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Live Fast Die Hot
By the New York Times bestselling author, a searingly funny collection of essays that explores life as a reluctant adult.
Hi, I’m Jenny Mollen. I’m a writer and actress living in New York with a husband, two dogs, and a baby. When I got married, I made all sorts of vows and promises, some of which I intended to keep (and others I just said in the moment to make my husband come faster). My life was exciting, sexy, and ever so slightly eccentric, with a man who fully embraced my crazy. He understood my need to occasionally stalk his ex-girlfriend or wear her old beach caftans around our house. He showed compassion when I got kicked off of jury duty for accidentally befriending the defendant over lunch break. He even found it sweet when I invited our drug dealer to Passover seder so he didn’t think we were only using him for drugs.
Then we had our son, Sid, and overnight, the fun-loving woman-child that my husband fell in love with was banished from our home. It was time to grow up, to be responsible, to brush my hair, to take vitamins, to send holiday cards, to listen to my voicemail. But what if I didn’t want any of those things? What if I wasn’t ready to be a role model because I still envisioned being discovered at the mall and becoming a real model? (Or at the very least a Top Model.) Sure, I was thirty-five but my boobs were only eighteen.
This book is about how terrifying and maddening it is to love something more than yourself. It addresses the important questions that all women face: Have I done enough with my life? How do I break up with my dogs now that I’ve met someone new? Is it weird to draw eyebrows on a baby? Is my house haunted? Will taking ayahuasca in Peru affect my son’s chances of getting into preschool?
Live Fast Die Hot is an unapologetic look at life after thirty, when I realized that maybe being terrified of responsibility just means that I actually care. And if so, I’m at least halfway there—right?
First comes miscarriage --
The curious incident of the night nurse in the daytime --
NILF --
Sleeping in the doghouse --
Atlas rugged --
Manhattan Marlboro mystery --
Hell is other people's children --
Some bodies that I used to know --
Amazon primed
Hi, I’m Jenny Mollen. I’m a writer and actress living in New York with a husband, two dogs, and a baby. When I got married, I made all sorts of vows and promises, some of which I intended to keep (and others I just said in the moment to make my husband come faster). My life was exciting, sexy, and ever so slightly eccentric, with a man who fully embraced my crazy. He understood my need to occasionally stalk his ex-girlfriend or wear her old beach caftans around our house. He showed compassion when I got kicked off of jury duty for accidentally befriending the defendant over lunch break. He even found it sweet when I invited our drug dealer to Passover seder so he didn’t think we were only using him for drugs.
Then we had our son, Sid, and overnight, the fun-loving woman-child that my husband fell in love with was banished from our home. It was time to grow up, to be responsible, to brush my hair, to take vitamins, to send holiday cards, to listen to my voicemail. But what if I didn’t want any of those things? What if I wasn’t ready to be a role model because I still envisioned being discovered at the mall and becoming a real model? (Or at the very least a Top Model.) Sure, I was thirty-five but my boobs were only eighteen.
This book is about how terrifying and maddening it is to love something more than yourself. It addresses the important questions that all women face: Have I done enough with my life? How do I break up with my dogs now that I’ve met someone new? Is it weird to draw eyebrows on a baby? Is my house haunted? Will taking ayahuasca in Peru affect my son’s chances of getting into preschool?
Live Fast Die Hot is an unapologetic look at life after thirty, when I realized that maybe being terrified of responsibility just means that I actually care. And if so, I’m at least halfway there—right?
First comes miscarriage --
The curious incident of the night nurse in the daytime --
NILF --
Sleeping in the doghouse --
Atlas rugged --
Manhattan Marlboro mystery --
Hell is other people's children --
Some bodies that I used to know --
Amazon primed
272 pages, Hardcover
First published June 14, 2016
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About the author
Jenny Mollen
4 books414 followersJenny Mollen is an actress and writer, called one of the funniest women on Twitter by The Huffington Post. She writes for Playboy Online, has appeared in "Wilfred," "Suits," "CSI NY," "Crash", the WB series "Angel", and plays a recurring character in the third season of HBO's "GIRLS."
