Are You There Vodka? It's Me Chelsea by Chelsea Handler.
Love Chelsea! She makes you feel bette
r about
r aboutany prejudice thoughts that might wonder into your mind because, trust me, her's are a
lot worse. Her rambling can be a turn off to some, but it just makes me love her that much more. I personally am all for stream of consciousness, especially when that stream is constantly referencing sex, vodka, and redheads! (though I have to say, our taste in redheads differs greatly!). Of course, my personal favorite is the Chelsea's encounter with her Mini-Me. In which Chelsea's yearning for midgets in her life is satiated by having a vodka drinking, bleach blonde, "Hey-Bitch" small person following her around and participating in Chelsea's show. Anyways if you're looking for a rambling concoction of hilarity, pursue this book!
Gossip Girl by Cecily von Ziegesar
Okay, so I read this book in an initiative to begin a library for my future high school students that was more interesting than Heart of Darkness or The Catcher in the Rye. No
w that I
am going to be teaching preschool I would definitely not allow my three-year-olds to read this book; however, I am not so sure I would allow my high school students to read this book under my supervision. Of course, I would have read this book in high school and handed it over to my mom to read (as we had that kind of relationship), but parents today freak out if sex or drugs is even mentioned in school. The funny thing, though, is that parents do not realize that with or without books that talk about teens' desires to have sex, drugs, and other activities in which they pretend to be adults, kids are still going to partake. So if they are reading, even if it is about these types of topics, shouldn't we be glad that our students/children are literate? Sorry, that was my own little political rant there - but hey this is my blog and I can write what I want. So if you are a teenage girl, or want to give a book to a teenage girl - this is the one to give! I sure hope real teenage girls are not this bitchy though. I, for one, have never understood the notion of a "Queen Bee."Shit My Dad Says by Justin Halpern
Now we all complain/rave about the funny things our
parents say throughout the years. My dad use to tell me all kinds of stories that his three bothers and he use to do, and apparently they were quite well known in 1960s Huntsville for being "Those boys." My friend has a whole facebook page dedicated to funny things her mother says as well. But overall, nothing can compare to the advice that Justin Halpern's father so *Cough* lovingly *Cough* bestows on his son throughout the years. From dating to work and all of lives little adventures, Mr. Halpern has to put his two-cents in. And for all those who say "I don't read" there was a one season TV series (I have not seen it though, so do not take this as an endorsement). Also, once you read the book make sure to at shitmydadsays on Twitter to keep up with the continuing verbal diarrhea that comes from the Halpern household.
A little sneak peak from the twitter page: shitmydadsays Justin
"WENT through an awkward phase? What phase you think you're in now? Ever seen yourself walk up stairs? It's like a T-rex that shit himself."
Between little tidbits such as this gem and full on stories this book had people giving me "Who is that strange girl laughing her ass off in the coffee shop whilst sitting alone" look.
By far, hands down, the most exact replica of a five-year-olds mind. This novel, told from the POV of 5-year-old Jack, depicts the haunting experience of captivity, rape, and abuse of a young woman. If you have ever talked to a young child, you know that their idea of logic and chronology is not at all similar to an adult. Yet, despite Jack's innocence, he is still able to communicate the gravity of the situation to the reader. Very haunting, but wonderful.
