The Sweet Potato Queens' Big-Ass Cookbook (and Financial Planner)

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Summary: The Funniest Book I've Ever Read!! No Kidding!
Review: Oh my god!!! This book is hillarious with a capital "H". A must read for every woman. Give it to your teenage daughters and save them years of learning about men. I loved it! Buy them all!

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Summary: Jill, c'mon up and visit!!
Review: OK, this is the third SPQ book and they just keep getting better. I've told all my friends about the first two, and we've all read them and, guess what - we've been SPQ's for years and just didn't know it! Thanks, Jill, for providing recipes for our Sunday-before-Monday-holidays get-togethers and for letting us know we're not alone! We love you, and if you're ever in Maine on a long weekend bring a dish, your beverage of choice, and a deck of cards and come join us!

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Summary: More of the Same, Only Worse
Review: The first book SPQ Book of Love was funny, although somewhat repetitive however, anything that makes me laugh out loud is worth the cover price. The second book, God Save SPQs was more of the same worked over stories. The Big Ass Cookbook has even more disjointed and far less entertaining stories. We learn that after ranting on and on about how ridiculous women look with a younger man - guess what?? She finds one and falls in love. So what? Nice for her but not funny, or even interesting for that matter. Her poor mother - of whom she is understandably quite fond - has a stroke. Certainly unfortunate but not the least bit funny. I have no idea why these two life events were included in this book. The recipes are funny - at least the first ten - in a sort of anti-American Heart Association sort of way but how many times can you laugh at bacon cooked with chocolate - perhaps with saltines.....and the hideous Cheeze Wiz?? This book was disappointing because Ms. Browne is capable of more....perhaps. I give her credit that she has been able to create something tangible - and lucrative - from an idea. Good for her! Wish I could do the same...but you learn all about it in the first book.

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Summary: Hilarious!
Review: The funniest (and true) book that I've ever read (and I read a lot)!

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Summary: Laugh out Loud Funny
Review: There aren't many books that truly make you laugh out loud, but this is one of them. Be careful where you read it, because you WILL laugh and people will look at you! This is the first one I read of the Sweet Potato Queens series, and believe it is her best. Funny funny stories that all women, particularly Southern gals, can relate to, and great recipes to boot! What could be wrong with that?! My best friend and I have been in search of the perfect sweet potato recipe for years, and finally have found it, thanks to these books. And I just love her character descriptions of the Tammys and her family. Don't we all have a mother or aunt or some female relative who gives back-handed compliments like, "You don't sweat much for a fat girl?!"
Buy one for yourself and more for all your girlfriends. You'll die laughing!

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Summary: Full Of Fun !!
Review: This book is chalk full of fun. It's humorous. It offers great self help lifestyle advice. Plus, it makes a neat cookbook.
It is a chalk full of great advice and good laughs.

I enjoyed this book [...]

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Summary: Well, you just gotta laugh.
Review: This book is impossible. You cannot explain it. You cannot describe it. You cannot put it down. You cannot stop laughing. You cannot not identify with much of it. You cannot stop your friends from wanting your copy. You cannot stop re-reading it. You cannot stop yourself from trying the recipes. Other than the above, my advice is grab one for yourself.

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Summary: Fun, but tiring
Review: This book was very funny, but it got tiring. It felt like she talked very much of her dislike toward men. Five stars for funny, -2 for repeating it 250 times.

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Summary: I Wannabe a Queen
Review: This is an absolutely fantastic book! I got turned on to the SPQ books by my mom and can't wait for the next one!

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Summary: Classic SPQ Manifesto
Review: This is another laugh-till-you-cry offering from Jill Conner Browne, the Boss Queen of all Sweet Potato Queens. It was so funny, I read it in one sitting! While not as full of the exploits of the Tammys as the two previous offerings, Jill skillfully links together her uproariously funny prose with actual recipes that she has collected or been given. Topics range from her mother moving in with her (which leads to a need for pie) to the Cutest Boy in the World, whose mother makes the Sweet Potato Stuff. Buy your very own copy because you'll have to read it more than once, and because the Queens are opposed to book-loaning, as it cuts into their plastic surgery fund!