She is also a wife and mother, married to a famous guy (which is annoying only because he gets free shit and she doesn't).
She is also a wife and mother, married to a famous guy (which is annoying only because he gets free shit and she doesn't).
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June 9, 2016
My love for Jenny Mollen began when I read an excerpt from I Like You Just the Way I Am in an issue of Cosmo. Classy, I know. If I recall correctly, it was a story involving Jenny’s first experience with the book Fifty Shades of Grey (which I have not read and have no interest in reading) and choosing to try out some BDSM, but ultimately surprising her horrified husband Jason Biggs with a business partner when they walk in the door. SURPRISE. Needless to say, I was on the floor laughing. From that moment on I’ve known that this woman is hilarious. Check out her twitter (@jennyandteets)..you’ll see what I mean.
In Live Fast Die Hot, Jenny is navigating her way through becoming a new mom and accepting this next stage in her life. Her reluctance to become an adult no longer matters because let’s face it..she has a life besides her own to take care of. She has to deal with the fears of becoming a mother (and there’s many more than I realized possible not being a mom myself) and accepting this dramatic change in your life.
Jenny travels to the Atlas Mountains in Morocco to meet the weavers of her rug just to prove she CAN travel alone. She hires her high school rival’s night nurse and finds herself lost in a (high school) competition only she knows about. She goes to Peru and trips on ayahuasca hoping to rid herself of her parental anxieties. Jenny’s not afraid to go there and that’s what makes her so damn charming.
She is unapologetically blunt, crass, irreverent, and just overall hysterical. I say this all in the most loving way. Jenny is brash and witty, maybe even a bit neurotic. She’s somewhere in my top 3 favorite twitters due to her humor and finds her way up there with Chrissy Teigen.
Jenny speaks honestly about things like going through a miscarriage, getting rid of her husband’s beloved dog, thinking her house is haunted AF, and the need for her mom to love her. She talks about needing other mom friends and the lengths your crazy will go to protect your kid. She discusses her dog babies and everything in between.
By the way the ayahuasca trip she does, she did for Chelsea Does Drugs on Netflix with Chelsea Handler. I had actually watched this a week prior to reading this book without knowing it would be covered by Jenny. So SURPRISE. A nice behind the scenes, deeper look at what happened on that trip and to prepare for it. We get a deeper look at Jenny’s revelations of the trip.
While I am not yet a mom (thank goodness), I found Jenny’s journey into motherhood to be so damn relatable and hilarious. While I clearly found myself laughing out loud, I also found myself nodding my head in agreement. I foresee my future and in some ways it looks a lot like Jenny’s. I will be just as lost trying to navigate my way through and will probably be doing numerous things just to prove I still can. Jenny -- you just may be my spirit animal <3.
I love that the book had a way of coming full circle by the end. I found it to be so damn funny! I think fans of other hilarious ladies like Mindy Kaling and Chelsea Handler would really enjoy this one.
In Live Fast Die Hot, Jenny is navigating her way through becoming a new mom and accepting this next stage in her life. Her reluctance to become an adult no longer matters because let’s face it..she has a life besides her own to take care of. She has to deal with the fears of becoming a mother (and there’s many more than I realized possible not being a mom myself) and accepting this dramatic change in your life.
Jenny travels to the Atlas Mountains in Morocco to meet the weavers of her rug just to prove she CAN travel alone. She hires her high school rival’s night nurse and finds herself lost in a (high school) competition only she knows about. She goes to Peru and trips on ayahuasca hoping to rid herself of her parental anxieties. Jenny’s not afraid to go there and that’s what makes her so damn charming.
She is unapologetically blunt, crass, irreverent, and just overall hysterical. I say this all in the most loving way. Jenny is brash and witty, maybe even a bit neurotic. She’s somewhere in my top 3 favorite twitters due to her humor and finds her way up there with Chrissy Teigen.
