Seriously...I'm Kidding (#192) by Ellen Degeneres is her third book. Maybe she should have stopped at two. I don't think there's anything in this book that you haven't already heard or read about. I thought it was very tired and unoriginal for the most part. Although I do have to say that I totally agree with her chapter Common Courtesy.
I really wanted to like this book but I was very disappointed. I found myself wondering if her literary contract specified the number of pages required in this manuscript, because so many pages were blank, or had line drawings or only a few words per page. I also didn't appreciate the "dumb" jokes scattered throughout. Someone who has managed to be as successful as Ms. Degeneres with only a high school diploma is to be admired. She's very astute, yet she expects us to fall for the "poor undereducated me" act. That's insulting.
I guess you'd really need to be a dyed-in-the-wool Ellen Degeneres fan to like this book. If you want to go ahead a read it anyway, at least it won't take long... Seriously, I'm not kidding.
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