Scraps: Adventures in Scrapbooking

This book is way overdue! Its essays are poignant, amusing,and the author comes across as if you are her best friend. Bless this book for getting me off the hook for not being the perfect mother, sister, friend, person. Very funny, very good.

Every page of this book of essays made me laugh, if not wildly, then unexpectedly. Nearly every page of my copy of SCRAPS is earmarked or underlined in part for a funny sentence or paragraph that I plan to reread. The author gives us a wonderfully twisted look at screwy women who scrapbook (or don't, and wish they did). I love-uh-love-uh-LOVED it!

This book is just hilarious! The mildly seasoned scrapbooker with even a hint of a sense of humor will find themselves bursting out laughing at any moment-I sometimes read a chapter in the middle of the night if I am having trouble sleeping and have been quite worried I might awaken the entire household with my laughter! This book sounds just like something my sister-in-law would write, so I often hear her voice reading it to me :-) Yes, at one point the author even refers to the reader as "Missy" just as she does with me on occasion! I have never met Wendy Bagley, but if she has a tiny bit stage presence, I think she would be a great stand up comedian at one of those big nationally sponsored Crops. So, yes, be sure you buy this book for yourself and any other scrapbookers you know who might benefit from a good belly laugh.

This hilarious sendup of scrapbooking is funny from the first page.From there on it only gets better. Each essay takes a look at the obsessions and passions of people who are crazy about their family, friends, and photos. When she's not being funny, the author can actually be touching. This book made me look at my sweet wife in a new light.

I received this book as a gift and had no real desire to read it. But once I started, I could not stop. I laughed so hard I needed a Kleenex. It didn't inspire me to become a scrapbooker, but now I don't feel guilty for not being one! This is a book anyone can enjoy.