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Summary: also for "hip hens " (not just chicks)
Review: Bored? Nothing to do? Tired of yet another weekend painting your toenails & renting videos? Get a copy of Wendy & Erin's elegant book & work your way through all the mayhem & mangled metaphors ~ even if you don't leave your apartment, you'll have had one helluva fun read!Do catch my eInterview with this lively pair of hip chicks as they do more for the demise of marriage than a bus load of divorce lawyers. This book is packed with ideas for solo adventures ranging from the mild to the wild. Caution: just because one of these hip chicks is the daughter of a preacherman, does not mean the language is biblical, far from it! This dynamic duo have a keen & immodest sense of the absurd, the breathless & the energetic. For anyone whose palette has been coated over with the monotony of bureaucracy & cramped city living. Go get 'em, girls!
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Summary: Disappointingly Little to Offer
Review: I bought this book based on other reviews, thinking I would be provided with a lot of unique and fun suggestions for activities, but everything in it is pretty commonplace. There is little that the authors offer that someone with a little creativity of their own could not think of without spending money on a book.
I was also expecting a bit more explicaiton for the ideas, but they pretty much just consist of a heading with very little development. I already knew I could brew beer at home, I bought the book thinking they would have told me how to do it, not just that I could do it. They are essentially saying: "Here are a lot of fun ideas, but we'll just suggest them to you and you can plan it on your own." Plus, a lot of the ideas aren't my idea of fun at all, such as sitting in on a town meeting. This book could have been a lot better if they'd spent more time developing fewer ideas, or just made it larger to develop them all a bit more. I rarely regret buying any books, but I definitely regret buying this one. Cute idea, but not well thought out at all.
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Summary: My fave fun book for new adventures!
Review: I love this book and have bought some for gifts for friends and family too! The authors have created and collected lots of highly innovative ideas and presented them in such a humorous way. I have literally laughed "out loud" upon reading most of the chapters. When is their next book coming out? I can't wait!
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Summary: My fave fun book for new adventures!
Review: I love this book and have bought some for gifts for friends and family too! The authors have created and collected lots of highly innovative ideas and presented them in such a humorous way. I have literally laughed "out loud" upon reading most of the chapters. When is their next book coming out? I can't wait!
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Summary: Not just for solo chicks
Review: I'm married and bought this book for some ideas on what to do while my husband is out of town on business trips or playing weekend warrior. I disagree with the last review; I think the whole idea for the book (we'll give you the ideas, you plan it out) is right on. After all, isn't it supposed to be about getting out of the house and into life? Nor do I agree with the sentiment that going to town hall meetings are "not fun at all." Maybe getting involved with city politics isn't your idea of a good time, but what's one woman's junk is another woman's treasure. Overall, a very good read with even better ideas.
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Summary: Not just for solo chicks
Review: I'm married and bought this book for some ideas on what to do while my husband is out of town on business trips or playing weekend warrior. I disagree with the last review; I think the whole idea for the book (we'll give you the ideas, you plan it out) is right on. After all, isn't it supposed to be about getting out of the house and into life? Nor do I agree with the sentiment that going to town hall meetings are "not fun at all." Maybe getting involved with city politics isn't your idea of a good time, but what's one woman's junk is another woman's treasure. Overall, a very good read with even better ideas.
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Summary: A smile and a springboard of inspiration is guaranteed
Review: This is a fun book written by two witty thirty-something gals, Wendy
Burt and Erin Kindberg who appropriately have subtitled it "The
Hip Chick's guide to Fun for One." I smiled when I saw the bright
pink cover and snappy illustration, I smiled when I read the table of
contents, and I just kept smiling as I read through it. Each of the
125 chapters, that are less than two pages long, includes an idea that
a single woman can do alone. All of them encourage creativity and
include such diverse activities as volunteering in an animal shelter,
skydiving, learning to brew home-made beer, taking a road trip in a
convertible, and even crashing a wedding reception. Each idea is
presented with humor, followed by a short list of places to go for
more information, including appropriate websites. The book, of course,
does more than just give ideas. It says something about the authors
themselves. These are women who enjoy their lives and are always on
the lookout for something interesting to do. And even though they
often humorously refer to the possibility of meeting some hunky guy
while learning to fly or going to a town meeting, this is somehow just
a footnote to the idea of the activity itself. There's encouragement
to take courses, learn a new skills, help the needy, and open your
eyes to the pleasures of just plain living. It's upbeat all the way. I
read the book all the way through but it can also be read by just
leafing though it or choosing a chapter at random. But however you
read it, I can guarantee it will make you smile as well as act as a
springboard to further inspiration. Recommended.
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