Jenny speaks honestly about things like going through a miscarriage, getting rid of her husband’s beloved dog, thinking her house is haunted AF, and the need for her mom to love her. She talks about needing other mom friends and the lengths your crazy will go to protect your kid. She discusses her dog babies and everything in between.
By the way the ayahuasca trip she does, she did for Chelsea Does Drugs on Netflix with Chelsea Handler. I had actually watched this a week prior to reading this book without knowing it would be covered by Jenny. So SURPRISE. A nice behind the scenes, deeper look at what happened on that trip and to prepare for it. We get a deeper look at Jenny’s revelations of the trip.
While I am not yet a mom (thank goodness), I found Jenny’s journey into motherhood to be so damn relatable and hilarious. While I clearly found myself laughing out loud, I also found myself nodding my head in agreement. I foresee my future and in some ways it looks a lot like Jenny’s. I will be just as lost trying to navigate my way through and will probably be doing numerous things just to prove I still can. Jenny -- you just may be my spirit animal <3.
I love that the book had a way of coming full circle by the end. I found it to be so damn funny! I think fans of other hilarious ladies like Mindy Kaling and Chelsea Handler would really enjoy this one.
June 23, 2017
To be completely honest, the entire book reeks with desperation. Jenny wants so badly to be famous, to be accepted, to be loved, to be relevant and she will go to any extreme for all of those things. In a way I understand that feeling, especially in regards to her longing to be cool and worthy enough for her child, however, this desperation is just too much for me. Writing can be therapeutic and I hope, in this case, that it was especially therapeutic for Jenny. If nothing else, this book confirmed to be that I do not want to become a therapist, life coach, or psychiatrist.
September 6, 2018
Jenny Mollen’s ability to spin a good anecdote and honestly reveal her own bad behaviour doesn’t mean much in a memoir designed to celebrate it. This is the story of a privileged, affluent woman desperate for love and acceptance as she treats people carelessly while following her pricey whims and demanding the utmost respect.
Mileage will vary.
Mileage will vary.
March 30, 2016
Got this one early from NetGalley and was so glad because I laughed out loud throughout Jenny Mollen's whole first book. The humor is still there with this one and I definitely embarrassed myself laughing while reading in public but I also found her voice to be more honest and vulnerable which made it even better. I often roll my eyes at people who expound on the wonders of motherhood. We get it, it's life-changing, there's no love like it etc. etc. etc. but Mollen manages to express this and also give us the side that I was certain must also come with motherhood: terror. Her willingness to admit her concerns about her own capabilities as a parent are the reasons why despite describing herself as self-absorbed and vain she is still endearing and authentic. Her antics are absurd and often outrageous, sure, but she's a real person making real mistakes and just trying to get it right like the rest of us, except this time around she's trying to make sure she gets it right for her son too. Would definitely recommend this one to fans of her previous book and those of other humorous ladies like Chelsea Handler, Laurie Notaro and Mindy Kaling.
June 19, 2016
I feel like this is the book form of that scene in “30 Rock” where Tracy Jordan’s standup act went from being “for the people” to entirely unrelatable after he got money. I consider Mollen’s first books one of my all-time favorites because it’s pee-your-pants funny, honest, ballsy, genuine, raw, and represents everything I love about her. There are still laugh out loud moments in this book with some one-liners here and there, but it’s not AS funny, and I think it’s because so many of the references go beyond what was so weirdly “I get that" in her first book. This book includes stories about celebrity night nurses, booking last-minute trips to Lanai, picking out $20,000 rugs but settling on one that's $1600...I get that this is her life but I felt so much more connected when she wrote about who she was as a person in the first book whereas in this one it describes some outlandish experiences but is more about those experiences than her, if that makes sense...and I was kind of like "really?" with all of the little life lessons at the end of each chapter. I have zero interest in children, especially other people’s, but the motherhood aspect didn’t annoy me so much here nor did the fact that she’s wealthy and describing experiences only a few in this world will ever enjoy. I just think I enjoyed the stories of “pre-character development” Jenny Mollen in book one a little better. Like, in real life I’m like damn girl, you got your life together, are in an awesome marriage, birthed a sweet baby, have a super expendable income and a gorgeous Manhattan loft...YAS GURL. But for the purpose of my entertainment, I prefer her before all of the upgrades. I still love her and give this four stars but it wasn’t everything to me in the way her first book was.
