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Loading... Living Oprah: My One-Year Experiment to Walk the Walk of the Queen of Talkby Robyn Okrant
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Sign up for LibraryThing to find out whether you'll like this book. No current Talk conversations about this book. I am a sucker for books that chronicle the authors thoughts throughout an unusual project. The first several months were entertaining, but the last few months I had to slog through. I'm sure that experience mimics what the author felt on her slog through her last few months of Living Oprah. It is an interesting and quick read. The author is trying to derive some meaning from her experience for herself, but does pretty well not pushing an agenda on readers. It reads simply as a non-preachy re-telling of her year. Thank you! I hate the preachy gotta-learn-a-lesson memoirs that tell me what I ought to think. I really loved the month-end wrap ups. The charts of money and time spent satisfied the voyeur in me. I like books about people doing things, & thought that would override the fact I am neither a TV watcher nor a particular Oprah fan. Was surprised at how much living according to the Word (of Oprah) involves buying stuff, and more surprised at an author who records her dismay and concern over what she is not only spending, but spending on stuff she doesn't even like or want. no reviews | add a review
What happens when a thirty-five-year-old average American woman spends one year following every piece of Oprah Winfrey's advice on how to "live your best life"? Robyn Okrant devoted 2008 to adhering to all of Oprah's suggestions and guidance delivered via her television show, her Web site, and her magazine. This is a month-by-month account of that year. Some of the challenges included enrollment in Oprah's Best Life Challenge for physical fitness and weight control, living vegan, and participating in Oprah's Book Club. After 365 days of living Oprah, Okrant reflects on the rewards won and lessons learned as well as the tolls exacted by the experiment.--From publisher description. No library descriptions found. |
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Robyn Okrant decided that, in 2008, she would follow every piece of Oprah Winfrey’s advice. Just to see if it could be done and if she would live a better life for it. She watched the show daily, she read O magazine, she read Oprah’s website. And she blogged about it all.
Like Robyn, I once was an occasional Oprah watcher (though not for years), not a huge fan. I just found this an interesting premise and wondered how it would go. I think what surprised me the most was after the year was up (but I’m not giving it away!). I listened to the audio, narrated by Robyn herself and she did well. It kept my attention. ( )