Book Review - Let's Pretend This Never Happened

Ok I'm not going to lie this was the first month I did not get to finish our book club selection. With going back to work I just did not have the time or motivation to read at night, I ran out of time. But none the less we still had a great time as always. I actually don't think either one of the other two girls finished the book either this month, life and time just got away from us. However that didn't stop us from meeting.

Small change in plans, although it worked out for the better if you ask me, we ended up going to wine tasting again at Amazing Grapes, the local wine store near our house and held our book club there instead of dinner. Can't beat a night out with the girls for book club and throw in some wine tasting as well. I really do enjoy the wine tasting events they hold there, and it's great to have some friends to go with as well!

Book Title: Let's Pretend This Never Happened by Jenny Lawson

Book Summary (From Amazon):  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 New 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.

Book Review: One of the major reasons for choosing this book was based on the blog post the author wrote, Beyonce The Chicken. That post had me laughing out loud so hard I was crying, I was cracking up, the other girls agreed as well and thus we we chose the book. If you haven't read that post, you really need to, and then come back and tell me if you didn't find it amusing. We also was also chose the book due to last months book club and our whole conversation surrounding HR People, since the author is also in HR.

I'm not going to lie the book is pretty vulgar language and also some really random stories the author had growing up in her childhood. There was a really funny chapter though on HR and I could totally relate to that. If nothing else it was worth reading that chapter alone. I think there was some funny, and totally random little anecdotes in the book. I wouldn't rush out to read this book but it's a good way to kill some time, of course I still have to go back and read the rest of it, but I'm sure I'll get to it at some point....