Reviews for Bless Your Heart, Tramp: And Other Southern Endearments

The average rating for Bless Your Heart, Tramp: And Other Southern Endearments based on 2 reviews is 3.5 stars.

Review # 1 was written on 2011-10-27 00:00:00 Robin Reichard I heard a lot of negative reviews on this book and a lot of great reviews. As someone who lives in Alabama now but not originally from here (born in Florida), I can see how it might offend people who do not understand the culture and lifestyle of many of the people in the South. For instance, I had NEVER heard of something called "Decoration Day" until I married and moved here. That is where you go to the cemetery on a certain day, clean it up, take fresh flowers and, in LOTS of more rural spots, you take a load of dirt to pile up on granny's grave. When you leave it looks like you just buried her. CREEPY is how I describe it. Normal way of life is how my husband's family describes it. But the euphemisms and sayings that Rivenbark uses are so true to what I hear on a daily basis in my job. If I don't hear Bless Your Heart 10 times in one afternoon there is a crisis somewhere. But the most important thing to remember about this author is that she can see the humor in life. We do laugh at ourselves here. And at each other. And at most everything. We have to...it is too hot to be mad about much for long. So don't be offended by the things you would NEVER say in public. We do that here. We are Southern. Funny book that kept me smiling and sometimes chuckling and sometimes laughing so hard I thought I was gonna spew tea out my nose. She is right on the money on SOOOOO much of this. Just don't read it if you are uptight and easily mortified or offended. :)

Review # 2 was written on 2009-07-03 00:00:00 Kenny Evans This is a collection of humorous essays that were originally published in a South Carolina newspaper. Brooke and I read them in the car as we were driving cross-country, and we really enjoyed them. They are light and fun, but I didn't think every single one was a jem. A fair number from the "at home" too much "Men are like this, and Women are like this" humor for my taste, and in general I can't say that the humor seemed natural or effortless. They were definitely moments in almost every essay where I smiled or chucked or even laughed aloud because I thought things were genuinely funny, but then there were also moments where I felt compelled to laugh because it was so obvious that the author was TRYING (really hard) to be funny. There were also lots of references that might have been really funny if they hadn't totally gone over my head. Maybe you have to actually be from the south to appreciate these essays fully. This book was fun to read, though, and I liked it at least as much as the other collection I read by Rivenbark, We're Just Like You, Only Prettier. I'd recommend her writing for anybody who is looking for a little light, southern humor. My favorite parts were when she wrote the redneck accent phonetically, like writing the word "har" for "hair." Tee-hee.