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Furiously Happy: A Funny Book About Horrible Things

Jenny Lawson

Start date: November 10, 2015

Finish date: November 13, 2015

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Apr 05, 2016 Jane rated it really liked it

Shelves: memoir, humor

I read this book a story at a time until this weekend, and then I couldn't stop because I kept laughing out loud ,and reading parts aloud to David and my friend Mary Lynn, and thinking of stories I wanted to read to my fifth graders but I'd have to edit generously because Jenny Lawson is a grown up with a husband and he indicates he wants to have sex, and she says, "No, I can't have sex with you because there aren't enough spoons." They'd get the part about the spoons, because in context it make ...more

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Jul 30, 2016 Megan rated it really liked it

Shelves: feminist-themes, contemporary, american-stories, memoirs-biographies, book-riot-2016-read-harder, non-fiction, funny-humor-satire, essays, library-loans

I selected this to be my "Read a book with a main character that has a mental illness" choice for the 2016 Book Riot Read Harder challenge. Like the author's first book (Let's Pretend This Never Happened: A Mostly True Memoir), there were many laugh-out-loud moments as I read it and I really enjoyed the author's conversational, witty, and open writing style. Reading the book is almost like having a conversation with the author and you can't help but connect with her. While I felt this collection ...more

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May 15, 2023 Angela rated it it was amazing

Jenny is just a brilliant voice in this world. She puts all the stories out there that balance humor and reality and then gives you such a dose of humanity - I love every page.

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Dec 26, 2017 Amanda rated it really liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: memoir, mental-health, read-in-2017, humor, read-in-2018

This book is about Jenny Lawson, a quirky blogger and journalist, and her personal experiences with mental illness - specifically depression and anxiety. It's a collection of essays, thoughts (random!), conversations between her and Victor (her husband), her friends, her therapist... and her taxidermy raccoon, Rory. While her accounts are funny and comforting it's a book about a serious topic that is not always easy to talk about.

What is "furiously happy"? According to Jenny, "It's about taking ...more

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