Ruminations on College Life
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Book Overview
With hilarious insights, observations, and personal anecdotes on everything from partying all night, to learning to do laundry, to falling asleep in class, Aaron Karo has captured the college experience like never before. It took college freshman Aaron Karo only one week to realize that college was a joke -- an especially funny one that he could share with his friends in a regular email newsletter about life on campus. By his senior year, Ruminations on College Life had become an international phenomenon. Now, for the first time in print, here is the best of the original ezine, previously unpublished material, and brand new introductions to each section by the author. Share in the absurdity and insanity of the college experience with Karo as you read his outrageous inside account of scheming students, crazy professors, confused parents, and rowdy frat boys. Perfect for anyone who is destined for college, currently surviving it, or already a veteran, this book is a cult classic readers can enjoy alone or read out loud at their next party for tons of laughs.
Format:Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:0743232933
ISBN13:9780743232937
Release Date:August 2002
Publisher:Gallery Books
Length:176 Pages
Weight:0.39 lbs.
Dimensions:0.4" x 5.2" x 7.1"
Customer Reviews
5 ratings
Funniest college book i've ever read
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 22 years ago
An absolutely hilarious book! Karo seems to record all the strange (and sometimes empty) thoughts going through a college kids head....with every page it was like he had been there with me through my college experiences, from freshman year roommates to senior year fun. Everyother "college" book I've read was cute and amusing but this is outright funny because it is all so true! I've ordered copys for my brother and sister so they can enjoy it during their college days!
how true (and funny) it really is...
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 22 years ago
at the request of the man himself, i'm going to write a little review for one of the funniest and truest books i have ever read.ruminations is a basic overview for all college life, from the crazy drunken nights of underage freshman to the quasi-return to normal life with the family where the college kid has to remember who the rulemakers are (the ones who, of course, fund the "education"- or as Mr. Karo put it, the drinking habits). you will laugh out loud and you will enjoy this book. while i haven't personally joined a frat and engaged in the wild drunken behavior that runs throughout the book, i have been witness to MANY fine examples of typical college behavior- Aaron Karo tells it like it is. and parents should probably give this book a read, too, if only to look back on their own experiences with a smile. thank you Aaron Karo.
Very funny book!
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 22 years ago
This book is extremely funny. Perfect gift for any college student!
Hilarious
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 22 years ago
I started this book on friday afternoon and finished friday night. I could not put this book down. I was laughing so hard my stomache hurt. This is a great book and I encourage anyone who wants to know what really takes place in college to get yourself a copy of ruminations on college life.
Very Real and Lots of Fun
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 22 years ago
You know when you're watching a tv show that is supposed to depict a college scene, and the actors look like they're 40...and in real life, they are married with like seven kids? Well, that's the way most college books tend to relate to college. Like they are written by someone much older who is envisioning what college MUST be like these days.What is so great about this book is that Aaron Karo speaks not only as a real college student, but someone with the wit and intelligence needed to point out the idiocy and humor in the most fundamental parts of fraternity and campus life. I found myself laughing not only from reading the book, but from envisioning what he's talking about...either myself or one of my friends has been, at one time or another, in the situations he smartly describes.It's a great book...for everyone. A lot of fun. And it's true - every word of it.
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