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Jenny Lawson reading her own stuff just makes it even more fun. (and there's a bonus chapter!)
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4.5 stars. I alternated between laughing out loud hysterically and crying (in a good way) at her more vulnerable chapters about mental illness and learning to love and accept herself. This would be a 5 star read for me except sometimes the tangents got too, well, tangential and absurd. But it is absolutely worth the read, and I especially recommend the audiobook because she reads it.
another book I've read while having a concussion. Very funny and honest look at depression and life.
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Enjoyed it at first, and appreciated the author's outlook and honesty about mental illness, but about half way through I grew weary of the style and stopped finding funny what I think was supposed to be funny. Maybe if I was reading instead of listening, it would have been different. I may come back to this in print someday... .I still want to check out Lawson's first book, which I hear is good, and will probably go to that one in print as well.
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My only complaint about this book - and it's not a real complaint - is that now that I'm finished, I'll have to wait some time to read another book by Ms. Lawson.
I didn't even know she existed up until 3 weeks ago and now I've read both her books, follow her blog and feel like I have a soul sister who lives in far off Texas that I'll never meet.
But that's ok, because now I know there's one more like me around and it's wonderful :)
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I didn't even know she existed up until 3 weeks ago and now I've read both her books, follow her blog and feel like I have a soul sister who lives in far off Texas that I'll never meet.
But that's ok, because now I know there's one more like me around and it's wonderful :)
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Sep 06, 2015
Jenny
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I had to return this to the library before I could finish it. I just kept getting distracted by other things.
A funny and insightful look at what it's like to live with mental illness.
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I was expecting more out of it. Didn't get the humour.
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Oct 09, 2015
Amy
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