Julie & Julia

Koukouvagia · #1 04-01-2009, 11:27 AM

Anyone read this book? I'm about 100 pages into it and wanted to discuss it with someone. I also hear it's being made into a movie with Meryl Streep starring as Julia Child!

shroomgirl · #2 04-01-2009, 04:04 PM

hmmmm, meryl as Julia.....hard to imagine, those are really big shoes to fill even for such a stellar actress.

Gummy-Bear · #3 04-01-2009, 09:30 PM

I LOVE LOVE LOVE the book. Very cute. Not so big on the thought of it being a movie but the book was great.

Koukouvagia · #4 04-02-2009, 07:36 AM

I'm having a hard time relating to the main character. I can't seem to get past her flaws. Like if she doesn't like eggs, or any of the other ingredients she "doesn't eat... ever!" how does she overcome it? I just don't get her.

KCZ · #5 04-07-2009, 09:24 PM

I hated this book. Julie is a total loser who substitutes cooking for solving her numerous and real personal problems. Incorporating Julia Child into her messy life is an insult to that wonderful woman. I was so disgusted that by the time I reached her description of her kitchen with the cat-hair-covered walls, I threw out the book before I threw up.

Koukouvagia · #6 04-08-2009, 11:16 AM

That's interesting because I'm having the same kind of reaction. I'm having a hard time relating to the character. What's with all the unladylike heroines in modern literature? Sarcastic, lazy, can't keep clean house main characters - people are identifying with this? So far I can't tell what Julia Child has to do with it at all.

RPMcMurphy · #7 04-08-2009, 02:40 PM

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Originally Posted by Koukouvagia

Anyone read this book? I'm about 100 pages into it and wanted to discuss it with someone. I also hear it's being made into a movie with Meryl Streep starring as Julia Child!

I started reading it....shhh. don't tell anyone. But I stopped when I got my period.

just way too girly of a book for a guy to read. But, I gave it a valiant effort. I'll try to get NRAtched on here, she read it and loved it.

RPMcMurphy · #8 04-08-2009, 02:41 PM

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Originally Posted by shroomgirl

hmmmm, meryl as Julia.....hard to imagine, those are really big shoes to fill even for such a stellar actress.

literally BIG shoes.

OahuAmateurChef · #9 04-11-2009, 02:19 AM

I saw this book at a secondhand store for $2.99. I passed.

It doesn't seem like the kind of book to read more than once, and there are better books on my to-read list from the library. That being said, I bought Mastering the Art of French Cooking from the same secondhand store for around the same price. What a great cookbook.