Sunday, November 1, 2015

Review of BIGLAW by Lindsay Cameron

The Devil Wears Prada meets One L, BIGLAW provides an insider's view of the cut-throat world of big New York law firms. Mackenzie Corbett has always dreamed of living in New York City. Now, almost two years into her job as an associate at a premier Manhattan law firm, she's living her fantasy--big salary, high profile deals, cute boyfriend, designer bag on her arm. The giant bags under her eyes from lack of sleep don't fit into the fantasy, though. To make matters worse, she's being tormented by a bitter, bitchy senior associate, her boyfriend is annoyed she never has time for him, and now she's stuck on the deal from hell with a partner whose biggest claim to fame is throwing a stapler at a cleaning lady because she touched his ficus plant.  With the opportunity to secure a prestigious secondment on line, the overachiever in her is determined to endure whatever it takes to close the biggest deal in the firm's history. But when Mackenzie finds herself the focus of a devastating investigation her dream job begins spiraling into a nightmare. In this pitch perfect, frightening accurate novel, Lindsay Cameron throws back the curtain to this intriguing world exposing the truth about life in Biglaw.
(Synopsis courtesy of Amazon.)

I received this from BookSparks for their Fall Reading Challenge 2015. I was hesitant at first to read this book because I had had to reread it but I'm so glad I read it. Lindsay paints a picture of a girl who just wants to get the credit she rightfully deserves after all the hard work she has had to endure as well as being verbally abused by her superiors. Reading Biglaw reminded me of The Devil Wears Prada by Lauren Weisberger because (in my opinion) Miranda Priestly was like Saul Siever except the fact she was female. The way Lindsay Cameron wrote, I was able to follow the story and get to experience the ins and outs of working as a lawyer and rooting for Mackenzie that she makes it to the finish line. 

Review of Guessing At Normal by Gail Ward Olmstead

I received this book for an honest review from the author. It's a love story about a woman named Jill, working in a job that's going nowhere in a dead end town, who meets James and something instantly clicks between them. It's about their ups and downs as a couple and being in the spotlight and trying to find their path in life. I really enjoyed this sweet love story mainly because it's out of my normal genre. Jill is a likable character because you can picture her so well in your mind.