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false <![CDATA[Mortified: Real Words. Real People. Real Pathetic.]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1173754786m/323933.jpg 323933 1 Share the shame. In the days before blogs, teenagers recorded their lives with a pen in top-secret notebooks, usually emblazoned with an earnest, underlined plea to parents to keep away. Since 2002, David Nadelberg has tapped that vast wellspring of adolescent anguish in the stage show Mortified, in which grown men and women confront their past with firsthand tales of their first kiss, first puff, worst prom, fights with mom, life at bible camp, worst hand job, best mall job, and reasons they deserved to marry Simon LeBon. Following the same formula that has made the live show a beloved cult hit, Mortified the book takes real childhood journals and documents and edits the entries into captivating, comedic, and cathartic stories, introduced by their now older (and allegedly wiser) authors. From letters begging rescue from a hellish summer camp to catty locker notes about stuck-up classmates to obsessive love that borders on stalking, Mortified gives voice to the real- and really pathetic- hopes, fears, desires, and creative urgings that have united adolescents for generations. 314636 28 11 2006 Mortified: Real Words. Real People. Real Pathetic. total:498|5:125|4:177|3:149|2:40|1:7| 498 1867 869 137 323933 1416928073 9781416928072 498 137 Mortified: Real Words. Real People. Real Pathetic. 3.75 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1173754786m/323933.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/323933.Mortified_Real_Words_Real_People_Real_Pathetic_ 4 3 false Thu May 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Tue Nov 06 07:41:36 -0800 2007 Fri May 16 19:15:13 -0700 2008 liked you liked you. But despite the title, I found all these diary entires sweet, even when they're c...more...]]> 323933 1416928073 9781416928072 498 137 Mortified: Real Words. Real People. Real Pathetic. 3.75 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1173754786m/323933.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/323933.Mortified_Real_Words_Real_People_Real_Pathetic_ 5 1 false Sat Sep 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Sat Sep 22 21:15:39 -0700 2007 Sat Sep 22 21:29:31 -0700 2007 more...]]> 323933 1416928073 9781416928072 498 137 Mortified: Real Words. Real People. Real Pathetic. 3.75 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1173754786m/323933.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/323933.Mortified_Real_Words_Real_People_Real_Pathetic_ 5 1 false Wed Nov 01 00:00:00 -0800 2006 Tue Mar 13 14:39:28 -0700 2007 Wed Mar 14 20:25:52 -0700 2007
Imagine if someone took your most personal writing, your diary entries from when you had a crush on Tony or totally hated Dana*, your fan letters to Kirk Cameron, or your list of ways to improve your wretched, self-hating teen incarnation of you.
And then they edited it ...more...]]> 323933 1416928073 9781416928072 498 137 Mortified: Real Words. Real People. Real Pathetic. 3.75 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1173754786m/323933.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/323933.Mortified_Real_Words_Real_People_Real_Pathetic_ 4 1 false Sun Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2006 Sun Nov 11 21:58:56 -0800 2007 Sun Nov 11 21:59:33 -0800 2007
This is a really fun & easy read. A lot of these kids’ diaries/letters are mediocre, at times even boring because of the repetitiveness, but righ...more...]]> 323933 1416928073 9781416928072 498 137 Mortified: Real Words. Real People. Real Pathetic. 3.75 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1173754786m/323933.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/323933.Mortified_Real_Words_Real_People_Real_Pathetic_ 4 1 false Tue Sep 25 16:36:49 -0700 2007 Tue Feb 24 08:24:29 -0800 2009 more...]]> 323933 1416928073 9781416928072 498 137 Mortified: Real Words. Real People. Real Pathetic. 3.75 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1173754786m/323933.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/323933.Mortified_Real_Words_Real_People_Real_Pathetic_ 3 0 false Mon Dec 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Mon Dec 22 08:36:32 -0800 2008 Mon Dec 22 09:18:03 -0800 2008 once more...]]> 323933 1416928073 9781416928072 498 137 Mortified: Real Words. Real People. Real Pathetic. 3.75 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1173754786m/323933.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/323933.Mortified_Real_Words_Real_People_Real_Pathetic_ 3 0 false Wed May 20 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Thu Jul 09 18:25:00 -0700 2009 Thu Jul 09 18:25:25 -0700 2009 Mortified takes real childhood journals and documents and edits the entries into captivating, comedic, and cathartic stories, introduced by their now older (and allegedly wiser) authors. From letters begging rescue from a hellish summer camp to catty locker notes abo...more...]]> 323933 1416928073 9781416928072 498 137 Mortified: Real Words. Real People. Real Pathetic. 3.75 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1173754786m/323933.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/323933.Mortified_Real_Words_Real_People_Real_Pathetic_ 2 0 false Tue Dec 01 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Fri Nov 20 08:32:58 -0800 2009 Wed Dec 02 10:31:57 -0800 2009
