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... The ones I didn't enjoy or were mentioned above I didn't include:
The Memoirs of a Beautiful Boy by Robert Leleux
Candy Girl: A Year in the Life of an Unlikely Stripper by Diablo Cody
Here if You Need Me by Kate Braestrup*
Fun Home: A Family Tragicomic by Alison Bechdel ... I ended up getting 3 memoirs today. Candy Girl, My Horizontal Life and All Souls. I've really been interested in memoirs lately. ... Teen Fiction by Teresa Toten
53. Loose Girl by Kerry Cohen
54. Songs For The Missing by Stewart O’Nan
55. Candy Girl by Cody Diablo
56. Snuff by Chuck Palahniuk
57. Wicked Lovely by Melissa Marr
I hate it when I accidentally post something twice... ... pleasant enough to read, I spent much of this book confused. Perhaps you have to be English to understand it?
#58 - Candy Girl by Diablo Cody, 212 pages. Very amusing!! Maybe learned some things I didn't really want to know but she's a very funny author!
#59 - The Compassionate ... ... Resturant by Anne Tyler
56. Tell Me Where it Hurts by Nick Trout
57. The Merry Recluse by Caroline Knapp
58. Candy Girl by Diablo Cody
59. Lonely Werewolf Girl by Martin Millar
60. The Hollow Chocolate Bunnies of the Apocalypse by Robert Rankin
61. The Automatic Detective ... In order:
1. That Night by Alice McDermott
2. The Audacity of Hope by Barack Obama
3. Candy Girl by Diablo Cody ... A.J. Jacobs
Life Lines: Holding on and Letting Go by Forrest Church
The Audacity of Hope by Barack Obama
Candy Girl by Diablo Cody
More Book Lust by Nancy Pearl 12. Candy Girl by Diablo Cody - Memoir
Funny, honest, insightful. Sometimes I felt that emotional resonance was sacrificed for humor, but I enjoyed it nevertheless. Even with that missing, I certainly didn't perceive any sugar-coating of the experience. 20. Candy Girl by Diablo Cody
I picked it up to glance through while I had coffee in Border's. I ended up buying it, reading too late into the night and finishing it this morning. She is funny, honest and insightful. I'm glad she became a big famous screenwriter--good for her.
Why I read ... ... trip to Borders:
Jesus: Uncovering the Life, Teachings and Relevance of a Religious Revolutionary by Marcus Borg
Candy Girl by Diablo Cody
Dance of Death by Douglas Preston & Lincoln Child
... Table by Sarah Roahen
Memoir 6/8
1.Trail of Crumbs: Hunger, Love, and the Search for Home by Kim Sunee
2. Candy Girl: A Year in the Life of an Unlikely Stripper by Diablo Cody
3. Bringing Home the Birkin: My Life in Pursuit of the World's Most Coveted Handbag by Michael ... Just finished Candy Girl; being from Minneapolis, I was curious about the places she worked and also curious about her writing since she's up for an Oscar. It was a pretty entertaining read.
Also just finished Kabul Beauty School which was pretty terrific. I seem to be devouring books ... ... have the misfortune to meet. This got on someone's best 10 in 2007 which is how I bought it. Don't make my mistake.
5. Candy Girl, a year in the life of an unlikely stripper - This is by Cody Diablo, the author of the screenplay for Juno. Humorous, self deprecating tale of her year ... ... Didion
3. Jubilee City by Joe Andoe
4. A Girl Named Zippy by Haven Kimmel
5. Candy Girl by Diablo Cody
6. My Losing Season by Pat Conroy
7. Called to Question by Joan Chittister
8. The Year of Living Biblically ... finished The Ultimate Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams, and so started a few new books this week -- Candy Girl: A Year in the Life of an Unlikely Stripper by Diablo Cody, Good Dog. Stay. by Anna Quindlen, and Persepolis: The Story of a Childhood by Marjane Sa ... Candy Girl: A Year in the Life of an Unlikely Stripper by Diablo Cody ... authors to read this summer? I finally read War for the Oaks by Emma Bull and really enjoyed it. I also read Candy Girl by Diablo Cody and am always looking for more local memoirs. ... books but the one indicated are by Tamora Pierce)
2. In the Hand of the Goddess
3. The Woman Who Rides Like a Man
4. Candy Girl by Diablo Cody
5. Lioness Rampant
6. Wild Magic
7. Wolf-Speaker
8. Emperor Mage
9. The Realms of the Gods
10. First Test
11. Page
12. S ...
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