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Chargement... The Totally Unscientific Study of the Search for Human Happiness (2017)par Paula Poundstone
   Books Read in 2022 (3,751) Actuellement, il n'y a pas de discussions au sujet de ce livre.  sweetiegherkin | Mar 20, 2020 |    ) Carlathelibrarian | Feb 5, 2019 | The cover blurbs promised this book would be so funny that I might lose control of major bodily functions. They lied. The book contains mildly amusing tales of Poundstone's exploits through exercise, meditation, getting organized, and other attempts to "find happiness", with considerable side trips through her relationships with her children and frequent mentions of her pets. There are a few clever one-liners, but mostly I found myself feeling that this is a deeply unhappy person. (  ) LyndaInOregon | Dec 14, 2018 |  Cette critique a été écrite dans le cadre des Critiques en avant-première de LibraryThing.If only she could somehow have magically incorporated interrogating an audience member into the book, it would have been an perfect Paula Poundstone experience. I do highly recommend it. Read it when you sincerely want to think about how to make your life happier, but you also want a funny, lighthearted friend to talk you through it, just in case things get weird. ( ) saraswati27 | Sep 15, 2018 | ) Christina_E_Mitchell | Aug 1, 2018 | aucune critique | ajouter une critique
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HTML:“A remarkable journey. I laughed. I cried. I got another cat.” —Lily Tomlin “Paula Poundstone is the funniest human being I have ever known.” —Peter Sagal, host of Wait Wait . . . Don’t Tell Me! and author of The Book of Vice “Is there a secret to happiness?” asks comedian Paula Poundstone. "I don’t know how or why anyone would keep it a secret. It seems rather cruel, really . . . Where could it be? Is it deceptively simple? Does it melt at a certain temperature? Can you buy it? Must you suffer for it before or after?” In her wildly and wisely observed book, the comedy legend takes on that most inalienable of rights—the pursuit of happiness. Offering herself up as a human guinea pig in a series of thoroughly unscientific experiments, Poundstone tries out a different get-happy hypothesis in each chapter of her data-driven search. She gets in shape with taekwondo. She drives fast behind the wheel of a Lamborghini. She communes with nature while camping with her daughter, and commits to getting her house organized (twice!). Swing dancing? Meditation? Volunteering? Does any of it bring her happiness? You may be laughing too hard to care. The Totally Unscientific Study of the Search for Human Happiness is both a story of jumping into new experiences with both feet and a surprisingly poignant tale of a single working mother of three children (not to mention dozens of cats, a dog, a bearded dragon lizard, a lop-eared bunny, and one ant left from her ant farm) who is just trying to keep smiling while living a busy life. The queen of the skepticism-fueled rant, Paula Poundstone stands alone in her talent for bursting bubbles and slaying sacred cows. Like George Carlin, Steve Martin, and David Sedaris, she is a master of her craft, and her comedic brilliance is served up in abundance in this book. As author and humorist Roy Blount Jr. notes, “Paula Poundstone deserves to be happy. Nobody deserves to be this funny.” . Aucune description trouvée dans une bibliothèque |
Critiques des anciens de LibraryThing en avant-premièreLe livre The Totally Unscientific Study of the Search for Human Happiness de Paula Poundstone était disponible sur LibraryThing Early Reviewers.  Discussion en coursAucunCouvertures populaires
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However, each one of these theories is just a way in to talk about various things in her life, such as being a single parent, dealing with her kids, why she has so many pets, her obsessive need to talk, her time on NPR, etc. That is not a criticism; in fact, being a fan of Poundstone's podcast, some of these things were familiar items she's talked about before and she is always humorous when discussing her thoughts. When I first started this book actually, I felt it wasn't as funny as the madcap format of her podcast; however, once I got into the rhythm of this book, I quite enjoyed it as well.
The audiobook is read by Poundstone herself and features some added in extras, such as music and effects. All and all, this makes for an entertaining read. (