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This one was tough. Some of these stories resonated with me, but others felt like they were just mean-spirited.

During my hematology appointment, I had planned on reading but found it uncomfortable, so I ended up listening instead.

#LibbyLoan

Book 103📚 4.1⭐️

This book hits you like a slap in the face. Awad attacks our obsession with the female form in 13 brutal but provoking chapters. Nothing sugar coated here.

Follow Beth‘s story as her relationship and weight changes with her body. Set in central Ontario, there are some pretty hilarious references.

OK! As IF I found these at the thrift store! Pretty sure they are fairly new!😱 (aside from 13 ways)

The tagged as been on my list ever since Bunny!💕 & it‘s my first Awad physical copy!👌🏻

Finished this for book group…. I liked the writing style a lot, but the story was just so depressing. No matter what size she was, she was never happy… she never had positive relationships with anyone…. Anyway. Despite this not fitting the #teamslaughter theme at all, I did find a LOT of word search words. Can‘t wait to count them all up in a couple days! #scarathlon +6

#2021Book116
I really liked the main character in this book and could relate to a lot of her struggles. Some of the side characters made me angry, but I could also understand where they were coming from. My main complaint about this book is that it kind of jumped from one scene to the next without smooth transitions between them.

5🌟Nominated for the Giller Prize in 2016 Awad's debut 13 WAYS OF LOOKING AT A FAT GIRL is a tough read as Awad does a fantastic job really peeling back the layers of diet culture and body dysmorphia. Its different than her later books so dont expect thoes but I found it hard to put down, much like all her work. #bookreview #canlit

Not shown, the two books I acquired after this stack but am totally counted as reading my own books...

Trixie's cooing at me to come out, come out, so I do, I pull back the curtain and stand before the mirror under the track lighting, Trixie hovering behind me. She looks me up and down, her head cocked to one side. "Cute," she says. But this means nothing. To Trixie, even the apocalypse is cute. Scorched earth. Galloping black horses foaming at the mouth. The shadow of the scythe-wielding dealer of Fate bearing down on her. All super cute.

Essay and exam deadlines today so I comfort read more Agatha! Also finished the tagged (good but prefer Bunny). This week I aim to finish Monogamy and also hope to read this as its borderless book club on Thursday!
#bookreport

I ended up really liking this one! This is my first (completed) book for the #BuzzwordBookathon event. @hes7 #buzzword #girl

Listening to book 1 of #BuzzwordBookathon while at work this evening. I‘m not that far into it yet, but so far I think I like it. I‘m not sure 🤷🏻‍♀️

Does anyone else repeatedly reread a book you hate? Maybe not hate but that frustrates you? I often say to my mom, there is nothing more boring that talking about weight and calories. I have been every size from 0 to 20. I was actually unhappier smaller because I hated the constant restriction. The narrator of this book will do anything to be thin. It is the ultimate prize. Not for me anymore, and yet I keep reading this book. 🤷🏻‍♀️🤷🏻‍♀️

Finished up Bad Feminist this morning, so this ones up next! I have a friend writing a chapter of her thesis on this, so I‘m excited to read it.

Finishing up the last few pages of this book. Funny, but a little caustic. That‘s right up my alley though. 👍

Loved Bunny so much that I had to check out this one too.

I saw Roxane Gay reviewed this a while back and decided to read it too and i'm glad i did!

Our main character is a woman who cannot find peace in her own body, with her own weight and it ruins her in such a real way that i found myself wrecked by this book. I don't know if this was what this book set out to do but it served as a reminder to treat my body with the respect and love it deserves, as should we all.

This one was between a pick and so-so for me. I think that was mainly because it wasn‘t what I was expecting- I was thinking it would be more like Dumplin‘, but it was much more serious. This book really illustrated how all encompassing weight can be for women. We follow Elizabeth/Liz/Lizzie/Beth for a little over a decade and see how her weight and dieting literally impacts every aspect of her life and those around her. 👇👇👇

This book absolutely wrecked me. The reviews had me expecting something a bit light-hearted and what I got was something that knew all of the secret terrible things I‘ve thought and said about myself for as long as I can remember. Golly, this one came out of nowhere, which I suppose means it‘s a really good book but right now has me wanting to drop it from the top of Mount Doom.

I stuck it out on this one because reviews said the second half was better and I wanted to hold out to see if there was any redemption. There were things that I empathized with and I liked that as the character struggled with her identity she called herself different variations of her name (Lizzie, Beth, Elizabeth, Liz). Overall, it was just not an enjoyable read.

Well, here‘s another flipped opinion in the #MonthofRereads!

As a fat person, this book really pissed me off the first time I read it. The MC was constantly obsessed with her weight and losing it. During my first reading, I was comfortable with my weight and couldn‘t relate. Now I live with someone who is constantly mentioning my weight, so I have a lot more sympathy for the MC.

