I had no idea that Julie and Julia was a book, much less a memoir. When I found out, I had to read it. Luckily, I was able to find the audiobook on Libby. I highly recommend the audiobook. Listening to Julie Powell reading about this project she took on was enlightening.

Julie and Julia is hilarious. I saw the movie years ago and fell in love with the concept of blogging about a project. That's what inspired me to start a blog in the first place. She takes on the challenge of working through 524 Julia Child recipes in one year, blogging about her experience.

She talks about the toll it took on her marriage, what it did for her psyche, and how it helped (and detracted) from her career. It sounds dry when you describe it, but her personality is what you read it for. She loves the word fuck and she curses a lot. She also finds the act of cooking sexual and sensual. There's lots of talk of sex in this book.

I listened to the six hours in one day and loved every second of it. Now, I want to bake my way through a cookbook (because cooking isn't happening). Reading this book also reignited the reasoning of why I wanted to blog. I kind of forgot my reasoning along the way.

Thank you Julie Powell for writing this and making us non-cooks aware of this project because you're inspiring more than just aspiring chefs.