An Irish Jenn ... I enjoy Marion Keyes novels and this is just as fun. Plus, because they are essays and short stories it is a quick read.

Always entertaining, this Irish author is a favorite of mine. I like to peruse the used book stores for inexpensive copies of books by a short list of authors. This book is a collection of essays written from the perspective of an educated, well traveled, modern woman on various subjects from men to make up! This is the kind of nice, light, fun reading I like to do when I'm unwinding from my day.

Again, Marian Keyes' essays are good, but not as good as her fiction, but this collection also contains several short stories by her and is worth reading for those alone. There are also a few interesting essays about her charitable work.

I quit reading it after 2 days. I was bored to death!

I really like Marian Keyes as an author so it's fun to read about her real life. You can see bits of her characters in her, but she also write about people very different from her as well. She's a fun Irish girl who is humble enough to admit her flaws.

While I'm not generally one to pick up a book full of essays and articles, my love for Marian Keyes is much stronger than my slight aversion to such collections. Knowing I wouldn't love it as I do her novels, I wasn't disappointed! I read the essays and articles side first, and really enjoyed the feeling of getting to know one of my favorite authors (and her family and friends) a little bit better. I finished with the stories, and just loved them. I love the Walshes and was thrilled to see the inclusion of Mammy Walsh, though to be honest that turned out to be my least favorite in the story section. The angel in LA was the best IMO. A nice change of pace and enjoyable snippets when I didn't have the time to delve into a new book.

Love her books, loved her essays and articles in this book....fun, truthful and personal. Yes, it's chicklit but she just does it so well :)

Author Marian Keyes: Cracks in my Foundation.

This is a book I purely bought for the cover and title. Looking for an easy peasy read. One thing is knowing she is from Ireland had me reading this with an Irish accent in my head. Love. Funny. Made every joke even funnier ( it's an American thing) I loved the stories being so absolutely off the wall and admired the ability as a writer. The essays of traveling as a writer were hilarious. Her frizzy hair issues and high heels all the time. Even while hiking. Also a good book for writers to read as it gave some insight to life as a writer. I truly loved her explanation of being a writer with no children too ( hit close to home on that) This was a great read over coffee at my local hang out in the evenings , easy read, relaxed and had me laughing out loud from time to time...more times than not. Put this on your short attention span, easy read, make you feel better about your own life book list.

Recommend: My thought was my friend , Chris, for the Alien story for sure.
The one thing I would ask this author: Have you ever been to Texas and if so...what frizzy hair story from here do you have?
And did you ride a horse with high heels?
Weirdest place read? The dressing room at Ha Ba's in Galveston.
Funny Story while reading : I was approached at the coffeeshop by a guy until he saw the title of the book and asked me if it was a self-help book. I replied , yes.

So totally Marian. Not only are the magazine articles so true to life and freaking funny, her short stories are works of art. The characters are everything you expect from a Marian story, and the subject matter hits harder than most. Much recommended.

Love Marian Keyes!