Fat Is the New 30

The Sweet Potato Queens' Guide to Coping with (the Crappy Parts of) Life

By: Jill Conner Browne

Narrated by: Jill Conner Browne

Length: 9 hrs and 20 mins

Publisher's summary

The Sweet Potato Queens are back and bawdier than ever in Southern belle extraordinaire Jill Conner Browne’s ninth edition of the hysterical series. Having experienced pretty much ALL of the crappy parts of life, Browne feels it is her duty to render whatever assistance she can to her fellow sufferers - and she does so in her own inimitable fashion.

Her father taught her there are very few situations in life that we really and truly cannot change, and it is up to us to figure out how to either make fun OUT of them - or make fun OF them. And fortunately for the rest of us, Browne is well equipped for both. Including the exploits of the Queen contingent and her family, she delivers applicable tidbits like:

• Thinking or talking about watermelon can save any negative situation.
• If you get drunk in Scotland, you can’t have your cow with you.
• When sanity and reason fail, you can always cheerfully resort to ridicule.
• Denial means that every situation is perfectly perfect.

More fun than a Cracker Barrel full of monkeys, Fat Is the New 30 will change your life - or at least give you ideas for making fun of your own self.

©2012 Jill Conner Browne (P)2012 Brilliance Audio, Inc.

A cure for what ails ya

All the Sweet Potato Queen books are wonderful and this one may be the best . I'm still laughing. I highly recommend JCB's humor as an antidote to whatever is buggin' ya.

She is our Queen

What made the experience of listening to Fat Is the New 30 the most enjoyable?

She is one of my favorite authors, but this is not her best book.

If you’ve listened to books by Jill Conner Browne before, how does this one compare?

This one is not as funny as she usually is, a little more "preachy"

What does Jill Conner Browne bring to the story that you wouldn’t experience if you just read the book?

Only she can read it likes she wants you to hear it. Very Good!!

Did you have an extreme reaction to this book? Did it make you laugh or cry?

Very emotional at times

Funny but the narrator is slow...really slow

I had to speed up the narrator to be able to tolerate the slow speaking pattern. Generally, the essays are quirky and funny - and I suspect that I would give the printed book a better rating because the author's narration bugged me. You might want to listen to the sample first to see what you think.

LOVE LOVE LOVE LOVE!

Like going home to Mississippi for me when I am stuck in Wisconsin in the cold cold winter of the "3rd Third" of my life. Jill is my chosen "seester". Medicine for my displaced Southern heart and soul. This Gulfport girl has a heart that sleeps on the Mississippi Gulf Coast. Listening to Jill... A wonderful warm respite, bittersweet tears of loss and lots of laughter therapy through "the scrappy parts of life".

Jill herownself

Would you consider the audio edition of Fat Is the New 30 to be better than the print version?

It is a great advantage to have the book read by the author. My only caveat would be in the area of recipes; how can I refer back to a recipe when it is in audio?

What was one of the most memorable moments of Fat Is the New 30?

I think her list of ways people have gone to the limit to save money.

What about Jill Conner Browne’s performance did you like?

Her accent; her inflection; her emotion.

What did you learn from Fat Is the New 30 that you would use in your daily life?

Faith, forgiveness, acceptance and denial :)

Any additional comments?

I have read all the Sweet Potato Queen books but this is the first I've gotten as an audiobook. As mentioned above, it has so many advantages except in the area of following recipes.

Love JCB & TCBITW!!!!♡♡♡♡

Especially loved Jill Connor Browne reading! Have loved her forever and have all her other books!!!

Funny

This book reminded me of sitting around having a good chat with my girlfriends. Very lighthearted for most of the book, with some serious and sad moments in there too. If you are looking for some great insight about life...this is not a book for you. I found it to be a good listen when I needed to take my mind off of more serious things and just laugh for a while. Stories about relationships with men, friends, children & parents, the struggles of getting (slightly) older, money issues...we all can relate and it certainly helps to be able to laugh about this stuff instead of cry. In general I liked the book. It won't be one that I'll be listening to super often, but when I'm looking for a respite from more serious issues I'll be likely to buy another Jill Conner Browne book.

Not a book my Mom would like

While Jill made me both laugh and cry in this book and I felt a real kinship with her, I can't recommend this book.

She sends some mixed messages and with that and her profanity, I just can't send you off to buy it expecting a clean book. Too much profanity for my taste.

It was a struggle, but I have decided not to buy the other books, despite the fact I really like Jill, and I feel she is a very talented person and writer. I love the pictures she paints with her words (without the profanity).

She has a huge vocabulary and really Jill, you don't need that F word to express yourself.

Just couldn't force myself to finish it

This book is living proof that it should be against the law for authors to read their own books. Whatever might have been marginally amusing was utterly lost in her irritating, slow, rendition. The nice part about learning to cope with this crappy part of life is simply by moving on to the next book on your list. Don't bother with this even if its free.

Listen to the sample before you buy.

Any additional comments?

I wanted to love this book. I was looking forward to the humor, the laughs, the stories, the narration and all the fun it seemed that would be this audio book. The author as narrator just killed it. She reads so slowly and deliberately it is painful. You would think that she could just treat this style of book like a conversation and speak in a conversational tone, but she does not. She enunciates painfully hesitantly and by the time she has slogged through a paragraph there is no joy in it. Maybe I need a tranquilizer or something. I am actually going to return it for my credit back. I will never be able to listen to this book. This may be a fantastic book to read, but to listen to it is pure aggravation.