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| Title            = Wishful Drinking
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| Image           = Wishful Drinking - Hardcover - USA - 1st Edition.jpg
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| ImageDescription = Hardcover - USA - 1st edition.
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| Author          = {{BookAuthor|Carrie Fisher}}
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| PublishedYear    = 2008
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| PublishedMonth  = 12
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| PublishedDay    = 02
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| Type            = {{BookType|Non-fiction}}
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| Genre            = {{BookGenre|Memoir}}
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| Themes          = {{MediaTheme|Comedy}}
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| AgeGroup        = Adult
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'''''Wishful Drinking''''' is a collection of the memoirs of [[Carrie Fisher]]. The book has a lot of jokes, but a large portion of them don't resonate with me, and I can only be interested in addiction and mental illness for so long. Overall, I found the book to be generally entertaining, but not that great.
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'''''Wishful Drinking''''' is a collection of the memoirs of [[Carrie Fisher]] first published on 2008-12-02.
  
==Status==
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==Personal==
I don't own this book, but have listened to an audio book recording.
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{{BookStatus
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| Own      =
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| Read    = Audiobook read by [[Carrie Fisher]].
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| Finished = 2017-02-27.
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I read this book to learn more about Carrie Fisher.
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==Review==
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{{BookRating|5}}
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Overall, I found the book to be generally entertaining, but not that great. The book has a lot of jokes, but a large portion of them don't resonate with me, and I can only be interested in addiction and mental illness for so long. I was disappointed in the male sex to hear how many of them felt the desire to explain to Carrie how frequently they masturbated to pictures of her.
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==Representation==
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Carrie is a strong woman in this book.
  
 
==Links==
 
==Links==
 
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{{Link|GoodReads|https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/4961048-wishful-drinking}}
 
{{Link|GoodReads|https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/4961048-wishful-drinking}}
 
 
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Latest revision as of 13:41, 3 August 2023

Wishful Drinking

Wishful Drinking - Hardcover - USA - 1st Edition.jpg

Hardcover - USA - 1st edition.

Author Carrie Fisher
Published 2008-12-02
Type Non-fiction
Genre Memoir
Themes Comedy
Age Group Adult

Wishful Drinking is a collection of the memoirs of Carrie Fisher first published on 2008-12-02.

Personal

Own?No.
Read?Audiobook read by Carrie Fisher.
Finished2017-02-27.

I read this book to learn more about Carrie Fisher.

Review

Overall:

Rating-5.svg

Overall, I found the book to be generally entertaining, but not that great. The book has a lot of jokes, but a large portion of them don't resonate with me, and I can only be interested in addiction and mental illness for so long. I was disappointed in the male sex to hear how many of them felt the desire to explain to Carrie how frequently they masturbated to pictures of her.

Representation

Carrie is a strong woman in this book.

Links

Link-Wikipedia.png  Link-GoodReads.png