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When a book is as highly anticipated as this one was, you start to steel yourself for the inevitable letdown--even if the book is good, what are the chances that it will be that good? I mean, sure, her blog is funny as hell. And yes, if you don't follow her on twitter (@TheBloggess) you'll never know just how side-splitting random chaos and taxidermied animals can be. But really; a whole book? Surely it can't sustain the level of sheer manic Texas-gonzo hilarity and wrongness we've come to expec
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I love Jenny Lawson. She's hilarious and makes me feel better about my own messed-up life, that I'm not alone in all this.
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This is (mostly) not a book to be savored in peace. It needs an audience, willing or otherwise, who will listen and laugh along with you when you read random passages aloud. It also needs people who are willing to oblige when you realize you can't just read a paragraph and they'll get it, so you give up, just shove the book into their hands, and order them to read the entire chapter (thanks, dad).
One chapter made me cry, dammit. The one with the vultures and machete, if you must know.
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One chapter made me cry, dammit. The one with the vultures and machete, if you must know.
Also: you ...more
Really funny. Too much profanity, but hysterical. Reminds me of my second cousins, the ones everyone wants to be around because they have great stories (like the goat story from Cousin Peggy) and tell them superbly.
Also, this is the blog of the lady with the giant metal chicken, which story I had run across before. So I'm familiar with this brand of crazy on two counts. ...more
Also, this is the blog of the lady with the giant metal chicken, which story I had run across before. So I'm familiar with this brand of crazy on two counts. ...more
Another blogger book. Why can't they just stick to their blogs and leave the medium of books to authors who have something more than one page stories of their everyday quirky lives? This book is so disjointed and painfully trying to be funny that it's cringe worthy.
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3.5. I thoroughly enjoy the Bloggess. A little disappointed that one of the strongest chapters (the metal rooster) is one I had read long ago on the blog itself.
This book made me laugh out loud multiple times. Jenny Lawson is my kind of crazy only way, way, way more extreme.
Jun 03, 2012
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