The Devil Wears Prada : A Novel

by Lauren Weisberger | Literature & Fiction |
ISBN: 0767914767 Global Overview for this book
Registered by themarina of Coquitlam, British Columbia Canada on 5/20/2004
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Journal Entry 1 by themarina from Coquitlam, British Columbia Canada on Thursday, May 20, 2004
Pre-numbered label used for registration.

Another one that looks great.

From amazon.com:

It's a killer title: The Devil Wears Prada. And it's killer material: author Lauren Weisberger did a stint as assistant to Anna Wintour, the all-powerful editor of Vogue magazine. Now she's written a book, and this is its theme: narrator Andrea Sachs goes to work for Miranda Priestly, the all-powerful editor of Runway magazine. Turns out Miranda is quite the bossyboots. That's pretty much the extent of the novel, but it's plenty. Miranda's behavior is so insanely over-the-top that it's a gas to see what she'll do next, and to try to guess which incidents were culled from the real-life antics of the woman who's been called Anna "Nuclear" Wintour. For instance, when Miranda goes to Paris for the collections, Andrea receives a call back at the New York office (where, incidentally, she's not allowed to leave her desk to eat or go to the bathroom, lest her boss should call). Miranda bellows over the line: "I am standing in the pouring rain on the rue de Rivoli and my driver has vanished. Vanished! Find him immediately!"

This kind of thing is delicious fun to read about, though not as well written as its obvious antecedent, The Nanny Diaries. And therein lies the essential problem of the book. Andrea's goal in life is to work for The New Yorker--she's only sticking it out with Miranda for a job recommendation. But author Weisberger is such an inept, ungrammatical writer, you're positively rooting for her fictional alter ego not to get anywhere near The New Yorker. Still, Weisberger has certainly one-upped Me Times Three author Alex Witchel, whose magazine-world novel never gave us the inside dope that was the book's whole raison d' etre. For the most part, The Devil Wears Prada focuses on the outrageous Miranda Priestly, and she's an irresistible spectacle.

Journal Entry 2 by themarina from Coquitlam, British Columbia Canada on Monday, May 31, 2004
Hilarious! This was such a great, mindless read! I can't begin to share how contageous this book was. I started reading this on Thrusday and was done by Saturday morning!

This is a really great little story (even though it is a bit farfetched) which even I could relate to. BTW - if anyone works in the fashion business and gets all those clothes for free, please PM me, I'd love to take some of those off of your hands! ;)

A bit of a cheezy ending but generally, a great little story.

Journal Entry 3 by themarina from Coquitlam, British Columbia Canada on Monday, May 31, 2004
I've offered this as a bookring and here is the list of paticipants(in mailing order)! Please contact me if you have any problems! * Marks current location of book!

cyrclark - Canada
LGinder- USA
SheWhoReads - USA
Pauloca - Portugal
Crestfallen - Portugal
ecmwfinswe - Sweden
Brujula - France
Readinator - Australia
bcosta - Brazil
apaola - Brazil*

and then back to me!!!

Updated March 03, 2006: This is another successful ring completed. However, it turned into a ray and now apaola is the new "owner". Thanks to everyone who participated! :)

Journal Entry 4 by themarina from Coquitlam, British Columbia Canada on Tuesday, June 1, 2004
Sending this to cyrclark, the first member of the bookring!

Happy reading!

Journal Entry 5 by CityofLakesGirl from Dartmouth, Nova Scotia Canada on Monday, June 7, 2004
Bookring book! Nothing better than getting books in the mail!
Love the business card themarina! Great idea.
Will probably read this week and pass along.

Journal Entry 6 by CityofLakesGirl from Dartmouth, Nova Scotia Canada on Thursday, June 10, 2004
Really enjoyed this book-a nice light read.
Can totally relate to the evil boss thing-although I've only worked for evil men!
Weisberger does a great job of making you hate this woman! I was getting mad just reading it, and laughing at a lot of parts too. A good mix.
Finished in a day-going in the mail Friday.
Enjoy! Thanks themarina!

Journal Entry 7 by CityofLakesGirl at post office in Mail, Bookring -- Controlled Releases on Thursday, June 10, 2004
Release planned for Friday, June 11, 2004 at post office in snail mailed to a fellow bookcrosser as part of a bookring, Bookring Controlled Releases.

this one is going in the mail Friday!
Enjoy LGinder!

Journal Entry 8 by LGinder on Friday, July 2, 2004
How wonderful it is to find yet another book in my mailbox!! I'll get this read this week and off to the next person quickly : )

Question: Are those business cards your creation or are they available somewhere on the website? Love to do the same!!

Journal Entry 9 by LGinder on Tuesday, July 6, 2004
It's just so much fun to completely hate a character like Miranda! Ending could have been a bit better but over a fun entertaining book. Passing it on thru the mail to SheWhoReads today.

Thanks for sharing!

Journal Entry 10 by SheWhoReads from Athens, Georgia USA on Wednesday, July 14, 2004
This arrived today. It looks good! The first couple of pages are quite funny.

