Welcome to Litsy!

You‘d have to be a true Parker Posey fan to enjoy this and even then it‘s a bit of a stretch. I‘m glad to know a bit more about her but it was meandering and all a bit pointless.

Listening to this audiobook as I walk the bike path. A rambling narrative about people and places that I‘m enjoying. Didn‘t expect too much and I think that‘s the best way to go into this one. 😀

This was good and it's funny. But it's too long for a memoir. The #audiobook has sound effects. And she's kind of an amazing actress which comes through in the audio. I can't imagine reading this as an actual print book.

This is not inspiring me to exercise. I think I might be the problem.

#audiobook

😂🤣👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻 ✈️ #LitsyHumor ✈️ 😎

If I ever manage to find myself sitting on a plane next to Parker Posey, please let it be like this book!⁠
Fair warning: I love Parker Posey's work.
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The way the book is structured is a bit hodgepodge like a conversation can be, jumping from topic to topic, going form the mundane to intimate, to musings and back again.⁠

#LilithJuly
I added this to my #TBR after seeing actress Parker Posey on a talk show promoting it months ago though it seems to have some mixed Litsy ratings. She never fails to make me laugh in movies with her usually over-the-top performances, especially in the Christopher Guest films. I wouldn't mind sitting next to her on an airplane & would even give her the #windowseat 😉

So frustrating. Parts were funny, & I quite liked the stream of consciousness style. But the parts about Louis C. K. & Woody Allen were troubling, so much that I looked to see if the Louis C.K. crap had come out after this was written. It hadn't. Posey has an extreme lack of self-awareness as to how she comes across. She‘s quirky, but she also acts like a person who‘d say, "Don't you know who I am?!" & pretend that she is joking & not really be.

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ This quirky take on a memoir is precisely what one should expect from the “Queen of the Indies.” It‘s written as a one-sided, stream-of-consciousness-esque conversation with the airplane passenger seated next to her. It‘s not Posey‘s life story, but rather, random stories from her life. It‘s an off-beat, entertaining essay collection, so those looking for a typical memoir might be disappointed. I liked it!

For all my fellow dog lovers:

“I don‘t trust people who don‘t like dogs but I trust dogs who don‘t like people. When people say, “I‘m not really a dog person,” all I hear is, “I‘m not really a person.”

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I‘m trying to listen to this on audio but it is SO UNCOMFORTABLE. I expect nothing less from Parker Posey.

#memoir #audiobook

💓 breakingly awful.

Christmas gift reads

Parker Posey fascinates me. Listening to this book was wonderful and really did evoke the feeling of having a conversation with a stranger.

Some of this memoir was great- stories about sets she was on and funny things that happened to her. But it dragged a lot. And even as an audiobook the premise, with the airplane noises and breaks, did not make a lot of sense.

#Sundaymorning

Flying to Chicago for a family wedding. It always makes my heart feel good to see people reading in the world around me, no matter the format. 📚🙂

I think Parker Posey is a hilarious actress, and parts of this book made me laugh. But the whole premise/set up of this book, that she's randomly chattering to someone she meets on a plane, is just strange, and didn't work for me, especially in audiobook form. There were sound effects, and it was weird. I parts I liked the most were the notes about filming specific projects, like Best in Show. I wish there had been more of that.

Next up on audio...

I highly recommend this memoir on audio. Posey narrates it herself and it is a true Norma Desmond performance. Whether lamenting the bygone heyday of independent filmmaking or meditating on her youth, family, and aging, this was an eccentric experience like her best roles. Sure, there are some odd diatribes and there's not much gossip, but the audio has canned sound effects and music by Hal Hartley. If that's not enough, I don't know what is.

This was such a weird memoir! I enjoyed reading about her life and the people she has worked with but overall it was a bunch of randomness thrown together with some really long and descriptive pages describing yoga poses and the process of pottery (both of which I skipped) 🤔 It was entertaining when I had just a few spare minutes throughout the day to read.
I love the cover and the bizarre photos placed throughout.

My motto at the library:
Treat yo self!

You know the old saying, "Never meet your heroes."? 'Nuf said.

Exactly what I imagined being inside her head is like.

Listening to a favorite actress read her own book and watching the rain out the window. Sometimes taking a day off is so necessary. #currentlylistening #rainyday #audiobook

Very fun!

Cheating on my current book with Parker Posey. And a few others.