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    Living Oprah: My One-year Experiment to Walk the Walk of the Queen of Talk

    Written by Robyn Okrant

    Narrated by Joshua Ferris

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    About this audiobook

    What happens when a thirty-five-year-old average American woman spends one year following every piece of Oprah Winfrey's advice on how to "live your best life"? Robyn Okrant devoted 2008 to adhering to all of Oprah's suggestions and guidance delivered via her television show, her Web site, and her magazine. LIVING OPRAH is a month-by-month account of that year.
    Some of the challenges included enrollment in Oprah's Best Life Challenge for physical fitness and weight control, living vegan, and participating in Oprah's Book Club. After 365 days of LIVING OPRAH, Okrant reflects on the rewards won and lessons learned as well as the tolls exacted by the experiment.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherHachette Audio
    Release dateJan 4, 2010
    ISBN9781607883593
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    Living Oprah: My One-year Experiment to Walk the Walk of the Queen of Talk
    Author

    Robyn Okrant

    ROBYN OKRANT is a writer, director, performer and yoga teacher. She lives in Chicago with her husband and two cats, Wasabi and Selmarie. She admits to being what Oprah calls a 'schlumpadinka' but thinks it’s part of her charm. See www.robynokrant.com.

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    Reviews for Living Oprah

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    • 4/5
      I enjoyed this book as I love to indulge in self help conversations and books. Okrant has some good insights into what drives people to continually try to improve themselves and some apt warnings in regards to the perpetual nature of trying to live up to other people's ideals. It's a good read.
    • 4/5
      What I found most interesting was Ms. Okrant's experiences in actually following all the advice she gleaned from a year of Oprah. There is much musing on philosophical subjects - for example, how to reconcile conspicuous consumption with living more simply or can Oprah relate to the "everyday" woman? This is interesting, but the idea of letting someone else make so many and so far reaching decisions for a person was such an intriguing experiment. We all do some of this subconsciously - but Ms. Okrant does it on purpose and reflects on it.
    • 4/5
      From My Blog...Living Oprah by Robyn Okrant is no ordinary book, especially not for me. Let me explain a little so one can understand the difficulties I perceived that I faced (before realizing this was more a sociological study). I went into this reading this book hesitantly, as I am not an Oprah watcher. I did see some shows early in the 90s and since 2002, I watched exactly two episodes: Bra fitting and jean fitting, to be specific. I am neither a fan nor a critic of Oprah, I believe she empowers women, she is without a doubt charitable and to my great happiness I believe she has figuratively placed books into many hands that may not otherwise have chosen to read another book after completing school had it not been for the inception of her book club. Yet I question various other aspects of her philosophy, especially as regards body image, there appears to always be some new diet or slimming technique; so much for being authentic. Thus the thought of reading about someone living by Oprah's numerous suggestions made me hesitant about being engulfed in a world of "Oprah", which is why this book sat on my shelf as long as it did.Living Oprah by Robyn Okrant was not what I envisioned, rather than someone trying to be someone else, she took the year as an experiment and writes what appears to be a very honest and detailed journey of the year she spent following tips from the blog, magazine and show. I appreciated her wit as well her courage to state what did and did not work for her. Okrant embarked on a journey I personally would never have thought to take and while it is one I still would not try, she did, and she learned from this journey so much about herself and not necessarily in the manner in which many may be sitting back and thinking, "of course she did, look at the advice she followed". I am quite glad I was given the opportunity to read Living Oprah. Will I personally be following parts of the path? No. However I appreciate fully Robyn's book and the sociology behind it.I learned the most from Robyn's perception of what makes a woman a woman and it is my hope that other readers who pick up this book truly hear what Robyn learned, that being a woman is not a one-size-fits-all term. I do recommend this book to women, men too should they be so inclined, but especially women. Living Oprah is a fascinating sociological study for those who are Oprah devotees and for those who are not.
    • 4/5
      3.5 starsRobyn Okrant decided that, in 2008, she would follow every piece of Oprah Winfrey’s advice. Just to see if it could be done and if she would live a better life for it. She watched the show daily, she read O magazine, she read Oprah’s website. And she blogged about it all. Like Robyn, I once was an occasional Oprah watcher (though not for years), not a huge fan. I just found this an interesting premise and wondered how it would go. I think what surprised me the most was after the year was up (but I’m not giving it away!). I listened to the audio, narrated by Robyn herself and she did well. It kept my attention.
    • 4/5
      I am a sucker for books that chronicle the authors thoughts throughout an unusual project. The first several months were entertaining, but the last few months I had to slog through. I'm sure that experience mimics what the author felt on her slog through her last few months of Living Oprah.

      It is an interesting and quick read. The author is trying to derive some meaning from her experience for herself, but does pretty well not pushing an agenda on readers. It reads simply as a non-preachy re-telling of her year. Thank you! I hate the preachy gotta-learn-a-lesson memoirs that tell me what I ought to think.

      I really loved the month-end wrap ups. The charts of money and time spent satisfied the voyeur in me.

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    • 4/5
      Fun and insightful, but a little repetitive.

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    • 5/5
      Such a fabulous idea; do everything Oprah says for one year and see if after that time you are living your "Best Life". Robyn Okrant is funny and insightful in her quest to understand our culture's love affair with Oprah. What makes this book so good is that the author approaches the subject of Oprah without judgement. She isn't an Oprah fanatic, nor an Oprah-hater. The tone of the book is conversational and fun, Okrant's self-depreciating sense of humor and her eye for irony make her aa excellent writer, one the reader can instantly relate to. If you like AJ Jacobs you'll love Okrant. She is the kind of person you'd like to share knitting patterns with over a latte.

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    • 4/5
      I read a lot of these experimental-year memoirs, and this one stood out. I liked it a lot. Okrant was refreshingly honest and upfront and very real. The book is funny at times, but sincere. Okrant makes a real, very whole-hearted effort to follow every bit of Oprah's advice for a full calendar year, and dutifully records both time and money invested on each project. There are no earth-shattering conclusions (you're better off not shutting off your own decision-making facilities for a year), but it's an enjoyable, light read that raises interesting questions.
    • 4/5
      If reality tv is all the rage in the television world, then attempting one-year challenges is all the rage in book world. Robyn Okrant set out to try to follow Oprah’s precepts, those presented on her show and in her magazine and online, for a year. I heard about this last summer and have been waiting for the book ever since. I was not disappointed. Okrant is respectful of Oprah, and, though she finds many of Oprah’s pronouncements overly enthusiastic, she also discovers many wise tidbits of advice.(Happiness side note: Okrant’s happiness level dropped abysmally as the year progressed, primarily from increased levels of stress in attempting to follow all of the Oprah manifestos.)