So I've read through a few of the one-star ratings of this book. If you don't like Southern humor, don't like the word "y'all," aren't fond of the nicknames and niceties so common in the South, and hate grits, you probably won't like this book. At all. But for the rest of y'all, read on! Her ...
I like Rivenbark's style of Southern humor - she's a female Dave Barry/Lewis Grizzard, holding up a mirror to much of Southern life. The section on home remodeling is great - I thought I would cry I laughed so hard about her killing the wasps with Pledge (it didn't kill them but they were really...
THis book was okay, I was able to finish the whole thing, but it definitely wasn't as good as I expected and hoped it to be. I would say the Target Audience is probably a mother, and possibly someone who lives in the south, because I just didn't resonate with a lot of content in this book. THer...
I'd give it a 2.5 if I could, but I'll be nice and round up. I heard Celia Rivenbark on NPR and thought she was hilarious. This is the only book I could find to buy and because it's two and a half years old, it's already dated. There are tons of pop culture references that barely hold up. I think...
I believe this is the first time I've been completely turned off by a book in its foreword. The author very clearly told me that I was not her intended audience on page xii. (The fact that the contents page -- at least in this version -- gets the page number for that foreword wrong notwithstandi...
I have been curious about Celia Rivenbark for some time due to the hilarious titles of her books. I picked this up as a freebie and am sooooo glad I haven't sunk any money into her writing. If this is a collection of her fav's then the rest must be a real treat. I giggled at one or two things,...
I love love love this woman’s books her humor is so good! She just tells it like it is in the chapter for the title of this book she writes about when her daughter grows up from 4-6x to size 7-16"There must be some mistake," I said. "These are, well, slutty-looking. I'm talking clothes for a lit...
Suddenly, being a housewife is downright trendy. In two of this season’s biggest TV hits, housewives are either “desperate” or “swapped.” My, oh, my, what a refreshing change from the days when a housewife’s only virtue was that she might “have the magic of Clorox 2.” Finally, housewives are hot—...
But first, we strolled through the room, hand in hand, admiring the result of months of hard work. The room was gorgeous and I looked forward to heating various Hormel microwaveable entrees in it for many happy years to come. The team was tickled, too. Jim/Jesus/Tom Cruise was thrilled. Lloyd’s b...