Born Round: The Secret History of a Full-time Eater Audiobook

" great book, funny and well-written. i laughed, i cried, i'd recommend this to anyone who loves food :) "

" I liked it. I've spent my life struggling with my weight, too (though admittedly with more success) and I really identified with Mr. Bruni's story. The editor in me wished he'd spent more time convincing me that he not only ate a lot of food, but that he was also a connoisseur of food, BEFORE he got the NY Times food critic job. But when he described sitting outside, eating a meal of perfect bread and lovely cheese, the same meal he ate every lunch for months one end, I yearned to join him. That is a successful book, in my opinion. "

" A really sweet memoir, kept me hungry the whole way through - literally. Reading this book is like watching Top Chef - don't do it on an empty stomach. "

" Well, being a restaurant critic for the New York Times apparently is challenging to say the least for someone with a food addiction. Bruni is a great writer, but more importantly I loved his openness about his food addiction, the effect it had on his life and self-esteem. A lot of his feelings we can all identify with... "

" I was expecting this book to be more foodie focused. It's a pretty straightforward memoir of a guy who has struggled with his weight from childhood, including bouts with bulimia. He struggles with this at the same time he realizes he is a gay man. He eventually ends up as a food critic for the New York Times. By the end of the book the author seems to have come to terms with his relationship to food. "

" Frank Bruni seems like a truly lovely person but I could not get into this book... "

" Coming from a large Italian family, I really related to Bruni's description of family eating events. The book slowed in the middle, but then got more interesting as he covered his life as a NY Times food critic. "

" It was just too long. I liked Frank's stories early on but then it got boring and repetitive. "

" I could hardly put this book down. Bruni writes with openness and vulnerability about a sensitive subject in a highly entertaining and amusing fashion. "

" A well-written memoir of a life obsessed with food. Bruni is at once amusing and heart-breaking. "

" I expected the book to be a little more light-hearted and have a greater focus on his experiences as a critic but it was fine. "

" A witty memoir of food, family, eating disorder, dating and exercise - Born Round is a charming read that kept me chuckling out loud at points, and close to weeping along at the others. Great read. "

" If you love food, you'll love the book. If you've ever had food issuses and a weight problem, you could get something out of this. "

" Very readable memoir of a writer I adore. "

" I'm a sucker for any memoir, and especially for onein which food plays a big part. Good read, and kind of fascinating to learn about a man with eating and body image disorders. "

" This was a great read for foodies and everyone else who loves a good memoir. "

" This is an easy read and if you love to eat, a delicious read. Well written and honest. It does get a little trying by the end but it's still fun! "

" I found this book entirely too easy to relate to. "

" another excellent auto-biography. you'll probably like it more if you're a foodie yourself. I can related to it because he talks about his own battling with weight, and it's great to read about others experience with the same problems. "

" an interesting memoir about a food critic's struggle with weight and acceptance of himself "

" VERY INTERESTING PERSPECTIVE ON EATING OBSESSION AND OVERCOMING IT. "

" Listening to. Read by the author which works in this case (though not all.) DNF but feel like I got the point. I had to stop listening when I was no longer questioning bulimia as a weight loss strategy. "

" I'm only 35 pages in and I've already lol'ed - the descriptions of everything, but especially of food, are dead-on. And hilarious. "

" In this memoir, the author struggles with overeating his entire life. It is well written and captures his struggles clearly. What was sad about this book is that the end shows his journey is clearly not at an end. I enjoyed reading about his upbringing as well as his adulthood. "