This afternoon, I came home to find that my wonderful boyfriend R had stopped by the complex office and picked up a book that I had ordered three long months ago and have been waiting anxiously for ever since – Living Oprah: My One-Year Experiment to Walk the Walk of the Queen of Talk
I found Living Oprah last year after Robyn was featured on NPR’s All Things Considered in an interview with Michele Norris. The interview intrigued me and I started reading and commenting on Robyn’s Living Oprah Blog. I quickly was hooked even though I rarely watch Oprah. I’m generally at my desk or on a bus mid-commute at that time of day. Later on we realized that Robyn and I had already “met” on a fitness board where we socialized with others interested in fitness. I’m sure there for a while, Robyn thought I was stalking her.
I’m just over a quarter of the way through the book and I’m thrilled with what I’ve read so far. Robyn’s voice is aunthentic and you can see that she really takes the time to think about what she’s experienced during 2008′s Living Oprah Experiment. She not only accounts for the time and money she spent living life on Oprah’s terms, but she talks about the emotional and physical aspects of the project as well the contradictions in messages Oprah projects. My highlighter is out and marking as I read because I think Robyn brings up a lot of good points about how women live their lives today and the contradictions it brings. I want to explore these highlighted passage further as they purtain to my situation.
But what’s been the most fun so far is going into my local bookstore and seeing her book on the center aisle kiosk:
And then going to the official section for her book and finding it on the shelf:
I have to resist the temptation of going up to other people and saying, “Hey, check out this book, it’s written by a friend of mine and she’s done a fantastic job of writing about her experience! “
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