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I'd be the first to comment on a book I hadn't even actually read yet, is what!
I keep googling it. I've been wanting to buy it for about 2 years now but keep running out of book money (I'm a little bad) But look: it's got about the world's best title. And it has a forward by Anne Lamott, how cool and irresistable is that? Because that's enough reason to buy the book right there. And another reason is because I wish I had written it. Do you think I could use the same title, and get Anne Lamott to write another forward?
I will even rate this book. I give it a "4," not because it's not fully worth a "5" but because maybe giving it a 5 at this point would be getting just a little ahead of myself. I would give it a 4.5, if Powell Books even gave me that option, but it doesn't. But please, buy this book from Powells.com yourself and then YOU can give it a five, and that will pull the average up to where it belongs. (also, please note that I DID follow Powells.com's rules about not giving away any surprises..) And if I do win a prize for being the first to comment, could it be a copy of this actual book, please?
-- From almostgotit ( author, "How to (almost) get the job," which includes no forwards by Anne Lamott)
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It’s not nice to be jealous. But if I could write a story on the top of my refrigerator as well as Miranda July, I maybe would be one of the happiest people in the world. I’m pretty sure I would be. I’m also pretty sure my brother only had the nicest of intentions when he brought this to my attention, and so my official story here is that I’m looking this green because of all the jelly beans I ate today.
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almostgotit, June 12, 2007
I'd be the first to comment on a book I hadn't even actually read yet, is what!I keep googling it. I've been wanting to buy it for about 2 years now but keep running out of book money (I'm a little bad) But look: it's got about the world's best title. And it has a forward by Anne Lamott, how cool and irresistable is that? Because that's enough reason to buy the book right there. And another reason is because I wish I had written it. Do you think I could use the same title, and get Anne Lamott to write another forward?
I will even rate this book. I give it a "4," not because it's not fully worth a "5" but because maybe giving it a 5 at this point would be getting just a little ahead of myself. I would give it a 4.5, if Powell Books even gave me that option, but it doesn't. But please, buy this book from Powells.com yourself and then YOU can give it a five, and that will pull the average up to where it belongs. (also, please note that I DID follow Powells.com's rules about not giving away any surprises..) And if I do win a prize for being the first to comment, could it be a copy of this actual book, please?
-- From almostgotit ( author, "How to (almost) get the job," which includes no forwards by Anne Lamott)
(2 of 3 readers found this comment helpful)
The Boy from Lam Kien by Miranda July
almostgotit, April 9, 2007
It’s not nice to be jealous. But if I could write a story on the top of my refrigerator as well as Miranda July, I maybe would be one of the happiest people in the world. I’m pretty sure I would be. I’m also pretty sure my brother only had the nicest of intentions when he brought this to my attention, and so my official story here is that I’m looking this green because of all the jelly beans I ate today.(2 of 4 readers found this comment helpful)