greeniezona's review
5.0
Those of you following along at home may recall that getting this book turned out to be a bit of a fiasco. I ordered it from So New Media after an interesting review in Bookslut, sometime in June. Weeks went by, and finally I emailed someone at the company asking about my book. Months went by, and no reply. I talked to my sister, who knows some of the people at the publishing company, as well as the author. She promised to ask around. I emailed the company again, and they basically told me that they were out of that book and I could either have my money back or get the next two selections instead. But of course, what I wanted was Girls! Girls! Girls!. (And really, who doesn't?) �Happily enough, when my sister mentioned the snafu to the author, Claire Zulkey, Claire felt so bad about it that she took it upon herself to send me a copy of the book herself (with a little note inside to me! i am the coolest!) So finally I have my book, and I should ask for the refund from the publisher and send the cash to Claire instead.
But oh yes, the book! It was indeed, worth the wait. It is a collection of ultra-micro-mini short stories, featuring some fabulous reversals of chick lit, canned magazine advice, and reality as we know it. The writing is a little rough around the edges at times, but if you can get through more than three of these stories without giggling, then:
a) you're not alive.
b) you're a robot.
c) you've never thrown an issue of Seventeen/YM/Cosmopolitan across the room.
d) your sense of humor was surgically removed during a brain tumor biopsy.
e) you're not a girl.
f) you've never talked to a girl.
g) you're one of those boys who thinks women's legs are naturally hairless.
h) you think the book The Rules is filled with really good ideas.
i) this is your first time on this planet.
j) you're lying to me about the whole not-giggling thing just to get a reaction.
But oh yes, the book! It was indeed, worth the wait. It is a collection of ultra-micro-mini short stories, featuring some fabulous reversals of chick lit, canned magazine advice, and reality as we know it. The writing is a little rough around the edges at times, but if you can get through more than three of these stories without giggling, then:
a) you're not alive.
b) you're a robot.
c) you've never thrown an issue of Seventeen/YM/Cosmopolitan across the room.
d) your sense of humor was surgically removed during a brain tumor biopsy.
e) you're not a girl.
f) you've never talked to a girl.
g) you're one of those boys who thinks women's legs are naturally hairless.
h) you think the book The Rules is filled with really good ideas.
i) this is your first time on this planet.
j) you're lying to me about the whole not-giggling thing just to get a reaction.
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