Journal Entry 1 by Giz-angel from Greenwich, Greater London United Kingdom on Tuesday, June 27, 2006

I loved this book so when I saw a brand new copy in the charity shop I couldn't resist it!

Amazon.co.uk Review
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. It turns out Miranda is quite the bossyboots. That's pretty much the extent of the novel, but it's plenty. Miranda's behaviour 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 Alix Witchel, whose magazine-world novel never gave us the inside dope that was the book's whole raison d'être. For the most part, The Devil Wears Prada focuses on the outrageous Miranda Priestly, and she's an irresistible spectacle.
 

Journal Entry 2 by Drusillamac from Glasgow, Scotland United Kingdom on Monday, July 03, 2006

This book has been following me around in book shops so I thought I would check it out. Thanks for sharing :-) 

Journal Entry 3 by Drusillamac from Glasgow, Scotland United Kingdom on Friday, November 10, 2006

I finished reading this the other night. I'm interested to see how much Lauren fictionalised and how much is fact. It's a different take on the chic lit book genre as well. I was really glad when Andrea stood up to Miranda at the end of the book as well. Personally I couldn't have stayed in a job like that! 

Journal Entry 4 by Drusillamac at Cineworld Cinema, Renfrew Street in Glasgow, Scotland United Kingdom on Wednesday, November 15, 2006

Released 5 yrs ago (11/15/2006 UTC) at Cineworld Cinema, Renfrew Street in Glasgow, Scotland United Kingdom

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I was not going to see The Devil Wears Prada but the more manly Saw III. 

Journal Entry 5 by unsettledmind on Saturday, December 23, 2006

This was my first find. Brought it home for my little sister to read at Christmas. I'll update when i release it, somewhere in Edinburgh me thinks