Welcome to Litsy!

1. I'm a bit sleepy. Cats woke me up early. I may nap later! 😆
2. I read this book the summer of 2016. I hadn't dealt with depression in years, but that changed after the November election. I'm glad I read it when I did. It reminded me it's OK to be not OK. I wrote Jenny & shared how much her book meant to me. She wrote back to thank me & said she really needed to hear it that day.

#MentalHealthMonday

This was my 2nd Jenny Lawson book (I guess I'm reading them from newest to oldest) and I loved it just as much as 'Broken'. I love her humor and the way she talks about her mental and physical illnesses. The story behind the raccoon on the cover was especially funny 😆 She may not be everyone's cup of tea but I'm here for it and will read whatever she writes from now on 🦝

This was my bookclub's pick for the month and we all really enjoyed it. Jenny has such a weird, funny way of dealing with her mental health and sharing it with anyone who'll listen. I frequently laughed out loud at some of her antics. I especially enjoyed when she related some of her "fights" with her husband. Their relationship is one of a kind.
#Nonfiction2023 Master of Puppets (because of her obsession with taxidermy) @Riveted_Reader_Melissa

August Nonfiction #ReadingBracket2023 update
I managed to finish FOUR nonfiction books this month, which is a record for me! Furiously Happy was my favorite for sure. But Book of Pride won top spot just cause I got so much more from it and I still think about it.

The amount of times I've legitimately laughed out loud listening to this book... 😂

#aboutmentalhealth #bookbinge @Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks @Eggs

Reread as audiobook and I love this book 🥹♥️

2ond book completed for the #14Books14Weeks2023 challenge. Jenny Lawson and I don‘t share the same sense of humor, unfortunately. So I didn‘t love this book like I expected to. I do appreciate her struggles with mental health and usually liked those parts best. The book is random anecdotes and essays about her life.

4✨This book honestly has been brightening my day for the past couple of days. We all struggle, some more than others, and Jenny Lawson puts those struggles of hers in a comedic way. Some of the situations and thoughts that come to her during them at cringey, but other times it‘s is just pure comedy gold. I‘m glad she put herself out there so it can help others. #Roll100 (April) @PuddleJumper

Trying to finish this book today. Life is just crazy, but my chickens make me happy. 🥰💛

My new bookish earrings I got for my birthday. Plus loving this audio read right now. 🥰💛

You guys.

What are the chances of Jenny Lawson and Tod Goldberg making themselves known on my Instagram within minutes of each other?!?!

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I adored this book. I highly recommend the audiobook, as I feel it adds nuance to her particular kind of humor. I own the physical book and enjoyed going through and looking at the pictures after I'd listened to a particular part or highlighting things that struck a chord. The way she describes mental illness is spot on and the way she uses humor to deal with it is very relatable. Definitely will listen to her other books.

In other words, stop judging yourself against shiny people. Avoid the shiny people. The shiny people are a lie. Or get to know them enough to realize they aren‘t so shiny after all.

I woke up with horrible anxiety this morning but I was listening to this part of the book on my way to work and ended up laughing my ass off. The nurse's name is Latoya, not Labya. 🤣🤣

"There will be moments when you have to be a grown-up. Those moments are tricks. Do not fall for them."

I'm slowly making my way through books I've had for years and have been meaning to read. I'll start this tomorrow.

My review of this book can be found on my YouTube Vlog at:

https://youtu.be/iGxa8igD2_o

Enjoy!

I‘m in love with this book, I feel very seen. I love it so much I bought a copy for my best friend and I wasn‘t even 20 pages in. This is how my best friend and I deal with our illnesses, and trauma, through humor. So this is perfect for us!!

Read this not long after a family member was diagnosed with bipolar after a series of painful events, and it really helped me deal with it all and gain perspective. Also opened my eyes to some of my personal struggles and the possible sources. Open discussion of mental health needs to continue to remove the "taboo" stigma. And a humorous outlook doesn't hurt.

#Alphabetgame #LetterF

#unpopularopinion

Most people seem to find this laugh-out-loud funny. I didn‘t . I felt like she was trying too hard. I get that there are serious undertones here and I respect that Lawson was trying to balance the seriousness with the humor, but it didn‘t work for me. Maybe wrong place, wrong time for me. 🤷🏼‍♀️

I like Jenny Lawson. She‘s my kind of people - not quite right, but totally acceptable. This is a funny glimpse into the sometimes tragic workings of an unsettled and hilarious mind.

