It sounded like something fun, but just turned out to be a sophomoric, ego-romp through bars ans writing broads... ( )

This is one of those books that I pick up and read a chapter or two between other books. So far, very interesting. ( )

It sounded like something fun, but just turned out to be a sophomoric, ego-romp through bars ans writing broads... ( )

There aren't enough adjectives to explain what I thought of this book.
The premise was fabulous: and came from a night of chatter and too much wine.
The writer's that are brought back from death to have a drink are all well-known, and surprisingly well crafted even though each entry is a very short story - impressions and descriptions are seamlessly incorporated into each section. While I would have appreciated a more "hard edged" set of questions to many of the authors - Ann Rynd and her rather dismissive attitude toward men and even other women for example - the tone you were left with after reading about each meeting seemed to carry the same tone as the most famed works by the author.

The portrayals were funny and clever, with a clear indication that the lives of each woman had been researched, thought upon, and a fact, little known was included or extemporized.

Apparently a book about famous drunkards (I can only assume male authors ) is to be released soon as a companion - I can't wait. ( )

Two authors take turns writing short stories about different famous women authors who have passed on to the other side. The living author imagines what the conversation ,at a bar with wine, would sound like. They pretend to interview Louisa May Alcott, Margaret Mitchell, Jane Austen, Ann Rynd, and many more.

The idea of having a conversation with a favorite who is dead has potential. Unfortunately each story sounds the same as the last. Each story they drink wine, the deceased author hope that her family got rid of the letter she wrote, and ends after the deceased author is done complaining. I feel the living authors could have explored so much more, maybe about the world now, or ask how being dead was treating them. ( )