Save the Date: The Occasional Mortifications of a Serial Wedding Guest

from jpporter

This book is described on its back cover as "hilarious," and Jen Doll is described as "witty." These are not really adjectives I would use for Save the Date. The book is well written and coherent; there are interesting insights; the book gives us a look at the post-boomer generation. Unfortunatel...

from booksandbosox

Like I Was Told There'd Be Cake, I think this book was supposed to be funny, but I didn't really laugh at all. I enjoyed this one slightly better because, let's face it, most of us have a weird obsession with weddings. Doll does have some interesting stories and points to make about weddings, mar...

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Yet another book that I was excited to receive, and I desperately wanted to like. Sadly, that wasn't the case. As for the "praise" on the back cover? I feel like they sold me a bill of goods. I didn't find this book hilarious, nor did I find the author particularly witty. Perhaps it's because I a...

from amaryann21

Jen Doll, the author, is a reporter and a blogger. This is her book about going to weddings, and how she feels about weddings, and marriage, and love, and relationships, and being single. There are some funny moments, but there are also some really sad moments (when she makes out with a guy at hi...

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Always the bridesmaid and never the bride, Jen Doll has been to a lot of weddings. As a bit of a party girl willing to do anything for a story, her wedding-going antics have given her many wild stories to tell. She uses these stories to thoughtfully ponder what weddings mean to us and what she wa...