Because She Can
Registered by k00kaburra of San Jose, California USA on 9/22/2009
This Book is Currently in the Wild!
This Book is Currently in the Wild!
4 journalers for this copy...
Rec'd in an eBay lot.
Didn't listen to this one.
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From Publishers Weekly
Mary Birdsong, who plays Deputy Kimball on TV's Reno 911!, spawns a comically horrific incarnation of boss-from-Hell Vivian Grant, who steamrollers over assistants, editors, agents, authors and even corporate executives at the venerable publisher that houses her highly controversial—but amazingly lucrative—imprint. Grant utters the f-word with a frequency that would leave Tony Soprano blushing and catapults office supplies across conference rooms during her frequent tirades. Newly hired Grant Books editor Claire Truman valiantly strives to hold onto both her cool and her job, as relationships with friends and family—not to mention her planned nuptials to hunky Wall Street broker Randall Cox—lapse onto autopilot. Birdsong's depictions of the principal male characters are a little too affected, but she maintains a pitch-perfect command of female banter. The book-business jargon may somehow seem both too familiar for industry insiders and too insular for a broader audience, and the romantic triangle wins no prizes for originality. Yet listeners in the mood for some hearty laughs at the expense of a deliciously devilish workplace villain should find themselves thoroughly entertained.
Copyright © Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
Didn't listen to this one.
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From Publishers Weekly
Mary Birdsong, who plays Deputy Kimball on TV's Reno 911!, spawns a comically horrific incarnation of boss-from-Hell Vivian Grant, who steamrollers over assistants, editors, agents, authors and even corporate executives at the venerable publisher that houses her highly controversial—but amazingly lucrative—imprint. Grant utters the f-word with a frequency that would leave Tony Soprano blushing and catapults office supplies across conference rooms during her frequent tirades. Newly hired Grant Books editor Claire Truman valiantly strives to hold onto both her cool and her job, as relationships with friends and family—not to mention her planned nuptials to hunky Wall Street broker Randall Cox—lapse onto autopilot. Birdsong's depictions of the principal male characters are a little too affected, but she maintains a pitch-perfect command of female banter. The book-business jargon may somehow seem both too familiar for industry insiders and too insular for a broader audience, and the romantic triangle wins no prizes for originality. Yet listeners in the mood for some hearty laughs at the expense of a deliciously devilish workplace villain should find themselves thoroughly entertained.
Copyright © Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
Journal Entry 2 by k00kaburra at USPS, A Bookbox -- Controlled Releases on Tuesday, September 22, 2009
Released 14 yrs ago (9/22/2009 UTC) at USPS, A Bookbox -- Controlled Releases
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CONTROLLED RELEASE NOTES:
adding to Carlissa's Audio CD Bookbox!
adding to Carlissa's Audio CD Bookbox!
I am taking this from carlissa's CD audiobox! Thanks for sharing!
Brent and I enjoyed listening to this story...we found it a bit sad.
This book is going into this great CD book box. Happy Travels!
Chosen from BigJohnLefty's First CD-Only AudioBookBox.
Claire Truman was living the life I wanted to live, had I been brave enough to move to New York City when I was fresh out of college. Who wouldn't want to get paid to read books? Instead, I'm still in my hometown, living vicariously through fictional characters! Enough about me, back to the book.
I read "The Devil Wears Prada" a couple of years ago (boss-from-Hell terrorizes employees in the fashion magazine industry), and "Lulu Meets God and Doubts Him" a month or so ago (billed as "The Devil Wears Prada" of the art gallery world), so I knew what was going to happen in this "The Devil Wears Prada" in the book publishing realm. That didn't stop me from enjoying the behind-the-scenes look at an industry I once wanted to be a part of very badly. Even though this was a light read, it spoke to me, and I was rooting for every character's happily ever after.
I read "The Devil Wears Prada" a couple of years ago (boss-from-Hell terrorizes employees in the fashion magazine industry), and "Lulu Meets God and Doubts Him" a month or so ago (billed as "The Devil Wears Prada" of the art gallery world), so I knew what was going to happen in this "The Devil Wears Prada" in the book publishing realm. That didn't stop me from enjoying the behind-the-scenes look at an industry I once wanted to be a part of very badly. Even though this was a light read, it spoke to me, and I was rooting for every character's happily ever after.
Sending to booklady331, who picked it from iwillrejoice's Audio VBB Round 7. Enjoy!
Arrived yesterday. Thank you for being so quick to mail it to me.
Decided not to listen to this. I will make this available.
Journal Entry 11 by 
booklady331
at Operation Paperback (Cape Coral) in -- Mail or by hand-rings, RABCK, meetings, trades, Florida USA on Sunday, February 15, 2015
booklady331 at Operation Paperback (Cape Coral) in -- Mail or by hand-rings, RABCK, meetings, trades, Florida USA on Sunday, February 15, 2015
Released 9 yrs ago (2/15/2015 UTC) at Operation Paperback (Cape Coral) in -- Mail or by hand-rings, RABCK, meetings, trades, Florida USA
WILD RELEASE NOTES:
Enjoy! KTM release off to a military wife to enjoy through Operation paperback.
