Coming to Terms with Mediocrity: And Other Humorous Life Lessons [Paperback]

Kari Breed (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: January 11, 2007

Do you ever feel like you've missed the boat and are always running to catch the train (or are about to get run over by it)? Well, you're not alone. If you are thinking maybe you “ain't all that”, and life isn't delivering what you thought it would, again, you are not alone. In 90 edible and easy-to-digest essays, each with their own humorous life-lesson, the author invites you to accompany her through the agonizing terror of writing a book, fixing up a house, buying another and moving halfway across the country (while managing not to kill anyone), and trying to be thin, perfect, carefree and a somewhat sane human being in the process (and failing miserably). This book will make you laugh. It might even make you think. You might actually think it is worth reading a second time. And, if you're really paying attention (or just a bit lucky) it will inspire you to change things for the better. Somehow, this book makes it okay to be a real person – to embrace the art of being normal.

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About the Author

Kari Breed, writer, photographer, poet and housewife is brilliantly gifted with averageness, strives ferociously for mediocrity and is a genius in the vast and dark recesses of her own imagination. She has lived abroad, and is a broad, and currently resides in Texas where everything really is big, except for a lot of things that are very, very small. She is married to a silly, tolerant and handsome man who enjoys junk food and online gaming a little too much. When not overeating, writing, procrastinating or plotting the demise of the world, she enjoys extensive forays into the vast and bottomless pit of her own despair.

Product Details

• Paperback: 198 pages
• Publisher: BookSurge Publishing (January 11, 2007)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1419657550
• ISBN-13: 978-1419657559
• Product Dimensions: 8 x 5.2 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 8.8 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (11 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,214,019 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Quirky, Neurotic, Entertaining, July 4, 2008

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sophie "alehar" (Westbrook, Maine USA) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Coming to Terms with Mediocrity: And Other Humorous Life Lessons (Paperback)

The title of this book was the question I was contemplating of my own life at the time. Its reassuring to know that other people are too. Kari did a great job with this book,even self published, good for you and better for us the reader that you got it to print. I laughed and identified with her self-doubt and over analysis many times. But mostly I laughed. She's honest in her concern and quest for finding recognition of just what she's contributed in her lifetime and is there merit to it. The journey for both reader and Kari provide a catharsis to reconsider our definition of "mediocrity" or just getting on with life. Great things don't always happen in a big way but little by little.

5 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Hilarious!, February 8, 2007

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This review is from: Coming to Terms with Mediocrity: And Other Humorous Life Lessons (Paperback)

A witty look at life from the perspective of Kari Breed. We find she is, like most of us, not nearly as self confident and superior as she'd like to be and copes with herself by a judicious application of biting, gritty humor. She had me laughing so hard my face hurt, and I'm sure the neighbors were ready to have me committed!
In her stories she reveals a profound understanding of her own character and give us the opportunity to laugh with her as she faces the challenges life throws her way.

5 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A MUST READ!!!, February 7, 2007

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Angela Kay (Georgia, US) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Coming to Terms with Mediocrity: And Other Humorous Life Lessons (Paperback)

Once I started reading this book, I literally could not put it down until I was finished. I even can't wait to read it again. The author's unique view of the world through her experiences is very funny, truthful, and thought provoking. The life lessons she adds to each chapter are quite hilarious and seem to apply to everything in my life. I found it easy to relate to the author's thoughts and experiences, which kept me tuned in and laughing my butt off. I laughed, I cried, I even learned somethings about myself. I highly recommend this to everyone!! It is a great book, well written and easy to read. It will definitely entertain you, and hey you might even learn something too! Get your copy now and have a blast reading this one!!