Comments on: Somebody is Going to Die if Lilly Beth Doesn’t Catch That Bouquet: The Official Southern Ladies’ Guide to Hosting the Perfect Wedding

By: Patricia Raines

Patricia Raines — Sat, 21 Nov 2009 13:17:39 +0000

If you have ever plotted a wedding or even thought about it this is a MUST READ! I loved every incident, and there were many!
Rating: 5 / 5

By: klippy

klippy — Sat, 21 Nov 2009 10:38:36 +0000

If you ever want to know what it is like plotting a southern wedding all you need to do is read this book. It is so right!
Rating: 5 / 5

By: Jasper P. Bear

Jasper P. Bear — Sat, 21 Nov 2009 10:31:45 +0000

A quick, fun read by the author of “Being Dead is No Excuse. ” Although there are not as many amusing situations in this book as in “Being Dead. . . ,” there are plenty of excellent recipes.
Rating: 4 / 5

By: Eva Marie Everson

Eva Marie Everson — Sat, 21 Nov 2009 10:19:16 +0000

I write Southern Fiction (see below). As a Southerner, Southern people, lifestyle, etc. is one thing I feel I know. As I was jotting down some notes on elements I want to include in my current WIP (Work in Progress), I remembered a book, which I read years and years ago, called Southern Ladies & Gentlemen. I came to Amazon to find it . . . found it . . . and then found this author’s work as well. From the title alone, I knew I had to have it!

I loved the read. The writing is fantastic and the information is accurate. Goodness gracious but I could hear my mother in some of these chapters! At one point — during a visit with Mother — I laid on top of her bed (she was all propped up with pillows behind her and a excellent book of her own in her hands ) and read to her from the pages. We both laughed so hard we had tears pouring down our cheeks. That’s a cliche, I know, but it’s right!

Read it and have fun with it! It’s just a hoot!

Eva Marie Everson
Things Left Unspoken: A Novel
Rating: 5 / 5

By: Rachel

Rachel — Sat, 21 Nov 2009 08:47:34 +0000

I am from the South and the funeral book had me laughing so hard i – liketa died crying. this one is excellent and amusing but not nearly as hilarious as the first one. I have childhood memories full of the green punch so that is a fantastic addition. The recipes look excellent and there seems to be extra ones including alcohol, which is probably more appropriate.

I loved how they added the author’s pictures in the back. The one lady-Gayden certainly looks like she is a woman from the South. But, the other, Charlotte, certainly looks as though she has left the South, as well as forgeting her cosmetic case behind. Like myself, when you leave and live somewhere else for awhile (in the north), the pressure is off to keep yourself looking well groomed and with at least SOME makeup. Bare-faced does not look excellent on anyone and at least makeup protects the skin from wrinkles because of the sun’s hurt. If still living in the South, her friends would question her, ‘Are you OK!?’ knowing she must be sick or depressed in order to be seen with no makeup and her hair looking like that. Maybe that should be their next book; the pressure of appearance, shaving your legs, and makeup in the South. I’d be pleased to help them out.

I was excited to see they had another book, but it is not nearly as hilarious as the first. It seems more tamed, or influenced by someone else’s editing, a humorless northerner perhaps. Still a excellent book with excellent to have recipes on hand. rms
Rating: 4 / 5