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Book Review of The Nanny Diaries

The Nanny Diaries
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This book was very interesting and I want to see the movie...but I wouldn't put it at the very top of my favorites list.

First off, the names were messed up. I realize that the authors were trying to keep the situations they wrote about anonymous, but it got annoying reading about the nanny whose name was "Nanny" and the family that was called the "Xs." Couldn't they have at least said the Joneses or something equally nondescript. Even the Does would have been better. It just kept me from relating to the characters in any meaningful form and that bugged me.

All and all this was a fun book and I'm sure Scarlett JoHansen will do an amazing job as the lead. A fun and quick beach read.