Why I Left Goldman Sachs
Greg Smith
ALSO WROTE:
“Why I Am Leaving Goldman Sachs“
SORTA LIKE:
Liar’s Poker, except bad
FIRST LINE:
“It was June 12, 2000, and I was sitting in a conference room at 125 Broad Street, thirty stories above Manhattan.”
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This Is How
Augusten Burroughs
230 pages (in hardcover)
ALSO WROTE:
Running with Scissors, Dry
SORTA LIKE:
Augusten Burroughs writes The Prophet
FIRST LINE:
“Several years ago when the relationship I assumed was both nearly perfect and my last turned out to be neither and ended car-off-cliff style, I experienced an unexpected and profound personal awakening.”
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Deadlocked
Charlaine Harris
327 pages (in hardcover)
ALSO WROTE:
All those other Sookie Stackhouse books
SORTA LIKE:
All those other Sookie Stackhouse books
FIRST LINE:
“It was hot as the six shades of Hell even this late in the evening, and I’d had a busy day at work.”
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Fifty Shades of Grey, Fifty Shades Darker, Fifty Shades Freed
E L James
ALSO WROTE:
n/a
SORTA LIKE:
X-rated Twilight
FIRST LINE:
“I scowl with frustration at myself in the mirror.”
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I Remember Nothing
Nora Ephron
135 pages (in hardcover)
ALSO WROTE:
I Feel Bad About My Neck, Heartburn
SORTA LIKE:
I Feel Bad About My Neck meets your grandmother’s ranting at Thanksgiving
FIRST LINE:
“I have been forgetting things for years—at least since I was in my 30s.”
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Methland
Nick Reding
269 pages (in paperback)
ALSO WROTE:
The Last Cowboys at the End of the World
SORTA LIKE:
Beautiful Boy meets Cocaine: An Unauthorized Biography
FIRST LINE: “As you look down after takeoff from O’Hare International Airport, headed west for San Francisco, California, it’s only a few minutes before the intricate complexity of Chicago’s suburban streets is overcome by the rolling swell of the prairie.”
[FULL REVIEW]
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