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3.73 AVERAGE
3.73 AVERAGE
I was tricked into reading this book because the title made the potential adventures written between the pages seem more scandalous than what I actually read. I liked it, but I didn't.
I probably wouldn't have read it if I had known that a comedy writer wrote it about her life. Truthfully, I hate comedians because, in my opinion, they try too hard to be funny. And maybe that's why I didn't like it as much as I thought I would. Or maybe, it just made me realize that I'm a different kind of 30s something single.
I probably wouldn't have read it if I had known that a comedy writer wrote it about her life. Truthfully, I hate comedians because, in my opinion, they try too hard to be funny. And maybe that's why I didn't like it as much as I thought I would. Or maybe, it just made me realize that I'm a different kind of 30s something single.
A very highly recommended 4.5 stars worth of hilariousness - it's been ages since a book had me rolling around on the floor in stitches. It's also been a while since a book gave me such a bone-hungry feeling of wanderlust. Iceland, Jerusalem, Argentina .... I can't get to your shores fast enough. What I Was Doing While You Were Breeding is partly a search for true love and partly a single girl travelogue, with a sprig of a soliloquy on marriage vs bachelorettehood. It was uplifting and inspiring, and just sexy enough to keep the little catholic prude living inside my chest screaming 'she did what?!' Loved it.
fast-paced
Should have put it DNF halfway through just gets worse and worse.
adventurous
funny
inspiring
lighthearted
fast-paced
Vacation read. Wasn't too excited about this one, but I have a habit of needing to finish every book I begin.
Such a fantastic title, but alas, not written as one might hope. Nearly all of the travel tales revolve primarily around pursuing attractive men and sex ("vacationships"), many with strikingly problematic descriptions of skin color and culture (intended to be in jest, I presume, given the author is a comedy writer). Very little, actually, about the actual travel and sight-seeing. Another travelogue from one of very privileged in the vein of "Eat, Pray, Love." I found "Wild" to be a much more authentic ode to travel as a single woman.
medium-paced
adventurous
reflective
It took me a year to finish this book. Overall, I think this comes from the opinion of creating a narrative of how accessible and freeing travel is, but not always accurately describing the risks and fears that comes with these adventures. I solo traveled for many years, and found this narrative to be slightly too edited. Really wish I would have connected more, however as a gay woman I think I may be slightly biased.