I Love My Computer Because My Friends..., Jess Kimball Leslie
I Love My Computer Because My Friends..., Jess Kimball Leslie
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I Love My Computer Because My Friends Live in It
Stories from an Online Life

Author: Jess Kimball Leslie

Narrator: Jess Kimball Leslie

Unabridged: 5 hr 13 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 04/25/2017

Includes: Bonus Material Bonus Material Included

Synopsis

"Get off your phone and read Jess Kimball Leslie's funny book!"
-- Andy Cohen, host of Bravo's Watch What Happens LiveI

Love My Computer Because My Friends Live in it is a hilarious memoir of growing up in the early days of the Internet and celebrating technology's role in our lives.

Coming of age in suburban Connecticut in the late '80s and early '90s, Jess Kimball Leslie looked to the nascent Internet to find the tribes she couldn't find IRL: fellow Bette Midler fans; women who seemed impossibly sure of their sexuality; interns trudging through similarly soul-crushing media jobs. Through effortlessly comedic storytelling and looks at tech through the ages (with photos!), Jess takes you on a journey through the hilarious times that technology and the Internet changed her life.

From accounts of the lawless chat rooms of early AOL to the perpetual high school reunions that are modern-day Facebook and Instagram, Jess's essays paint a clear picture: That each of us has a much more twisted, meaningful, emotional relationship with the online world than we realize or let on.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Kathleen on April 04, 2017

The first half of this book was a five star read. The nostalgia of remembering early Internet paired with the author's personal memoirs of growing up Bette-Midler-obsessed in a family of geniuses is sharp, witty, and extremely relatable. Such as life, I suppose, the storytelling begins to sound cyni......more

Goodreads review by Kim on December 24, 2016

This was a pretty enjoyable, nostalgic read. The author explores the early days of the internet and computers and continues on through things such as facebook and online dating. I absolutely adored the early chapters as it stirred up so many memories (especially old games like myst, commander keen,......more

Goodreads review by Emi on January 02, 2017

This book is so highly intoxicatingly relatable and hilarious I could not put it down! Jess Kimball Leslie is funnier than "a monkey in a business suit falling down an entire flight of stairs," and I loved everything about her book - growing up in Connecticut in the 90's and her early forays into th......more

Goodreads review by Melanie on December 24, 2016

I enjoyed going back in time and remembering the days of MySpace and when computer monitors were big enough to give you brain damage if they fell on your head. The only thing I didn't like is that my advanced copy didn't include the pictures, which probably would have made this book much funnier. A......more

Goodreads review by Alyssa on April 28, 2017

*I received a free copy of this book from the publisher in exchange for an honest review through NetGalley.* Overall Rating: 3.5 out of 5 For those of us who are part of the generation that remembers the internet suddenly being a thing in their pre-teen/teen years and embracing it wholeheartedly, I’m......more

Quotes

"Get off your phone and read Jess Kimball Leslie's funny book!"—Andy Cohen, host of Bravo's Watch What Happens Live

"Chatting up randos on AOL, writing feckless corporate tweets, stalking gone-to-seed high-school crushes on Facebook: Jess's life story is as hilarious and weird as the Internet she grew up with. This book is a warm, funny look at how our online and offline worlds became inextricably woven together."—Clive Thompson, WIRED columnist and author of Smarter Than You Think

The first personal history of growing up with technology and the internet. The chapter on Twitter is priceless.—Steve Eisman, investor who was the inspiration for Mark Baum's character in the film The Big Short

"Jess Kimball Leslie is funny and delightful. Read her book now!"
—Carol Leifer, writer for Seinfeld, Modern Family, and more; producer; and author of How to Succeed in Business Without Really Crying

"When I heard this tale in person, I was mesmerized. When I read it, I couldn't stop laughing. Life online with Jess is as electric as her computer and her stories."—Kathy Najimy, actress and comedian

"In honor of all of us on The Internet, I will only read the title of this book and form an opinion: It's great!"
—Marc Shaiman, composer and lyricist for films and television

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