When I was a kid (from about ages six to nineteen), I delighted in stumbling across a folded up piece of paper on the ground. Often it was a scrap of homework, more often it was a receipt, but sometimes...sometimes...it was a note. And not just any note, but a note be...more...]]> 323933 1416928073 9781416928072 498 137 Mortified: Real Words. Real People. Real Pathetic. 3.75 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1173754786m/323933.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/323933.Mortified_Real_Words_Real_People_Real_Pathetic_ 4 1 false Fri Dec 04 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Fri Nov 20 09:14:45 -0800 2009 Fri Dec 04 07:25:36 -0800 2009 more...]]> 323933 1416928073 9781416928072 498 137 Mortified: Real Words. Real People. Real Pathetic. 3.75 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1173754786m/323933.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/323933.Mortified_Real_Words_Real_People_Real_Pathetic_ 2 1 false Mon Oct 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Thu Oct 04 14:03:22 -0700 2007 Fri Oct 26 20:10:59 -0700 2007 323933 1416928073 9781416928072 498 137 Mortified: Real Words. Real People. Real Pathetic. 3.75 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1173754786m/323933.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/323933.Mortified_Real_Words_Real_People_Real_Pathetic_ 5 1 false Wed Aug 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Mon Aug 13 18:59:39 -0700 2007 Mon Aug 13 19:01:15 -0700 2007 323933 1416928073 9781416928072 498 137 Mortified: Real Words. Real People. Real Pathetic. 3.75 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1173754786m/323933.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/323933.Mortified_Real_Words_Real_People_Real_Pathetic_ 4 0 false Tue Nov 18 14:33:09 -0800 2008 Tue Nov 25 14:48:02 -0800 2008 more...]]> 323933 1416928073 9781416928072 498 137 Mortified: Real Words. Real People. Real Pathetic. 3.75 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1173754786m/323933.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/323933.Mortified_Real_Words_Real_People_Real_Pathetic_ 5 1 false Thu Aug 02 22:32:12 -0700 2007 Fri Aug 03 15:14:53 -0700 2007 323933 1416928073 9781416928072 498 137 Mortified: Real Words. Real People. Real Pathetic. 3.75 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1173754786m/323933.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/323933.Mortified_Real_Words_Real_People_Real_Pathetic_ 3 1 false Wed Nov 01 00:00:00 -0800 2006 Mon Jun 11 13:06:32 -0700 2007 Mon Jun 11 13:08:13 -0700 2007 323933 1416928073 9781416928072 498 137 Mortified: Real Words. Real People. Real Pathetic. 3.75 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1173754786m/323933.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/323933.Mortified_Real_Words_Real_People_Real_Pathetic_ 5 0 false Sat Feb 21 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Sun Jan 18 17:54:45 -0800 2009 Sat Feb 21 07:28:30 -0800 2009 Everyone go out and read this book.

The hilarity of this book is just...beyond awesome. I tried making little notes for myself to remember things about each "entry", and I stopped halfway through because there was just too much goodness. Oh with the hilarity!!

There w...more...]]> 323933 1416928073 9781416928072 498 137 Mortified: Real Words. Real People. Real Pathetic. 3.75 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1173754786m/323933.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/323933.Mortified_Real_Words_Real_People_Real_Pathetic_ 2 0 false Sat Dec 06 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Tue Jun 03 13:33:56 -0700 2008 Wed Dec 10 06:38:04 -0800 2008 1 more...]]> 323933 1416928073 9781416928072 498 137 Mortified: Real Words. Real People. Real Pathetic. 3.75 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1173754786m/323933.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/323933.Mortified_Real_Words_Real_People_Real_Pathetic_ 3 0 false Mon Jan 12 19:46:22 -0800 2009 Sun Feb 24 11:39:43 -0800 2008 Mon Jan 12 19:46:22 -0800 2009
The premise of the book/show is to take old diary entries, love letters or similar from those who have now grown out of adolescence and can only look back on their own s...more...]]> 323933 1416928073 9781416928072 498 137 Mortified: Real Words. Real People. Real Pathetic. 3.75 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1173754786m/323933.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/323933.Mortified_Real_Words_Real_People_Real_Pathetic_ 4 0 true Fri Feb 29 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Sun Feb 17 11:44:09 -0800 2008 Sat Mar 01 06:51:36 -0800 2008
Mortified: Love is a Battlefield is the perfect train wreck for rubberneckers everywhere. ...more...]]> 323933 1416928073 9781416928072 498 137 Mortified: Real Words. Real People. Real Pathetic. 3.75 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1173754786m/323933.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/323933.Mortified_Real_Words_Real_People_Real_Pathetic_ 3 0 false Sat Dec 01 00:00:00 -0800 2007 Mon Dec 03 16:24:50 -0800 2007 Fri Dec 21 14:04:36 -0800 2007 more...]]> 323933 1416928073 9781416928072 498 137 Mortified: Real Words. Real People. Real Pathetic. 3.75 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1173754786m/323933.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/323933.Mortified_Real_Words_Real_People_Real_Pathetic_ 4 0 false Tue Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Tue Mar 10 15:35:36 -0700 2009 Tue Mar 10 15:37:38 -0700 2009 more...]]> http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=323933