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I've been very busy I didn't get to say Merry Christmas on here. Is it too late to say merry Christmas? Well, I hope you had a merry Christmas and are enjoying the holidays.

I needed a laugh and Bunmi did not disappoint!

Disclaimer: not a mom nor a pre-established fan of Bunmi Laditan. I saw this book on the shelf at the library so I grabbed it.
With that said, I thought the book had some funny moments. Some parts seemed a tad unrealistic, but I guess that‘s the point of fiction books. Would I read it again? No. Was it an easy, entertaining airport read? Yup! Overall, 3/5

Not my normal genre, but a good friend recommended it and I loved it so much! I don‘t understand the negative reviews, I identified with so much (minus the $8k furniture buy and mom vacation in Napa Valley). All moms should read this!
Book 16 in 2021

Waste of time. Whiny, incompetent mom complains about how unsuccessful she is at parenting. Not funny, predictable, and irritating. #LitsyAtoZ challenge @BookishMarginalia I had to read it for book club. The bonus is that this reminds me that book clubs are so great for getting to read things I would not chose my own.

Book club choice-so I have to finish but ugh. This same blah, whiny story about a new mom is boring, not funny and tries way too hard. The attempt at snark and sarcasm as well as the complaining about not being domestic makes me want to scream. I can guess how it‘s going to go and I will be mad if I‘m right. Don‘t waste your time. I haven‘t laughed even once and it‘s been reviewed as hilarious. Wrong.#litsyAtoz challenge @BookishMarginalia

This should have been so much funnier. As the main character is supposed to have been a competent business person, I would have hoped she'd be generally smarter and less shallow than she was written. Most of the supporting characters are shallow and nasty.

The very end *might* redeem the story the tiniest bit. Overall, I thought the book was a painful slog. This is why I need more than 7 hold slots in Overdrive!! I need better books available.

Moms often try to be #AlltoAll, taking care of everyone and everything else. And I know I'm not alone, such an attempt generally (well, always) ends up failing. I love Bunmi Laditan's online writings for her honesty about motherhood, and for making me feel less isolated on this crazy ride. Her book is still on my TBR, but I'm moving up the OverDrive holds list!

#TimbitTunes @Cinfhen

THANK YOU everyone who played along this month!

This would have been annoying if it wasn‘t a “light audiobook for the car” pick. I enjoy some Bridget Jones-like stupidity in these kinds of books but they always go too far. I will say I kept thinking “Stop bitching about the messy house while watching reality TV. Just clean!!” Then I would binge watch Grace and Frankie wishing the dishes were washed. Some things might be universal.

I thought I was beyond the angst of this type of novel, but my #TBR for #24in48 was wrecked & this was available for checkout & I had to break in my duck shoes & what better way than while mowing the mustard, but be quick as kids & ex require solutions & whoops! will you looky there? I zeroed out my timer, so it seems as though I only logged 3 hours but it‘s really more like 16 & so it is clear that this is still my kind of book. Totally relate.

I love Bunmi's writing, the book has plenty of witty, funny moments, but the main character is so hard to like- or even sympathize with. The amount of work she puts towards pretending she is someone she is not to impress some unknown mom's on an online group just made me think would be time better spent accepting her messy, but down to earth life style.
It's still a fun read, but I had expected better.
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It was almost good.

A must read for mums and mums to be😁😁😁😁

I wanted to love this. Bunmi is one of my favorite people. She is unflinchingly honest and funny and smart. The character in this book, however, is not. She is hard to like. There are parts that I related to because hell, being a mom is hard and thankless and really shitty sometimes. But Ashley felt joyless and superficial and fake and mean and petty for 80% of the book. She redeems herself a bit toward the end, but it was too little, too late.

I did not like this book.
I felt nothing for Ashley but annoyance.
She fakes and lies her way through the story because she's struggling with adapting to life as a stay at home mum.
In the end everything works out o.k. without her ever facing or dealing with her emotions or reasons why she acts the way she does. 🙄
One dimensional characters, sadly not a book for me.

When I was reading this book all I could think about was how I could see it being made into a movie and how the main character would be played by Amy Schumer. It‘s a fluffy novel about the struggles of being a new mom. The main character was often annoying and hard to sympathize with, but still entertaining in my opinion. She was sometimes relatable too...especially her body image struggle and the challenges of being a SAHM.

At the beginning I was very annoyed by Ashley and felt she was so over the top terrible at being a mom. I really almost gave up on reading it. But, about half way through she finally starts to realize that's she not as bad as she thinks she is. By the end, I found myself cheering for her and even cried along with her.

#mood

I feel like I‘ve been waiting ages on the library‘s waitlist for this!

My humble library haul. Last few reads of 2017!

Fun book! Could definitely relate to much of the mom life she describes. Quick read and great for a palate cleanser.

"To gluten!" ??

This was a really fun read! Laditan - of Honest Toddler fame - imparts a satirical spin on mom life while simultaneously tackling some very real issues faced by new parents. As a SAHM myself, I found the main character Ashley particularly relatable and I loved her dearly. I enjoyed the heck out of the audio. The narration was perfect!

