Stephanie Smith is a New York Post writer who made her boyfriend a sandwich. The boyfriend joked that if she made him 300 sandwiches he would propose so she went on to, not only, make 300 sandwiches but also start a blog about the process which evolved into this book.
The book is comprised of blog posts that have been edited together to make a memoir which is interspersed with sandwich recipes.
It's a fun idea and a quick read but I found, ultimately that the writing felt a little flat and stilted and there wasn't much of a story.
Personally, I find the concept of waiting around for a formal marriage proposal to be a little odd in this day and age.
And 300 sandwiches? I really don't think that that is too much of a challenge and was expecting the recipes to be more exciting (there aren't 300 recipes here just a selection btw).
I was anticipating a little more from this book. The author writes quite movingly about her relationship with her Father and his death but apart from that I found the story and it's characters to be undeveloped and the writer came across as being somewhat needy. Maybe it's a tale/ challenge that works better as a blog...
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