A fuckin' MASTERPIECE! The time spent reading this book was a combination of whispering 'WTF' while chuckling, laughing so hard I had to catch my breath, and ruminating on a perspective that I honestly should have been looking into long before now. Jenny Lawson lives with mental and physical illness while being a hilarious and insightful writer, and generally awesome, and I will be reading ALL of her books, soonest. #memoir

"You learn that it's okay to prefer your personal idea of heaven (live-tweeting zombie movies from under a blanket of kittens) rather than someone else's idea that fame/fortune/parties are the pinnacle we should all reach for... It doesn't mean I'm a failure at appreciating the good things in life. It means I'm successful in recognizing what the good things in life are FOR ME."
???? Truer words....

"Last year CNN brought me on live TV to discuss a proposal to create "kid-free planes," and I explained if we were really going to start segregating passengers I'd prefer to ride in an a-hole-free plane..."

SIGN. ME. UP. ?
Reading two memoirs with very different moods right now.

Having just spent part of the day mending by hand sewing, I can confirm: "Needles find you." From a hilarious memoir recounting thoughts and experiences of a woman dealing with mental illness, that I think has the potential to gross me out with bizarre musings or break my heart with raw honesty as well as make me laugh too loud too late at night. We'll see when I'm done! ???

I laughed out loud while reading this book.I also read portions to my husband.This author does a great job of turning what many consider a negative situation into a positive. She‘s talented,and we are lucky enough to benefit from it.I am really hoping that Jenny Lawson visits one of the bookstores in my area.I‘d love more than anything to meet her.If you‘ve struggled with mental health issues,or even if you haven‘t,you should read this book!

I love Jenny Lawson so much. And I just love this perspective. 💗💗💗💗

@ElizaMarie thanks again for all the extra goodies. The tagged book you send sounds interesting.
#CBBC #coffeebeanbookclub

If it wasn't for the few moments of laughter this book would have been 👎. Her chaos makes me feel anxious. #FabulousFebruary

Well first you off, I loved this book. Possums, squirrels and the hellish creatures they can be - yep, my life. But the heart of this book is so incredibly important - depression, living in and through it - and findings ways to keep laughing and loving.

#2021Book91
This is my 2nd time reading this and I still laughed hysterically through most of it!

“And louder than all of that were the whispers that became stronger every day from thousands and thousands of people creeping to the edge and quietly admitting, “Me too. I thought it was just me.” And the whispers became a roar. And the roar became an anthem that carried me through some of my darkest moments. I did not ride that wave alone.” #whisper #QuotsyOct21

I have never laughed so hard I cried while reading a book until now.

This book is quirky, funny and poignant about the mental illness with which the author deals. It's odd and sometimes I wondered what I was listening to, but then it moves on to a chapter about what she actual deals with in a way that is understandable and sensitive. I listened to this on audio which was great because the author read it with her own great emphasis that made it entertaining. I'm glad I listened to it. #litsyAtoZ for “L“

“People who think it‘s so hard to find a needle in a haystack are probably not quilters. Needles find you. Just walk on the haystack for a second. You‘ll find the #needle.” #QuotsySep21

There was no way to explain to this stranger how my mental illness had just gifted me with a magical moment. I realized it would have sounded a bit crazy, but that made sense. After all, I was a bit crazy. And I didn‘t even have to pretend to be good at it. I was a damn #natural.” #QuotsySep21

“Brains are like toddlers. They are #wonderful and should be treasured, but that doesn‘t mean you should trust them to take care of you in an avalanche or process serotonin effectively.” #QuotsySep21

#Insecurites
#ConflictedWorlds

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Starting this audiobook tonight!

“Eating a #peach is like eating a newborn baby‘s head. In that it‘s all soft and fuzzy. Not that peaches taste like babies. I don‘t eat babies. Or peaches, actually. Because they remind me of eating babies. Vicious circle, really.” #QuotsyAug21

#self #conflictedworlds @Eggs @Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks

“...if you are sick or in pain, your #exhaustion changes you and the number of spoons you have. Autoimmune disease or chronic pain...cuts down on your spoons. Depression or anxiety takes away even more. Maybe you only have six spoons to use that day. Sometimes you have even fewer. And you look at the things you need to do and realize that you don‘t have enough spoons to do them all.” #QuotsyJul21

I‘ve been kinda slumpy lately. This book helped. It was my first time reading this one, and although it didn‘t make me laugh quite as hard as Broken, I still loved it.

Listening to this walking, I found the author's voice very annoying. Horrible is my opinion.

Look what just arrived! Yay! @tdrosebud @Chrissyreadit #StaycationinTimeSwap

Apparently books make decent pillows. #catsoflitsy

A great and hilarious at times book, with interesting insights into her life and struggling from depression and anxiety, amongst other things. 4/5 Read for #Whateveryouwantathon and for the Book Riot #ReadHarderChallenge2021