Customer Reviews

Not Tonight Honey, Wait 'Til I'm a Size Six

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I thought the writing was great and hilarious, but not being (or wanting to be) a mother made some of the material boring because I couldn't relate. I would definitely recommend the book to anyone, only with the caveat that much of it is focused around motherhood.

As a hardcore fan of female humor writers, I eagerly anticipated cackling with abandon over this book. Alas, it's really not that funny. Amusing, yes. Hilarious, no. I was frankly disappointed. If you want to read something that will have you guffawing out loud, have strangers stare at you in public while you snicker audibly, or keep your husband awake at night because you won't shut up laughing at the book, try Laurie Notaro or Jen Lancaster. I practically hee-hawed myself silly over Lancaster's "Bitter is the New Black" and Notaro's "Autobiography of a Fat Bride."

Not Tonight Honey, Wait `till I'm a Size 6, arrived in the signature Amazon box just as I was headed out to dinner with a friend. I knew that four more hours was too long a wait to get into the book, and so I decided to bring the book along with us. It turns out that rush hour traffic was slower than a game of scrabble with Grandma, and so we sat bumper to bumper. I began to read, "The big jowly woman jiggled toward our car, preceded by one of those front asses split in half by her red polyester stirrup pants-" With that sentence, my friend lost it, and the car started to shake as we both held our stomachs gasping for air. Crawling along in slow traffic, the only sound was a high-pitched wheezing as we both tried to regain control. The book was opened again at the restaurant, because both my friend and I had to read the rest of the "The Taco Bell Dog" story.

Being an avid humor book reader, I've found that many books are either lacking in gut holding wit, or quality writing. This book is rich in warmth and detail. The author doesn't simply tell the story with a good laugh, but rather she has the ability to bring the reader into the story. I felt as though I was invited to smell the cigarette smoke and feel the rush of blood to my head as I lay at the top of the stairs with a young Susan looking down at her mother. I love how she wrote they had hair like That Girl, which set the time and the style in so few words. And I love the description, "Cigarette smoke like the funnels of tornados rose up the stairs to my nose."

All this to say, I can't wait for her next book to arrive in the signature Amazon box.

After reading Mrs. Reinhardt's book, and finally recovering from the fits of laughter said book induced, I've come to the conclusion that anybody who could read this book and not chuckle (or better yet roll around on the carpet roaring with laughter) is either devoid of a sense of humor, dead, or worse yet, probably a yankee...or perhaps they may live somewhere above the polar ice cap where the nights last for six months and life is about as cheery as a root canal. The author has the rare ability to find and point out for the rest of us the hilarious side of everyday existence. The old adage goes "truth is stranger than fiction", and it sure is a helluva lot funnier! Personally I admire any writer who can turn a phrase well enough to point out the humor in the everyday mating rituals of the suburban housewife, or who can forge adjectives together to paint a picture of the ordinary, run-of-the-mill, middle aged hubby lounging on the sofa in his underwear as the funniest thing since Gerald Ford fell off of Air Force One (or since George W. fell off of his bicycle!) Hell, I read Reinhardt's story "The Grumpy Vagina" and found it funny, and I'm a man for Godsakes! Seriously, I would highly recommend Reinhardt's book to any reader who can appreciate a good laugh at life (and for those who sort of scratch their heads and denounce her writing as just stories about somebody's life and wonder who would want to read such stuff, I'll be all snobbish for a moment, and say, they call that "observational humor" ladies and gentlemen). In short, if you think the feminine side of David Sedaris or Lewis Grizzard is worth exploring, go pick up this book and have a laugh.

Maybe I've just become more accustomed to Laurie Notaro's snarky wit and humor, but I found this book incredibly boring and not very funny. Even though the majority of the essays are focused around motherhood (and I'm not a mother), the writing was soft and a little too sweet. My tastes tend towards witty and sarcastic, and I didn't find that in this book, though I expected to based on its title. Definitely too cutesy for my tastes.

This book has a very different style of humor delivered from this Southern Belle in Dixie. She opens her life and her heart to the reader in a compelling way like no other. Laugh, cry, the reader will experience it all. Reinhardt has a gift of making the reader feel part of the stories she tells. I would highly recommend her work to anyone.

When you find yourself thinking about a story, or characters in a story of a book you just read, you know you've stumbled onto something extraordinary. Susan Reinhardt's brand of humor, compassion, story-telling, and flat-out relate-ability is a gift in itself. Each chapter gives an insight into our OWN daily lives; the good, the sad, and the funny. Reinhardt is cosmopolitan, well-educated, AND southern at the same time, giving southern women a deservedly better reputation that they have gotten in the past. I would recommend this book to anyone who has loved, lost, and celebrated the big and small joys of life.

Susan Reinhardt is about as boring as your first french kiss or the first time you jump out of a plane! Every woman will totally relate to this book. Susan Reinhardt is like a funnier, naughtier version of your best girlfriend.

Her writing is one-part sassy southern gal, two-parts lovin' mommy and three-parts gal-pal gossip. She says what we've all either thought about, experienced or watched from afar. I mean, really what woman hasn't wanted her husband's libido to go on vacation for a while? And who hasn't shed a quiet tear over the fall of her once perky breasts?

I heard Susan speak at the Erma Bombeck Humor Writers Conference, and she was the funniest woman there. Her tales about her double virgin sister who lives in Rich City and the wacky citizens she encounters as a newspaper columnist had us in tears.

I have been a fan of Ms. Reinhardts for many years and never miss her stories in the local newspaper here in Asheville, N.C. I had read her first book and couldn't wait to get my hands on the latest. I laughed so hard I wished I was wearing Depends. Todays world needs more of this type of humor.

Fabulously whacky and too funny with her "connectively" truthful self! The impact her book has had on me is wonderful. Some awesome tangible inspiration filled me when ever I picked it up. Still does. This book will always serve as a reminder that life experiences can be very colorful and are meant to be shared. I absolutely loved reading it.
Susan is a real jewel! I am tickled pink to say to anyone, "you've just gotta read this", so..."YOU'VE JUST GOTTA READ THIS!"