Let's Pretend This Never Happened

Let's Pretend This Never Happened (A Mostly True Memoir) by Jenny Lawson, 318 pages

Better known as The Blogess, Lawson has made a name for herself writing hilarious (and often hilariously inappropriate) blog posts about her life. In Let's Pretend This Never Happened, the hilarity continues with stories about her childhood in west Texas, being raised by a possibly insane taxidermist for a father and possible patron saint of patience for a mother. Also included are several discussions of her adult life, including the odd relationship she has with her husband (it seems that most of their arguments revolve around zombie invasions or late-night purchases of taxidermied animals), her career in human resources, and the odd upbringing she's providing for her daughter. Mixed in are a few less-hilarious, but still interesting, chapters about her battle with mental illness, the trouble she had in carrying a baby to term, and the diagnosis and treatment of her rheumatoid arthritis (OK, that last one is actually pretty funny, what with the stuff about acupuncture).

This book is not for the faint of heart. You have to be ready to read plenty of expletives, lots of discussions of genitalia, and plenty of horrifying scenes of dead animals. But if you're up for it, you'll laugh until your sides hurt.