I found this book boring, with sub-par writing. I know it started as a blog, so maybe that was the problem for me--everything seemed so disjointed. I didn't feel like there was really anything cohesive about the book (aside from the cooking--but that didn't seem all that consistent, either). To be fair, I didn't make it past the first couple of chapters, so maybe it gets better. But I just couldn't stick around to find out. Just as an aside, I felt like the author made light of 9-11 and the work done in its aftermath. I didn't care for that, either.

I really enjoyed this book - it was involving and I could sympathize with the need to do SOMETHING with your life and wish I had an outlet like Julie did. The book features several mouthwatering scenes, and you'll definitely feel like having some French Cuisine afterwards! Note: Unlike the movie, the book does not really tell Julia Child's story (with the exception of some fictionalized letters from her husband) - to capture the story told in the movie, you'll also want to pick up "My Life in France" by Julia Child. "Julie & Julia" (the book) only deals with Julie Powell's blog and her goal to cook all 524 recipes in "Mastering the Art of French Cooking" in one year. A real treat for foodies especially.

Could not finish this book. Sure hope the movie is better.

Julie is direct, funny, open, and seemingly very honest about her life. I admire that kind of honesty. The "Project" - cooking all of the receipes in Julia Child's "Mastering the Art of French Cooking, Volume One" is crazy. It also seemed to be just the right thing for Julie Powell to do. It was fun to read, and inspiring in the "hope you find the right thing for you too" kind of ending that it had. The food sounded awful. I'm impressed she found the ingredients, and that her husband, Eric, was willing to eat the results. It's nice she and Eric found each other.
It was fun to read and made me laugh out loud at times.

Book rambled and whined about Julie's personal issues and didn't focus as much energy on the Julie/Julia dynamic as I would have liked.

I was so very disappointed by the book. It was disjointed, and I felt like there was too much talking about things that weren't significant. I know it started as a blog, but that doesn't always make for a good book. I thought the concept was really cute. I'd like to try cooking through Julia's book myself.

Let's say, for example, that you are in your late twenties, living in New York City in a something-is-always-going wrong apartment, and working at a miserable dead-end secretarial job at a government agency. What do you do to stir up your life? Well, cook every recipe - 524 of them - from Mastering the Art of French Cooking, Volume I by Julia Child in 365 days of course! And that is precisely what Julie Powell, the author of Julie & Julia, set out to do.

Living in one of the most exciting cities and having a loving and supporting husband aside, Julie Powell was stuck in a rut. On a visit to her parents', Julie rediscovered the cookbook that appealed to her so much when she was a child; at her husband's urging, Julie decided to cook and blog her way through the entire Mastering the Art of French Cooking, dubbing it the "Julie/Julia Project". What followed was a year of entirely too much butter, aspic, things that refused to gel together, extracting bone marrow, the trauma of killing lobsters, and the list goes on. Through her cooking triumphs and disasters, frozen pipes, a freezing apartment and sludge filled sinks, Julie discovers a new meaning to life and comes to the realization that anything is possible.

Julia & Julia is a joy to read; you might find yourself laughing (or at least smiling) at Julie's remarks and her susceptibility to calamities of all kinds. Julie spares no punches when it comes to her beliefs, - her anti-Republican remarks may be offensive to some - but her memoir is straight forward, witty, inspirational and often flat-out hilarious.

Bon Appetit!

Loved it!!!

I had high hopes for this book, but it really wasn't too thrilling. The only thing that saved the whole story was the humor, but otherwise this book fell flat.

good and funny read..can't wait to see the movie!

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I really didn't care for the crass language that started right off the bat. I read through the first chapter and stopped. Just a warning for those who care about that kind of thing.

enjoyed the book much more than the movie

I devoured this book in less than a week. I loved this book because it is about a woman's journey to find meaning in her life.

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