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Copy/paste the text below into your blog. <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/90872.Self_Help?utm_medium=api&amp;utm_source=blog_review" style="float: left; padding-right: 20px"><img alt="Self-Help" border="0" src="http://s3.amazonaws.com/photo.goodreads.com/books/1193938034m/90872.jpg" /></a> <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/90872.Self_Help?utm_medium=api&utm_source=blog_review">Self-Help</a> by <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/11746.Lorrie_Moore">Lorrie Moore</a><br/><br/> <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/17911142?utm_medium=api&utm_source=blog_review"><h3>My review</h3></a> rating: 3 of 5 stars<br/>i really liked this book at first. the stories were interesting and intriguing. but then they started to get somewhat monotonous, all reading like how-to manuals (how to be an other woman, how to talk to your mother, etc.). I realize that this book is called "self-help" and apparently that is what these stories hope to have you do. BUT the repetitive story structures and procedural writing style got old quickly. i liked lorrie moore's writing and am interested in checking out some of her other books, just no more self-help stories please! <br/><br/><a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/list/605776?utm_medium=api&utm_source=blog_review">View all my reviews.</a>