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Summary: I read this book in one day. It was hysterical!
Review: Laurie Notaro sure knows how to see the lighter side of bad things that happen and turn them into entertaining tales. I think there is a little of Laurie in all of us, that's why I think i enjoyed this book so much because I could relate in some weird way.
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Summary: Snort-level funny
Review: I've followed Laurie's newspaper columns from her college days in ASU's State Press, to the ill-fated but much-loved Planet Magazine, to her current slot in The Arizona Republic. She has a rare gift for elevating everyday life -- discussing one's fat rolls around the water cooler, tips for how to handle evil boyfriends and mothers, and chronicling various pet woes (her dog was hit by a car, but cushioned and thereby saved by his fat) -- into wildly entertaining and funny prose. While it's somewhat embarassing to admit, I have snorted and come close to hyperventilating becase I was laughing so hard while reading Laurie's columns/stories. Take this volume with you on the airplane, put one in your guest room, and read it to your friends over the phone.
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Summary: If You're An Xer, Notaro Is An Absolute Necessity
Review: A must have for any self-respecting thirty something who proudly called themselves "slacker" before the rest of the world caught on to free agency, The Idiot Girls' Action Adventure Club belongs in the canon of Gen X literature right alongside Douglas Coupland, David Sedaris, Douglas Rushkoff and Pagan Kennedy. Notaro never fails to capture the demented yet beautiful irony of life's most pregnant moments in this collection of her wildly popular columns. As a reader and editor, I look forward to hearing more from this knowing voice. If you've never read her, you'll be hooked with the first page, and if you're a faithful fan, your addiction will definitely be confirmed.
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Summary: Simply fabulous!
Review: What a delight to read...A friend told me about Laurie Notaro's weekly column The Arizona Republic about a year ago and I've been a devoted fan ever seen...Anyone who's ever worked in an office must read 'This is a Public Service Announcement' (one of the stories in the book) it's hysterical! Edgy, witty and sometimes a sweet (read the stories about Nana and Pop Pop) and always funny, it's a must have for all girls.
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Summary: Calling all Idiot Girls.
Review: Introducing Laurie Notaro, the leader of the Idiot Girls' Action Adventure Club. Every day she fearlessly rises from bed to defeat the evil machinations of dolts, dimwits and boobs - and that's before she even puts on a bra. For the past 10 years, Notaro has been entertaining Phoenix newspaper readers with her wildly amusing autobiographical mis-adventures. It's time the rest of the world became familiar with this lovable Idiot Girl.
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Summary: Buy this now!
Review: If you're a fan of David Sedaris this book is right up your alley. Notaro's accounts of her personal experiences will have you holding your side as you laugh uncontrollably. The Arizona Republic columnist really lets loose in her debut effort that is sure to please. My suggestion?...buy this book now! And when you're done with that check out her column at azcentral.com. I recently moved to NYC from Phoenix and luckily I can still get my fill of Notaro's wit by reading her daily columns online.
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Summary: A FUNNY EXAMPLE OF TODAY'S TWENTYSOMETHINGS
Review: BEING A BIG FAN OF LAURIE NOTARO'S COLUMNS, I WAS LOOKING FORWARD TO READING THIS BOOK. ONCE I RECEIVED THE BOOK, I WAS NOT DISAPPOINTED. HER BITING WIT AND SARCASTIC HUMOR WAS IN FULL FORCE, AND I LOVED READING THIS BOOK. IT IS GOOD TO KNOW THAT SOMEONE ELSE OUT THERE DOES NOT HAVE A PERFECT LIFE, AND IS TRYING TO GET THE MOST OUT OF LIFE. I HIGHLY RECOMMEND THIS BOOK. GOOD JOB!
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Summary: Laugh out loud funny!
Review: When I got this book I couldn't put it down. It's hands-down one of the most refreshing and hysterically funny books that I've read in a long time. I highly reccommend 'The Idiot Girls' Action Adventure Club' to anyone who needs to laugh out loud.
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Summary: Hilariously funny book - a must have!
Review: Think you've had some wild adventures in your lifetime? Chances are they are mildly tame compared to the likes of what Laurie Notaro has been through. I got this book and began reading it on a whim and didn't stop until I got to the last page. It chronicles her whacked out true adventures that are extreme enough to make up a sitcom. Think Strangers With Candy meets Friends meets Seinfeld and your barely scracthing the surface...Buy this book, you'll laugh out loud! Even if your existence is boring, you'll be the life of the party by repeating Laurie's most embarrassing moments!
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Summary: So funny it... bonds?
Review: I am not the eldest of three daughters, though I am the youngest. I am not an alcohol-loving college graduate with a microbiologist best friend, though I do tend to think like one. I do not live in Arizona, nor would I ever, but I was born in southern california, if that's close enough. In Laurie Notaro's first book she introduces us to her family, friends, and memorable moments from the Idiot Girls' Action Adventure Club, which every reader feels like a member of at one time or another. This delightful book, a quick, but often, read is one that any girl (and perhaps boy?) can relate to at least once. Laurie and Jamie trying to break into the house? Why, my sisters and I have done that repeatedly- though we had the sense to use the window. (We also weren't suffering from, *ahem*, mild alcohol toxicity.) More than once you know you've forgotten deoderant, and you're lying if you never picked at your pimples. Notaro's shining moment in this novel is when she says what every female everywhere has always known. "Goddamnit, I've never been the Pretty Friend." That one line (along with the following chapter, telling- in great detail- how she manages to not only make a fool of herself with men she's intrested in, but also play "the male lesbian" with men whom her friends are not) sums up her entire meaning. Life is meant to be fun, if a little embarassing. And if to have that fun you need to flick a sizzling cigarette butt onto a stranger's crotch, well then, flick away.
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