Ten years later, after a brutal divorce and a heavy dose of therapy, Chani is back in Los Angeles, laser-focused on one thing: her work. But what comes next proves to be life-changing in ways Chani never saw coming, as the interview turns into a whirlwind weekend that has the tabloids buzzing. Gabe will get good press, and her career will skyrocket.

yet if she can keep her cool and nail the piece, it could be a huge win. It's terrifying and thrilling all at once. The Gabe Parker-her forever celebrity crush, the object of her fantasies, the background photo on her phone-who's also just been cast as the new James Bond. Then she's hired to write a profile of movie star Gabe Parker. While her former MFA classmates are nabbing book deals, she's in the trenches writing puff pieces. Twentysomething writer Chani Horowitz is stuck. Get Funny You Should Ask from The Ripped Bodice | Bookshop.Then. And one fairly steamy scene toward the end.ĬW: alcoholism/rehab death of a parent at age 10 sexism in Hollywood & journalism homophobia (actor loses out on a job because he’s gay, eventually comes out on his own terms).Įlissa Sussman will be in conversation with Kate Spencer at Chevalier Books (in-store, not virtual) in LA on April 12 at 7 p.m. While it’s contemporary fiction with a romance in it, romance readers should know you do get a HEA. And/or the voiceyness of Kate Spencer’s In a New York Minute. Pick this one up if you liked the celeb/normie elements of Robinne Lee’s The Idea of You. If you read LaineyGossip (or Go Fug Yourself) on the regular, Funny You Should Ask should be on your TBR.

And l loved that Sussman intersperses Chani’s POV with articles reporting/speculating on what went down. Snappy prose and great banter make for a fast read. Ten years later, now divorced Chani who has two books under her belt, is asked to interview him again.

Then, the celeb profile she writes about him goes viral, essentially making both their careers. They hit it off and the initial interview extends into an invite to a movie premiere and more. His career is about to break big as he’s slated to be the next James Bond. Chani Horowitz is a 26-year-old writer when she first meets Gabe Parker.

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