Truly Bizarre But Impossible to Put Down I suppose that if I was going to take a famous children's story and make an adult novel out of it, I'm not sure I would have chosen something based on the Wizard of Oz. Maybe "Blueberries for Sally," where it turns out that the missing father from the story had been killed in a gangland slaying ...             My Life in France119 reviews Julia Child, Alex Prud'Homme Knopf, 2006 A DELICIOUS MEMOIR + Julia Child in Love + Flavor of France + Charming and Impressionistic             A Year in the Merde71 reviews Stephen Clarke Bloomsbury USA, 2006 A Year in the Merde + How funny merde can be + Laugh out loud funny While this isn't laugh out loud funny it does bring a smile to your face and a gentle reminder why we love France. We get to watch the lead character, Paul west, slowly become "almost French" while making fun of all those things so typically French. If you love, or for that matter hate, France, I ...             Paris to the Moon144 reviews Adam Gopnik Random House Trade Paperbacks, 2001 Precision or the Sanctity of Superfluous Civilization + liked it as a different kind of Paris guide book + a worthwhile read for lovers of Paris PARIS TO THE MOON is a collection of essays by a NEW YORKER writer. Gopnik and his wife moved to Paris in 1995. When a young teen, he visited Paris in 1773. After the couple's child was born in 1994 they endeavored to fulfill Adam's desire to live in Paris while their son was still portable. The ...             Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West1522 reviews Gregory Maguire Harper Paperbacks, 1996 Truly Bizarre But Impossible to Put Down I suppose that if I was going to take a famous children's story and make an adult novel out of it, I'm not sure I would have chosen something based on the Wizard of Oz. Maybe "Blueberries for Sally," where it turns out that the missing father from the story had been killed in a gangland slaying ...             My Life in France119 reviews Julia Child, Alex Prud'Homme Knopf, 2006 A DELICIOUS MEMOIR + Julia Child in Love + Flavor of France + Charming and Impressionistic             Don't Let's Go to the Dogs Tonight: An African Childhood181 reviews Alexandra Fuller Random House Trade Paperbacks, 2003 great book + Engaging story + Interesting Personal Account + Interesting read!             It's Not About the Tapas: A Spanish Adventure on Two Wheels5 reviews Polly Evans Delta, 2006 But the tapas are delicious + A novice cyclist peddles around Spain I have traveled to Spain and will return for a second go round shortly. When I saw this book in the new paperbacks section, I couldn't resist myself. I loved this book. It's smart, funny, and Polly Evans seamlessly ties in history lessons so you don't even know you're getting them. Having a good ...             Marie Antoinette: The Journey105 reviews Antonia Fraser Anchor, 2006 A pleasant surprise + History as readable as a novel. + Marie Antoinette the journey + Marie Antoinette in depth             Fried Eggs with Chopsticks: One Woman's Hilarious Adventure into a Country and a Culture Not Her Own10 reviews Polly Evans Delta, 2006 An honest account of independent Chinese travel! + Wacky! A good laugh, great airplane reading. There's many a fool who would criticize this book for TELLING THE TRUTH! If ever a book rang true, it's this woman's account of trying to get around China independently, without prior planning. I know it all to be true because I foolishly tried it myself. Yes, I and a Finn bumbled our rocky way ...             Julie and Julia: My Year of Cooking Dangerously63 reviews Julie Powell Back Bay Books, 2006 Just keep trying. Eventually you'll figure out how to master mayonnaise. + Good Book for Foodies + Love Julie! I rounded up. I'dve gone with a 4.5., mainly because I think that some points were belabored, but it was a hysterical memoir filled with mistakes and blunders, cursing and all-in-all a wonderful narrator. I think one of the paragraphs towards the end summed it up for me: "Sometimes, if you want to ...             Into the Wild1219 reviews Jon Krakauer Anchor, 1997 I went to the woods .. + Poorly Equipped Dreamer + Beauty, goodness and hope. . . That the force that is nature will ultimately change those of us who are enthralled by it. Its not surprising tht the protagnist in "Into the Wild" gives up so much to live primtively in the northern climes of Alaska .. its Thoreau revisited. The author never fails to please those who understand ...