by Jenny Lawson (The Bloggess) (2012)
Oh. My. Gosh. I have not laughed so hard while reading a book E-V-E-R. My husband kept checking in to make sure I was ok, because my whole body was shaking uncontrollably with laughter.
I had read a quote on the Internet from this book and checked it out from the library to see more. The cover and end papers looked bizarre, and I wasn’t sure what I’d think of this. Jenny warns in the introduction that at some point in the book she’ll probably offend you, the reader. Being a person who 1) is easily offended and who 2) was once told I have a more “narrow” sense of humor than most, I didn’t know how this book would go for me. Well, it obviously went very well. I looked forward to my healthy dose of laughter every time I indulged in another chapter. Jenny Lawson tells stories from her life, and no matter the topic, she is just flipping hilarious. As Neil Gaiman says in his review,
“The Bloggess writes stuff that actually is laugh-out-loud, but you know that really you shouldn’t be laughing and probably you’ll go to (heck) for laughing, so maybe you shouldn’t read it. That would be safer and wiser.”
So, I’m not sure how others would react to this book, but if you’re looking for some laughter in your life, and you take to it like I did, you will be very grateful you picked this up!