The Book of Eleven: An Itemized Collection of Brain Lint

By Amy Krouse Rosenthal

This is a hip and outrageously funny text comprised of humorous Lists of Eleven. Forget about Letterman's Top Ten, Amy Krouse Rosenthal's random ponderings on quirky topics are refreshingly clever and... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0836267753
• ISBN13: 9780836267754
• Release Date: January 1998
• Publisher: Andrews McMeel Pub
• Length: 122 Pages
• Weight: 0.59 lbs.
• Dimensions: 6.5" x 0.8" x 5.8"

Customer Reviews

Witty humor I think of everday, I wish I would have written

This book is absolutely hilarious! I am a high school student, and these are things that come into my mind, and many of my friend's minds on a daily basis. All I can say, this is stuff that most of us don't think to put onto paper. I wish I would have written it. But, hey, great job to Amy!

Brain Lint at it's Best

Amy Krouse really hits on the little things in life, and the really belly-aching, life brightning laughs. Everytime I need a laugh I just open up to the Olive chapter. She is brilliant, and everyone should own this book.

Can't Wait for "The Book of Twelve"

Every once in a while, you'll read something so funny that it makes you smile all day. Well, Amy Krouse Rosenthal's "The Book of Eleven" does that and more. Each piece of "brain lint" (what she calls her writing) is a gem, meshing the hysterical and insightful in a truly unique way. I had read some of Amy's work before in the now defunct "Might" magazine, but "The Book of Eleven" represents a true coming-out party for her. Combine Saturday Night Live's Jack Handy, Jerry Seinfeld, and your mom and you may have a sense of her style. I challenge anyone not to smile, laugh, and think while reading this one!

Laughed my head off.

Totally oddball and hilarious. Simple premise: everyday events of the kind everybody has experienced -- in restaurants, at airports, driving, etc. -- transformed by the author's quirky imagination into verbal double-takes that made me laugh out loud. Breezy, different, and one longer than a Letterman list. If life hasn't been looking very funny to you lately, try it. I'll never be able to look at an olive the same way again.

life is funnier that you think...here's proof

It has been a long time since I have read something so insightful toward my own life that I find myself looking over my shoulder to see if the author is following me around. The book of eleven is an irreplacable travel companion for anyone interested in seeing the humor present in the journey of life. Not bad if someone just wants to grin a bit, too. I grinned so much that I may have inadvertently grinned over my limit and therefore someone else now may not be able to grin at all. But that is just how funny this book is, I get greedy with grinning.