Let's Pretend This Never Happened: A Mostly True Memoir

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For fans of Tina Fey and David Sedaris Internet star Jenny Lawson, aka The Bloggess, makes her literary debut Jenny Lawson realized that the most mortifying moments of our lives the ones we d like to pretend never happened are in fact the ones that define us In the 1 N ew York Times bestseller, Let s Pretend This Never Happened, Lawson takes readers on a hilarious journey recalling her bizarre upbringing in rural Texas, her devastatingly awkward high school years, and her relationship with her long suffering husband, Victor Chapters include Stanley the Magical, Talking Squirrel A Series of Angry Post It Notes to My Husband My Vagina Is Fine Thanks for Asking And Then I Snuck a Dead Cuban Alligator on an Airplane Pictures with captions no one would believe these things without proof accompany the text. Free Download [ Let's Pretend This Never Happened: A Mostly True Memoir ] By [ Jenny Lawson ] For Kindle ePUB or eBook – kino-fada.fr I wrote this book so I think I m required to like it But I d like it even if someone else wrote it Although if they did I d sue them for stealing my life story.How confusing.Much like the book.If you re looking for a Sedaris alternative, this unfortunately isn t it Which kills me, because I get the feeling Lawson had the potential and raw material to knock it out of the park, but it just doesn t come together.Jenny Lawson is definitely funny When she really gets going on a story, it s pretty fantastic but...First, I should mention that I listened to this one on audiobook Didn t read the text version Second, the audio version is read by the author I think Jenny did a nice job with it, too If you re used to nothing but professional audiobook narrators, there might be a few verbal ticks in here that might bug you But me For an autobiographical work like this I d much rather hear it in the author s own voice Third, she got some actual laughs out of me Not just amusement or smiles Not just First, I should mention that I listened to this one on audiobook Didn t read the text version Second, the audio version is read by the author I think Jenny did a nice job with it, too If you re used to nothing but professional audiobook narrators, there might be a few verbal ticks in here that might bug you But me For an autobiographical work like this I d much rather hear it in the ...Skull and crossbones on this one if you re easily offended So no whiners, okay I mean it Just.no whining This is the most hilarious vagina memoir ever written Okay, so technically it s not just about vaginas, but she mentions hersoften than anyone I ve ever known who actually owns one And besides, I had to throw that out there right at the start, so i... In short It is exhausting being me. Jenny Lawson the Bloggess has lit up the literary scene with her debut novel Let s Pretend This Never Happened.Jenny lives the sort of life where well hmm maybe you will just have to read this book yourself I really don t think I have anything that can adequately sum this one upLet s just say if you are a fan of taxidermied animals, heavily awkward moments, vindictive post it note wars, crippling anxiety and frank talks about bodily In short It is exhausting...JENNY LAWSON ATTACKED ME WITH A MACHETE OK, so I have never met Jenny Lawson, and she didn t attack me with an actual machete, but I m being metaphorical here, y all.Because reading Jenny Lawson s book made me feel as if I were being beaten with some kind of weapon, and it may as well have been a machete Which is a word she uses in her book She also likes the words chupacabra and vagina And numerous swear words She also likes postscripts Lots of them.But back to the machete I opened my JENNY LAWSON ATTACKED ME WITH A MACHETE OK, so I have never met Jenny Lawson, and she didn t attack me with an actual machete, but I m being metaphorical here, y all.Because reading Jenny Lawson s book made me feel as if I were being beaten with some kind of weapon, and it may as well have been a machete Which is a word she uses in her book She also likes the words chupacabra and vagina And numerous swear words She also likes postscripts Lots of them.But back to the machete I opened my review this way to demonstrate how Jenny has written her memoir She will say something totally exaggerated and in a hysterical voice, and then she tells a 30 minute story, after which you realize the thing that actually happened has nothing to...editedwith content watch your fucking back, sloane crosleythis lady is funny funny, not boys tell me i am funny at parties because i am pretty funny.i am so glad that kelly read this before me and it encouraged me to pick up my ARC and get into it far earlier than i ordinarily would have BUT NOT EARLIER THAN I WOULD HAVE HAD I ACTUALLY WON THIS THROUGH THE FIRSTREADS PROGRAM, WHICH IS HOW THIS SHOULD HAVE GONE DOWN, GOODREADS STOP WITH THE SNUBBING ALREADY i had never heard of jenny editedwith content watch your fucking back, sloane crosleythis lady is f...Overall Rating 1.5I don t know if it s specifically American problem, but let me tell you, this is one of the worst memoirs I ve read Seriously America, do you honestly find this funny O.o And I ll tell you why, I m not just saying this because of some misplaced sense of spite, ok When I first heard about this book, I was very excited it sounded like a real good reading material and it had an awesome cover to boost with too.From the very beginning though, I realized it would be far from Overall Rating 1.5I don t know if it s specifically American problem, but let me tell you, this is one of the worst memoirs I ve read Seriously America, do you honestly find this funny O.o And I ll tell you why, I m not just saying this because of some misplaced sense of spite, ok When I first heard about this book, I was very excited it sounded like a real good reading material and it had an awesome cover to boost with too.From the very beginning though, I realized it would be far f...Basically the best review I can give this book, is that as a librarian I m pretty much giddy with excitement waiting for the things people will come tell me after they ve read this book From the boring I loved that it was an honest look at mental illness and survival very true to the no seriously I can not wait YOU LET MY CHILD READ THIS AND NOW THEY WANT A DEAD SQUIRREL PUPPET and THIS BOOK IS BLASPHEMY AND READING IT KILLS PUPPIES AND KITTENS.I pretty much giggled in excitement when I Basically the best review I can give this book, is that as a librarian I m pretty much giddy with excitement waiting for the things people will come tell me after they ve read this...Meh I firmly believe that I might have to re evaluate and recalibrate my sense of humour after reading this book Well, humour is rather a subjective one akin to how reviews are also perceived, aye It was indeed quite difficult for me to rate this memoir as I find it rather grating, hyperbolic, and solipsistic yet hilarious in some spots albeit not quite what I had expected it to be Lawson has this odd sense of humour which most readers might relate to, but only partially for me, since her Meh I firmly believe that I might have to re evaluate and recalibrate my sense of humour after reading this book Well, humour is rather a subjective one akin to how reviews are also perceived, aye It was indeed quite difficult for me to rate this memoir as I find it rather grating, hyperbolic, and solipsistic yet hilarious in some spots albeit not quite what I had expected it to be Lawson has this odd sense of humour which most readers might relate to, but only partially for me, since her wavelength definitely didn t coincide with mine The laugh out loud moments are distributed sparsely However, most parts of this memoir didn t trigger the guffaw factor that I would get from reading and enjoying a Peanuts comic strip or watching shows or movies like in the Kingsman The Secret Service as well as other favourites which I definitely adore namely Mr Bean both the original and animated one , Pingu, Courage The Cowardly Dog, The Little Lulu Show, D...

Let's Pretend This Never Happened: A Mostly True Memoir
  • English
  • 09 May 2018
  • Hardcover
  • 318 pages
  • 0399159010
  • Jenny Lawson
  • Let's Pretend This Never Happened: A Mostly True Memoir