January Reading: I'm Not the New Me

I'm Not the New Me: A Memoir
by Wendy McClure
List Price: $14.00

Summary:
Wendy McClure chronicles losing weight, or failing to lose weight, on her website, Pound. The best part: there are real life pictures of Weight Watchers recipes circa 1974--which she has compiled into another book "The Amazing Mackerel Pudding Plan: Classic Diet Recipe Cards from the 1970s." See mackerel pudding now at Candyboots.

Review:

Kirkus Reviews: "Bridget Jones-style endearing self-deprecation."

Jennifer Weiner, author of "Good in Bed": "A brave, bittersweet look at weight, loss, and elusive happy endings."

My review:

A story about a blogger who gets lucrative book deal--I like it!

Ever read a book, fall in love with the characters, finish the book and miss your new friends? (No--then why the fuck are you reading this website?) Now you can read a book without the fear of losing a friend at the end--you are just switching media!

Plus, I like this trend of books spun off of websites. They have an honest and sarcastic quality that you don't find in your standard memoir. (However, if you are currently curled up with any book by a presidential nominee, or any book that has the word "hope" in the title, you may want to skip this book.)

But if you find yourself so engaged in self-help, self-improvement, "self-love" (ahem...) projects that you no longer identify as yourself--instead as the new and improved self you just know you can and will *be* this book is for you. Not so that you--or even the future you--will change, but just so the two of you can laugh at this book together and have at least one thing in common.