Welcome to another edition of Books in 140 Seconds, the your biweekly book club blast, where Erin and I give you the goods on a book in the time it takes to make a cup of coffee. This week the Washington Post‘s Ron Charles joined the YouTube book reviewing party, recording a one-minute review of My Hollywood. Oh, it’s pretty good if you like your videos edited, rehearsed and in a Masterpiece Theater type setting. Sure he has theme music, a budget, and multiple set changes . . . but we keep it real. And we’re adorable. As for 60 seconds, I say, been there done that. 140 is the new 60. But if it really came down to a head-to-head book reviewing video showdown (as we may have suggested to Ron Charles on twitter, and he may have accepted), Erin and I are pretty sure we could take the cake with just one awkward frame.
Speaking of cake, this week we’re talking about Sarah Selecky’s first-rate short story collection, This Cake Is for the Party. Watch it to see us cram as many cake jokes as possible into 140 seconds, and eventually dissolve into laughter at our own cleverness:
For more on This Cake, check out my review from last week. We’ll see you again in a fortnight, when we’ll go back to high school in the eighties with Candace Bushnell’s The Carrie Diaries. Tune in to see what we think of this prequel in the wake of this summer’s SATC sequel.
Are we sucking on something sour in that freeze frame?
Always enjoy my visits to this site.
Just editing my interview with Sarah now. I’ll let you know when it’s up.
S
This post is hilarious! Now off to watch the vid… :)
Oh my God, you guys!! Ahahaha! That moment when you crack each other up is totally precious. Yes, Jen, you guys ARE adorable!!
I haven’t read short stories in ages, it feels like; perhaps it’s time.
You guys, this is crazy awesome. Thanks for giving me one MORE thing to do online when I should be working! I bought that book recently; now I’m even more stoked to dive in.
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Hey guys,
Just wanted to say I love the concept of your blog. Very clever. This Cake is for the Party sounds like a read worth checking out.
Mike
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