Moranthology

I'm a 21 year old, single, straight male and having attempted to listen to 'How to be a woman' on the basis it was in comedy and on sale at the time -I was hooked. Simply put there are three elements to this book that will keep you listening or at least kept me listening.

1. Her voice is gorgeous, absolutely amazing to listen to. 50 shades has got nothing on this voice... I think.

2. The content is entertaining, funny and again amazing. Caitlin is a lucky girl to say the least to be hanging with the Stars.

3. Her personality is unbeatable. There's a reason why she's a writer and I would buy the reason of Personality. Her views make sense and everything she says feels like it could fit in a library.

If you haven't listened to How to be a woman go and do so, unless you're a little bit cringe worthy to young teenage girls growing up in which case listen to this then that.



Get it, get it now is all I can say.

My lady and I mainly listen to Audiobooks to fall asleep to but I've not enjoyed this collection as much as I'd anticipated (having nurtured a crush on the writer since my teens too!).



The content is a touch smug and I'm not a huge fan of the writer's voice which occasionally swings into a condescending nag. That said, Moran has lots to say and is never boring!

Caitlin Moran is one of those open secrets of the newspaper and magazine reading fraternity that they've been keeping annoyingly quite for twenty years.



Now that she's burst onto the 'all the pages stuck together' book scene, first with How To Be A Woman, and now her Moranthology, her unusual take on life has been opened up to a whole new audience. And while the books themselves are funny, thought-provoking and occasionally not a little poignant, Moran is a writer who genuinely benefits from audio presention, and by presentation in her own voice. Clearly, she knows better than anyone how to present her columns - of which this is largely a collection - to the best effect, and her personality comes across in the reading, like the kind of thing that would happen if you sent Maureen Lipman, Katie Puckrick and Germaine Greer into the Large Hadron Collider and sat the result in front of a word processor or a microphone.



Moranthology is a sometimes sideways, sometimes "what are you looking at" straight on look at a range of subjects entirely inessential to the modern human being, but ultimately really fascinating to look at through her lenses nonetheless.

I bought this book as I was unexpectedly bowled over by Cailin's other book and was not disappointed by this. It is definitely not 'PC' and it won't be to everyone's taste. However, her engaging style and honest writing make a refreshing change from lots of the usual diatribes of modern day writers. I thought it was not quite as good as her previous book, but then, for me, that had the element of surprise. Well worth downloading.

I read How to be a Woman by Caitlin Moran and loved it, it was well written, well read and I laughed out loud in several places. When Moranthology came out I was very excited to read it so as soon as it was available on audio I got it. Well it was certainly a disappointment; not interesting, not great writing or narration and not at all funny. I think I might have laughed a bit once but it certainly wasn't the burst-out-laughing-embarrass-yourself-on-public-transport laughing I did reading How To Be a Woman. It's essentially a list of things Caitlin likes which in places is very tiresome. She writes a book review in one chapter which is about as interesting as reading a GCSE essay. She spends ages going on about tv reviews and how hot Sherlock Holmes (Benedict Cumberbatch) is. We've all heard the Lady Gaga story before so stop going on about it. She considers herself some sort of political/economics/social policy expert which she clearly is not nada lot of her poorly researched, emotional witherings really put me off her. As for the painful conversations she has in bed with her poor husband, I can't bring myself to think of the cringingly pathetic stereotypical 'woman' questions she asks the poor bloke, she's not exactly doing womankind a favour by playing up to the stereotype. Some of her pronunciations are a bit dodgy and she seems to use the same words over and over again. Perhaps a thesaurus for Christmas Caitlin? I really, really wanted to like this book and desperately wanted to give it 3 stars but have opted for 2 as that's a more accurate reflection of my disappointment. 'Tangotastic' wrote an excellent review on Amazon which expresses my feelings exactly, if only I'd read it before I bought this.

I had recently read 'How to be a Woman' and then seen Moran do a reading from youtube, so when I saw that she had another book out, I thought it would be one to listen to, rather than read, because she narrates it herself. I wasn't disappointed, although it is not as funny as 'How to be a Woman', its still a really good listen.

I love Caitlin Moran's attitude, I always have. She's someone I've been aware of since she first appeared on our televisions in Naked City, but have loved her all the more in recent years reading every article that I have come across, and compounded that love with her wonderful 'How to be a Woman'.



This collection of columns is brilliantly delivered with the vivacity and honesty you expect, and whilst many columnists often mostly rely on the rye, sarcastic angle to their observations of life, Moran also demonstrates a wonderful capacity for genuinely good writing too. Her descriptions of Elizabeth Taylor and Amy Winehouse are magical and serious subjects like mental health are touching, but ultimately fearless and real.



I am not a big-haired girl, I've simply never been blessed with the locks required, but I hope she'd let me be in her gang anyway.