Nonfiction Review and Wrap Up

You may be tired of hearing about my "month of nonfiction." Or maybe you aren't. I just thought that it was a interesting experiment, and one that I sort of appreciated. I'm thinking of doing something similar over the summer -- perhaps a month of e-reading.

I've posted further thoughts and my results -- numbers of books and pages read -- over in the On Reading column at 5 Minutes for Books. Check it out.

I wanted to post a final review here:

Confessions of a Rebel Debutante by Anna Fields is funny and sassy and slightly rebellious.

I was looking forward to more variety, since the promo materials mentioned that she went from the South to New York City, even being an assistant to one of the Real Housewives and Diana Ross (when she was in L.A.). I would say it's about 2/3 about her growing up in the South, mostly her tween and teen "rebel deb" years. If you know anything about debutante culture, you will definitely laugh along with her. The boarding school years are funny too.

She goes from North Carolina to Brown university, and again sticks out like a sore thumb. She discovers a love of writing and performing and experiences her first love.

From Brown to L.A., where she dishes a bit on some celebrities, and then a slightly more substantial section on NYC.

The reviews at amazon so far are great, but I've come to expect more from memoir. If you are looking for an entertaining summer read, you've got it. It's funny and even touching in places. If you are looking for that "special can't quite name it" element that a really great memoir has, this is missing it.