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Right from the dedication page, you know the latest and greatest from Joan Rivers (and quite sadly, her last book) "Diary of a Mad Diva" is a winner and laughing tears will be coming out of your eyes for pages to come. It states:
"'Sometimes people write novels and they just be so wordy and so self-absorbed...I am a proud non-reader of books.' -Kanye West (Reuters, May 2009)
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This book be dedicated to Kanye West,
because he'll never fuckin' read it."
This book quite literally chronicles a year in the life of Joan Rivers, and really gives you a sense of her commandingly hilarious personality that lit up the world. (We wonder what she did on April 30th!)
Did she ever read Whom You Know? Whom You Know is essentially a celebration of people that excel in what they do. On March 9th, she comments:
"I hate people that are lousy at their jobs. If you don't do something well, then don't do it. For example, if you weigh four hundred pounds and can't cross the street without having a triage unit on standby, don't become a personal trainer. If you stutter, don't look for work on a suicide hotline ('D-d-d-d-d-on't j-j-j-j-jump....' Too late.) And if you give a rotten blow job, then don't become a hooker. If you can't suck a nice dick well, then find a job that doesn't require that skill, like a lesbian golfer or Midwestern housewife."
We don't always agree with her word choice, but her points are pure entertainment and her sense of humor is obviously unparalleled. Her photographs that mark the commencement of each chapter mirror the fun of her words. Our favorite might be her and the Christmas tree for December, though the rest come in a close second. Though including more quotes of hers is tempting, the idea is that you read the book for yourself!
This is an absolute must-read, and you must read all of it. Do not deprive yourself of one of the last gifts Joan Rivers left the world. Diary of a Mad Diva has earned Whom You Know's highest recommendation and it was so excellent, we are a bit afraid we may never find something quite this funny again.
In 2012, we published on "I Hate Everyone, Starting with Me" also by Joan.
Following up the phenomenal success of her headline-making New York Times bestseller I Hate Everyone…Starting With Me, the unstoppable Joan Rivers is at it again. When her daughter Melissa gives her a diary for Christmas, at first Joan is horrified—who the hell does Melissa think she is? That fat pig, Bridget Jones? But as Joan, being both beautiful and introspective, begins to record her day-to-day musings, she realizes she has a lot to say.
About everything. And everyone, God help them.
The result? A no-holds-barred, delightfully vicious and always hilarious look at the everyday life of the ultimate diva. Follow Joan on a family vacation in Mexico and on trips between New York and Los Angeles where she mingles with the stars, never missing a beat as she delivers blistering critiques on current events, and excoriating insights about life, pop culture, and celebrities (from A to D list), all in her relentlessly funny signature style.
This is the Diary of a Mad Diva. Forget about Anais Nin, Anne Frank, and that whiner Sylvia Plath. For the first time in a century, a diary by someone that’s actually worth reading.
