This was my second Notaro book, and I have realized that I just don't care for her style. There are so many essays in this book that I should have found funny, but I just... didn't. Is it Notaro's choice of vocabulary? Her sentence structure? Her obsession with her "fatness?" (Size 14 is NOT huge.) The simile abuse? I'm not quite sure, but whatever it is, it's not working for me. The book was short (I read it in an afternoon), so I did go ahead and finish it, although my eyes were glazing over by the end.

All I can say is that now I both addicted to reading books and listening to them, thus increasing how much time I spent with books. I adored listening to this book. It is so funny! I love Notaro and the silly situations she gets herself into! I enjoyed listening to this awesome book while doing household chores, driving between work, school and errands and bumming around. All the while I felt like I was part of Notaro's crazy, fun life!

I LOVE this book! Laurie Notaro is so funny! She either used to or else currently does live in Phoenix, which is where I'm from, so it is funny to hear her describe places and things that I can recognize and also find the humor in. Even if you don't live in Phoenix though, this lady is a crackup! She has a Facebook page which I also recently "liked" and she posts funny things on there all the time too. This book had me laughing (hard!) from start to finish! A winner!!!!!

A light, fun book. Most of the stories made me laugh, a few out loud. I found much of the book to be very relatable, especially the chapter on buying boots...too perfect. Overall, the stories were hit and miss with regard to humor, but overall enjoyable.

Ms. Notaro is fun to read because she is openly mean and selfish, traits within all of us no matter how we try to disguise them. Reading her book is like watching a car wreck; it isn't GOOD, but you think, "Thank goodness that isn't me!" That being said, I didn't find the book to be interesting or memorable. Sure, I can identify with fat ankles and calves, and having too many books in the house (we fight over my books and his stereo equipment), and even finding a mouse (although ours was a cockroach), but just because I can identify with it doesn't make it funny. There are authors whom I don't identify with at all, like Augusten Burroughs and David Sedaris (I'm not male or gay, nor do I have a history of drug abuse or particularly crazy family dynamics) but I enjoyed their books, because they move beyond admitting their foibles, and actually embrace them and make them into satire. Ms. Notaro almost gets there, but not quite, leaving her stories pithy rather than endearing.

I found this mean spirited rather than funny.

Very funny book. I'm trying to track down all of her books to read.

Loved it... Laurie Notaro can always make me giggle, snort and snicker. I rate humor books based on how often my husband or children give me crazy looks as I'm laughing my butt off while reading.

Seriously, so unfunny. Like Erma Bombeck without the charm and bathed in the stench of desperation. I had to take it back to the library because every time I picked it up to read some, I just got mad. Not a funny book. No, no, no.

I was excited about this book, it looked really good. Got great reviews in Bust Magazine. But I was disappointed. it was not that funny. I did identify with her when she discussed her fear of "chub rub" (when overweight ladies don't wear bike shorts underneath skirts on hot days and their thighs get sweaty and rub together and chafe...I have to say I could definately relate, and was excited to find out that there is a name for it.)

It was good. But just good. I laughed a couple times but basically, all Notaro is doing is whining about a group of gone-awry moments in her life. It reminded me too much of former-friends that used to drag me down with that kind of outlook.

This author reminds me of the kind of writer I would like to be, which is basically using my real life as a source of imagination and chick lit creativity. I liked the idea of a collection of short stories, made it feel faster to read. There were definitely stories that made me laugh more than others. It took me a while to get into it though. I felt like I had to get to know her a little bit to really get her sense of humor.