Rating: 
Summary: How sweet. How very, very sweet
Review: ...and how very unique! Liftin has a candy addiction. It began in her childhood and persists to the present. To structure a memoir around such an embarrassing and lightweight confection of triviality would seem as silly and insubstantial as a cherry lollipop. But somehow she pulls it off, and her readers don't find their teeth aching with an overdose of sugar. With the memoir progressing through consecutive chapters titled after treats that were specifically important or significant to her during that particular era, Liftin leads us down the twinkling-frosting path of her life.
Not great literature. Not sure it'll stand the test of time. But it's a fun and engaging read, for sure.
Rating: 
Summary: This book is a yummy delight!
Review: A humorous yet at times poignant account of one woman's life, loves, and confectionary favorites, from her childhood addiction to a homemade sugar paste, to junior mints, to Petite Fruits, Jelly Fruit Wedges, and frosting eaten straight from the can (I thought I was the only one who did that!) A factual account that is as entertaining as any fiction story i have come across. I recommend it highly. A real sweetie of a book!
Rating:
Summary: Delectable
Review: A sparkling sugary gem of a book. Although her taste in desserts is questionable (if I had written this book, it would have been all about dark chocolate), Liftin's endearing personality is evident on every page. I borrowed this one from the local library, and was reluctant to return it.
Rating:
Summary: more candy!
Review: As a huge candy fan, I can relate to what the author describes from eating sugar from the bag to sorting the candy before eating it (although I go for one at a time). A quick and entertaining read, I would recommend it for any candy lover!
Rating:
Summary: The Truth Never Tasted So Sweet
Review: Funny, sometimes wistful, and surprisingly thought-provoking. For Hilary and me it's candy; for others it's various substances that fortify and amuse. This well-written self-examination packs a much bigger message than you might expect.I enjoyed reading it while killing a couple of half-pound bars of Cadbury Milk Chocolate.
Rating:
Summary: Light, entertaining and refreshing!
Review: Hilary Liftin's Candy and Me : A Love Story was such a refreshing read! I read this book fairly quickly and I found her stories relating to candy to be very entertaining. In life we often have things such as songs, smells, and places to which we relate certain memories. I'm very glad to have had the opportunity to read the memories Ms. Liftin relates to her love of candy. Bonus: For something fun and different, you can go to www.hilaryliftin.com to share your own sweet memories!
Rating:
Summary: I Love Candy and I love this Book!
Review: I am a HUGE fan of Hilary's previous book, "Dear Exile" (which she co-wrote with her friend Kate Montgomery) and waited impatiently for her to finally write a novel of her own. I was pleasantly surprised to see she wrote a memoir (she seems like a fascinating person) and I was was even more ecstatic that her story was told through her life-long candy obsession. Like Hilary, I can eat sweets till I feel sick then eat some more, so I felt an instant kinship with the author. This book is charming, funny and completly entertaining. But, even more than that, it's a book that acknowledges and affirms our great (yet, underappreciated) love affair with all things candy!
Rating:
Summary: Charmingly Sweet
Review: I am completely crazy about this book and wild about Hilary. She has the most delicious way of turning a phrase and somehow managed to capture exactly what it was like to grow up feeling out of step and a little awkward and always hoping that someone would recognize how fabulous you really were. Her evolution into a flawed, yet balanced and wise and -finally - happy woman made me grin with recognition and wish that she and I were pals. An insatiable love of candy (and ice cream and maybe a little frosting straight out of the tub) is not at all needed to love this book. It is funny and smart and rings true page after page. Without question it is a recommended read.
Rating: 
Summary: Buy some candy -- not this book!
Review: I love candy probably about as much as Hilary Liftin does. However, my preferences are different; my favorites are almost all on her list of candies she dislikes. I really wanted to like this book, but by the time I got to the above list, I wasn't surprised. I didn't like her, either. She struck me as a spoiled, self-absorbed woman -- and it is pretty sad that the climax of this thin book, her *ultimate triumph,* is her wedding. One more thing: how coy not to mention a weight or dental problem! Buy some candy you like and not this high-concept book, which will make your back teeth ache.
Rating:
Summary: Yummy!
Review: I love this book. I'm a little miffed I didn't think to write it first, but other than that I just love it. Its good to see that people other than my best friend and I have a hardcore sugar addiction. This book starts with the author's childhood sneaky treat of confectioners sugar mixed with milk or water (been there) to stealing her brother's Halloween candy (done that) to the international treats found in other countries (have you have tasted the perfection that is an Australian Caramello Koala?) I'd say she and I were separated at birth. What I particularly like is that this book is 90% about pure sugar candy - smarties, candy corn (one of the great loves of my life), bottle caps, canned frosting etc. and only 10% about chocolates. In this world there are the sugar candy people and there are the chocoholics, the author and I are sugar candy people. There are very brief histories of some of the candies mentioned, which could have been expanded on but overall this is just a great read for a sugar junkie. The very best part is the resources section in the back of the book which lists several websites to order your favorite candies in BULK. Heaven!
|
