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Summary: From one idiot girl to another
Review: As a long-time fan of Laurie Notaro's books I was eagerly awaiting her third book. The first book was started before we got out of the bookstore parking lot-fortunately the boyfriend was driving. I laughed so hard on the way home I had to race to the bathroom immediately upon arriving. The second book was read aloud in large part but I couldn't continue half the time because I was laughing too hard. Sections of book three? I couldn't even speak I was laughing so hard and all I could do was point to the passage I wanted my boyfriend to read.
Between Mrs. Notaro's (the author's mother) attempts at the internet and passion for QVC, aunt-guilt, awful work supervisors and goofy men Laurie Notaro captures those aspects of life that we wish we could relate even a quarter as well in the telling.
Not just for idiot action-adventure girls (see book one to determine if you are a member) this book makes a fine companion piece to my L.N. set and I look forward to enlarging the collection.
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Summary: Notaro's the BEST!
Review: Ever since I picked up the first of Laurie Notaro's books, (Idiot Girls), I have not been able to stop quoting from them, sharing them or relating my own life to her experiences. I have finally found my muse and so help me God...I LOVE her! If you've ever known what it's like to walk into a skyscraper, proceed to ride up 15 floors, walk into your office and talk to your co-workers for about 10 minutes before going to your desk and catching your reflection in the mirror, only to realize you have a big booger sticking out of your nose, (like I did) then this and the other Notaro books are for you!
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Summary: Loses steam midway
Review: Her ability to exaggerate and twist mediocre events is hilarious. She's a smart-ass and she knows it. But, "I Love Everybody" loses steam midway and the last half is forced and trys too hard to entertain. Of the most unappealling aspects to Notaro's unenlightened writing is her thinly-veiled contempt for Arizona's Hispanic community.
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Summary: Laurie Notaro ROCKS! What a GREAT book!
Review: I love this woman. I read the first story in this new collection, and by the end I was in danger of requiring a box of the Extra Absorbent Depends! I was laughing so hard my husband asked me if I was going to pass out. I have loved every book since her first, Idiot Girls Adventure Club. Then Autobiography of a Fat Bride came out, and I rejoiced! Now this one...it's even better than the last! Her writing is wonderful, warm and funny and monumentally truthful. I can hardly wait for the next book! Meanwhile, I will read this one till the spine cracks (like I did her others) and enjoy every word! Thanks Laurie! You Rock!
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Summary: Idiot Girls Grow Up!
Review: I loved this book. There were some stories in the middle that make me (gasp!) actually think Ms. Notaro was losing her touch (too many "oh, I gotta hurry up and end this story"), but then came along the three-part tale of her trip to Disneyland with sis and nephew, and I almost lost it. Do yourself a favor, and don't read this book in public. It's really awful to want to laugh hysterically (and yes -- you will want to) and you can't for fear that others will look at you weird. I was stifling my laughter on public transport and while taking lunch at my desk, and each time I sounded like I was desperate to start crying. Anyway, that's just me. I Love Everybody is just wonderful -- especially if you can relate to Ms. Notaro, which I can. I'm so glad to know that I'm not the only one who really really tries to have "I Love Everybody" days and doesn't succeed. I too lost my given allotment of patience the first week I was born. I just love Ms. Notaro, if not for the humor she brings into my life, but because for awhile I don't feel like a loser since I know there are others out there -- just. like. me. Enjoy!
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Summary: Another Great Book from Laurie Notaro
Review: I truly enjoyed both "The Idiot Girls Action Adventure Club" and "Autobiography of a Fat Bride" - with "I Love Everybody", Laurie Notaro has done it again. I laughed so hard during the first chapter that my stomach hurt, and I didn't stop laughing through the entire book. This was a great summer read, and I highly recommend it to anyone who is looking for a book that is both light-hearted and true-to-life.
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Summary: Good Karma for a GREAT Writer...
Review: I've got to give this book five brilliant stars! This is Laurie Notaro at her funniest, for sure. Ever since Idiot Girls' made me convulse with laughter in public, I've been a fan. But I like this book better than the first two combined! I'd give it six stars if I could. I was a retired Idiot Girl when I found the first book, so there was a lot I could relate to from my `previous life.' I was married for 7 years before the second. But with the exception of having children, this is a book that I can really relate to. It shows us a slightly more grown up, but funnier-than-ever Laurie. People, if you're not laughing at these stories -- out loud (and possibly in public places with fluids squirting out of your nose) -- you're just one of the people that Laurie "loves" so much. It's okay, if you don't get it, because we need people like you in the world so Laurie can help us laugh at you! Why hasn't Hollywood scooped her up and given this smart, talented and hilarious woman her own TV show?? She's funnier than any sitcom I've seen since Seinfeld! I love everybody, too. I really do.
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Summary: Love you Laurie!!!
Review: Laurie is a pleasure to read time and time again. In her latest, she does once again had me laughin out loud. Her humourous recording of real life, and the fact that she talks about what no one else does, makes her a favorite! Can't wait for the next book~
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Summary: She's done it again
Review: Laurie Notaro is back again, delighting me and her other readers with her third book in as many years. Her writing is maturing and her life is just as funny as her stories in "Idiot Girls". The story about her trip to Disneyland made me put the book away so that I wouldn't embarrass myself on public transportation! I wish that Laurie got the credit she deserved - unlike David Sedaris, Laurie keeps coming up with fresh, new material that allows you to feel like you know her and makes you wish you did.
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Summary: Best author ever
Review: Laurie Notaro is honestly one of the funniest authors I've ever had the privledge of reading. She's so bluntly honest and so real that it makes the humor in her situations even better. This is her third book, and I hope there are many, many more.
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