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Alter, Cathy
Födelsedag
20th Century
Kön
female
Nationalitet
USA
Bostadsorter
Washington, D.C., USA

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This book is laugh-out-loud funny. It really is a neat tale of a woman becoming her best self and in a so much more fun way than Oprah. And it has such a nice ending. It doesn't get much better than this.
 
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MakebaT | 8 andra recensioner | Sep 3, 2022 |
This is a collection of essays (by writers, some of whom I was familiar with and some not) about first celebrity crushes. Some of the essays were long, some were short. Some were quite interesting, and some, not so much (I fast forwarded through a few). I think most appealing were those crushes from the 70's and 80's, which were the ones I could relate to, and I think most readers would have a similar perception: those from your growing up years would generally seem to be the most appealing. Overall, a hit-or-miss type of collection. Give me a collection of essays geared toward celebrities exclusively from the 70's and 80's, and I'd be sure to rate it higher.… (mer)
 
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indygo88 | Mar 6, 2018 |
Over the last few days I finished a book I won from www.Mothersclick.com: Up For Renewal by Cathy Alter. The book was funny and interesting with it’s tongue in cheek approach to life lessons and self improvement tactics through advice she found in the latest popular magazines. It was truly humorous and an enjoyable read. She has quite the whimsy voice in her writing and a witty way of sharing her developing love story.

upforrenewaltpbcover-small She made a pact for 12 months (each devoted to one focus of her self-improvement agenda) that she would rely on magazines to offer her advice in each of the focuses for her life and personal development. The first month after she began she devoted to ‘diet’ and the rest ranged from bettering her relationships to bettering herself and her sex-life.*

I loved the way she talks about what leads up to her year summation of turning her life over to magazines, through witty and comical reactions that I could see myself doing in some instances. Finally she summarizes she was not only subscribing her life to magazines but was also subscribing to change and working through the transitions it required for her to get out of a bad relationship and even a rotten job… Cute, cute story – that gets you thinking about changes you might want to work on in your own life.

So after reading the book, even though I was entertained by her humor and her approach to personal development, it also got me thinking… for my list this coming new year I want to focus on just 12 to-do items and have one assigned to each month of the year: my monthly missions. Now I won’t be listing improving my sex-life (since I don’t have a sex life, by choice while I am still single) nor will I be consulting the latest popular magazines for advice in accomplishing these missions; instead I may seek advice from close friends/mentors, my pastor, or my counselor. I will also focus on researching for info from blogging communities and other website resources. (If it’s on the web it has to be true and good advice, right? Just kidding.) .....http://kitkat4real.blogspot.com
… (mer)
 
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kitkat4real | 8 andra recensioner | Jan 9, 2010 |
This book is a memoir about the one year in the life of Cathy Alter. In the beginning of the book Cathy is a recently divorced, thirty nine year old who's life is out of control. She parties until all hours of the night, gets her lunch out of the vending machine at work and sleeps with her co-worker in her cubicle with no inhibitions. Standing in front of a magazine display, like the cover, she has an idea. What if, she lived her life for one year following the directions of magazines? Then, she does just that. Each month she has a new thing to work on. Month one, plastic wrap.

This book is laugh out loud funny! I was giggling in front of my co-workers the whole time I read this book. When I started reading it, my first thought was, "What and idiot! Who would do this?" but you begin to realize that Cathy had hit rock bottom and if turning to magazines was going to help her out of that slump, great. I am sure that learning how to wrap a sandwich in plastic wrapped perfection might not turn your life around, it was the beginning of something big for Cathy.

Cathy is each one of us. She is insecure and her own worst critic. She had made poor decisions in her life and she just might make a few mistakes today. But she is also sexy and funny and perky and willing to take risks. She is relate-able and by the end of the book you feel like you are saying goodbye to your new best friend.
… (mer)
 
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faith42love | 8 andra recensioner | Aug 24, 2009 |

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Medlemmar
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Popularitet
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½ 3.4
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ISBN
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