Denise’s Comments (group member since Mar 05, 2024)

Denise’s comments from the The Robot Librarian's Reading Challenge group.

I completed this challenge. Thank you for the prompts

I read A Million Little Pieces by James Frey

I read Girlhood by Melissa Febos

I read A Hitch In Time, a posthumously published collection of reviews from the London review of books by Christopher Hitchens

I read Say You're One of Them by Uwem Akpan

I wonder that too. I really like this challenge, I like that there is a brand variety of genres that like play and poems, and I like the Dewey Decimal portion. The prompts had a good balance between too narrow and push you out of your comfort zone

I read god is not great by Christopher Hitchens (actually a re-read). My nonfiction challenge is now complete

I read Consider the Fork: A History of How We Cook and Eat by Bee Wilson

I read Dear California: The Golden State in Diaries and Letters edited by David Kipen

I read Wide Sargasso Sea by Jean Rhys, who is from Dominica

I read Last Chance To See by Douglas Adams and Mark Carwardine

I read A Doll's House and Other Plays by Henrik Ibsen

I read Pathetic Literature, edited by Eileen Myles. It was not all poetry, but it had enough poems in it to qualify as a collection...at least two dozen

I read Born To Run, Bruce Springsteen's autobiography. Although I've seen conflicting classifications with some libraries putting it in music (700)? But having read it, it's a life story not about music.

I read a memoir...Sociopath: A Memoir by Patric Gagne. Never heard of her before this book so not a fan.

I read Erasure by Percival Everett.

I read Anne of Green Gables by Lucy (Maud) Montgomery

I read The Subtle Art of Not Giving A F*ck by Mark Manson

I left it realizing that the reason I'm less stressed and miserable than other people I know is.....I don't give a F*ck about a lot of the things they give a f*ck about about. Like, I don't care what your opinion is my clothes, my purple/burgundy hair, or my piercing, or that you think only losers read as much as I do, so I don't stress over any of those things. I have 2-3 things I truly care about and they are the only things that are allowed to cause me stress or make me unhappy when things hit bumps.

Highly recommended

I read the Annotated Arabian Nights: Tales form the 1001 Arabian Nights by Yasmine Seale

I read Never Whistle At Night: An Indigenous Dark Fiction Anthology

Sorry to say I didn't care for it