Talking as Fast as I Can: From Gilmore Girls to Gilmore Girls (and Everything in Between), Paperback

With a new bonus chapter

In Talking as Fast as I Can, Lauren Graham hits pause for a moment and looks back on her life, sharing laugh-out-loud stories about growing up, starting out as an actress, and, years later, sitting in her trailer on the Parenthood set and asking herself, ``Did you, um, make it?`` She opens up about the challenges of being single in Hollywood (``Strangers were worried about me; that's how long I was single ``), the time she was asked to audition her butt for a role, and her experience being a judge on Project Runway (``It's like I had a fashion-induced blackout``).

In ``What It Was Like, Part One,`` Graham sits down for an epic Gilmore Girls marathon and reflects on being cast as the fast-talking Lorelai Gilmore. The essay ``What It Was Like, Part Two`` reveals how it felt to pick up the role again nine years later, and what doing so has meant to her.

Some more things you will learn about Lauren: She once tried to go vegan just to bond with Ellen DeGeneres, she's aware that meeting guys at awards shows has its pitfalls (``If you're meeting someone for the first time after three hours of hair, makeup, and styling, you've already set the bar too high``), and she's a card-carrying REI shopper (``My bungee cords now earn points ``).

Including photos and excerpts from the diary Graham kept during the filming of the recent Gilmore Girls: A Year in the Life, this book is like a cozy night in, catching up with your best friend, laughing and swapping stories, and--of course--talking as fast as you can.