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It Seemed Like a Good Idea at the Time by Moira Hodgson

It Seemed Like a Good Idea at the Time

My Adventures in Life and Food

by Moira Hodgson

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  • Jan 2009, 336 pages
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  • Jennifer (Saratoga CA)
    Disappointing
    Expecting an interesting combination of food and travel stories, I was quite disappointed in Moira Hodgson's book. Rather than pulling the reader in with interesting characters, she spends too much time in recounting personal encounters with names I didn't recognize. I felt out of step with her stories, but perhaps this book would be a better fit for those growing up in the WWII era.
  • Diane Dickinson (Mount Pleasant SC)
    Not such a good idea....
    Being a foodie, I was all set to enjoy a book about Moira Hodgson's adventures in life and food, but I was disappointed. I found her writing to be shallow and disjointed. Unlike Ruth Reichl's books in which I became engrossed in the food and the surroundings, Hodgson did not seduce me into caring where she was or what she was eating. She's obviously led a very interesting life, but falls short of involving her readers.
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