November 18, 2017
She is freakin' hilarious! I follow her Instagram and I can't get enough!
She makes everything funny - from talking about her husband (Jason Biggs) to her child and everything in between.
Little eccentric - no I would say ALOT - in a good way!
She may speak of wearing his Ex's caftans (truth) and ghosts in her house, oh and she may drop a few choice words along the way at PERFECT times!
AND then she had a kid...her world has changed and her child rearing skills are something to read about!
I refuse to give away too much - just go order a copy now!
She makes everything funny - from talking about her husband (Jason Biggs) to her child and everything in between.
Little eccentric - no I would say ALOT - in a good way!
She may speak of wearing his Ex's caftans (truth) and ghosts in her house, oh and she may drop a few choice words along the way at PERFECT times!
AND then she had a kid...her world has changed and her child rearing skills are something to read about!
I refuse to give away too much - just go order a copy now!
October 17, 2018
Yeah.... I didn’t even make it a quarter of the way through this book. (Picked it up because I’m a Sophia Bush fan and she suggested it). Mollen created the most annoying narrator I’ve ever crossed- if she’s half this shallow in person I couldn’t tolerate spending an hour with her. 30-something, still concerned with outshining her high school rival, has no greater worries than someone outing her knock off purse. As a new single mom/solo parent, I TRIED to overlook her privileged, spoiled, lifestyle. I think most working class-or under women would have been annoyed with the fact that this women has a live in baby nurse whom she spends excess money on for the sake of impressing others. Oh, and don’t let me forget the first chapter where she continuously jokes about abortion like it’s equivalent to the annoying dread of a dentist appointment. Not too soon after, Mollen is basically mom shaming the way she talks about her post partum body and inability to postpone her obsessive workouts. NO THANK YOU. Gave this one a second, third, and fourth chance with an open mind. Personally, too degrading towards women and moms, more specifically.
July 10, 2016
This book started out annoying, then it slowly grew on me. Perhaps that is how Ms. Mollen comes across to people in real life as she expressed difficulty getting to know other moms several times in the book. I found many parts humorous, yet she also rambled a bit and seemed determined to provide a moral at the end of each chapter. I actually would have enjoyed this book more if she had just shared her experiences and not tried to turn each one into a meaningful, life changing experience. By the end of the book, I was ready for it to be over, as the writing seemed to devolve and become more spastic. Overall, a good light read though.
January 11, 2018
I found it harder and harder to relate to Jenny's story of new motherhood as I was introduced to her live-in night nurse, live-in nanny, cleaning lady, therapist, couple's therapist, and psychic. One of her biggest problems is whether or not to buy her night nurse a real birkin bag or a fake one.
On the other hand, at it's core, motherhood has some universal struggles that we all can relate to, and if Jenny, who has so much materially, also worries about whether she is spending enough time with her kid, about her relationship with her husband, and about how she can maintain her identity outside of her kid and her husband; then maybe I'm not doing so badly at motherhood after all.
On the other hand, at it's core, motherhood has some universal struggles that we all can relate to, and if Jenny, who has so much materially, also worries about whether she is spending enough time with her kid, about her relationship with her husband, and about how she can maintain her identity outside of her kid and her husband; then maybe I'm not doing so badly at motherhood after all.
June 18, 2016
I loved this book so much! I highly recommend the audible version. She is adorable and it's fun hearing the emotion she puts into telling her stories. Jenny is so witty and funny and so insanely likable. I caught myself so many times being like, "I can't believe she just said that." Laugh out loud funny. Just as funny and enjoyable as her last book, maybe even more so. I hope she continues to write more books, because she has quickly become one of my favorites.
July 13, 2016
I returned this book when I was about halfway through because I was that bored with it. I usually enjoy these types of light, comedy books based on crazy lives; Chelsea Handler- style and all that. And I read her first book and liked it OK. But this wasn't that funny and I was really disappointed since her other stuff (mostly social media) is really funny. But she stretches these stories so much she just sounds crazy instead of hot-mess relatable.
