Bit smug

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!

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I laughed, I cried, mostly laughed!

What made the experience of listening to Moranthology the most enjoyable?

It was mostly very funny, I actually stood laughing to myself while trying to do the dishes on more than one occasion. There were touching and sad parts as well but the contrast and the joy made these polar aspects even more extreme

What was one of the most memorable moments of Moranthology?

I think it was the Sherlock part. I also love BBC's Sherlock so it was brilliant to hear about it from another perspective and how much it is loved by the people who make it. The serious parts were very memorable for a very different reason and the description given of those will stay with me for some time but still written in a beautiful way that I felt showed consideration for the subject.

What about Caitlin Moran’s performance did you like?

Her honesty and self deprivation made it really easy to listen to.

Any additional comments?

The only thing that grated on me was the word wholly which she pronounces holly and I pronounce holey so that is probably an accent thing that can't be helped. Other than that I enjoyed the narration very much.

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Me me me

What other book might you compare Moranthology to, and why?

Prozac Nation. Though poles apart in content, both authors are unquestioningly honest, and quickly assert that they are what matters in the book. It could not all happen without them.

Any additional comments?

Though Moran has an ego to rival that of Madonna, her me me me take on absolutely everything is strangly moorish. Like chocolate and chilli, it shouldn't work, but it does. Even though her views are at times, frankly quite frightening, she doesn't fail to make you think.

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More Anthologies Please!

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.

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Great book

Loved it and have in fact listened twice now!
Both entertaining and, at times, thought provoking. Would recommend.

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Fantastic

Caitlin Moran is so eloquent and hilarious. Loved every second of it! Really inspiring and full of passion and energy.

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Ranty and amusing stories from the big haired lady

I always thought that Caitlin Moran pronounced her first name to sound like "Kate- Lynn". I am sure that, during this ranty and amusing book of re-hashed Guardian articles, at one point she called herself "Cat - Lin", a bit like "Catnip", you know the stuff that mimics feline pheremones to make cats go a bit crazy. I might be wrong because I was listening to this audio book at x1.25 speed (short attention span) but I'm 80% sure that's what she said. I will, therefore, refer to her as Catnip Moran for the rest of this review.
The thing I like about Catnip (the big haired lady that is, not the minty shrub) is that she is always entertaining and witty and her columns are full of insightful, erm... insights... into her media chums who most normal people like you and I would never get the chance to meet in real life. Not that Catnip (that's the.... oh never mind) is not down to Earth herself. She was, as she points out on several occasions, bought up on a Wolverhampton council estate and never went to school. This seems to give her a unique take on life, well different to those of us who had a more traditional upbringing anyway. I loved her stories of her exploits with Lady Ga Ga and her meeting with Paul McCartney, her love of David Tennant and BBC drama, and in fact the BBC in general. Personally I was less enamored when she talked about the British Cake Baking Show or whatever it's called or that one that's Downtown Abbey thing that she likes. I have never understood the appeal of those shows. Yes this is a bit dated now and goes up to about 2012 and reminds us that these were in fact simpler times than today.

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Couldn’t listen to it - voice too annoying!

I had been really looking forward to listening to this, and a few other books by Caitlin Moran as I had enjoyed reading “How to be a woman”
Unfortunately Moran’s voice was so annoying I just couldn’t finish the book.

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good but repetitive

love Moran, but this isn't as good as how to be a woman - just a collection of her articles, so if you already follow her there is alot of repetition

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great collection of articles

lovely narration, thoroughly enjoyed listening!
I don't necessarily agree with everything she writes but appreciated her opinion and writing

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