Listening to this while folding the basket of clothes that's been sitting in the laundry room for at least four days. Thanks for the recommendation @Jess7 - enjoying it so far. 😆

All of these books had me #laughoutloud at one point or another! #awesomeautumnbooks @Jess7

My favorite summer reads this summer so far have been Pretty Girls, Confessions of a Domestic Failure and The Divorce Diet.
#PackingProblems

This book was hilarious. It spoke to everything that every mom feels on a regular basis. The main character was a bit exaggerated, which took away from the story but I'd still recommend this.

I like this book so far - it's really funny BUT I am getting a little annoyed with the main character. I'm a mom and no stranger to the mom guilt & wondering if I'm doing what's best for my kid. Ashley takes this a little far by doing everything someone else says she should be doing. And she is constantly getting caught in a lie or scheme (though sometimes unwittingly)

This book was everything. I laughed, I teared up, and I honestly never wanted the book to end. Here's to hoping they come up with a sequel... because Ashley Keller was an unforgettable character. 💗

I read this book in a few hours. Stayed up too late to finish it. A quick and satisfying read!

He tells me nothing. I tell him everything twice. Possibly three times if I'm feeling particularly chatty.

This is so true! When family wants to go on "vacation" to the beach and I'm like "Um no, it is not fun or relaxing for me to go somewhere that I have to chase my 4 year old around constantly because of water/strangers/drunk people etc... my idea of relaxing is a controlled environment because CONSTANT VIGILANCE!!

Starting this audiobook at the gym tonight. Sounds amusing. 😆

I suspect this is full of motherhood cliches, but I'm not sure it matters if it helps new moms feel less alone. My non-mom self also had fun with it, due in large part to the great audio performance and the reality show feel.

Laditan tries to make Ashley the Everymom, too. There are no physical descriptions of her or her family and minimal setting cues. Alas, the latter do put this in Nowheresville, USA. I hate it when Canadian writers do that.

My Rating: 5/5 ⭐️s

"...Maybe if you cleaned up your living room a little you'd have more space for [your baby] to move around," Ashley's sister (Joy) said...Note to self: Mail Joy an envelope full of #GLITTER ?

With her razor-sharp wit and knack for finding the funny in everything, #BunmiLaditan creates a character as flawed and lovable as Bridget Jones while hilariously lambasting the societal pressures placed upon every new mom. #mustread
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Where was this book 19 years ago when I first became a mom??? Yes, it was very funny & had many cringe worthy incidents, but it was also so relatable.

The hold label tape ripped the cover! I'm dogsitting for the day and have been in the mood for fun novels lately, so I'm curling up with this one.

I made it to just shy of 10 hours while I cleaned my house and listened to CONFESSIONS OF A DOMESTIC FAILURE. It was an excellent distraction.

Now I've gotta turn the audiobook off while I vacuum. Once that's done, I'll either return to comics or dip into a serial. I want to read at least one ep of THE WITCH WHO CAME IN FROM THE COLD today. #24in48

Enjoying this #audiobook. I've actually laughed out loud at parts. It is so relatable.

I crossed the 3-hour mark while I wandered the streets with the tagged book in my ears. The narrator does a wonderful job, but I'm disappointed with the book's Americanization and I suspect if I knew more about motherhood-focused contemporary fiction I'd find it a collection of cliches. #24in48 #audiowalking

Starting this #audiobook today. I was looking for something light-hearted with a good laugh. Anyone read this one? Thoughts?

What is #ExerciseWine ? "It's a wine that, when consumed, stimulates your muscles, resulting in rock-hard abs." ???#ConfessionsOfADomesticFailure #BunmiLaditan #YesPlease #Goals #WineTime #LoveIt #LitsyPartyOfOne

Friday Night Reads 📚🤗 #LitsyPartyOfOne #HaloTop

My book club meets tomorrow night and I haven't even started! Oops! 😆

Can't even deal with how cute and photogenic Parker is 😜🤗 #MiniatureSchnauzersofLitsy #ParkerThePoser 📚This adorable #LibraryBookHaul features the following books: #WhenYouFindOutTheWorldIsAgainstYou by #KellyOxford 📚#TooFatTooSluttyTooLoud by #AnneHelenPetersen 📚#ConfessionsOfADomesticFailure by #BunmiLaditan and #EveryLastLie by #MaryKubica 📚 #JulyTBR #SizzlinSummerBooks #day1only3daysLate

I love this book. Ashley is a new mom and is having trouble adjusting. Sleeping, cleaning, cooking, showering, showing her husband attn. Any Mom can relate to this book and what Ashley is going thru. She follows a Super Mom blogger and tries to live up to these high expectations. I've known someone like this - they can do everything and do it well. She joins the better mom bootcamp which puts her in funny situations. This is a LOL book!

Honestly I bought this because I needed something to read and only about one minute to choose and download. This looked like the appropriate brain candy for the occasion. But even though it took me a few chapters to get into and the ending wasn't as satisfying as it could have been, I really enjoyed her writing and found plenty of things that made me snicker.

This book was amusing -- I didn't love it but I didn't hate it either. I was once a young stay-at-home mother, but that was long before the days of mommy blogging and social media, so I had a difficult time relating to how Ashley was effected by all that. The narrator read the book with a frenetic pace, and it suited the story well.

I think I'd have liked to see a memoir over this novel, everything was a bit exaggerated and predictable, but it made me smile and had a happy ending.