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Finally a winner...Sort of

I finally finished my first book of 2013! Woooo yay snaps! Okay, now that's out of the way, let's talk about my accomplishment and who made it possible. The lucky winner was My Boyfriend Wrote a Book About Me: And Other Stories I Shouldn't Share With Acquaintances, Coworkers, Taxi Drivers, Assistants, Job Interviewers, Bikini Waxers, And Ex/Current Boyfriends but Have by Hilary Winston. Good golly that is a long ass title to type out.

So, I finished Hilary's book (there's no way I'm typing any of that out again) and it was okay. I'm not going to knock it too much because obviously she's got her crap together, because I'm sitting here writing a blog and she has a job where someone pays her to write. Hilary 1, Steph BIG 0. Anyways, it was just okay. She talked about her ex-boyfriend Kyle a lot. And "Kyle" if you ever read this you're a DICK! You deserve the inquisition, well no because you weren't that bad. Someone like Chris Brown deserves the rack not you Kyle.

My girl Hilary talks about her ex-boyfriend who wrote a book about her, where he refers to her as his "fat-assed girlfriend", like I said he's a dick. Pretty much the whole book is about Kyle and a few of her past relationships, but mostly focuses on Kyle. I will admit she had me laughing when she "broke" her vagina, and then had me crying when her diabetic cat Emmett was dying. I wish I could give more of a synopsis of this book, but really those 3 sentences are all I got.

I'm going to give this book 4 stars, just because she got me to cry and I don't cry at things other than sports (don't ask) and her broken vagina was amusing. And I found out that she writes for Happy Endings (best show on Earth, besides Pretty Little Liars!) and she was also a writer for My Name is Earl,which I watch religious at the gym. You entertained me Miss. Winston and that was the main purpose of this book.

I would also like to dedicate this post to her beloved cat Emmett Otter Winston, whom passed away in 2010. You are missed Emmett!

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