Belle Weather, Celia Rivenbark
Belle Weather, Celia Rivenbark
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Belle Weather
Mostly Sunny with a Chance of Scattered Hissy Fits

Author: Celia Rivenbark

Narrator: Celia Rivenbark

Unabridged: 4 hr 49 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 08/19/2008

Categories: Nonfiction, Humor


Synopsis

No matter what side of the Mason-Dixon line you live on, you will find Celia Rivenbark's hilarious observations about Southern living as easy as a tall drink of sweet tea on a hundred degree day. In this latest collection of laugh-out-loud essays, you'll experience:
*The joys of Remodeling Tara
*Harry Potter Bitch-slaps Nancy Drew
*Britney's To Do List: Pick Okra, Cover That Thang Up
*How Rugby-playing Lesbians Torpedoed Beach Day
*Why French Women Suck at Competitive Eating
*The Truth About Nature Deficit Disorder
*The difference between cockroaches and water bugs
*The beauty of Bedazzlers
*And much, much more!

About Celia Rivenbark

Celia Rivenbark is the author of the award-winning bestsellers Stop Dressing Your Six-Year-Old Like a Skank; Bless Your Heart, Tramp; Belle Weather; and You Can’t Drink All Day If You Don’t Start in the Morning. We’re Just Like You, Only Prettier won a Southern Independent Booksellers Alliance (SIBA) Book Award for nonfiction and was a finalist for the James Thurber Prize for American Humor. Born and raised in Duplin County, North Carolina, Rivenbark grew up in a small house “with a red barn out back that was populated by a couple of dozen lanky and unvaccinated cats.” She started out writing for her hometown paper. She writes a weekly, nationally syndicated humor column for the Myrtle Beach Sun News. She lives in Wilmington, North Carolina.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Rhonda on October 09, 2008

It's difficult to review an audiobook because there are two things to consider: the written material, and the narration. In this case, the written material is brilliant! I listened to it in my car and the people around me must have thought I was nuts, laughing so hard as I drove. I am not a Southern......more

Goodreads review by Angela on October 22, 2008

Quite honestly, this book probably would have merited only two stars, had I not enjoyed "Stop Dressing Your Six-Year-Old Like a Skank" quite so much. I sort of let her coast into three stars on the former happy feelings. Or maybe her former works actually HURT her, as I couldn't help but compare the......more

Goodreads review by Bunny on June 21, 2011

Okay, she needs to write another one. Now. Because I'm out, and Cod knows how many horrible books I'm going to read until she puts out another one. This one is fun. Of all of her books, We're Just Like You, Only Prettier is my least favorite, but it still deserved five stars. This one earned it's fiv......more

Goodreads review by Kim on March 07, 2009

This was so much fun and I think it was enhanced by being an audio book. Even my husband was cracking up at some of her hilarious stuff.......more

Goodreads review by Tammy on December 02, 2008

Celia Rivenbark is just so funny.......more


Quotes

“Rivenbark treats life's problems with refreshing disrespect and humor, so sit a spell and enjoy a rollicking, fun ride with the musings of one of the funniest of southern writers, one who appeals to the 'belle' in all of us.” —Booklist

“No matter what side of the Mason-Dixon line you live on, Celia Rivenbark's witty observations about Southern living are sure to bring a laugh.” —Southern Seasons