How to Giggle: A Guide to Taking Life Less Seriously (Book Review)

By Hannah Berner & Paige DeSorbo
A Book Review & Summary That’ll Make You Smile Before You Even Finish Reading

Okay, let me be straight with you—How to Giggle by Hannah Berner and Paige DeSorbo isn’t just another book that promises to “change your life.” It laughs at that idea… in the best way possible.

Instead, this book will lighten your life. It’s like a sleepover with your funniest, most unfiltered, ride-or-die friends who spill all the tea, roast your ex, tell you you’re too hot to be sad, and somehow—without even trying—remind you that you’re absolutely killing it at being human.

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🧠 What the Book Is All About

At its core, How to Giggle is a cheeky, refreshing guide to letting go, loosening up, and not letting the chaos of life steal your joy. Written by the hilarious duo behind the hit podcast Giggly Squad, this book is basically their friendship, philosophy, and savage life wisdom bottled up in a glitter-covered flask of truth.

The chapters cover everything from:

• Surviving awkward social situations (without blacking out from anxiety)
• Recognizing walking red flags in friendships and love (we’ve all dated a few 🚩)
• Embracing the power of delusion (because, yes, you can manifest your best life while eating chips in bed)
• Flirting, faking confidence, and fake-laughing your way into the room like a boss
• Prioritizing yourself and de-centering the male gaze (hallelujah!)

And it’s all delivered with no-filter honesty, sisterhood energy, and jokes that make you snort.

✨ Key Takeaways (aka, Life Lessons in Lip Gloss)

1. Life doesn’t have to be that serious. We put so much pressure on ourselves to be perfect, productive, and polished. This book says: Screw that. It’s okay to be messy and laugh about it.
2. Confidence is often just well-placed delusion. Don’t wait to “become” confident. Act like the main character and your brain will catch up.
3. Friendship is your anchor. In a world obsessed with romance, How to Giggle reminds you that your girls are your soulmates, too.
4. Humor is healing. Whether you’re crying in the bathroom or spiraling about your ex’s new girlfriend—if you can laugh, you can live through it.
5. You are allowed to take up space. Your voice, your laugh, your fashion disasters, your bad decisions—they all belong. Be loud about it.

💬 Some of the Best Quotes (that live rent-free in my mind):

• “Delusion is just confidence that hasn’t happened yet.”
• “Stop overthinking. He’s just not that interesting.”
• “A red flag is not a challenge—it’s a sign. Turn around.”
• “Your ick is your intuition in heels.”
• “If you’re not giggling at least once a day, start a rebellion.”

Honestly, it’s quote gold in here. Every page has something that makes you go: That’s me. That’s literally me.

🧡 Why You Should Read This Book

Because you need joy.
Because you’ve been taking things way too seriously.
Because you deserve to have a good laugh at life’s ridiculousness.
Because healing doesn’t always have to look like journaling with crystals—it can also look like dancing in your kitchen in pajama pants, eating cereal at midnight, and texting your bestie the worst hinge screenshots imaginable.

If you’re going through a breakup, an identity crisis, a quarter-life meltdown, or just need a little pick-me-up… this book gets you. It won’t fix your problems, but it will remind you that you don’t need fixing.

You’re already whole. You’re already hilarious. You’re already lovable.
You just forgot how to giggle. This book brings that back.

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📣 Call to Action (aka, Let’s Get You Gigglin’)

So do yourself a favor. Pour a glass of wine (or kombucha, no judgment), slip into something comfy, and grab your copy of How to Giggle on Amazon right now. Seriously. You’ll laugh, you’ll heal, you’ll screenshot quotes, and you’ll want to text everyone you know, “YOU HAVE TO READ THIS.”

Because sometimes the best self-help book…
Is the one that makes you laugh at how ridiculous we all are. 😄

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