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Misadventures of Awkward Black Girl
Misadventures of Awkward Black Girl | Issa Rae
In this universally accessible New York Times bestseller named for her wildly popular web series, Issa Rae a singular voice with the verve and vivacity of uncorked champagne (Kirkus Reviews) waxes humorously on what it s like to be unabashedly awkward in a world that regards introverts as hapless misfits and black as cool. I m awkward and black. Someone once told me those were the two worst things anyone could be. That someone was right. Where do I start? Being an introvert (as well as funny, according to the Los Angeles Times) in a world that glorifies cool isn t easy. But when Issa Rae, the creator of the Shorty Award-winning hit series The Misadventures of Awkward Black Girl, is that introvert whether she s navigating love, the workplace, friendships, or rapping it sure is entertaining. Now, in this New York Times bestselling debut collection written in her witty and self-deprecating voice, Rae covers everything from cybersexing in the early days of the Internet to deflecting unsolicited comments on weight gain, from navigating the perils of eating out alone and public displays of affection to learning to accept yourself natural hair and all. The Misadventures of Awkward Black Girl is a book no one awkward or cool, black, white, or other will want to miss."
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DimeryRene
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Been obsessed with Insecure lately, so wanted to read this one!

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Brooke_H
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Panpan

This book confused me. I think it was supposed to be funny, but instead I found it mean-spirited and tone-deaf. I wanted more of 2015 Rae reflecting on her younger self with some growth, but there is none of that.

Suet624 that's too bad. 2y
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cdreincarnate
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I had so much fun reading this book. Issa Rae is so smart and funny, and I‘m sure I‘ll be using her ABG guides for dealing with difficult people in the future. I‘m not black, but I am an introvert and frequently awkward, so a lot of her rules still apply.

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rather_be_reading
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Book 266

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mrowkoob
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I loved this book. It‘s funny and will definitely keep your attention. Well written with great storytelling.

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Addison_Reads
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I'm giving this a pick, but I don't feel like this gives you a good look at just how awesome Issa Rae really is. 💚

It's a quick read that I feel a lot of people could relate to. Some parts were funny, others were relatable and insightful. Overall, it's good, I just love Issa Rae and wanted her personality to shine through more.

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allureofbeauty
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Megabooks Such a great book! 4y
allureofbeauty @Megabooks I just finished it 🖤 4y
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Megabooks
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Pickpick

Late-blooming azalea! #bloominglitsy I‘ll try to get a better picture soon. @Eggs

So I read this to balance out The Topeka School. It‘s fun, light, easy-to-read. I don‘t understand internet (YouTube, etc.) fame at all, but she still wrote a relatable book that I think a lot of millennials would find funny.

SilverButtonBooks I just read this one as well and she really captured what it was like to grow up with the internet as a new frontier! I really enjoyed it! 4y
Megabooks @SilverButtonBooks exactly!! It‘s a really fun book. She‘s got a great personality! 4y
Eggs I 💕💕 azaleas 🌸🌸 4y
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Megabooks @Eggs yes!! 4y
Kimberlone I love her show on HBO, Insecure! 4y
Megabooks @Kimberlone I didn‘t know about that, but I also don‘t get hbo. 😬 4y
Kimberlone HBO has a bunch of their shows available online to watch right now without a subscription...not sure if insecure is one of them 4y
Megabooks @Kimberlone thanks for the heads up!! 4y
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AngelBaby253
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I love Issa Rae so I thought the book would be just as hilarious as she is. However, the book didn‘t quite keep my attention nor did her personality reflect through the pages😩 It was nice to get a background story on her life though.

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Megabooks
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Lucky for me, I found this signed copy at Ollie‘s!! 🥳 (Probably unlucky for the author ☹️) After sitting on the shelf for two years, I picked it up, and I really enjoyed it!

It‘s a memoir in non-chronological essays where she writes about growing up half Senegalese, her parents divorce, not fitting in at a south central LA high school, dating, making friends, trying to “find yourself”, and being successful as a web series artist. 4⭐️

k.reads.5 I have this and need to read it! I'm a big fan of Issa! 5y
Megabooks @k.reads.5 I really enjoyed it! 5y
k.reads.5 @Megabooks Yay, need to move it up my TBR! 5y
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Megabooks
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Thanks for the tags @RamsFan1963 and @TheEllieMo 😁👍🏻

1. White chocolate Reese‘s cups!
2. I don‘t buy much because most of my stuff is still in storage, but I don‘t regret reactivating BOTM. 😁
3. Tagged, The Swallows (yay bookmail!), and finishing up The Need later today.
4. @Reviewsbylola and @emilyhaldi haven‘t see you in awhile!

