Welcome to Litsy!

I am Iliza and Iliza is me. 😂 Honestly I connect so much with her humour, that listening to this was both hilarious and enlightening. Girl Logic, or the way our brains both help and hurt us, just aids the reader in understanding themselves. I‘m glad I followed up Burnout with this audiobook, because they both paint a similar picture of women trying to be there for everyone... except themselves.

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I‘ve been flying through this so fast, I forgot to post about it! Iliza‘s comedy is basically my life (my friend first told me about her by saying, she‘s talking about you! 😂), and her reading the #audiobook makes this ten times more amazing.

What a great start to the new year. A book that encourages me to be me and makes me laugh.

“People always seem to blame the girl for her own romantic misfortune and they assume she‘s doomed. Is it possible that your ex-boyfriend was just shitty and you were smart enough to ditch him? Is it possible you‘re choosing to be alone for a while because you need to recover from something awful or because you like having time to do your own thing and watch a shit ton of TLC?”

“To me the modern equivalent of Valium is white wine. Over the past several years women‘s consumption of white wine has skyrocketed. The archetype of the wasp and her drink of choice with the funny thinly veiled underlying alcohol addiction is now a mainstay in pop culture. “

I myself have tried drinking wine and have found that coffee instead is my drink of choice. But I tried and that‘s what matters 😂😂😂.

“Another damning element of constantly striving for a perfect fantasy is that we expect perfection, then mock women who fall short of it. If they get it done wrong, even slightly, they end up looking weird. Not bad necessarily just, there in the “uncanny valley”. The “uncanny valley” is a term used in robotics when an android is meant to look human and comes close but something is still off enough to make you feel uneasy.”
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“ in real life when you‘re lonely, disappointed, and burned out you find yourself in an “all is lost” moment, you know what happens? Nothing. No one saves you. Certainly not a man. There‘s only you. As Carrie points out in that sex and the city episode: “have you ever thought that maybe we are the white knights and we are the ones who have to save ourselves? “

“My handy list of clothing items that are simply never OK:

A mule. This shoe is ugly, makes you look like you have a hoof. You know what you know what sexy part that covers? Toes. You know what‘s not sexy and it exposes? Your callused crackly heel. This shoe has everything backward. “

Confession: I totally make fun of my coworkers mules a.k.a. her clogs because they‘re fucking ugly and I hate them. Does that make me a bad person?

Not a bad read. Had some LOLs, a few A-HAs, and some Mhmms as well. Relatable, but nothing outstanding.

(Edit. I've now seen some of her comedy on Netflix, and she's quite funny. So this book might work better in audio format.)

Finished this really funny book by female comedian Iliza Shlesinger, paired with my snack of cornmeal blueberry muffins. Read my full review here: https://theupstairslibrary.blogspot.com #MrBook1inaMillion #LitsyPartyofOne #24B4Monday @MrBook @Rachel.Rencher @Andrew65

I‘m not moving for at least three more hours...

I got a few LOLs out of this one. I probably would have related more if I were a good decade younger. I appreciated Shlesinger's candor, especially since many of her stories are pretty damn unflattering. She says some weird stuff I can't get on board with and other stuff I was nodding my head along to. I mean, this isn't exactly the Great Feminist Manifesto. It would have worked better as either a straight memoir or flat-out comedy.

This one is for @CouronneDhiver who wanted the link to the Gemini recs: https://www.audible.com/ep/books-for-your-zodiac-sign-gemini?pf_rd_p=bcbd1a72-27...

“Women aren‘t crazy. We are not crazy. We are conflicted. Crazy implies an impracticality to our thoughts when, in actuality, we are processing so many dichotomic thoughts that we get frustrated. Then others perceive that as “crazy.” Women want to be appreciated for their mind, but they won‘t stop obsessing over the size of their ass.”

There are so many things I didn‘t like about this starting with the title and cover. I‘d pick it apart, but I don‘t want to waste my time. If this had been a straight up memoir, it would‘ve been so much better.

I‘m sure the experience of winning Last Comic Standing as a female then being mocked by the male contestants on tour really sucked and was completely inexcusable, but it‘s NOT like military combat. I can take a joke, but this is really fucking stupid.

#LetsGetRidiculous #GetMovin

So funny! I spent a good portion of the book just nodding my head in agreement 😊

Accurate! 😬

#girlproblems #firstworldproblems

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Sounds interesting, and it's on sale for 2.99 today. :)

This was a really fun listen. I laughed a lot and I thought OMG ME TOO!! so many times. Definitely recommend this to all my gal pals! It‘s very enjoyable.

My only complaint is the use of girl instead of woman but that‘s a personal issue I realize. #readwomen

We shall seeeeeeeee

I fucking love her!!! Amazing person and funny as hell!!! This book talked to my soul. I think every women should read this and maybe some men too ( wouldn't hurt them) haha. But seriously go read this book!!!

This book is so motivating!!!!