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The Women's Daily Irony Supplement

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I found myself reading this book and laughing out loud.....constantly! As Judy took me through each chapter talking not only about life through her eyes but also through the eyes of her husband and children, her discriptive writing made it easy to visualize each experience. I kept wanting to know what amusing scenario was coming next and it was hard to put down...in fact I didn't and read it in a single day!

I love the way Judy writes and you will, too!

I thought a man's point of view might be in order amongst all of these reviews by women since this book may be mistaken for being merely a "chick book". Believe me - it isn't. As a man with an undisputed record of decades of staunch heterosexuality I can tell you that this book is hysterical even for us guys! Some of the chapters like, "Forward This Email Or I'll Break Your Kneecaps" had me laughing out loud in a way I had not since first reading Woody Allen's "Getting Even" in high school. It's that good! It definitely lends itself to "watercooler discussion" at work with friends who have also read it. Buy this book. You can enjoy reading it alone or for real fun - read it aloud with your wife or girlfriend. It's a guarenteed good time!

Maybe Judy Gruen's homespun humor can be bucketed broadly with Erma Bombeck's. Those looking for a contemporary mom's clever take on Tupperware® parties, home contractors and teenage angst will find it here. "Singing the Dodger Blues", a tale of a mother and son's baseball outing with total strangers (his chatroom friends) is great fun. The most distinctive stories, though, recall the stressful days leading up to a child's Bar Mitzvah, memories of contrasting grandfathers (one irreverently secular, the other a solemn rabbi), and a failing parent's suggestions for naming a new granddaughter. These and some other stories from this great collection start with Jewish raw material, but this is not "Jewish humor". It's a context, a canvas, for painting widely accessible, very laughable scenes of America's domestic quirkiness, frailty and excess. Judy Gruen is terrific; a first-rate writer and humorist.

Judy Gruen has come up with another (her third!) very funny and clever book on the humor of everyday life, that had me laughing out loud in the carpool line! Her essays are little gems that sparkle with wit and recognition. Judy is not only a humorous writer, she is smart and can even tug a little at your heart when writing about family relationships.
I really enjoyed this latest book and basically read it straight through over a couple of days. I look forward to what she has in store for us next!

Judy Gruen is the only author I can recall reviewing who identifies herself as a member of the Association for Applied and Theraputic Humor -- and that's a telling detail in her biography.

She's a gifted spiritual memoirist, telling tales from ordinary life with a confident bite that sparks laughter with pure truth.

While her title and cover appear to be aimed at women -- I'm clearly a guy and enjoyed her book as well. Of course, for male readers there's the curiosity of listening in on Judy's version of woman-to-woman straight talk. I'm not talking about voyeurism here. I'm talking about hearing some women's voices that more guys should hear. For instance, the world might be a better place if more guys read Judy's chapter on how to truly celebrate St. Valentine's Day.

You won't agree with everything she advises in these 250 pages -- just as you wouldn't agree with everything a friend tells you over coffee. But the conversation is fun -- and you'll walk away smiling.

Life is comical and Judy knows how to find humor in our everyday life. Even the mundane is hysterical! I especially loved "Big Bill's Birthday Bash". Fact or fiction,whoever would have thought to hold a party in a shooting range? I laughed so hard!--This is one of Judy Gruen's funniest books!

In this book, author Judy Gruen shares humorous stories based on everyday life. I've heard she is the next Erma Bombeck, and while her style is a bit different, she is every bit as funny. The Women's Daily Irony Supplement is nothing but hilarious. You might ask yourself how someone can write anything funny about such mundane topics as dieting, taxes, dog, and Tupperware, but believe me, Gruen does it!

This book will not only make you smile, but I guarantee that you will find yourself laughing out loud. You will want to get a copy and pass it on to friend.

I found this book to be a veritable box of delictable literary Truffles, much like Judy describes in one of her hilarious chapters, in which she mentally wrestles with a box of truffles (the truffles win).
I read the book as I would eat a box of truffles. It is worth savoring the rich enjoyment of each chapter. Sometimes one chapter wouldn't be enough and I would keep going for four or five more, until I stopped to let the humor sink in, and I would leave the book for another day, prolonging the enjoyment.
As with all good boxes of truffles, I was sorry to finish it. I look forward to Judy's next collection of Life captured in her inimitable outlook.

I now have a new favorite mom-author. I love her sense of humor about life and raising a family, and her humor is clean. She has great values and has a way of communicating them with humor. I plan to buy more of her books.

The title of Judy Gruen's book, "The Women's Daily Irony Supplement," is very catching and sets the tone of the book. Her humor is everyday humor, the kind most women can relate to. The incidents could have happened in your own kitchen, backyard or living room. The book consists of short essays and it felt good just reading one or two at a time. However, after reading many, the humor felt contrived and that she was trying too hard to be funny. A reasonably good light read but not a literary read. The get-up of the inside of the book could have been more refined. I liked the cover.