#wonderouswednesday @Eggs

Eggs #1 sounds addiction-worthy !!!! 5y
Megabooks Thanks for the tag @LogiKitty !! 5y
Megabooks @Eggs it totally is! 5y
Reviewsbylola Things have been wild around here with back to school stuff but hopefully I‘ll have more time now that both kids are in school! 5y
Megabooks @Reviewsbylola Cool! I‘ve missed you! 😁😁 5y
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MEGR
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“...I don‘t want to die alone, but spending quality time with myself 60 to 70 percent of the day is my idea of mecca.”

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MEGR
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“Sometimes at dinner, I fantasize about what I‘m going to eat for breakfast the next morning.” 📸: zucchini fritter

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CaliforniaCay
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Post 1 of 3. I've been falling behind on reading updates! I've finished a few audiobooks recently so time to catch up. This was a nice glimpse into to the life of Issa Rae, who I only knew from Insecure. I thought I would relate to her story a bit more since the title basically describes my life. But she doesn't seem that awakrd honestly. Her story was inspiring and entertaining none the less, I definitely want to see more from this chick.

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whatsthEStorey
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Mehso-so

📸 Awkward selfie alert! 📸 So I love Issa Rae and was prepared to love this book. But while a few of the essays were excellent and chuckle-quietly-funny, a lot of them fell flat, Issa‘s unique voice and perspective not coming through the pages. Still, I‘m glad I got to know a little more about her.
#Blackhistorymonth #readBlackwomen #readBlackauthors #Blitsy

JoScho I adore this picture. So much love. 6y
gradcat @JoScho I second what you said...such a lovely picture! Your dog is beautiful! 6y
whatsthEStorey @JoScho & @gradcat thank you! 💛 She snuggles with me when I have my coffee and it is the best part of the morning. 6y
kaysworld1 Your dog is adorable 💖 6y
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whatsthEStorey
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After the intensity of The Heart‘s Invisible Furies, I‘m enjoying Issa Rae‘s humor. And dog shenanigans in the background!

#BlackHistoryMonth #ReadBlackAuthors #Blitsy

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Mehso-so

It was okay, but didn‘t wow me either. Some parts were pretty interesting, while others weren‘t. Glad I tried it anyway.

#mountTBR

Cedricsmom This was written before she broke out big like she is now. I enjoyed it. 6y
SW-T @Cedricsmom Yep, it came out after her web series. Along with her HBO show, she‘s working on a project with Robin Thede. Should be interesting. 6y
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85eliana
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Some funny moments, even more vulnerable ones. There were some stories that dragged and others that were moving and relatable.

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RealLifeReading
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#audiobaking during this last evening of 2018. Happy new year to you!

Redwritinghood Happy New Year! 🎉🎉 6y
batsy Happy new year! That looks yum 🥖 6y
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RealLifeReading
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Finished this yarn scrap-busting hexagon project that‘s going to sit on the top of our upright piano. Lots of fun working on these hexagons and half-hexagons (hadn‘t made them before this) while listening to this audiobook
#audiocrochet

rockpools 😍 6y
Beatlefan129 So pretty! 6y
RebL I love it, especially that it‘s made of scrap yarn! And congrats to you on the hex and half hexes. 6y
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valeriegeary This is gorgeous! 6y
Moray_Reads Gorgeous! The colours really pop 😍 6y
Lcsmcat Lovely! 6y
JSW That‘s a work of art 🙌🏼 6y
llwheeler Beautiful!! 6y
AmberG1 Beautiful! I love it. 6y
LeahBergen It‘s lovely!! 6y
Naj This is beautiful! 😍😍 6y
RealLifeReading @RebL and of course I still have more scrap yarn.... now to figure out what to do w it! 6y
RealLifeReading @Moray_Reads thanks! Luckily the random bits and bobs of yarn I had worked together 🧶 6y
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RealLifeReading
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Doing some #audiobaking this afternoon. An attempt to use up leftover Halloween candy! I‘ve chopped up all those little Twix and 100 Grand bars and am adding them to oatmeal cookie dough. Also, I replaced half of the plain flour with white whole wheat. So it‘s a healthy cookie 🍪 right?

