Sad Desk Salad (edition 2012)

Eh. Not that exciting urban chick lit. ( )

This book made me feel about a hundred years old. The whole way through I wanted to grab Alex by the shoulders, give her a good shake, and then tell her to a) take a shower and WASH YOUR HAIR THIS TIME b) eat some food that is not from the bodega across the street and c) take off that goddamn muumuu and burn it. I'm not a mother, yet I felt like someone needed to tell this idiot what the basics of human care are. Maybe you'd be less of a psychotic freak if you got more than a few hours of sleep at night? It's certainly worth a try, sweetheart. (Wow! I didn't realize how much I hated her until I wrote this review! I've upped it to two stars since I had such a reaction to her.) ( )

Interesting "behind-the-scenes" take on Jezebel and similar sites and the question of privacy. ( )

Took me a couple of days to read. This is a good "in between" book, for light reading and easily forgetable characters. No depth, although there was potential for it. I like some Chick Lit but not this particular book.

I read a lot of fiction. I read a lot of what some would call "chick lit." I really wanted to like this book. I really wanted to finish this book. Neither of those things happened. I just didn't care enough about the protagonist. It wasn't particularly funny and it wasn't particularly interesting. If you would like to read interesting chick lit, or funny chick lit check out my library. But, this isn't it. ( )