book notes: heartburn

a book about a pregnant lady whos getting divorced for a second time. the author, nora ephron, is the writer of sleepless in seattle, when harry met sally, and a bunch of other famous rom-coms.

apparently the book is based on her actual life: her husband, cheated on her while she was 7 months pregnant. also her husband is one of the two reporters who dissolved Watergate.

Nora Ephron, Carl Bernstein, And at the Tavern on the Green in New York City, New York (Photo by Ron Galella/Ron Galella Collection via Getty Images)

anyway the book is short, and surprisingly funny given the dark subject matter. also published in 1983, it takes place in the 70s, and the (7 month pregnant) author drinks without a second glance. I had to google the regulations – turns out until 70s it was not even a THING and only in the 70s did the pregnancy/drinking link started to become established.

4 stars for brevity, cleverness and recipes inserted here and there.

Rating: 4 out of 5.

book notes: my sister the serial killer

  • what a delight to finally stumble on to a short book; so many of my recent reads felt like slogs. maybe im just out of practice reading
  • the book was interesting; i liked learning that the author is a poet – the use of “negative space” in the structure of the book was cool.
  • but i was confused and had to google the ending. i dont know how i feel about that.

i am on the fence about which style of book i enjoy most – so far i think my favourite type of reading is sci fi, horror, or murder mystery. and non fiction. this kind of pure fiction is a real hit or miss.

Today I learned Switzerland wines play nice with everything on the table and Unicorn wines are rare small production gems that are a status symbol

Figures that most of career milestones associate to wine.