i adore andy cohen. i literally laugh out loud (by myself) every single time i watch "watch what happens live". i wish one day to get a tweet or retweet from him. and the foursquare badge i desire the most is the andy cohen one. so when i found out he had a new book, i put my request in. 20 something transfers later and it was sent to delano especially for me.
surprisingly, i did not adore the book. the issue is that his writing is a bit too much. i get it (we are both geminis), he writes the way he talks which comes off cheesy. i mean this as no offense. i am the same way, whenever my friends compliment me on my yelp reviews, i politely explain its cos they know me and the average reader would be annoyed. and though i feel like i "know" andy cohen, the book at times had campy-ish moments.
it just wasn't a page turner nor did it have me laughing out loud. i think the best thing about this story was his coming out story and how he dealt with his homosexuality. he was honest and it is a great testament not only to homosexuality being innate with individuals but also to how accepting his family and friends were, that things are getting better. reading it reminded me of my friendship with miguel, and i wonder if he was ever nervous about coming out to me. though we had long discussions about his homosexuality during our senior year, he didn't tell me til our first year of college. i hope that as he decided to come out that he knew that regardless i would love him. i did enjoy reading about how cohen's roommate was so supportive, and how his mom and roommate used to keep tabs on him.
another thing that is interesting to think about was how scared his friends were about him contracting AIDS. i have a lot of gay friends and have never been scared of that. i guess it is because we live in a society where STDs are openly talked about and all of my friends are responsible and get tested frequently. so i am thankful that i never had to worry about them. (i also realize that it is unfair, i should worry about my straight friends too.)
i guess the issue is that i wanted it to be a bravo tell all and it wasn't. i love bravo, i even have a bravolebrities album on fb. however, the best part read like a bravo special because it was one. the chapter on the housewives reunion was pretty much that countdown of real housewives best reunion moments.
i wanted more dirt though i did learn that padma's husband was salman rushdie. it was interesting how the shows came together. it was nice to have light shed on russell armstrong's death but what about brandi in all that drama? also could have done without the oprah chapter but mainly cos i hate
oprah.
it was a nice brain break after reading "anna karenina" and it's good if you want a mindless read or something g to leave as a causal bathroom read.
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