Journal Entry 1 by elfgirlsmom from Phoenix, Arizona USA on Friday, September 01, 2006

I love this book and all the others by Laurie Notaro. She does a great job of capturing the idiot we all are inside. I started reading Laurie when she wrote for the State Press at ASU and have since read all of her books!

From the back cover...
Hangovers. Bad boyfriends. Sucky jobs. Carbohydrate addiction. Dead bodies. Naked women. The truly spectacular, wondrous, and marvelously genius works of humor columnist Laurie Notaro will tickle you with fanciful delight, make you search your soul with profound reflection, and hopefully make you pee in your pants. If it doesn't, you can sell it to a used bookstore. But probably not. 

Journal Entry 2 by elfgirlsmom from Phoenix, Arizona USA on Thursday, September 07, 2006

I have set up a bookring for this one....
Participants please PM the next in line for their address when you recieve the book. That way you have the address ready when it is time to send the book off after completing.

Thanks and enjoy!

Shipping order:
1. Caridad - Miami Lakes, Florida USA
2. rootmartin - Marlbrough, Massachusetts USA
3. book-man-8 - Bochum, Nordrhein-Westfalen Germany
4. shellheap - Dover, New Hampshire USA
5. missprisy - Cambridge, Massachusetts USA
6. vainilla79 - Pinto, Madrid Spain
7. lmjsmum - Oswestry, Shropshire United Kingdom (Skipped No reply to PM)
8. BOKWORMY - Lisbon, Portugal
9. Back to me (Safe at home 4/1/07)





 

Journal Entry 3 by Caridad from Miami Lakes, Florida USA on Saturday, September 16, 2006

Received today. Third bookring I have received this week, but will get to it by next week. Thanks elfsgirlsmom! 

Journal Entry 4 by Caridad from Miami Lakes, Florida USA on Tuesday, September 19, 2006

It was like reading part of the story of my life (Ages 0 -25, and maybe some late 30's thrown in). Laurie Notaro is a laugh riot! Must find more of her writing. So glad I got exposed to her.

Contacted rootmartin for address so I can mail it out to her tomorrow. 

Journal Entry 5 by Caridad from Miami Lakes, Florida USA on Wednesday, September 20, 2006

Sent in todays mail to rootmartin. Hope you laugh your ass off like I did (Unfortunately, my fat ass found it's way back). 

Journal Entry 6 by rootmartin from Marlborough, Massachusetts USA on Tuesday, September 26, 2006

Thanks, caridad! Just received it in the mail today. It's next in line once I finish a book group book that I'm halfway through. I'm looking forward to it. 

Journal Entry 7 by rootmartin from Marlborough, Massachusetts USA on Monday, October 02, 2006

Finished this book up last night. Definitely moments in which I was laughing out loud....my husband looked over at me and asked if I was all right at one point. It was fun for me to read as I normally don't read "humor" books of this sort. So, that was fun.

I must say though that her life sounded absolutely exhausting to me! I'm too far removed from my time in college to think about ingesting that much alcohol (and the fact that I would have to deal with my 3 kids in the morning gives me further pause).

She certainly has a way with words and it should prove an amusing read for the next folks on the list. I'll make another journal entry when I send this to book-man-8 tomorrow. I'm including a postcard of the area where I live so you can see one of the stops that the book made. 

Journal Entry 8 by rootmartin from Marlborough, Massachusetts USA on Tuesday, October 03, 2006

Just put in the mail to book-man-8. Should arrive within a week.

Happy reading! 

Journal Entry 9 by book-man-8 from Tübingen, Baden-Württemberg Germany on Monday, October 09, 2006

Just got it in the mail! Thanks for sharing and for sending! 

Journal Entry 10 by book-man-8 from Tübingen, Baden-Württemberg Germany on Wednesday, October 11, 2006

This just wasn't my kind of book. I barely could laugh a few times... But reading such books is part of our "permanent reading adventure"!

I'll send it along as soon as I get an address. 

Journal Entry 11 by book-man-8 at on Wednesday, October 11, 2006

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This one goes back over the ocean to "shellheap. 

Journal Entry 12 by shellheap from Dover, New Hampshire USA on Monday, October 16, 2006

Rec'd in the mail today. Thanks! 

Journal Entry 13 by shellheap from Dover, New Hampshire USA on Saturday, October 21, 2006

I laughed, I cried, I'm an Idiot Girl! Got missprisy's address from RABCK and will send on this afternoon. 

Journal Entry 14 by missprisy from Oklahoma City, Oklahoma USA on Tuesday, October 24, 2006

Book arrived today...I'm almost finished with my current book (a bookring book) and then I'll start in on this one. Thanks for sharing! 

Journal Entry 15 by missprisy from Oklahoma City, Oklahoma USA on Sunday, October 29, 2006

This book was funny in some parts and just okay in others. It was a quick easy read, but not one of my favorites. Thank you elfgirlsmom and shellheap for sharing it. I will mail it to vainilla79 this week.

Mailed Nov 1.
 

Journal Entry 16 by vainilla79 from Pinto, Madrid Spain on Thursday, December 07, 2006

To our relief, the book arrived today. Thanks, thanks, thanks!
I will read it as soon as possible!
Thank you!:) 

Journal Entry 17 by vainilla79 from Pinto, Madrid Spain on Tuesday, January 30, 2007

I finished the book some days ago and I really enjoyed some parts of the book... you should see me laughing in the train on my way to work, while reading the book, lol:D
I am going to contact the next person! 

Journal Entry 18 by vainilla79 from Pinto, Madrid Spain on Monday, March 12, 2007

I just came back from the Post Office, so finally the book is on its way to BOKWORMY, in Portugal!! Have a nice reading!!:)
P.s: Sorry for the delay! 

Journal Entry 19 by BOKWORMY on Thursday, March 15, 2007

Yuppi just received it in the post thanks to vainilla79 *-) & thanks to elfgirlsmon for sharing it with me!

Got a bookring before this one but I´ll try to be quick.

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Journal Entry 20 by BOKWORMY on Friday, March 23, 2007

Just what I needed... It was a great read with plenty of lol moments!

My very 1st by Laurie Notaro, looking forward to reading her other works.

PMing elfgirlsmom for address *-)

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Journal Entry 21 by BOKWORMY at on Wednesday, March 28, 2007

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On the way back home to elfgirlsmon!

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Journal Entry 22 by elfgirlsmom from Phoenix, Arizona USA on Monday, April 02, 2007

Hurrah this book has made its way through the entire ring and back to me! It's full of wonderful postcards and notes! I am so exited to have been able to share it with all of you, it's visited some great places and is now safe back in Arizona. Lori is no longer living in Arizona but comes back often to visit and has had several book signings here, the next time she is in town for one I will have to bring this along for her to sing and let her know about its travels!

Thank you all for participating and being such good bookring players. Sometimes it's frustrating to be in a ring and have things become lost or stalled, but this one played out just as I had hoped!