I also like how the MC‘s name evolves through the book. 4⭐️👇🏻

Continuing my #MonthofRereads, I decided to dig into a book I found equal parts mediocre and infuriating when I read it the first time. The audio is good, but the MC still kind of pisses me off.

I managed to listen to ⅓ of the book while #audiocleaning. I have no idea how I did chores before I discovered #audiobooks!

I liked this book in the sense that I read it quickly because I cared what happened. I‘m not sure how I feel about this specific writer speaking for fat people. (But maybe she knows what it‘s like?) Interesting, sad, curious, unique. But not my favorite.

13 stories about one particular character's struggle with body image, meant to "skewer" our culture and be "caustically funny" (according to the back) but I mostly found it forgettable. The writing is fine but not much stuck with me. Book 9 of #reversereadathon #deweyjuly

Sent out my #sockswap today! I hope my match likes it!

I was really looking forward to reading this one. As someone who lost 150 pounds, I really can relate to being the fat girl. And while some elements of this book related, overall it just did not catch me at all. I found literally every person in this book very despicable and hateful. It may be for some people, but it was pretty terrible for me.

A tentative pick depending on the person. This made me uncomfortable but really affected me. A lot rings true and that made me sad. I hate the protagonist but I think that's the point...

I should be writing but cuddled up with a new book and cup of tea instead. A lot of mixed reviews about this one. I'm curious.

Starting with Atwood is strong, though.

Late night winter reading!

An intense look at the essence of being human amd perception. Awad is witty, deep, and unapologetic.

I'm reading this one right now. #NovemberbytheNumbers @JoeStalksBeck @Tiffy_Reads

Tentatively a pick.
I've never been a skinny person. I consider myself to be a reasonably well-adjusted now, but I made enough bad decisions out of insecurity. The main character is not likable. Her insecurities warp her sense of self and how she related to others. I was never as bad as her, but I can see some of myself in her, and relate to the feelings that made her unbearable. This was a hard read, but I think it was beneficial for me to do so

#anditsaugust #coversinyourfavecolour @RealLifeReading

Here are some green covers from my Kobo TBR, since I recently shared a green physical stack.

Starting this one. Heard good things about it. ☺

As a non-fat, non-girl, I didn't bring the same kind of perspective that many readers have to this book. I found it to belong to a genre defined more by age and life stage than physical characteristics of the subjects. This one is interesting and well written, in a similar vein as Losing It and Sweetbitter among others. I disagree with those who say that the protagonist is a pitiful loser -- she's just trying to make her way the best she can.

Some of the passages in this book hit close to home. Not loving it so far and wondering if that's why.

This was a harsh, uncomfortable read. It highlighted all the reasons that our societal expectations for what's attractive are hurtful and damaging. I felt angry and frustrated and sad through most of the book. And I wanted Lizzie/Beth/Elizabeth/Liz to get some counseling ASAP.

I liked the middle of the book. I think I see what she was getting at, I get it, I respect it. Just didn't knock my socks off.

Ah, we are so broken aren't we? The sad vulnerability of Lizzie and other fat people in the novel is very relatable to me. I have read reviews that the book is negative but I would argue the book is realistic.

I'm bailing on this one. The narrator on the audio is grating and I'm not enthralled with the 2.5 stories I've listened to so far. Moving on... #DNF

Yes. Yes. Yes. A 🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟 read for me. If you read Shrill or Dietland and can't wait until Roxane Gay's Hunger comes out - read this one! This is for all women. For our bodies. For the way we perceive them to be and for the way the world looks at them and the pressures we feel to look a certain way. We are never free from that persistent & shaming internal voice. We just learn to work with it. This is not a happy book, but it is a truth-teller.

Listening to this one on my daily walks with Charlie the dog. Enjoying it so far. #audiobooks

Read over Christmas holidays. Great quick read

Today's selection. Didn't realize that the Danielewski book is the third in a series. Guess I'm going back tomorrow to look for 1 and 2. 13 Ways is my
#debutnovel for #ReadHarderChallenge2017

"How sad," I say. "What a sad existence." #TOB2017 #WiaN Book4oftheYr

I have 6 books on hold at the library - only this one arrived so far. It's on the #TOB2017 Long List and it will count for the number category of my What's in a Name Challenge. Oscar assisting.

It's tough because she gets there eventually, but 75% is quite a bit of body hating. I gotta say I never really cared for Lizzie/Beth/Elizabeth/Liz. So just meh for me. But this is the first one finished in 2017!

Nope. This book just made me sad. I think I might have been expecting something a little less negative. Something with a little more hope inside. But it's just sad and slightly aggravating.

Starting a new one. I'm in the mood for something short. #currentread