Reading Laurie Notaro never fails to make me smile, and giggle, and sometimes laugh out loud. While some "stories" are better than others, overall I liked this collection. My favorite in this one was the tale about her mother and all the material she forwards and takes for truth because she saw i...
I love Laurie Notaro! I discovered her nonfiction books several years ago and they made me laugh until I cried. I wasn't exactly sure what to expect from a novel but since I love Dave Barry's novels I decided to give it a chance and I am so glad I did.Ghost Girl is tragic, funny, sad and wonderfu...
I was looking for a fun fluffy read and I found it with this book. I like what Laurie Notaro has to offer and this book did not disappoint. I like the premise of waking up in Ghost School and having to "fix something" before going to great beyond. The rules of ghosthood were interesting but then ...
Holy hell, I loved this book! I actually wanted to read it again as soon as I had finished it. That never happens. NEVER. This is the story of Lucy, a girl who finds her life abruptly cut short in many different ways. She has to go back and try to make things right while also coming to terms ...
I LOVED this book! it made me laugh so hard. I can relate to just about every story! This book wasba quick, easy read. While it was entertaining, it wasn't overwhelmingly funny.
I'm usually not interested in the "chick books" that have become so popular recently (maybe they were always popular, but I've only taken notice of them in the past couple of years). You know, the witty, funny, celebrations of the modern women in all her success and tragedy. I think the appeal is...
I think you either love Laurie Notaro or you hate her. I checked out this book and her "Idiot's Girl Adventure..." book at the same time from the local libraries and read them back-to-back. Looking at the reviews I can see some people really love her style and some people hate her stuff. I'm in t...
I can’t honestly remember how I found this book. But a few weeks ago I saw it sitting on the bookshelf that I devote to books I intend on reading. So, I picked it up and read a few pages and busted out laughing! I then proceeded to voraciously read this collection of essays by Laurie Notaro ab...
She thought she'd have more time. Laurie Notaro figured she had at least a few good years left. But no--it's happened. She has officially lost her marbles. From the kid at the pet-food store checkout line whose coif is so bizarre it makes her seethe "I'm going to kick his hair's ass!" to the hapl...
There's a (slight) chance that this may not be a very good book.Maye Roberts is a thirty-something freelance journalist living in Phoenix, Arizona who is suddenly uprooted to a small town of Spaulding, Washington when her husband is offered a teaching post at the local University. Maye struggles...
Too many travel guides are dry lists of attractions or portentous histories of a place. This isn't the case with The Thong Also Rises. Hot on the (high) heels of Sand in My Bra and Whose Panties Are These? comes this collection of the best in women’s travel and humor writing. These Ms-adventures ...
I’m talking about the partitioned part where the Vicodin lives. True, if prehistoric birds attacked the store or there was a hostage situation, I’d always pick Pill Land over the candy lane as a spot to hole up. But in everyday, regular circumstances, it’s a terrifying, naked place. This leads me...
In Phuket (I don’t know how you pronounce it correctly, but I’ve been doing it phonetically for the last hour and am getting a big kick out of it), an internationally popular resort island in southern Thailand, blue Hawaiians on the beach aren’t the only things you can get for cheap. Apparently, ...
The crowd before her suddenly quieted, as if expecting something truly spectacular to occur. It would have to be spectacular; after all, Mary Lou Winton, the contestant before her, had let loose a greased baby pig onstage, which she managed to lasso, hog-tie, and brand—with a branding iron fashio...
When it finally hit me that things were not as they should be in front of my house, I stopped dead in my tracks and gasped dramatically, “You have GOT to be shitting me!” Frankly, I don’t know what other reaction you could possibly have once you realize two trees have been stolen from your yard. ...
Yesterday I had five months to finish getting my shit together, but this morning it transformed into a matter of hours.I thought that I might even need to speak to a chaplain.When it comes time to do it, I wanted to ask him, will it be painless? Will I feel anything? Will it be peaceful or will I...
He was a simple fellow, short, squat, with skin color that indicated he was one quick, vigorous motion away from a stroke and teeth that looked like Indian corn.Our first introduction to Fred was delayed by seven hours, since he didn’t arrive for our 9:00 A.M. appointment until the sun had offici...