AUDIO

Things I Want To Punch in the Face

by Jennifer Worick
3 CDs. library ed. 3 hrs. AudioGO. 2013. ISBN 9780792795254. $39.95; digital download. HUMOR
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Blogger Worick has made a science of the 21st-century pastime of using the Internet as a forum to complain by assigning degrees of annoyance to each of these 101 items that "chap [her] hide" (one punch for minor infractions warranting a simple head shake to five punches for those requiring nothing less than decapitation). From stupid celebrity baby names to tennis bracelets to jazz, just about everything pisses her off.
VERDICT Although they are undeniably funny, Worick's choices will have listener both applauding and booing in equal measure. This is the audio equivalent of bathroom reading—it's best in small doses. The entries often seem overwritten; she's trying so hard to be clever that the wordplay is more annoying than what she's carping about. Narrator Rebecca Gibel reads with an appropriate balance of humor and vitriol (note that many of the entries feature quite strong adult language). Fans of the blog (jenniferworick.com) will have a blast, but if listening to someone endlessly complain chaps your hide, then pass.
Reviewed by Mike Rogers, Babylon, NY , Apr 15, 2013
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