Confessions of a Grammar Queen ⭐⭐⭐

 Confessions of a Grammar Queen by Eliza Knight 

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"There are no female publishing CEOs in 1960's New York. And that is exactly what savvy, ambitious Bernadette Swift plans to change.

Bernadette Swift, a young copyeditor at Lenox & Park Publishing, is determined to become the first female CEO in the publishing industry. But first she needs to take the next step up that ladder with a promotion that her boorish and sexist boss wants to thwart. Seeking a base of support, Bernadette joins a feminist women's book club at the New York Public Library, and soon, she's inspiring her fellow members to challenge the male gatekeepers and decades of ingrained sexism in their workplaces and pursue their personal and professional dreams.

And that is precisely what Bernedette does on a daily keeps her eye on the prize—equality for women in the workplace, and a promotion—while fending off the ire of her boss and the sabotaging efforts of a jealous coworker. With the support of her book club buddies and a certain charismatic editor at Lenox & Park who has completely fallen for her, maybe, just maybe, Bernadette will prove able to claim victory for herself and the young women coming after her."

Genre: Historical Fiction, Romance, Chick Lit

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Overall Enjoyment 🎉🎉🎉

Did it grab and keep my attention? 🎣🎣🎣(only because of the dog or I would have given it 🎣🎣)

Would I recommend it to anyone?  No ➖, unless you do the audio to enjoy Frank!

Would I want a sequel 🕮 No ➖

Would I want to read more books by this author 📚  🤔Maybe

Trigger Warnings 💣💥No

Spice 🌶 No

Plot twist 🌪 No

Tidbits: Promos say if you liked Lessons in Chemistry you'll love this one. It was good enough to finish, but not as good as  Lessons in Chemistry. Confessions of a Grammar Queen is more about the Women's Lib movement (do they still use the term Women's Lib?) whereas Lessons in Chemistry was more about her personal battle of making it in a "man's world". Equal was the amount of harassment from the higher ups. Also, there are no confessions! 

The only really likeable character to me was Frank, the DOG.
One annoying thing was she would give the origins of words periodically but for no real reason other than to try to convince you she was smart enough to be good at her job.
Both books have an absolute loveable dog! I'm head over heels in LOVE with Frank, but I'm fickle because I was head over heels in LOVE with 6:30 too.
In LiC 6:30 is a Golden Doodle. In CoaGQ Frank is a Great Dane. Just a reference, not relevant. I mentioned when I was listening to Lessons in Chemistry that I typically don't like a book with anthropomorphism. I have to rethink that now that this is the second one with the dog's POV who stole my heart. I'm not sure if they would have the same effect when reading, rather than listening, because the narrator is everything with these two.
The ending, every little thing tied up in pink sparkly bow. 🎀

🎧 Stina Nielsen with P.J. Ochlan as Frank❤

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