God, I love this book –even though the cover still really creeps me out. I have read it before — 2013, it looks like — but haven’t listened to the audio version. I HIGHLY RECOMMEND THE AUDIO VERSION. If the written copy deserves 5 stars, the audio (read by the author, of course) should get 6! 7! Give Tina all the stars! “Some people say, “Never let them see you cry.” I say, if you’re so mad you could just cry, then cry. It terrifies everyone.” […]
“There is no end. It is simply the end of the old times, Loki, and the beginning of the new times. Rebirth always follows death.”
Remember my New Year’s resolution to stay current on my reviews? Yeah. This is review number 43 and I’ve finished 53 books so far in 2017. Naughty Badkittyuno…. So a lot of other people have reviewed this anthology, and I am firmly in the camp of those who loved loved loved it. Neil Gaiman can’t really do any wrong in my book anyway, but I thought this collection was particularly enjoyable. I’m not overly familiar with Norse mythology, beyond what I’ve learned through American Gods, […]
Accurately Titled
I best know David Spade from Just Shoot Me because I was 4 when Spade debuted on SNL and 7 when Tommy Boy came out. Now, as an adult I’ve seen reruns of Spade’s early nineties SNL run as well as butchered showings of Tommy Boy on Comedy Central but that was after he was an established star. “FYI this book is not that serious. This is meant to be read when super bored, then forgotten fifteen minutes later. It should be read cover-to-cover during one medium- to- severe case of diarrhea” I […]
Again maybe it’s just unfair for me to review books like this
Oh, Oh the Moon. I guess I hate whimsy and preciousness. I really must hate them both. Because. Because when I read things like this I have the feelings that someone is messing with me. It’s the same kind of feeling of when someone starts telling you about their self-published book or their one-person show. And you see it all as a test, right. It’s a test to see if you can tell if you are the star of their one-person show and the joke is […]
Playing in the Sandbox
The Carol Burnett show went off the air 10 years before I was born and I don’t believe I’ve ever seen a single episode outside of a clip of the Gone with the Wind parody. However, we have established I will read any memoir written by a smart, funny woman and this was an interesting read with lots of behind the scenes details. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RVBzQ0Lon1g Carol had a contract with CBS in the 60s that included a “pay or play” clause regarding a minimum of 30 episodes of […]
The Real Housewives of Eugene, OR
Laurie Notaro, along with Jen Lancaster, Jenny Lawson and numerous other, is a very funny lady who openly shares her humorous life with an audience. It’s been awhile since she’s published a memoir although she appears to have written a novel last year! In Housebroken Laurie is in her 50s, but she hasn’t matured much since we last met, she is still a bit of a hoarder who forces various neighbors try her homemade Twinkies after the Twinkie shortage panic of 2012 . Laurie is a bit of […]
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