EchoLogical Yes! So healthy! 😉 6y
Bklover Brilliant! 6y
RealLifeReading @EchoLogical oatmeal and whole wheat. What could be healthier? 😂 6y
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RealLifeReading @Bklover hopefully it works! 6y
LauraBeth Sounds healthy to me! 6y
Amandajoy I like your creativity! 6y
Sleepswithbooks I don‘t know what “leftover” Halloween candy means 😅 6y
jmtrivera Science fact: once you chop the candy, all the calories fall out. So you've practically got vegetables there. 6y
RealLifeReading @jmtrivera 😂😂 I‘ll have to remember that!! 6y
RealLifeReading @Stacypatrice if I let my kids have their way there wouldn‘t be leftovers at our house either 6y
RealLifeReading @LauraBeth I‘m glad you guys are so understanding 😂 6y
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Deborah42
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An entertaining collection of essays that mostly skim the surface. I enjoyed the book, but I‘m more a fan of her work in television, where her voice absolutely shines.

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skyeharmony
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[Book 11 of 2018] Funny yet honest memoir. I wasn't into some of the "ABG guide" chapters but I highly enjoyed the rest. I loved listening to Issa Rae read the book, and I was able to get into it a lot more than when I read the first few chapters in print.

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Luvlivelyfe
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1st time Audio bookin while at wrk😁😁😁 #morning🙋🏾

LeshaMac Good morning 🙋🏽 7y
Luvlivelyfe @LeshaMac sorry so late morning and good afternoon and good evening 😁🙋🏾🙋🏾 7y
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Mehso-so

This was just okay, not bad but not good either.

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BlackBibliophile
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“At only eleven years of age, I was a cyber ho. Looking back, I‘m embarrassed. For me. For my parents. “ 😂🤣😂🤣
This book was hilarious and a page turner!! 👍🏾👍🏾

Chelleo Her funny really comes through in the audiobook. BTW Welcome to Litsy and #BlackLitsy. Checkout these #Litsytips: http://bit.ly/litsytips and #LitsyHowTo videos: http://bit.ly/litsyvideos There‘s so many fun things to do: book exchanges, buddy reads, photo challenges and more! Check out @LitsyHappenings for details. 7y
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SimplyKeera
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ABG Guide: Connecting with Other Blacks

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theshrinkette
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Listening on this morning's walk. I still haven't watched Insecure! 🙈

k.reads.5 I have this on my Kindle and need to read it! Insecure is so good. 7y
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ReadingRobyn
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I relate to Issa Rae. I enjoyed this book. Very few people understood me growing up because I was so awkward. Hell I‘m still awkward at 30. I have to make a point to stop talking because my anxiety makes me talk too much. I have to tell myself to speak to strangers when they speak to me. It‘s hard work being awkward lol... oh and I can‘t dance. There I said it. I‘ve got all this ass and I cannot move it. It‘s a burden 😂😂

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thelizflynn
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farre
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Really enjoyed this one.

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ReadingRobyn
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Yes!!!! I remember watching her YouTube series and I love that she has made it!! I‘m loving this book so far!!

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ontheBL
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A hilariously honest book about being awkward, black, young, and figuring it out.

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Phlamboyant

Besides, my great-grandmother‘s oak grand piano was just sitting in our living room, collecting dust (and random stickers, much to my mother‘s annoyance. “Who keeps putting stickers on the piano?!”).

*I guess that's one advantage of having kids nine years apart. We'll probably be able to easily figure out which is responsible for each type of property disfigurement. 🤣*

*And stickers! Don't get me started on stickers . . .*

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CaliforniaCay
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1. 26
2. Yes 2 older bros and a twin bro
3. NEVAH!
4. Name of the Wind
5. Hard to narrow down....but Lord of the Rings or Perks of being a Wallflower
6. 💩
7. Dude or F**k
8. That I have my tongue and septum pierced
9. Dogs all the way
10. Coffee = life
11. Misadventures of an awkward black girl
12. You! 🤗
@Gyldholm #hallowhoareyou

JoScho Lol NEVAH for me too 😃 7y
readordierachel I love your word choices 👍🏽 7y
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Phlamboyant

If conversation is something I dread, eating is something I look forward to. I wake up excited for breakfast, which is, hands down, my favorite meal of the day. Sometimes, at dinner, I fantasize about what I‘m going to eat for breakfast the next morning.

*Yes. All the yes.*

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DorkieHollieReads
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I don‘t normally share my bullet journaling, cuz I think I suck at it, lol, but I was super proud of myself for this. It‘s my book tracker for the year and I am still debating if I will color in the books after I write in their titles or not, but yeah. Here it is! #bulletjournaling #booktracker #books #bookworm

Jess7 Pretty! 7y
Nebklvr Love it 7y
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GripLitGrl
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#FierceFeb #tobeyounggiftedback @Cinfhen @batsy
Issa Rae actress, writer, director, producer, web series creator and cover girl. Gifted, talented I also think she is hilarious.

batsy ❤️💪 7y
Cinfhen 🙌🏻💕 7y
readordierachel Good choice! 7y
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