- Hardcover: 240 pages
- Publisher: HarperCollins Entertainment (2 Feb 2004)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0007173415
- ISBN-13: 978-0007173419
- Product Dimensions: 20 x 13.8 x 2.6 cm
- Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 1,690,959 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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'Mimi rocks' , Bang magazine
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The energetic, inspired first book of Mimi Smartypants, who has kept a cult on-line diary for the past 3 years. Mimi has bags of attitude and a brilliant observational style that’s fun, fast and frivolous.
This is the real-life diary of a sassy, funny, straight-talking thirty-something Chicago girl who tells it like it is. Mimi first appeared on the hot internet site diaryland.com which hosts over 400,000 live diaries from – mostly girls – all over the world and has 800,000 registered users. Mimi became the most clicked diary and is now officially a web cult.
Mimi lives in Chicago with LT (husband – she was a child bride), Cat (cat), Kat (friend, female, good for staying up late and getting into trouble in bars), travels the El (Elevated Railway), drinks beer (in bars) and occationally dresses up in twily dresses and makes like the undead at Neo's goth nights (it's an affliction she's trying kick). She is 30 years old (but looks younger), is 5ft 1inch (but looks taller), weighs (never weighs herself… it says 127 on her drivers license). She's left handed (she cannot do anything with her right hand – except lift drinks at bars), she looks in other peoples medicine cabinets when the owner is not around, hates people saying ATM machine ( since the 'm' stands for machine already, doh), has never had a cavity (wierd) and likes penguins.
Most of all Mimi Smartypants gets it… and so do hundreds of thousands of her followers.
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3 of 4 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
Snappy and surreal, it's a terrific read. But if you're one of the Mimi faithful, you knew it would be. Bonus: You can take it with you on the El, no batteries required.
3 of 4 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
Mimi is the best darn writer on the Internet, and she's been giving it away for free for years. I was so excited about this book that I exchanged some wacky UK monetary units to acquire it here in New York. Read Mimi Smartypants immediately, and may you find a severed head of your very own.
Format:Hardcover
I picked this up because as a former blog-turned-book it sounded perfect for bitesize reading between customers in the shop. A bit of fluff and fun, if you like. In fact, I couldn't read it under the counter for long at a time because I kept getting the giggles. This is a sharp, irreverent, slightly mad collection of personal musings and snapshot observations of Chicago life. Our Mimi has the humour of Bridget Jones and the sass of Carrie Bradshaw, all rolled into one...
The book is full of rather un-PC, very funny stories about nights out and people on the subway and bizarre conversations: all the ridiculous, amusing moments that crop up every day in our lives, and the strange flights of imagination and memory that we flit off on from time to time. Mimi's slight manic quality helps bring these things out in a way that other writers might not achieve so well. Recommended!
The book is full of rather un-PC, very funny stories about nights out and people on the subway and bizarre conversations: all the ridiculous, amusing moments that crop up every day in our lives, and the strange flights of imagination and memory that we flit off on from time to time. Mimi's slight manic quality helps bring these things out in a way that other writers might not achieve so well. Recommended!
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Not so smartypants
I was really looking forward to reading this book - when I picked it up, the synopsis sounded fun and flicking through the pages I spotted a few things - her description of work... Read more
Published on 14 Jun 2005 by Candi Says
You need more Smartypants. Mange.
How will Mimi S. add to your life? Her writing is the textual equivalent of a couple of beers at a dive club. Read more
Published on 4 Feb 2004 by Joe Random
Great writer....great person
I've been reading Mimi for only a year or less, but her blog is a great read and I have even met the mystery woman in person (living nearby and all). Read more
Published on 7 Dec 2003
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