Let's Pretend This Never Happened: A Mostly True Memoir in Our Shared Shelf

Mar 21, 2015 Erin Martin rated it really liked it

I couldn't decide between 3 and 4 stars. Took me a LONG time to get into it, but the seriously laughed through most of the second half. Out loud. Seriously. ...more

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Apr 21, 2013 Cindy rated it liked it

My feelings about this book have evolved as I’ve read it. I began the book and immediately dismissed it. It's not that I didn't like the book. It's that I didn't find it funny like others who just couldn't put it down. I don't know if it's because I couldn't connect to Jenny or if it just was not my type of humor. Every time she interrupted the narrative and spoke to the reader, using expletives, I thought it was a cheap comedic ploy and I just wanted her to get back to it. There were moments wh ...more

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Feb 17, 2016 Brittany rated it really liked it

Shelves: biography

Just snort-out-loud hysterically funny. Raw and witty and honest and just wonderful to read.

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Jan 27, 2013 Jessica Haider rated it really liked it

Shelves: non-fiction, memoir, humor, south-shore-bookclub

somewhere between a 4 and a 5 on this one.

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Jul 04, 2014 Jas rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

Shelves: non-fiction, mental-illness, humour, female-authors

Absolutely hilarious. Absolutely recommend.

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Jul 22, 2012 Cynthia Paschen rated it really liked it

A funny memoir by a blogger I follow. My only criticisms are that she will too often remind us how funny and crazy this is, and sometimes she says vagina when she means labia.

Also, it can be a bit terrifying, reading what it is like living with an anxiety disorder.

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Oct 03, 2012 Jennifer rated it really liked it · review of another edition

Funny, heartwarming and wierd. I listened to the audiobook, which I highly recommend. I love listening to memoirs narrated by the author, and this one did not disappoint.

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Aug 14, 2016 Lindi rated it really liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: about-writing, non-fiction, funny, cultural-competency, audio-book, grown-up-books

Very funny, very poignant memoir of The Bloggess's unusual childhood, and her struggles with various debilitating conditions with the support of her patient husband, Victor. ...more

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