September 4, 2018
Jenny is always hilarious. I will read every book she writes. As funny as the first. Jenny finds a way to write about being a parent that is funny and not alienating to those of that who want nothing to do with that in our lives. Just great storytelling.
July 11, 2016
Funny, fast read re motherhood/being an insane person. Along the lines of Chelsea Handler's books in terms of tone and temperament.
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December 19, 2016Too bad to finish
June 22, 2017
Fun and entertaining... It took me a moment to register the tone of Jenny's stories... though once the heightened comedy caught hold, I enjoyed these tales.
July 7, 2018
Couldn't put it down, read it in 1 day. Funny, unapologetic, typical Jennyandteets fashion.
March 11, 2019
Jenny Mollen is blond, thin, has fake boobs and fillers, is a petty, arrogant narcissist, and yet - damn, she is fun to read. She tells a good story with witty asides and unlike many other memoirs, each story has a strong conclusion. I'd like to think her and I would be friends but she would never text me back and I'm OK with that.
February 21, 2021
Live Fast Die Hot gave me a headache. I read it because I liked Jenny's first book (I Like You Just the Way I Am).
I agree with other reviewers that this book felt desperate, especially compared to I Like You Just the Way I am, which was just so refreshingly confident. In Live Fast Die Hot, Jenny comes off as trying to be confident but really as if she's presenting to a crowd but can only think about how everyone is judging her. I've had it happen- it's when your mind blanks and you read your remarks too quickly without making eye contact with the audience because you couldn't get out of your own way.
I did some digging and a few things provided some context:
1. Jenny apparently scrapped her first attempt at this book.
See: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/ar...
2. Jenny published Live Fast Die Hot 6/14/16, and it seems like someone who may have been related to her picked it up to make a movie out of it by 8/30/16.
See: https://deadline.com/2016/08/anne-hat...
3. By 12/14/16, Jenny's Warner Brothers contact was ousted.
See: https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/new...
Maybe Jenny just wasn't ready to write the book and she was under pressure to get it out by others? Whatever the case, Live Fast Die Hot is just a very different book from I Like You Just the Way I Am.
I agree with other reviewers that this book felt desperate, especially compared to I Like You Just the Way I am, which was just so refreshingly confident. In Live Fast Die Hot, Jenny comes off as trying to be confident but really as if she's presenting to a crowd but can only think about how everyone is judging her. I've had it happen- it's when your mind blanks and you read your remarks too quickly without making eye contact with the audience because you couldn't get out of your own way.
I did some digging and a few things provided some context:
1. Jenny apparently scrapped her first attempt at this book.
See: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/ar...
2. Jenny published Live Fast Die Hot 6/14/16, and it seems like someone who may have been related to her picked it up to make a movie out of it by 8/30/16.
See: https://deadline.com/2016/08/anne-hat...
3. By 12/14/16, Jenny's Warner Brothers contact was ousted.
See: https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/new...
Maybe Jenny just wasn't ready to write the book and she was under pressure to get it out by others? Whatever the case, Live Fast Die Hot is just a very different book from I Like You Just the Way I Am.
August 18, 2022
Torn because I'm not sure if I ever ended up liking Jenny, but I did want to keep reading her stories! Took me a while to warm up, but ended up really enjoying the last third of the book and started to accept her humor more
June 16, 2020
Easy, mindless read. If you too love Jenny Mollen, you’ll laugh/cry/laugh through this book.
August 4, 2022
I’m only familiar with Mollen because of Chelsea Handler and Jason Biggs. People I like! There are scattered funny moments, but overall, as other reviewers have said, this felt like desperation to be noticed. Just a bunch of thirty-something-aimed anecdotes without much substance. A bunch of annoying fodder for a follow up to her first memoir, which I won’t be reading. I AM intrigued by her new novel, City of Likes, though. We’ll see!
