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Contributing Writer:
Patti McWilliams
 It’s all about the escape when it comes to chic lit
and chick flicks! Who doesn’t want to spend a little time alone?
Join Patti McWilliams, Interior Designer, wife and mother of two, from the
beautiful mountains of VT for her overview and love of current
pop-culture trends through movies and books. As a woman going on 40
she often feels like a teenager inside and keeps up her childhood
interests in decorative painting, dancing and
make believe through
her love for reading and watching chic flicks. You won’t want to
miss out on the latest review! |
| Book Review
with Patti
Okay, I admit it. I was
drawn to Shoe Addicts Anonymous by Beth Harbison due to the clever
high heeled laden cover sheathed in peachy pink. It is a cute design
that screams chick lit. Mind you, I don’t actually wear stilettos
because my feet would complain every day and I live in Vermont;
enough said! So the book looked adorable and I thought the premise
was fantastic- four dramatically different women bonding over a
common interest, size 7 ½ designer shoes. But no, I wasn’t feeling
it, as they say. I think the story’s pacing was so off that most of
it felt like a “beginning” then the ending felt like the “middle”
then boom, it was over. The novel had some good parts but I felt
that they were mimicking the Nanny Diaries and Shopaholic series and
something Danielle Steele-esque. The one character that works as a
phone-sex operator intrigued me but only in that
slowing-down-to-see-an-accident-on-the-highway and watching 2
minutes of the Doctor Phil House way. Back to the good parts- the
dialog. I liked the way the women talked to each other and felt it
was very fun listening in on their conversations.
So for that I am
giving Shoe Addicts Anonymous 1 purse, mildly enjoyable if borrowed.
(5 purses is
our top rating and 0 is our least favorite)
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