Goodreads Mobile | see what your friends are reading

Aug 17, 2009

Mary rated it:

I reread this over the weekend after running across it in a used bookstore recently. I just like Paul Reiser. There are no great insights, particularly, just his quirky brand of humor, but the thing that stands out for me, the thing that meant that I almost bought the book for the second time after all this time, is how straightforward it all is for him. How grateful he is and how lucky he feels to have met his wife and to have ended up with her. I think that's what I've been looking for all thi More...

0 comments like (1 person liked it)

Jun 21, 2011

Thu N rated it:

He's pretty much a stand up comedian in a book. He talks about the ups and downs you get in a relationship, particularly marriage. Almost all the reviews said this book would be laugh out loud funny. Sure it was funny, but it didn't live up to the hype for me. He definitely has the kind of humor most stand up comedians have, where they have to embellish their story with obviously unbelievable points just for the sake of being funny. I find that kind of humor to be tiring and somewhat desperate. More...

0 comments like

Nov 27, 2011

Micheline rated it:

I read this book over ten years ago. I used to be a huge fan of the show 'Mad About You' and I really liked Paul Reiser. Just to give a bit of context to my review...I'd have been a teenager when I bought this, and hadn't gotten around to reading it. Then one day, I was looking for something to distract me having just broken up with my boyfriend of the time (sigh...young love and it's keen sting) ...Anyways my point is I was not in happy place when I started this book, and within 10 minutes o More...

0 comments like

Nov 16, 2009

Molly rated it:

This book was in the bathroom of Eric's parents' house and I read it each night when I brushed my teeth, over the three weeks that I stayed with them. Ug. Paul Reiser is so unfunny and nineties. And then, when he did make me laugh, I felt very nineties, and sort of like I had a yuppie sense of humor. A terrible experience all around. I will say that it did sound very much like him--I even sort of heard his voice in my head while I read it--which I guess is an accomplishment of some sort. Hence, More...

1 comment like (1 person liked it)

Aug 31, 2011

Bthideman rated it:

This is one of my favorite books ever!! I have read this book 3 times which is rediculous but it is over a period of 12 or so years so I forget some parts and then when I read it I honestly laugh so hard, I cry. One time I read it on a plane going to Mexico and I had tears running down my face from laughing and the stewardess came to check if I was alright. You will relate to almost everything in this book if you are married or have children. This would also be a great book for a wedding gift. More...

1 comment like

Sep 12, 2009

Indah "Threez" rated it:

Tenang aja, meski tercatat buku ini berakhir pada halaman 348, tapi buku ini dimulai pada halaman 145!!!

Jadi sebenarnya buku ini terdiri dari... halaman *males cari kalkulator*

Anyway, Paul Reiser cuma mau memotivasi orang yang tidak hobi baca, biar baru baca halaman pertama aja serasa udah berhasil baca setengah buku, hehehe...

Buku ini seperti kumpulan monolog stand up comedian yang menelanjangi kebiasaan2 buruk kita (dan pasangan kita). Sangat universal, berl More...

0 comments like (1 person liked it)

Nov 17, 2011

Kelli rated it:

Very funny! I related to him so well I just kept nodding and bursting with laughter with every page of the book. Sometimes I couldn't stop laughing and it was a tad embarrassing when it happened in a room full of people. So funny, witty and charming. I was pleasantly surprised with this book. I'm not sure I've laughed so hard from reading a book ever before this. Very good. Very quick and easy and light but so funny you might want to wear a diaper while you read - in case you pee your pants.

0 comments like

Mar 15, 2009

Kristen rated it:

This was a re-read. I had it back when it came out and didn't keep it. Found it at the friends of the library book sale for about $0.50 and wondered whether it would be funnier now that I have my own long-term relationship experiences. And those parts were cute enough. But at least half the book was unrelated random stand-up routines. I do like that he's more genial than today's comics. But nothing stuck in my head.

0 comments like

Aug 01, 2010

Clauderocks rated it:

I thought that this book was very funny. It had many anecdotes about marriage that seem to be universal, obviously Paul Reiser and I do not have parallel marriages, but his wit and comedy shine through the sometimes far-fetched jokes he tells.

Suggested for non-newlyweds not because they wouldn't get it, but I feel that the longer someone has been married, the funnier they will find the book.

0 comments like

Oct 01, 2010

أشرف rated it:

أعتقد أن هذا هو أول كتاب إنگليزي أقرأه بالكامل وبجدية.. باستثناء كتب الدراسة طبعاً. تذكرته بغتة البارحة وقررت أن أضيفه هنا. أحمل له معزّة خاصة :^)
وهو مسل جداً بالمناسبة. استعراض كاريكاتوري شيق لتعقيدات الحياة الزوجية.

