The Sweet Potato Queens' Book of Love 
asked by crafty1 on November 1, 2006 5:43 AM
To know the Sweet Potato Queens is to love them, and if you haven't heard about them yet, you will. Since the early 1980s, this group of belles gone bad has been the toast of Jackson, Mississippi, with their glorious annual appearance in the St. Patrick's Day parade. In The Sweet Potato Queens' Book of Love, their royal ringleader, Jill Conner Browne, introduces the Queens to the world with this sly, hilarious manifesto about love, life, men, and the importance of being prepared. Chapters include:
The True Magic Words Guaranteed to Get Any Man to Do Your Bidding
The Five Men You Must Have in Your Life at All Times
Men Who May Need Killing, Quite Frankly
What to Eat When Tragedy Strikes, or Just for Entertainment
And, of course:
The Best Advice Ever Given in the Entire History of the World
From tales of the infamous Sweet Potato Queens' Promise to the joys of Chocolate Stuff and Fat Mama's Knock You Naked Margaritas, this irreverent, shamelessly funny book is the gen-u-wine article.
Visit the Sweet potato Queens Web site at www.sweetpotatoqueens.com
The True Magic Words Guaranteed to Get Any Man to Do Your Bidding
The Five Men You Must Have in Your Life at All Times
Men Who May Need Killing, Quite Frankly
What to Eat When Tragedy Strikes, or Just for Entertainment
And, of course:
The Best Advice Ever Given in the Entire History of the World
From tales of the infamous Sweet Potato Queens' Promise to the joys of Chocolate Stuff and Fat Mama's Knock You Naked Margaritas, this irreverent, shamelessly funny book is the gen-u-wine article.
Visit the Sweet potato Queens Web site at www.sweetpotatoqueens.com
Reviews
0%
0%
This review will be short and sweet. My cousin recommended this book to me and not being such a great fan of non-fiction, I was not expecting much. Well, boy, was I wrong! This book is just awesome and so funny. I would laugh out loud and love every minute of it. In fact, I loved the book so much that I bought the sequel. Women! We are something else. Give it a try, you won't be sorry.
reviewed by bigben on November 3, 2006 4:31 PM
0%
0%
The Sweet Potato Queens' Book of Love is a fun, easily read little book. It is about being a woman, and it is about making most of life. It is about love, life, men, marriage and being prepared as it says on the cover of the book.
Jill Conner Browne and the rest of the Sweet Potato Queens offers lots of advice on the abovementioned subjects, and it is always funny, there are some wonderful mouthwatering recipes in between the advice, and if nothing else, this little book will definitely make you smile. Three good and well deserved stars in honor of the Sweet Potato Queens.
Jill Conner Browne and the rest of the Sweet Potato Queens offers lots of advice on the abovementioned subjects, and it is always funny, there are some wonderful mouthwatering recipes in between the advice, and if nothing else, this little book will definitely make you smile. Three good and well deserved stars in honor of the Sweet Potato Queens.
reviewed by axelrose on November 23, 2006 4:39 PM
0%
0%
This was a great book. I thoroughly enjoyed it. Gotta love a tarnished Southern Belle. The author gets a bit risque with language but I didn't find its use offensive. I would heartily recommend this book to anyone.
reviewed by linda on November 23, 2006 5:46 PM
0%
0%
Maybe I grew up on the wrong side of the Mason-Dixon line (that would be north of Jackson, Mississippi) to appreciate the humor in this book, but I didn't find it all that funny. With the exception of a few ancedotes this book was disappointing and did not live up to the rave reviews I'd heard about it.
Some of the advice handed out in this book was good (I agree with the author regarding toupees on men). A couple of the anecdotes were side-splittingly funny (such as the one about the Queens most-prepared woman award). Even a couple of the comfort-food recipes sounded good (the chocolate pudding in particular). But overall this comes off as just a bunch of frustrated women over-40, who need therapy because they never got majorette boots as children.
Personally, I had a difficult time finishing this book and don't care to read any of the subsequent books that have been written by Ms. Browne. As she explains how the Queens came to be, she attempts to draw you in with some "good girl talk" to make you feel part of the gang. The author turned me off with her definition of the Sweet Potato Queens as an exclusive sorority with it's group of wannabes, who supposedly grovel and beg to become a Queen. Give me a break! Even if this was meant to be funny, it wasn't. It was just pathetic.
My good, sound advice to you on this book -- save your money and don't buy it.
Some of the advice handed out in this book was good (I agree with the author regarding toupees on men). A couple of the anecdotes were side-splittingly funny (such as the one about the Queens most-prepared woman award). Even a couple of the comfort-food recipes sounded good (the chocolate pudding in particular). But overall this comes off as just a bunch of frustrated women over-40, who need therapy because they never got majorette boots as children.
Personally, I had a difficult time finishing this book and don't care to read any of the subsequent books that have been written by Ms. Browne. As she explains how the Queens came to be, she attempts to draw you in with some "good girl talk" to make you feel part of the gang. The author turned me off with her definition of the Sweet Potato Queens as an exclusive sorority with it's group of wannabes, who supposedly grovel and beg to become a Queen. Give me a break! Even if this was meant to be funny, it wasn't. It was just pathetic.
My good, sound advice to you on this book -- save your money and don't buy it.
reviewed by orla on November 24, 2006 9:40 PM