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A review by obsidian_blue
What I Was Doing While You Were Breeding: A Memoir by Kristin Newman
5.0
I have already told several friends of mine about this hilarious and often poignant memoir by Kristin Newman. Due to where I currently live and work in the world there are many women out there like Ms. Newman who due to the demands of their career or just because they realize that marriage and kids is not for them end up doing something else completely different than their friends and family.
Ms. Newman is a comedy writer and has written for shows like "Chuck", "How I Met Your Mother" and "That 70s Show." Being a comedy writer in L.A. sounds interesting, and readers will get some details sprinkled throughout about the writer's room and what parts of her life made it into certain episodes. However, the majority of this memoir really focuses on Ms. Newman's first love and heartbreak and how from that experience she started to travel more and got to meet some very interesting and pivotal people in her life.
As someone who only left the country for the first time when I was 25 (I went to Italy) I know how intoxicating it can be when you start to travel for the first time as a single woman. I also know how Ms. Newman feels when she starts to relate how slowly but surely all of her friends started to do normal things like get married and have kids and how out of place you feel when you are still looking for the one.
I loved reading about her adventures in Amsterdam, the Dominican Republic, Russia and a whole slew of other places. Readers will also enjoy Ms. Newman's writing style which I thought was detailed without being boring. Several times while reading I started laughing at a story she was relating. It felt as if I was hanging out with one of my friends, sipping wine, and gabbing about all of the goofy things we did while on a recent trip.
One thing that I do want to give Ms. Newman credit for is that she acknowledges at times how selfish she was during certain parts of her life. I ultimately thought this was a very self aware memoir and would definitely read something written by Ms. Newman again in the future.
I would definitely recommend!
Please note that I received this novel for free through the Amazon Vine Program and this novel will be released on May 20, 2014.
Ms. Newman is a comedy writer and has written for shows like "Chuck", "How I Met Your Mother" and "That 70s Show." Being a comedy writer in L.A. sounds interesting, and readers will get some details sprinkled throughout about the writer's room and what parts of her life made it into certain episodes. However, the majority of this memoir really focuses on Ms. Newman's first love and heartbreak and how from that experience she started to travel more and got to meet some very interesting and pivotal people in her life.
As someone who only left the country for the first time when I was 25 (I went to Italy) I know how intoxicating it can be when you start to travel for the first time as a single woman. I also know how Ms. Newman feels when she starts to relate how slowly but surely all of her friends started to do normal things like get married and have kids and how out of place you feel when you are still looking for the one.
I loved reading about her adventures in Amsterdam, the Dominican Republic, Russia and a whole slew of other places. Readers will also enjoy Ms. Newman's writing style which I thought was detailed without being boring. Several times while reading I started laughing at a story she was relating. It felt as if I was hanging out with one of my friends, sipping wine, and gabbing about all of the goofy things we did while on a recent trip.
One thing that I do want to give Ms. Newman credit for is that she acknowledges at times how selfish she was during certain parts of her life. I ultimately thought this was a very self aware memoir and would definitely read something written by Ms. Newman again in the future.
I would definitely recommend!
Please note that I received this novel for free through the Amazon Vine Program and this novel will be released on May 20, 2014.