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Stoned, Naked, and Looking in My Neighbor's Window: The Best Confessions from GroupHug.us

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This book caught my eye on a table at a bookstore. Cool cover, whacked-out title, let's take a look. What a mind-blower! I had never been to the anonymous confession website this book is taken from (I have now, since reading the book), and you can't believe some of the things people will confess to doing, thinking, saying, just because it's completely anonymous and no one will ever find out. The site carries random reviews identified only by number. It's fun to click around, but I prefer the book, STONED, NAKED, & LOOKING IN MY NEIGHBOR'S WINDOW. First, it's organized by "sin," so if I want to read 50 confessions all about sex, they're all together. Second, these seem to be the best, coolest, most outrageous confessions from the site, so the book cuts through all the dross and serves up the juiciest bits. I keep a copy in the bathroom, and I've bought about five of them as X-mas presents.

As I said, I am virtually addicted to the grouphug.us website, spending perhaps an average of 25 minutes a day there and having made perhaps a dozen confessions. I anxiously awaited the release of the book, and, while it was not a disappointment, it lacked some of the raw material and strange spelling and formatting that make the site so good. Also I had already seen many of the confessions in the book. The advantage of the book, especially to people unfamiliar with the website, is that it separates the chaff from the good, original confessions. I was also happy with the narrative that the author, Gabriel Jeffrey, proovided because it made the site more personal and I had long wondered about the identity of the creator.

I just bought this book today since the few entries I came across when I was flipping through it were hilarious. After reading more, I've discovered that they are mostly just depressing, but I can't stop reading. It's really good, extremely interesting, and I've been inspired to go confess.

i've been going to grouphug.us for years now, it's the best place to go when you need a little pick me up. i have learned that people are truely psycho. that fact alone makes me feel 10x better about the things i've done.
when i found out that there was a book published, i had to go buy it right away. i am so glad that i did. this is one of the funniest things i have ever read. i have passed it around to many of my friends, they all agree that it is awesome. it was the best christmas present i have ever found. no matter what people are interested in, they all adore this book. i have three copies of this; one in my bedroom, one on my coffee table, and one in my bathroom.
i suggest you buy this book if you want a good laugh or if you want to learn about the bizarre behavior of you neighbors.

Very similar to PostSecret, although the confessions are written in an e-mail format as apposed to secrets written on the back of homemade postcards. I enjoyed this book very much, and found myself relating to many of the stories.

I read this book all the way through the minute I got it. Now I occasionally when bored go back and pick a random page just for fun, I usually end up sitting down and reading half of it all over again because it is just so...enthralling! nothing like it, it is not like postsecret in the sense of no pictures, its more like reading 1 entry out of a thousand peoples diaries.

A collection of confessions from GroupHug.us, a site similar to Post Secret. Contains gems such as:

"I have no faith in the human race. I work in tech support. The stories about people using the CDROM drive as a cup holder, and not knowing where the 'any' key is are true. I deal with these questions on a daily basis. Once, I had to explain to a guy what an electrical outlet was. Sometimes I get these calls from network administrators at Hewlett Packard. This means that an average of 5% of the population barely has the knowledge to get out of bed in the morning. The world lays in the hands of complete morons."

I won't quote it, but I've read it many a time in public places to my friends.

The book (and the website) are possibly in vein of the trend that is taking over the pop culture. Post Secret, Found and the like have all published confessions and pieces of crap that people write. We all want to know what's going on in other people's mind and this is the book that makes it possible to see the funny, sad and downright disturbing thoughts.

If you didn't like the book, then that's your problem. And due to the title, it's obvious that the book isn't meant for children or young teens--so parents, use common sense.

But if you want to save yourself a few dollars (people are greedy and the price listed in used and new is more than i paid for it when I bought it off Amazon) I'd suggest you just log on to grouphug.us

This book is an exciting ride of emotions. You tap into the secret lives of complete strangers. It's fun not even knowing their real name and yet you know their deepest darkest secrets...it could be written by someone you even know. :) How exciting! 5stars!

I LOVE this book. It was one of my recommendations from Amazon. From the book description and the reviews, I knew I had to get it. When I first got it, my husband and I sat in the bed reading (and cackling) together over so many of the entries- there was a lot of, "Oh my God- did you read this one?" After reading from it together that one night, we began to fight over it. One of us would get it, read from it, and hide it from the other. Luckily, it is quite addictive which makes for a quick read. Now that we have both finished it, it sits in our guest bathroom. So many of the entries are super short- some are one liners, and you can flip to any part of the book, and start reading. It has lead to many a person spending much longer in the restroom than necessary- and everyone comments on it. Though some of the entries are slightly disturbing and some just downright baffling- for the most part, they are grab your belly, and slap your knee funny. You will not regret buying this book!