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    Don't Worry, It Get's Worse: One Twentysomething's Mostly Failed Attempts at Adulthood
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    Don't Worry, It Get's Worse: One Twentysomething's Mostly Failed Attempts at Adulthood
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    Don't Worry, It Get's Worse: One Twentysomething's Mostly Failed Attempts at Adulthood
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    Don't Worry, It Get's Worse: One Twentysomething's Mostly Failed Attempts at Adulthood

    Written by Alida Nugent

    Narrated by Alida Nugent

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    About this audiobook

    With a drink in one hand and her newly-earned degree in the other, Alida Nugent thought she was ready to trade in all-night studying and parties for the real world. She found, though, that the post-graduate life didn’t offer much of the glamor she had imagined. In a pile of bills, laundry, and three-dollar bottles of wine, it was suddenly obvious that she had no idea what she was doing. Maybe no twenty-something does. Nugent shares her experience making the awkward journey from undergrad to “mature and responsible adult that definitely never eats peanut butter straight from the jar and considers it a meal” in this snarky, heart-felt memoir.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherLantern Audio
    Release dateMar 16, 2015
    ISBN9781942248385
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    Don't Worry, It Get's Worse: One Twentysomething's Mostly Failed Attempts at Adulthood

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    • 3/5
      I enjoyed the opening "everyperson" (though it does tend to be more "everywoman") essays in this book more than the essays toward the end that deal more specifically with life in New York; those were harder to relate to. Essays about body image, post-college reality not living up to expectations, and being on one's own seemed more relevant (and were generally funnier). For as much of a "modern woman" as Nugent claims to be, I still found that her book had a lot of firmly grounded assumptions about femininity in it, which did trouble me (she seems unconscious of them). The humor was uneven, possibily because of the blog-to-book format, which also produced some choppy writing (see Let's Prentend This Never Happened for an example of pulling this transition off successfully). While Nugent celebrates and revels in her youth, which is fine, there is ageism at times. While the book was reasonably witty (I liked the lists in particular), I'm not going to be compelled to follow her blog.
    • 2/5
      nonfiction humor/memoirs (blogger). I only read the first 2-3 chapters, but didn't find it that funny. Not everyone can relate to Alida, but I'm sure some people will find it right up their alley, and hilariously so.
    • 1/5
      This book tells us the story of how an average girl cannot reach her goals because she is way too busy commiserating in self-pity as she drinks her guts out and lacks the willpower to do anything actually useful, like helping in house chores. Instead of actually attempting on getting any sort of job so she wouldn't be without money, she manages to spend money she doesn't have and complain about it in the process.
      Perhaps this book is not as bad as I'm saying. It was relatively well-written. However, I read it with all the possible wrong expectations. I was hoping I was going to read a book about the coming of age and how to overcome difficulties life imposes you as you get out of college with no experience and no job, but it's really 191 pages of a girl complaining about futile things, like the fact that she did not get married to a guy that pays all her expenses and how life is hard and cruel and will destroy you from the inside. 191 pages of first-world problems whining. None of the problems and challenges she mentioned in the book struck me as real problems. Seriously, I had friends who had been in far more difficult situations than her without a word of complaint. Heck, I have been in more difficult situations than she was without a word of complaint. She did not get kicked out of her house for not having conditions to pay for her rental. She had loving, supportive parents. She always had the chance to go back home or get a job (even if not related to watch she had studied) if all else went wrong. She didn't have to work desperately to keep food on the table for her family. She didn't lose any of her parents for any wars. Her parents were healthy and worried about her. She didn't live in a country/city in which you spend most of your time afraid to be raped or killed in the streets. The place where she lives is not going through constant civil wars or the risk of going back to dictatorship for the lack of food or clean water to drink. And yet she managed to complain about her life.
      Boy, I wish all the worries of my life were about finding a husband and figuring out ways to eat all I could while only worrying about how I look. It would be so much easier. But hey, at least her "graduation speech" was less hard on the eyes, I'll give you that.
      I was honestly disappointed with this book and how demotivating and unnecessarily pessimistic it was, regardless of the author's attempt to turn it into a humorous situation. At a certain point, I even found it offensive. People from third-world countries are definitely not the target audience of the book. I do NOT recommend it. At all. You want to read about overcoming difficulties in your life? Look for an autobiography that talks about REAL problems, like I Am Malala, Unspoken Abandonment or Mao's Last Dancer. THOSE are real problems.
    • 3/5
      I received this book from LibraryThing Early Reviewers. I usually really like essay collections, which is why I requested it. This was a quick read, but I found myself getting tired of it about half way through and I became a little annoyed with the author's tone. I think I must now admit that now that I am in my early thirties, I am no longer the target demographic of these types of books.
