Title The Fran Lebowitz Reader

Author Fran Lebowitz

Year Published 1974

Kind of Book Satire/Humor/Essays

How strongly I recommend it 2/10 

My Impressions

This was my first encounter with Fran Lebowitz. She comes off a little too cool for school for me. There were a few witty lines that made me smile, but overall I got a sour taste in my mouth of a cynincal idealist who was too afraid to assert any of her own ideas and therefore just makes fun of what other people say. It is also just very possible that I am just not cool enough for this book.

Date Read December 2021

Favorite Quotes

"Always a godmother, never a God."

"Life is something to do when you can't get to sleep."

Big Ideas

• Sleeping is better than living

• Just because you were unpopular in highschool doesn't mean you should publish a book

• You're more likely to be rich and powerful because you were born into wealth than by educating yourself and becoming rich

• As an adult You will not want to be contractually bound to any decision you make about your life when you're a teenager

Surprising Facts

• Tribeca stands for triangle below canal street