August 4, 2024
Kind of like reading a stand-up comedian's set list. Definitely a few chuckles to be had, but not exactly well written.
October 2, 2018
Such a funny read. Super relatable when she discusses her thoughts of inadequacy in her life with various things . Reminds me of a Chelsea handler type book if you’re into that.
dnf
August 16, 2022Sorry book club but this was bad
August 30, 2020
Finished this awhile back but forgot to update.
I enjoy Jenny’s first book a little more, likely also because I’m not a parent. Not high quality, but enjoyable funny stories and what i needed to escape a bit/not feel so “smart” during covid
I enjoy Jenny’s first book a little more, likely also because I’m not a parent. Not high quality, but enjoyable funny stories and what i needed to escape a bit/not feel so “smart” during covid
February 18, 2024
Couldn’t finish. I used to follow Jenny on IG, around the time this book came out, and used to love her. I no longer enjoy following her, so not sure why I thought I’d like her memoir. But she (or the character she’s created for herself) is so unlikeable. She brings out the worst in me, I hated it😂
February 4, 2017
I wasn't ready for kids. I was just ready for him.
Please see my review of I Like You Just the Way I am for full disclosure of my pre-existing love for Jenny Mollen, that only slightly taints my reviews of her books.
It took me forever to finally read this book, which is no fault of hers, I'm just a slacker. It was as delightful as I thought it would be. Following her on social media, I'd gotten to see the tip of the iceberg on some of these stories, from Teets' deteriorating health to her trip to meet the women who made her rug. And of course, the trials and tribulations of raising Sid.
This book is everything ILYJTWIA was, and more. She's just as funny, and raucous, but also even more introspective. She spent so much of her last book breaking down her personal history, her reasons for therapy, her neurosis. We'd already had the foundation, so in this book, it's almost like she was allowed to take her thoughts deeper.
So, sure, we get stories about trying to make her night nurse love her better than she did her previous employer, and her sister-in-law's failed relationship with a one legged man who believed she has an amputee fetish. We get stories of the hunt for the mystery cigarette smoke, and the ghost dog haunting her California home.
But we also get stories about her reconciling her love for her son with her own dysfunctional relationship with her mother. We get the realization that she's doing these Big World Adventures and taking these huge risks all in the hopes of having stories for her son that will make him love her, make him appreciate the badass mom he has. And her realizing she doesn't have to go big, he loves her because that's what children do.
And we got the Teets chapter. I didn't know if the death of Mr. Teets came after the book had gone to print, or if she'd had the emotional fortitude to talk about his death so soon to publishing date. The chapter is sad. It just is. She infuses her amazing brand of humor into it, but it's so painful to read, knowing she lost him such a short time after.
As I said, this is everything her first book was, and more.
As with her first book, I was obsessed with finding out who each of the pseudonyms were. I'm pretty sure I figured it all out. Okay, there may have been one or two that I mixed up, but I'm 90% positive I got them all right.
If you want to know, I highly recommend scrolling waaaaaaay back in her instagram. Hints abound.
I would also like to request to be added to Jenny's "I'm bored and sitting in the car" phone sheet. Seriously, I have loads of wasted time. Call me.
Please see my review of I Like You Just the Way I am for full disclosure of my pre-existing love for Jenny Mollen, that only slightly taints my reviews of her books.
It took me forever to finally read this book, which is no fault of hers, I'm just a slacker. It was as delightful as I thought it would be. Following her on social media, I'd gotten to see the tip of the iceberg on some of these stories, from Teets' deteriorating health to her trip to meet the women who made her rug. And of course, the trials and tribulations of raising Sid.
This book is everything ILYJTWIA was, and more. She's just as funny, and raucous, but also even more introspective. She spent so much of her last book breaking down her personal history, her reasons for therapy, her neurosis. We'd already had the foundation, so in this book, it's almost like she was allowed to take her thoughts deeper.
So, sure, we get stories about trying to make her night nurse love her better than she did her previous employer, and her sister-in-law's failed relationship with a one legged man who believed she has an amputee fetish. We get stories of the hunt for the mystery cigarette smoke, and the ghost dog haunting her California home.
