Bride in Overdrive
February 28th, 2007 @ 12:04 pm by Mrs. Kiwi
When I first got engaged, I swept up any and all books with the words “marriage”, “bride” and “wedding” in the title. Now, almost a year later, I finally finished one of them.
The book is “Bride in Overdrive” by Jorie Green Mark - it’s a non-fiction book about her descent into wedding insanity, and how she came out of it unscathed. This book is hilarious!
One of the things that made me laugh out loud: after reading a few wedding magazines, she demanded that her father provide a budget for lobster as the main course. Oddly enough, she doesn’t even LIKE lobster, but hey, that’s what the magazines said (yes, she realizes her mistake). Another time, she and her fiance got into an altercation while registering for gifts - all things the magazines said she had to have. I can relate to that doubt that comes with reading magazines like that, because I myself felt the same way.
A lot of the time I was laughing my ass off, feeling a little bit silly for actually relating to it. Rarely would I disagree with her, does this make me insane too? While being a book about the road to marriage, it’s also a little bit about a girl who didn’t really have faith in love, but was trying to find it.
The author has a great voice, and makes me laugh out loud. As a bride in planning myself, a lot of this hit home, especially when she would go to other weddings, and constantly cause herself to rethink everything planned already, because someone did something different.
Even though it’s not a how-to book, it’s still a fun read and hysterical. And FYI, she’s not a complete bitch, I promise!
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4 Responses to “Bride in Overdrive”
Demanding lobster when you don’t even like it sounds like something I would do… haha. How sad.
Sounds hilarious! I just ordered it - I hope I like it as much as you did!
Thanks for the review! There are a ton of bride/wedding themed books out there and most of the ones I’ve seen look like bad chick-lit, so I’m excited by the idea of a great one out there. I’m going to go pick it up at lunch today!
Mrs. Kiwi, Los Angeles
Age and Occupation in 06: 27, Bookkeeper
Fiance's Age and Occupation: 27, P.E. Teach/Coach @ private schools in LA
Engagement Date: March 31, 2006
Wedding Date: November 3, 2007
Venue: Radisson Hotel
About Me: I'm a bookkeeper who failed high school algebra. I'm currently living in Los Angeles, literally a street over from where I grew up with Mr. Kiwi, my honey of three years. We have a jumbo mini-dachshund (seriously, he's huuuuge), and we're planning an autumn themed wedding on a shoestring, paid for by ourselves. The wedding date is my late grandma's birthday, I needed her there somehow, and that seemed like the best way for us. I can't believe I'm a Bee! I couldn't be more proud!
Hehehe I love your recap! So funny!! Maybe I’ll have to check the book out.