Showing posts with label memoirs. Show all posts
Showing posts with label memoirs. Show all posts

Wednesday, May 30, 2012

Let's Pretend This Never Happened- Jenny Lawson

Let's Pretend This Never Happened: (A Mostly True Memoir)

From amazon.com: Jenny Lawson realized that the most mortifying moments of our lives—the ones we’d like to pretend never happened—are in fact the ones that define us. In Let’s Pretend This Never Happened, Lawson takes readers on a hilarious journey recalling her bizarre upbringing in rural Texas, her devastatingly awkward high school years, and her relationship with her long-suffering husband, Victor. Chapters include: “Stanley the Magical, Talking Squirrel”; “A Series of Angry Post-It Notes to My Husband”; “My Vagina Is Fine. Thanks for Asking”; “And Then I Snuck a Dead Cuban Alligator on an Airplane.” Pictures with captions (no one would believe these things without proof) accompany the text.




Ok, this is a look at the life of one of the funniest bloggers I've ever read, and OMG is it twisted. Funny as hell, and occasionally sad, but twisted. If I had experienced some of the things that Jenny did, I'd probably be even crazier than I am today. From Stanley the Talking Squirrel to Beyonce the Metal Chicken, there are stories that will gross you out, make you laugh, and make you wonder HOW some of these things happen.

Wednesday, May 23, 2012

Paris In Love- Eloisa James

Paris in Love: A Memoir

I wanted to love this book. I really did. I love Eloisa's fiction and I love memoirs. Sadly, this one just didn't click with me. She is honest about the fact that the book is largely made up of Facebook & Twitter posts from the year they were in Paris, with a few things fleshed out into longer essays. The problem is, the shortness of the posts makes them much less interesting. There needs to be MORE- more background, more detail, something.