Journal Entry 11 by SheWhoReads from Athens, Georgia USA on Wednesday, July 21, 2004
This was hilarious, the ultimate girl-gossip, "aren't you glad your life doesn't suck as much as mine" book. Andrea's job as the assistant to Miranda Priestly, editor of the glam fashion magazine Runway, is just familiar enough to anyone who has ever had a corporate/office-type job to be real, but extreme and over-the-top enough to keep the reader riveted to the page, in a "oh my god, I can't believe anyone would ever act this way" haze. It's a haze made all the stronger by the fact that the character of Miranda Priestly is based on a real person, Anna Wintour of Vogue. Miranda's antics are so appallingly mesmerizing that you don't even dislike Andrea for being a wimp and putting up with it -- like Andrea, we can only go along for the ride in a sort of dazed amazement. But the moment at the end of the novel when Andrea finally tells Miranda off was deeply satisfying.

The one thing that annoyed me -- and it annoyed me quite a bit -- was the unnecessary yet repeated bashing of the South and of Southerners. From the beginning, where Andrea makes fun of her Texan brother-in-law's accent, to the middle, where she mocks the Southerners Miranda invited to her brother's engagement party for being hicks, to the end, when she's packing to go to Paris and just can't help herself from making one last dig about "cowgirl chic" and how cowgirls are obviously not chic, even though this really has nothing to do with anything that's going on in the plot -- throughout the novel, this elitist, "anybody who's not from New York City isn't worth knowing" attitude pervades the book, and really undercuts Andrea's position as the sympathetic Everywoman we're supposed to be rooting for.

Even so, this was a fun, poolside read, the perfect guilty pleasure for summertime!

Journal Entry 12 by SheWhoReads from Athens, Georgia USA on Monday, July 26, 2004
Mailed to Pauloca on Monday, July 26, 2004.

Journal Entry 13 by Pauloca from Coimbra (cidade), Coimbra Portugal on Tuesday, September 21, 2004
Got it by mail today.

Journal Entry 14 by Pauloca from Coimbra (cidade), Coimbra Portugal on Monday, September 27, 2004
I enjoyed the book. It's funny and the way Miranda acts is unbelievable most of the times. But funny.
I am sending it along to Crestfallen as soon as I have the adress.

Journal Entry 15 by Crestfallen from Barreiro, Setúbal Portugal on Thursday, September 30, 2004
Very excited to be able to read this book. Heard a lot about it.
Thanks!

Journal Entry 16 by ecmwfinswe on Friday, January 21, 2005
The book arrived to Sweden today. I'll start reading it this weekend.

Journal Entry 17 by ecmwfinswe on Wednesday, March 30, 2005
No, I have to admit that I have too many books to read and even though I've tried I can't get into this book... Sending it on to Brujula

Journal Entry 18 by Brujula from Valenciennes, Nord-Pas-de-Calais France on Friday, April 8, 2005
Received today.
Thank you ecmwfinswe and themarina!

Journal Entry 19 by Brujula from Valenciennes, Nord-Pas-de-Calais France on Tuesday, May 3, 2005
I had fun reading this book, although most of the time my stomach hurt for Andrea! That Miranda is a real bitch, really mean...

It reminded me a little of The Nanny Diaries.

Thank you themarina for sharing this book.

I'll mail it to Readinator as soon as I have his/her adress!

Journal Entry 20 by Brujula from Valenciennes, Nord-Pas-de-Calais France on Friday, May 13, 2005
Mailed to Readinator today

Journal Entry 21 by Readinator from Woodend, Victoria Australia on Monday, August 15, 2005
Received this about two weeks ago, and I've finished it. It was a fun, light read, but the sheer meanness of Miranda gave me a headache. I know I would not have lasted with a boss like that for more than a day or two, or even past the first nasty comment. Oh well, different strokes for different folks!

Thanks, themarina for sharing this fun bit of fluff! Will move it onto bcosta when I have a postal address.

Journal Entry 22 by Readinator from Woodend, Victoria Australia on Thursday, December 15, 2005
I'm so sorry to have hung onto this for so long. I have been so busy the last few months. I have confirmed the address for bcosta, and will send the book out tomorrow. Thanks for the fun read!

Journal Entry 23 by Readinator from Woodend, Victoria Australia on Tuesday, December 20, 2005
Put into Economy Air post from Australia to Brazil yesterday...should reach bcosta in 2 or so weeks. So sorry to hang onto the book for so long...now it's on its merry way.

Journal Entry 24 by bcosta from Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro Brazil on Thursday, January 12, 2006
Got it yesterday!

Thank you, Readinator!

Loved the bussiness card, themarina!

Thanks for sharing.

-->UPD Jan 31st

Wonderful book!

I've met people like Miranda, although I've never worked with someone like her. I wouldn't last one day at that job!

Sent to apaola.

Journal Entry 25 by apaola from São Paulo, São Paulo Brazil on Tuesday, February 14, 2006
I received this book last week (thanks bcosta!) and already started reading it.
My Gosh! Poor Ahn-dre-ah!!! :)


UPD: Feb 25th

Never met anyone like Miranda. Just hated her ... such a bitch!!!
It was a nice reading, though.
Thank you so much for the opportunity, themarina!

Journal Entry 26 by Miriamborboleta from Vila Nova de Famalicão, Braga Portugal on Monday, August 14, 2006
Hi!!!I've just recebed the book, paola send me.I will read the fast as possible.

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