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Journal Entry 1 by MadameUrushiol from Milford, New Hampshire USA on Tuesday, April 11, 2006
 The Etiquette Grrls are very funny, very wise, and very in your face. It's easier to learn manners when you're laughing rather than crying." (Letitia Baldrige)
It is indeed a Tacky, Rude World, which we inhabit. The Etiquette Grrls have decided that things are simply getting out of hand, and they have Taken It Upon Themselves to step in with a helpful guide to navigate the Etiquette Quandaries in your day-to-day life. They dish up advice on cohabitation, letter-writing, telephoning, traveling, grooming, drinking, dining, dating, and marriage and, it would be Terribly Rude of you not to pay attention.
Who are they, you ask, to be writing such a book? The Etiquette Grrls are graduates of New England Preparatory Schools and Prestigious Colleges; they are throwers of Great Parties; they can hold their liquor; their expertise on fashion and makeupand-especially Subversive Nail Polish colors-knows no bounds; they wear Doc Martens with their cashmere twin sets; and, most important, they know what they're talking about.
The Etiquette Grrls' advice has been featured in Ladies Home Journal, Chicago Sun-Times, and Business Week Online. Their own website, EtiquetteGrrls.com-cited as one of the best on the Web by excite.com, best-of-the-web.net, projectcool.com, and college newspapers throughout the country-provides monthly features and weekly responses to the Etiquette Quandaries of their loyal readers.
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Journal Entry 2 by CariAnne from Las Vegas, Nevada USA on Tuesday, May 30, 2006
Thank you MadameUrushiol for sending this book to me!
It sounds like a delightful read. :)
I am looking forward to finishing up with the day events just so I can start reading!
:D
Thank-you, again!
*hugs*
CariAnne
ETA 6/5/06: My review of Things You Need to Be Told:
I enjoyed that there was a recipe included for Artichoke Dip. The recipe did not contain measurements that would have been helpful, but the general idea was there... so I made Artichoke Dip. YUM. I enjoyed the grrls' reference to the wearing of subversive nailpolish ~ they mentioned that they really like Urban Decay's nail color names (like Cult, Bruise, Asphyxia, Midnight Cowboy and Freakshow... among many others. What can I say...? I am easily amused. In case you are interested in the nail colors, like I was, they are now being discontinued by Urban Decay.) I enjoyed that there is a listing of suggested key items that should be included in every wardrobe ~ because I am seeking to update my wardrobe and every little bit of information helps because the one thing I am even worse at doing (as far as expanding my comfort zone in the area of nourishment...) is taking a chance with my clothing. The very idea causes me to *GASP* aloud.
The words CariAnne and conservative paint a pretty accurate picture... and I digress.
I also enjoyed a bit of their humour. The "grrls" admonish having gold on your teeth stating "Are you a Pirate? The Etiquette grrls think not..." and they also state that they like their Martini's shaken with a lot of ice... then announce that if they wanted drinks sans ice they would move to England. Okay. That got a big laugh from me because I could never find ice for my drinks in England... and the looks I got when I requested ice. *chuckle*
So very American... *shakes head*
*GRIN*
ANYHOW...
:D
The rest of the book... well... the "Grrls" are rather pretentious, in my opinion. Some of their chapters and ideas really made me cringe. They refer to themselves in the third person throughout the book, they address their readership as "Kats and Kittens" or "Boys and Girls" throughout the book ~ and I thought if I came across one more sentence with one more fussy French word dropped casually into it ~ I was going to scream. Rather loudly. They deem themselves as experts above being incorrect about anything and any subject. I find that gets rather tiring ~ though I (almost) found myself amused by their great pomposity. The book is categorized as being Etiquette/Humor and if it were not for the vedy, vedy stuffy (but vedy, vedy proper) photos that the authors had taken of themselves to include on the back cover and in the inside "About the Authors" section ~ I would have thought that most of the book was written in good-natured fun... but after having read the book and then taken a gander at their website ~ I came to the conclusion that the Etiquette Grrls really are as pretentious as they come off ~ and if I met them in person I would probably run off screaming in the opposite direction, quickly. I am pretty sure that they would deem that action to be pretty improper...
Reading the book was rather like seeing an awful car accident ~ one just can't help but look... I had to finish the book ~ which does say something about the writing aspect, I suppose.
The artichoke dip "recipe" was quite good, however.
:D
I made artichoke dip which my boys and I had with french bread and a salad for lunch. The rebel in me prepared a Lemon Drop to enjoy with my meal. (The Etiquette Grrls deem that any drink containing juice in it is not a Martini ~ and should then, as such, NEVER be consumed...)
So I consumed.
Two.
Because I am just that way...
:D
I will be sending this book to BookCrosser Shendoah.
I have a feeling her take on the book will be near to my experience with it...
I do so look forward to reading her review!
*chuckle*
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Journal Entry 3 by CariAnne at by mail in Mailed to another BC member, a fellow bookcrosser -- Controlled Releases on Wednesday, June 14, 2006
Released 5 yrs ago (6/17/2006 UTC) at by mail in Mailed to another BC member, a fellow bookcrosser -- Controlled Releases WILD RELEASE NOTES:
RELEASE NOTES:
Will be mailing this off to BookCrosser Shendoah.
:)
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Things You Need to Be Told