But we also get stories about her reconciling her love for her son with her own dysfunctional relationship with her mother. We get the realization that she's doing these Big World Adventures and taking these huge risks all in the hopes of having stories for her son that will make him love her, make him appreciate the badass mom he has. And her realizing she doesn't have to go big, he loves her because that's what children do.
And we got the Teets chapter. I didn't know if the death of Mr. Teets came after the book had gone to print, or if she'd had the emotional fortitude to talk about his death so soon to publishing date. The chapter is sad. It just is. She infuses her amazing brand of humor into it, but it's so painful to read, knowing she lost him such a short time after.
As I said, this is everything her first book was, and more.
As with her first book, I was obsessed with finding out who each of the pseudonyms were. I'm pretty sure I figured it all out. Okay, there may have been one or two that I mixed up, but I'm 90% positive I got them all right.
If you want to know, I highly recommend scrolling waaaaaaay back in her instagram. Hints abound.
I would also like to request to be added to Jenny's "I'm bored and sitting in the car" phone sheet. Seriously, I have loads of wasted time. Call me.
September 10, 2018
I enjoyed it. I think I read this while pregnant so I liked the stories about mom life. I enjoyed it almost as much as her first book. Anxiously awaiting her next book as well!
July 7, 2016
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What fun! Jenny Mollen is hilarious! There were so many times I had to go back and re-read a line because it was so comedically (not sure if that’s a word but it should be) well-written. Why isn’t she writing some kind of sitcom for Netflix or Hulu? I would be watching. The stories range from having her son Sid (as we patiently wait for my grandson to come, the birth story cracked me up!) to her travels to see where her rug was made to her relationship with her mom or Moc as she calls her. There is no way you can not laugh. Sometimes you go beyond the laughter and see the truths behind her words. She obviously adores her husband (Jason Biggs, for those that don’t know) and son. She wants to be everything to them without realizing she already is. And I love that there are those moments in this book where you do see beyond the humor. If you are looking for something to make you feel good and not want to put down, this is the book for you. Now I need to grab her first book.
I received a copy of this book from Netgalley in exchange for an honest review.
What fun! Jenny Mollen is hilarious! There were so many times I had to go back and re-read a line because it was so comedically (not sure if that’s a word but it should be) well-written. Why isn’t she writing some kind of sitcom for Netflix or Hulu? I would be watching. The stories range from having her son Sid (as we patiently wait for my grandson to come, the birth story cracked me up!) to her travels to see where her rug was made to her relationship with her mom or Moc as she calls her. There is no way you can not laugh. Sometimes you go beyond the laughter and see the truths behind her words. She obviously adores her husband (Jason Biggs, for those that don’t know) and son. She wants to be everything to them without realizing she already is. And I love that there are those moments in this book where you do see beyond the humor. If you are looking for something to make you feel good and not want to put down, this is the book for you. Now I need to grab her first book.
I received a copy of this book from Netgalley in exchange for an honest review.
July 12, 2016
LIVE FAST DIE HOT by Jenny Mollen is a funny look at the wacky life of the author. Many men are convinced most women are crazy. This book will do nothing to change that concept.
But it is funny. Her escapades while having a baby (her little Sid), hunting for the perfect purse for the live in baby-sitter (Jenny has to be the best employer no matter what the cost) or flying about the world on several journeys looking for, what?, fulfillment, self-gratification, assurance she is a wonderful mother although she has left her child at home.
No matter what the situation she found herself in, Ms Mollen has managed to capture the best of each event and layered on the humor.
I won this book through Goodreads.
But it is funny. Her escapades while having a baby (her little Sid), hunting for the perfect purse for the live in baby-sitter (Jenny has to be the best employer no matter what the cost) or flying about the world on several journeys looking for, what?, fulfillment, self-gratification, assurance she is a wonderful mother although she has left her child at home.
No matter what the situation she found herself in, Ms Mollen has managed to capture the best of each event and layered on the humor.
I won this book through Goodreads.
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