    • 4/5
      As a twentysomthing myself, I found this book hilarious and extremely relatable. Navigating life post-college is challenging in a way I never realized it would be. This book pokes fun at it all. Although my twenties are nearly over, I can reflect and laugh about the stories throughout this book and say "same thing happened to me", "I felt the same way", "wow, i wasn't the only one stuck working retail", "living with my parents was JUST like that after college", and on and on . . . The best aspect of this book is the humor, I was actually laughing out loud and can't wait to read Alida's future books. (Like I good twentysomething, I now follow her on twitter).
    • 3/5
      I really liked the first half of the book. Alida was funny and snarky. I liked her lists, loved her resume...funny funny stuff. The first half was her screw ups and mistakes and softly poking fun at herself. The second half of the book was a little more serious and I had to drag myself through it. Uneven is the best word I can come up with. I would read something else she wrote though.
    • 3/5
      I enjoyed the opening "everyperson" (though it does tend to be more "everywoman") essays in this book more than the essays toward the end that deal more specifically with life in New York; those were harder to relate to. Essays about body image, post-college reality not living up to expectations, and being on one's own seemed more relevant (and were generally funnier). For as much of a "modern woman" as Nugent claims to be, I still found that her book had a lot of firmly grounded assumptions about femininity in it, which did trouble me (she seems unconscious of them). The humor was uneven, possibily because of the blog-to-book format, which also produced some choppy writing (see Let's Prentend This Never Happened for an example of pulling this transition off successfully). While Nugent celebrates and revels in her youth, which is fine, there is ageism at times. While the book was reasonably witty (I liked the lists in particular), I'm not going to be compelled to follow her blog.
    • 3/5
      It was very apparent to me that this was based on a blog. I kept thinking of Hannah in HBO's Girls.Guess Alida made her deadline! Anyway,I requested this book because youngest DD will graduatenext month and thought she would get a kick out of this book. An amusing set of essays really thatcould be subtitled "Alida Faces Life"!I confess to perusing this read. Although humor styles are indeed a generational thing I did enjoymost of her snarky observations!
    • 3/5
      I received this book as an early reviewer. Overall, the book was decent. It is very apparent, however, that the writer was originally a blogger and translated her blog posts into a book. The book is a bit choppy, reading more like posts than a cohesive memoir. A couple chapters were a little whiny, but some had a very strong voice and Nugent's writing shone. I particularly liked her chapter about body image- it was positive without being fluffy and very real. I think Nugent has a lot of potential and will only get better with experience.
    • 5/5
      Sometimes when you grab an early review book, you wonder what the heck you were thinking. "Don't Worry, It Gets Worse" is a riff on being a 20-something graduate entering into the "real" world. I'm old enough to be Alida's mother--how would this be relevant? The thing is, her stories are universal. No matter what our age, most of us still are that 20-something year old, that 16-year old, that thirty-something. . . . (Alida--that's one of the things they don't tell you--you never really get older). Granted, today's world isn't exactly the one I grew up in-- but the drama, it's the same. I particularly enjoyed the stories "Adventures in Retail" and " On Finally Feeling Home (or a Love Song for New York)." And while she claims her version of a commencement address is tongue-in-cheek, it's actually very well written and up there with the rest of the worldly advice that famous people like to spout this time of year. Buy this book for the new graduate--then snag it to read yourself. After all, how many 20-somethings even know what a book is any more? And Alida--you say "I'm glad you read." Well, I'm glad you write. Keep doing it. I look forward to enjoying your blog and future adventures.
    • 4/5
      I was excited to receive this book in the mail. I had never heard of the author or read her blog, but the opening dialogue sucked me in. This was a funny and relatable book to anyone who felt a little lost after graduation. She did tend to get a little preachy toward the end, and it felt like she was trying to give the book a serious message. Had she stuck to the funny parts, this would have been a perfect book. Still Enjoyed it and would probably read another book by the author.
    • 3/5
      This was another Early Review title I was really excited to snag. I wasn't familiar with the author's comedy blog call "The Frenemy" but after reading the summary in the ER batch I knew that as a twenty-something weird girl struggling to be an adult (like the author Alida Nugent) this book of memoir type essays was my cup of tea or whiskey if you prefer. Nugent would likely suggest you have the whiskey. The first half of the book was definitely funnier than the last half probably because I related to the opening essays. However, I found it difficult to finish the book when I stopped relating to the essays as they started to veer into the trials of being a single girl and the author began to gush about living NYC.I love the author's voice, her style, and plan to start keeping up with her on her blog. It's a fun, quick read and I recommend it to any and all "weird" girls who were raised on MTV, love the Internet, and can't stop buying clothes and yet still end up wearing the same t-shirt and jeans (picked off the floor) they wore yesterday.