Showing posts with label memoir. Show all posts
Showing posts with label memoir. Show all posts

Sunday

Bossypants by Tina Fey


Tina Fey takes you behind the scenes to discover how she became the woman we know today. This hilarious look at the world through her eyes will keep you laughing the whole way through. The real message here is that women are just as funny as men, are completely capable of being the boss, and Amy Poehler doesn't give a crap what you think of her.

I absolutely adored this memoir! Tina Fey's witty humor is evident on every page. I really enjoyed learning about how hard she has worked to get where she is.

Monday

My Fair Lazy by Jen Lancaster


Jen chronicles her efforts to achieve cultural enlightenment, with some hilarious missteps and genuine moments of inspiration along the way. And she does so by any means necessary: reading canonical literature, viewing classic films, attending the opera, researching artisan cheeses, and even enrolling in etiquette classes to improve her social graces. She may discover that well-regarded, high-priced stinky cheese tastes exactly as bad as it smells, and that her love for Kraft American Singles is forever.

Another hilarious memoir. I just love her witty writing style and the copious footnotes. I cried from laughing so hard!

Saturday

Pretty in Plaid by Jen Lancaster


Pretty in Plaid: A Life, a Witch, and a Wardrobe, or, the Wonder Years Before the Condescending, Egomaniacal, Self-Centered Smart-Ass Phase. Lancaster illustrates growing up in Cow Town, Indiana, to her life as a sorority girl during her eleven years of college, to her first job post-college. Like her previous books, Pretty in Plaid is written as a series of essays, all of which are connected by the theme of clothing. From her Girl Scout uniform, to her first job interview suit, Jen shows us how clothes shaped the way she views the world.

Jen Lancaster definitely has a unique voice that’s very witty, and you won't want to put this one down!

Bitter is the New Black by Jen Lancaster


Bitter is the New Black: Confessions of a Condescending, Egomanical, Self-Centered, Smartass, or Why You Should Never Carry a Prada Bag to the Unemployment Office.
This is the story of how a haughty former sorority gal went from having a household income of almost a quarter-million dollars to being evicted from a ghetto apartment in less than two years. It's a modern Greek tragedy, a story in which "the central character, called a tragic protagonist or hero, suffers some serious misfortune which is not accidental and therefore meaningless, but is significant in that the misfortune is logically connected." In other words? The bitch had it coming.

You'll laugh so loud it will scare your animals and your husband will think you may be hyperventilating. True Story.

Bright Lights, Big Ass by Jen Lancaster


Bright Lights, Big Ass: A Self-Indulgent, Surly Ex-Sorority Girl's Guide to Why it Often Sucks in the City, or Who Are All These Idiots and Why Do They Live Next Door to Me?
A collection of essays that shine a bright light on the big city to reveal the escapades of the outrageously unglamorous. Jen Lancaster hates to burst your happy little bubble, but life in the big city isn't all it's cracked up to be. Contrary to what you see on TV and in the movies, most urbanites aren't party-hopping in slinky dresses and strappy stilettos. But lucky for us, Lancaster knows how to make the life of the lower crust mercilessly funny and infinitely entertaining. Lancaster explores how silly, strange, and not so fabulous real city living can be.

If you want a good laugh, Jen Lancaster delivers!

Such a Pretty Fat by Jen Lancaster


Such a Pretty Fat: One Narcissist's Quest to Discover If Her Life Makes Her Ass Look Big; Or, Why Pie Is Not the Answer is an absolutely hilarious memoir! Tired of books where the self-loathing heroine is teased to the point where she starves herself in hopes of a fabulous new life? Do you hate the message that we women can't possibly be happy until we fit into our skinny jeans? Well, Jen Lancaster agrees. She doesn't find stories like this uplifting; they make her want to hug these women and explain to them that until they figure out their insides, their outsides don't matter.

Unfortunately, being overweight isn't simply a societal issue that can be fixed with a dose of positive self-esteem. It's a health matter, so on the eve of Jen's 40th birthday she decides to make changes so she doesn't, you know, die. Because what good is finally being able to afford a pedicure if she loses a foot to adult onset diabetes?

This book will have you in hysterics. A fun and witty read!