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mehsi's review
5.0
Everyone tries to make New Years Resolutions, though I can honestly say I never had more than 2 or 3. :P But Samantha Irby has tons. In about 20-30 pages she will tell us all about her resolutions. From a diet for her cat to spending less money on stuff to eating more healthy or taking daily showers. Each resolution is met with a funny comment/story, and I was just laughing so loud at several "excuses" or remarks of her.
All in all, a very short book, but it was oh so much fun to read. Before I knew it I was done (and quite sad as I wanted more). Definitely recommended.
All in all, a very short book, but it was oh so much fun to read. Before I knew it I was done (and quite sad as I wanted more). Definitely recommended.
geekwayne's review
3.0
'New Year, Same Trash: Resolutions I Absolutely Did Not Keep' by comedian and blogger Samantha Irby is a short essay about how most of us actually deal with resolutions. It's pretty funny.
Samantha Irby for 2016 wrote down 70 short resolutions. The idea was simple goals that could be met. In this essay, she lists them, and how she fared. As the subtitle might suggest, she didn't do all that well with most of them.
The resolutions are grouped into categories like writing, or eating well. They include entries like: 21. Wear clean socks every day, and are followed by the results: "Noooooooope. Nope, nope, nopety nope. I did not manage to do this."
It's pretty funny, albeit a bit crude at times. It feels a bit like an extended blog post, but it is less than a dollar for the Kindle edition. I think it's worth at least a buck.
I received a review copy of this ebook from Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group, Vintage, and NetGalley in exchange for an honest review. Thank you for allowing me to review this ebook.
Samantha Irby for 2016 wrote down 70 short resolutions. The idea was simple goals that could be met. In this essay, she lists them, and how she fared. As the subtitle might suggest, she didn't do all that well with most of them.
The resolutions are grouped into categories like writing, or eating well. They include entries like: 21. Wear clean socks every day, and are followed by the results: "Noooooooope. Nope, nope, nopety nope. I did not manage to do this."
It's pretty funny, albeit a bit crude at times. It feels a bit like an extended blog post, but it is less than a dollar for the Kindle edition. I think it's worth at least a buck.
I received a review copy of this ebook from Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group, Vintage, and NetGalley in exchange for an honest review. Thank you for allowing me to review this ebook.
lsparrow's review
5.0
I love this writer! Perhaps it is the fact that I have a sarcastic/bitchy/whiny side underneath my glass half full/get it done personality. She makes me laugh and feel like I can be honest to myself. This year particularly this is the type of resolutions I would have
moneypenny96's review
funny
lighthearted
reflective
fast-paced
4.0
This wasn’t a book so much as a blog post in book format? Regardless, it was delightful and I will continue to read every Samantha Irby writes!
90sinmyheart's review
5.0
It's July so it felt like the right time to read this. I bought it on Google and it was the best $1.05 CAD I've spent in awhile.
meghan111's review
4.0
I can't wait for her next full-length book to come out! Samantha Irby is so funny.
moonpie's review against another edition
3.0
I think I like Irby, but New Year, Same Trash underwhelmed me. It was entertaining enough -- I didn't literally lol but it was amusing (that word sounds snobby, hopefully YKWIM) -- but it was more a listicle than an essay. Irby wrote down a bunch of small resolutions one year and after the year was up, went through the list noting successes and failures. I mean, that's basically what the summary says, so I'm not sure why I expected something more.
Not my wisest impulse purchase but not my most expensive, either, so we'll chalk it up to supporting the arts and move on.
(two-and-a-half stars)
Not my wisest impulse purchase but not my most expensive, either, so we'll chalk it up to supporting the arts and move on.
(two-and-a-half stars)