The Queen of Minor Disasters A Novel with Recipes The Queen Series Antonietta Mariottini 9781489554864 Books
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Stella DiLucio is the master of fixing other peoples’ problems. After all, the sassy twenty-seven- year old manages her brother Lorenzo’s restaurant on the Jersey Shore. With the help of a little “Food Therapy” Stella can evade meddling mothers , face frenemies, confuse gossiping locals, and smooth out family conflicts, all while keeping a smile on her face. It's easy, all it takes is the right dress (and shoes), some confidence, and the ability to give food away for free (just don’t tell Lorenzo). Stella seems to have it all, but when her boyfriend throws her a curve ball, her life starts to unravel. To make matters worse, a sexy guy from her past keeps messing with her head, her parents drop a bomb that changes the family dynamic, and her best friend starts keeping secrets from her. Can the queen of minor disasters set her own life straight? Or will it take more than some “Food Therapy” to get through this mess? Join Stella as she deals with her quarter-life crisis, runs the family business, and ultimately figures out what she wants in life. Full of unexpected twists and turns, outlandish characters, and inspiring recipes, this laugh- out-loud novel will take you behind the scenes of the restaurant business, whetting your appetite, and making you beg for seconds.
The Queen of Minor Disasters A Novel with Recipes The Queen Series Antonietta Mariottini 9781489554864 Books
It was okay. I read the entire thing, and liked bits of it, mostly the bits with Lucy. Stella was not exactly the sharpest cookie in the shed, and her inability to grasp obvious things was annoying. Perhaps I just wasn't in the right frame of mind to enjoy it, but her getting all hysterical about minor things was grating. Sure, she wasn't going to have that particular job, but it's not as if she was going to be cast onto the street, or end up with nowhere to go and no way to care for herself. Which I suppose is what really bugged me. She had never had to take care of herself in her entire life, and was a child in the body of an adult. Also, that chocolate chip cookie recipe was totally not original.In the book's defense, it did have funny moments, and I liked the snippets of background about running a restaurant.
Friends of the author, you may flame me if you wish, but this is MY opinion about the book, and not everyone is going to gush about the same things. You probably wouldn't like my favourite books either. Would I give another of her books a try? Probably, because the author is talented. I just didn't like Stella.
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The Queen of Minor Disasters A Novel with Recipes The Queen Series Antonietta Mariottini 9781489554864 Books Reviews
I think the fact that I expected this to be a funnier rendition might have colored my thinking on this one. I am still trying to figure out exactly what the Minor Disasters were.
I found it confusing and eccentric. But I thought the problems were probably of Stella's own doing. She seemed a bit wishy-washy for my taste. The love interest Drew was a complete ass and she just put up with it hoping of a diamond ring. Give me a break in this day and age he'd have been kicked to the curb. Especially after a three year courtship that ends with he's not sure he wants to marry her. Then less than a month later he's engaged to someone else. Cheating SOB and you know it.
The alternate, Roberto, who was Momma and Momma's Friends favorite to marry Stella was okay. I found the romance angle between the two to be more contrived than anything. It seemed they were more friends than lover material.
It was an easy read and just as easily I found I could forget the story and the characters. Yet I read the whole thing and on some level I really did like it. The family, the Italian Family, though stereotyped by the author, seemed to really love one another and really did stick together. No matter what was thrown at them they just picked up the pieces and continued on. I have to say I gave them points for that.
Over all I guess I say if it's within your reading budget buy, read and enjoy.
There’s a sense of laziness about this book, which matches the clearly autobiographical lead character’s inability to envision a life for herself apart from the insular family reality that is so cozy she’d rather remain a child at home than an adult forming her own life. From the exhaustingly inconsistent formatting, the grammatical and spelling errors (surprising from a writer with advanced English and teaching degrees), it seems that this book was pulled, unedited, from the writer’s diary from her 27th summer. Despite all that, I enjoyed reading it. In fact, the bad reviews the book received sort of irked me because only fools judge a work of literature based on whether the character makes choices the reader herself would make. That’s just plain silly. In this case, the story was about a determinedly immature girl who had little desire to leave the comfort of her family, and who wanted nothing more than to marry and be a wife. While nowadays we feel obliged to be feminists, there’s something to be said for those who enjoy nurturing a family, and in fact a character’s choices need not be justified if it’s entertaining reading, and I enjoyed this book, including the whimsically included recipes, some of which had typos, some were pulled from other sources (like the chocolate chip cookies’ recipe straight off the pack). As I said—lazy but enjoyable. She immersed us thoroughly in her world with detailed attention to food, her wardrobe, and family dynamics. It seemed as real as any diary might.
I consider myself a "chick lit" enthusiast but some don't always live up to the expectations of the blurb. The Queen of Minor Disasters, however, was hard to put down! As a mom of a 2 year old and 2 month old, finding time to read a book is pretty hard to come by these days but I made time to finish this book. The writing style is excellent, the reader is kept on their toes with suspenseful plot twists throughout and the characters are fun to get to know. One of the best parts is the playful addition of recipes to conincide with Stella's "Food Therapy." I can't wait to try them out...although I was a little disappointed the chocolate souffle recipe didn't make the cut...my mouth was watering just reading about it ;)
I really shouldn't have read this book on an empty stomach. I can't begin to cook any of the recipes thrown in at the end of each chapter, but they made me soooo hungry.
The Queen of Minor Disasters was a light, fun read. I was expecting it to be more focused on romance. It wasn't. I mean, romance is a big part of the book, but it's not the sole focus. I enjoyed that. Instead of spending every moment she had throwing herself at men to fix what's wrong in her life, Stella works on improving herself. Even when she finds Mr. Right, she doesn't immediately settle down with him - she wants to travel, and try out baking school.
Although to be honest, I think I enjoyed the recipes at the end of each chapter more than I did the story itself. Not that I'm all that interested in recipes - I don't even known what a double boiler is. But the way the recipes were presented, and Stella's snappy remarks that were thrown in just made me break into uncontrollable fits of giggling.
I especially liked the recipe for birthday sticky buns. "1) Decide that you are not cooking on your birthday..."
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It was okay. I read the entire thing, and liked bits of it, mostly the bits with Lucy. Stella was not exactly the sharpest cookie in the shed, and her inability to grasp obvious things was annoying. Perhaps I just wasn't in the right frame of mind to enjoy it, but her getting all hysterical about minor things was grating. Sure, she wasn't going to have that particular job, but it's not as if she was going to be cast onto the street, or end up with nowhere to go and no way to care for herself. Which I suppose is what really bugged me. She had never had to take care of herself in her entire life, and was a child in the body of an adult. Also, that chocolate chip cookie recipe was totally not original.
In the book's defense, it did have funny moments, and I liked the snippets of background about running a restaurant.
Friends of the author, you may flame me if you wish, but this is MY opinion about the book, and not everyone is going to gush about the same things. You probably wouldn't like my favourite books either. Would I give another of her books a try? Probably, because the author is talented. I just didn't like Stella.
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