I heard about Instant Mom a few weeks ago while Nia Vardalos was promoting her new movie Helicopter Mom through the Today Show. The Universe aligned and my sister happened to check Instant Mom out from the local library this past weekend. I’m not a mom, but I really liked My Big, Fat, Greek Wedding &My Life in Ruins and figured Vardalos would write a fun read regardless of the subject matter. Like most memoirs, Vardalos give us a brief synopsis of her life: her […]
Nothing “Instant” About It
I like to read funny memoirs and autobiographies, especially by funny ladies, but I never purchase these books because they’re such quick reads. I hate spending $10 to $15 on a book (and it’s always new, you can never find these at Half Price Books) that I will finish in an afternoon and likely never read again, even if it was fun to read. Therefore, I usually borrow these books from my lovely sister, who has similar taste in the funny-ladies-and-occasionally-dudes-write-books genre. Sadly, she doesn’t purchase ever […]