0 comments like

Nov 28, 2011

Kelley rated it:

I read this as a teenager and remembered enjoying it, so I decided read it again. It has some laugh-out-loud parts, which actually were not really related to being in a couple but just show the humor of Paul Reiser. Although the subject matter of couplehood is timeless, overall the material felt dated.

0 comments like

Jul 05, 2010

Angela rated it:

I often have the problem that the stand-up stuff is funny, only when they are standing up and telling it (or on tape..Bill Cosby comes to mind...he is just funnier when you are listening/seeing him)-- But Paul Reiser does a nice job of "talking" on paper. I enjoyed this book quite well.

0 comments like

Jul 31, 2011

Tracy rated it:

This is a VERY funny book that I picked up at a yard sale for 25 cents. What a deal!!! I laughed outloud a lot from the things Paul Reiser talks about in here. He is spot on when talking about the complicated and silly things that couples do. It was very entertaining to read!

0 comments like

Feb 04, 2011

Tanke added it

Muy gracioso y ocurrente, me llamo la atención por la serie "MAD ABOUT YOU", luego me entere que el producía y escribía, al leer el libro me quedo muy claro su estilo de situación que refleja muy bien la vida en pareja..

0 comments like

Jul 23, 2011

Mary rated it:

Not bad. Playful and quick. Thoughts on the parts of us we suds up the most in the shower gave me a giggle. I enjoyed the light narrative after an slew of heavy literary pieces. Thanks.

0 comments like

Apr 07, 2009

Lauren rated it:

funny and entertaining - I listened to this while commuting and it's a refreshing change from a novel. It was quick and whitty. Reminded me of watching Mad About You or Bye Bye Love.

0 comments like

Oct 19, 2011

Angel rated it:

If you're in a relationship, you can relate to this book. It's so funny how Paul tells stories about the way we are with that wit that lets you laugh instead of get offended.

0 comments like

Oct 07, 2010

Dan rated it:

A pretty funny book back in the mid 90's when his show was around. I got to meet Reiser twice when he was on book tour and I was working for Crown Books in the Dc area.

0 comments like

Apr 06, 2009

residentoddball rated it:

I read it in two days! Not sure if I'd find it as funny again now, but at the time that I read it, I laughed out loud and couldn't put it down. I love Paul Reiser!

1 comment like

Aug 25, 2009

Elesa rated it:

It was a fun book. Had me giggling several times. But also made me look at my marriage from my husbands point of view, which was good for me to do.

0 comments like

Mar 06, 2010

Amie rated it:

Dan and I read this together years ago and laughed and laughed through the whole thing. I loaned it out to someone and never got it back. :(

0 comments like

Nov 01, 2008

Sarah rated it:

Have you ever thought you'd like to go back to the early 1990s and hear Paul Reiser do edgeless stand-up, but you can't be bothered to invent a time machine or even, really, to get out of your sweatpants and go out at night? Pick this up at any library sale or used-book store (Literally. Any of them.) and snuggle up with it on your couch. "Oh, Paul Reiser. It's so true that men don't know how to fix things anymore. And how poignantly that anecdote has captured the mutual unintelligibil More...

0 comments like (1 person liked it)

Jul 06, 2010

Tiana rated it:

freaking hilarious! it's technically about marriage, but there are so many aspects of my long-term relationship that he touches on, too.

0 comments like

Jul 31, 2009

Carrie rated it:

Read this in college and laughed out loud. Loved it so much I bought the audio cassettes so I could hear the stories in Paul's voice.

1 comment like

Jun 23, 2009

Pam rated it:

It's been years since I have read this, but occasionally I will think of things that were in it when I am in different situations.

0 comments like

Nov 23, 2008

Maurean rated it:

I enjoyed this. If you've ever been in a relationship, you should find SOMETHING in these pages to laugh about. Funny stuff.

0 comments like

Jun 22, 2009

Maria rated it:

Precious. The way he still calls his wife his "bride". Just another perfect man in my eyes.... that can never be mine. Sigh.

0 comments like

May 12, 2009

Alli rated it:

Favorite book of all time. If I could only have one book on my bedside for the rest of time, it would be this one hands down.

0 comments like

Jan 24, 2010

Michelle rated it:

I could hear Paul Riser's voice talking as I read this entire book! He is very funny!

0 comments like

Aug 08, 2009

Rhonda rated it:

Much like reading a stand up script....definitely had its funny moments

0 comments like