Bond Girl / Erin Duffy / 290 pages

Debut novelist and former fixed-income sales person on Wall Street Erin Duffy writes about Alex Garrett (nicknamed Girlie by her boss) and her first year as a rookie at a prestigious Wall Street bond brokerage firm, Cromwell Pierce. At times hilarious and at times maddening, it's an interesting look at the people who populate the trading floors of the finance capital of the world. Pranks, sexism, buddies, tyrants, and some slimy people abound in this fast-paced story. It's definitely not all glory and you gotta have guts. If this is a true picture of Wall Street and life in New York, then you can see how the inhabitants live in a totally different world. Favorite scene: Marchetti eats one of everything in the vending machine to win $28,000 bet. Good fast, fun read.