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Passive Aggressive Notes
Years ago, after returning from vacation, a coworker told me that during my absence,our boss had told the rest of the office that I was a passive aggressive person. While the humor was lost on me at...
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My Fair Lazy by Jen Lancaster
My Fair Lazy is Jen Lancaster's newest memoir, the fifth in as many years. Her first book, Bitter Is the New Black, hooked me in 2006 and I look forward to each new chapter in her life. In Bitter Is...
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The Sex Lives of Cannibals
Now here’s a catchy title. Guaranteed to make me pick it up. But Cannibals delivers on its promise, and then some. At 26, J. MaartenTroost is drifting through temp jobs and dreaming of writing The...
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Other People's Rejection Letters editied by Bill Shapiro
Anybody familiar with Davy Rothbart’s hodgepodge of Found notes, letters, photos and emails knows the trick to a great collection: as you happily chuckle through several pages of hilarious material,...
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I Remember Nothing and Other Reflections by Nora Ephron
Nora Ephron's new bookI Remember Nothing is a fun series of short essays about many subjects, especially aging. This is a great book to take with you when you will only have snatches of time to read....
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There, I Fixed It (No, You Didn't)
Right out of the gate, let’s throw down the disclaimer: my husband is a prince. A man whose only childhood pets—Easter chicks—showed up on the dinner table a few months later, he now kindly puts up...
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I Thought You Would be Funnier
One of the many joys of working at the library is having unlimited access to the New Yorker magazine. Not that I always read through all the articles, but I faithfully check out the cartoons, or more...
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Stuff Scully and I Like
So I have Loren to thank for a totally enjoyable Monday lunch hour. She handed me the hilarious Christian Lander book, Stuff White People Like. And, between the two of us, we totally *liked* the...
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