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When I‘m finishing up #BookspinBingo is the only time I can do a decent #WeeklyForecast!

I have the tagged book, 4 free spaces, and 2 library spaces left. I‘m reading the Your House Will Pay on #hoopla (fantastic!) and I just got the Early Morning Riser from #Libby today for the library ones.

I started rereading Land of Big Numbers tonight because short stories…😂 My Vanishing County and Restaurant Man are other possibilities for free spaces…🤔

A mix of Educated/The Glass Castle + Inheritance by Dani Shapiro. These memoirs are totally my jam, so this fit right in my wheelhouse. “Intergenerational trauma” is one of those terms being used often; this situation is an example of the phrase. So many trigger warnings, I won‘t try to list them all, but the unstable upbringing the author experienced is horrendous. She overcame her mother‘s torment and discovered the source of her mother‘s pain.

#bookmail #MemoirMail 👍🏻 Hope everyone is having a good weekend!

I came across this book while looking for resources on intergenerational trauma. I waited for it to come out in hardcover F-O-R-E-V-E-R. It's a memoir which are always kind of iffy for me. The author addresses sexual abuse, addiction, neglect, pretty much every terrible thing that can happen to a child during their formative years. It has many similarities to Educated, if you enjoyed that book, this one is up your alley. ⭐⭐⭐💫 3.5 rounded up to 4.

Book Riot 2021: Read a book that demystifies a common mental illness

First ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ of the year. For the "fans" of Tara Westover's Educated, though we can all agree we can't claim to be fans of such horror. It's so unfair how both Tara and Stephanie fell through the cracks over and over and over.

May this story be the amplifier to the change that needs to happen in [USA] welfare, mental health, foster care, systems and beyond.

#AmericanDaughter by #StephanieThorntonPlymale is a moving and touching chronicle of a woman surviving and thriving after a horrendous childhood. Written from the heart. A great read. #netgalley, #BlueStockingReviews, #rivergrovebooks #readitloveit https://www.bluestockingreviews.com/post/american-daughter

The cats are less than excited about self-isolation because we don‘t let them sleep on the kitchen table and counters. In between bouts of panic, I am working (trying to?? succeeding??) and I panic requested so many netgalleys instead of reading my own books. So not equipped to handle emergencies.