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Drinking and Tweeting and Other Brandi Blunders by Brandi Glanville

labunnywtf's review against another edition

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1.0

When I started this book, I suspected I was going to end up wanting to punch her in the face. But I said, "No, Bunny. Let's leave our judgy pants in the closet, and give it a shot. When you started watching that god awful show, you liked her. For a minute. Before she opened her mouth."

A chapter or two in, I wanted to punch her in the face. After I punched myself in the face for bothering to read this. Thank god I didn't pay for this.

"Rape jokes are never funny except when they are!"

I mean, seriously. I want to kick her in her rejuvenated vagina with my steel toed converse on. While wearing fucking skinny jeans with tiny pockets because women only care that their ass looks good, not that their clothing is actually functional.

So why did I bother to read this? Because I love a good train wreck. I live for a good train wreck. And of all the descriptors one can use for this waste of DNA, train wreck is probably number one.

Seriously, this is almost enough to make me Team Leann. As it stands, I'm Team nuclear bomb to the both of them.

"I used my ex-husband's credit card to pay for $12,000 worth of unnecessary cosmetic surgery, and I totally understand why people would cause physical harm to themselves when going through emotionally difficult times!"

Sit and rotate on a traffic cone.

The only good thing I learned from this book is, thanks to said surgery, she will NEVER REPRODUCE AGAIN. God help those two kids.

Hilarious note: Literally minutes after I finished this, my roommate called from his job to let me know he'd just finished Season 5 of RHOBH, and finally understand why I can't stand this human being.

"I figured out the word to describe her. Vile."
"You should read her book."

hauntedwell's review against another edition

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insane piece of literature

usernamemustbeunique's review against another edition

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4.0

I really enjoyed reading this candid autobiography that includes what I look for in a good memoir: openness, honesty, a bit of self-reflection, and humor. It’s not some kind of high culture masterpiece, but it doesn’t aspire to be that. If your looking for a very fun beach read, give this a chance regardless of whether you know who this person is.

abbycharpentier's review against another edition

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funny lighthearted fast-paced

4.5

captkaty's review against another edition

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4.0

You can judge me all you want for this -- I resisted for years, but the Housewives are my laundry-folding, sick-day guilty pleasure. Plus in college I had a giant crush on the then completely (and now only relatively) unknown Eddie Cibrian, a gorgeous but fairly talentless soap opera star. Imagine my surprise when he became part of a C-list tabloid love triangle, and his jilted wife became a Housewife.

Anyway, for what this is, a slight, trashy celebrity memoir, it is completely enjoyable. I got it from my library and read it in one afternoon. She dishes a decent amount of dirt. Kudos to her ghostwriter.

yaminifries's review against another edition

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3.0

Well, even in the contexts of lowering my pretention for the sake of a fun and trashy read, Brandi reached a little too far. While I adore this woman in real life, her voice doesn't translate well to book-form and makes her sound very annoying most of the time. The hashtags were very frustrating, and I really disliked her attempts to sound literary with very random big words.

However, this book has inspired me to seek a career as a writer for reality TV biographies, so watch out world.

casimoore's review against another edition

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3.0

Some parts I liked, others I didn't and found it was boring. I do like Real Housewives and Brandi and liked some of the insight into her marriage-gone-wrong and some of the things she says are hilarious. This was just a light short read.

doublearegee's review against another edition

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4.0

I don't watch the Housewives and I didn't realize she was involved in the "Eddie Cibrian and Leann Rimes can't control themselves" messy relationship, I was just amused someone had written a book about making stupid mistakes because hey, that's what I do. This was a quick, enjoyable read about how someone got over a divorce from a cheating spouse and you really have to root for her. Good on you, Brandi Glanville. I feel like your intentions are good and you're just trying to move on and be a good mom. You go.

rcstewa's review against another edition

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4.0

Don't judge me.

sueellen61's review against another edition

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4.0

Was written surprisingly well. It was an really honest account of what she went through. I actually read it in two days, couldn't put it down.