The World According to Mimi Smartypants

by Mimi Smartypants | Women's Fiction | This book has not been rated.
ISBN: 0007173423 Global Overview for this book
Registered by bookowl1000 of Wuhan, Hubei China on 6/29/2009
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Journal Entry 1 by bookowl1000 from Wuhan, Hubei China on Monday, June 29, 2009
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Journal Entry 2 by bookowl1000 from Wuhan, Hubei China on Friday, August 14, 2009
"The pseudonymous Mimi Smartypants, a Chicago writer and editor, started an online diary in 1999, leading to a book contract. She doesn't pretend this is a great literary feat; to her, it's like someone offering to publish your grocery lists. 'You wouldn't even call yourself a "writer" because dude, grocery lists? Come on.' So don't expect heavy-duty style or even plot from this likable 30-something?she's just blogging, alright? Overall, Smartypants is something of a hypochondriac, with frequent passages on her colds and other ailments, like her 'exquisitely painful leg cramps.' Sometimes she drinks too much, with hangovers that tie into the hypochondria. The narrative's quirky images (e.g., too much caffeine makes the author's spine feel 'like a glass harmonica') and odd suggestions (e.g., try hydrating those compressed-foam animals in a mouthful of beer) certainly give pause, as do her occasional word inventions (e.g., making muffins, she describes those 'large lipomas of butter' trapped in the hand mixer). Nothing beats Smartypants's discussion of how the 'pseudo-Aztec design' on the Tostitos bag resembles a uterus with ovaries. This is not a big book, but a funny little one, sort of Bridget lite." Publishers Weekly Copyright © Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.

Released 14 yrs ago (8/15/2009 UTC) at Southampton Central Train Station in Southampton, Hampshire United Kingdom

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This was perfect for a long journey that started at 4am when I was half asleep as it does not require any following of a plot. I did find it very funny in places.

Left behind when travelling through Southampton train station.

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