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It's Not Me, It's You: Subjective Recollections from a Terminally Optimistic, Chronically Sarcastic and Occasionally Inebriated Woman Review

While I truly enjoyed the optimism of Stefanie, her irresponsible youth annoyed me. Some like to live vicariously through others, and that was really why I give the book 4 stars. She said and did things I would never do, and I enjoyed seeing the results, but I may have been a bit too much of a prude for the first few stories. Her recklessness and laziness got to me, but then again, she clearly had a difficult upbringing. It sounds as if she raised herself, and really, you have to admire who she became as a result. And as I said, her optimism won me over. It's in turns touching and funny, disturbing (or, maybe I'm more of a prude than I realized) and entertaining. It ends suddenly but upon reflection I recognized how far Stefanie had come from the first short story, and that was a satisfying ending.

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It's Not Me, It's You: Subjective Recollections from a Terminally Optimistic, Chronically Sarcastic and Occasionally Inebriated Woman Overview

A rapier-sharp, hilariously irreverent collection of true-life essays from the beloved author of Sippy Cups Are Not for Chardonnay.

Stefanie Wilder-Taylor has never been one to take the conventional route. Whether financing a move to LA with only a best friend's bat mitzvah savings or accidentally freebasing cocaine, Stefanie is living proof that the unlikely can happen -- usually to her. And when it does, the best response is a potent combination of pluck, luck, humor, and frequently, alcohol.

In these candid essays, Stefanie recounts how a nice Jewish girl from Queens became a Hollywood producer, writer, and mother of three, with some surprising detours along the way. From disproving her mother's "cars aren't free" refrain by going on Hollywood Squares and winning one, to signing up for a romantic sunset cruise that turns out to be a hellish fratfest staffed by a pushy pirate-attired crew, Stefanie shares her triumphs, missteps, and the many lessons learned. She reveals why it's never a good sign when your new therapist brings out a stuffed bumblebee and a whiffle ball bat, and how to outsmart a potential stalker by channeling your inner Tori Spelling. Through the good, the bad, the poignant, and the outrageous, she displays a voice that is by turns self-skewering, hopeful, and wise. It's Not Me, It's You is personal storytelling at its funniest, bravest, and most irresistible.

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Customer Reviews

Nothing Special - Little Red Writing Hood - Mount Juliet, TN United States
In the sarcastic drinking single woman genre of books, there are more offerings than you could ever read. Having been that woman at one time, I've read and/or own many of these tomes. I'm sorry to say that Stefanie Wilder-Taylor brings nothing special or new in this disjointed collection of stories from her past as an irresponsible and irrepressible young woman with daddy issues. She's right, is IS me. I want to like and root for her, but I don't. The writing is adequate, the storytelling fine. Wish I'd checked this out from the library instead of buying it.

very entertaining - -
At first the foreign names stopped me from reading past the second page but when I got back to start again I could not stop reading.The story line is complicated and it fasinates me how the author keeps the reeder on track with everything.

Actually laughed out loud - K. B. Fenner - Columbia, SC USA
It took me a bit to warm to this writer--the sort of "humorous" drop-out, ne'er-do-well drifter story has never appealed to an overachiever goody-goody like me, but then she started to get deeper than that, with stories of how her B/C/D-list stand-up comedian father let her down, the therapists she encountered (I've been there, too, sister). When I studied improv, they always said to avoid drug-taking scenes, because they were likely to be too boring, and maybe that's true here, but then she moved away from the druggie roommate, and got a lot funnier along the way. There are subtle callbacks--references to earlier parts of the story--that took me a sec to pick up on, and then I laughed out loud. Not something I do a lot when reading humor-writing....so it must be good.

Truth in Comedy, indeed.

Caffeinated humor... funny, but just not for me. - Gen of North Coast Gardening - California
I can see that this is a well-written and extremely funny book, and I feel like it deserves a wide audience among folks who like Laurie Notaro, Chelsea Handler, and David Sedaris. It was self-deprecating and felt like I was talking with a funny party-girl friend.

For me, though - I'm a business owner, not single, I don't party or go to nightclubs - the experiences in here just didn't resonate with me enough for them to be funny.

I do remember loving books like this when I was in college and still figuring life out, but that time feels a long way away from who I am now, and reading this book from a settled, happy place in life kind of felt like moving backwards - it was topically amusing but didn't really speak to me.

That said, the author definitely has talent and I think this is an awesome book for the right person. I guess I'm just a little too serious now to enjoy it.

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