Welcome to Litsy!

Ladies, I am sorry I am failing this round. I just got my books back but still have 2 others to read.
@staci.reads @allureofbeauty @kellyann28
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This ended up being a pan for me, but not the worst. I feel like all I really learned about this was how awful Steve Jobs was as a person. Thank you for a great round! And @staci.reads I enjoyed your notes you sent with each book! ❤️ #LMPBC @cwarnier @allureofbeauty

A memoir by Steve Jobs's oldest child, whom he denied paternity of for the first years of her life. It focuses almost exclusively on the dysfunctional relationships with her parents, so we don't get to see the various sides of the author as well as in most memoirs. It was compelling, though, and I read it in a day. It was my Sept. #LMPBC for #GroupC. Thanks for the pick @cwarnier!
@kellyann28 it will be on its way to you soon! @allureofbeauty

I enjoyed this book more than I originally thought I would.

It has been sent onward to @staci.reads
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#lmpbc #jubilantJuly
I wish I had some ability to focus to read today. Hopefully later.

@kellyann28 I just got Paris Apt in the mail today. I can't wait to read it.
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@Shadowfat @mklong @magyklyXdelish
I will get on What Comes after the top 2 books, both of which I am halfway through.

#JubliantJuly @Andrew65
I was so successful with the middle of June readathon, that I thought I would try July.
Small Fry is my #LMPBC round 14 July pick
Dyslexic Advantage is a personal read/ learning read
What Comes After- #LMPBC round 13 last book.

#July
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I can't believe it's almost July.

#LMPBC
I am excited to start a new round. Books that I probably wouldn't have picked up on my own, that is what I love about this.
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24-29 October 2020 (audiobook)
This felt a bit voyeuristic. I realised that I didn‘t need to know so much about Jobs‘ treatment of his family or his peculiarities. He was not a great father, but he was not a monster. And maybe few geniuses make great parents. I may have enjoyed it more if the writer had narrated the book, I expect. Something about the narration was a little off for me.

I had read the massive Steve Jobs bio when it came out, but this still surprised me. This is primarily about Brennan-Jobs's childhood spent failing to have relationships with two parents who were disasters. Beautifully written and engaging.

#memoir

I don‘t know about this one. I saw parts of my own relationship with my dad in this, which is maybe why I feel so weird about it. The structure wasn‘t totally linear, so I felt a bit confused about what was happening. But I do think this is an important story, that people can have many sides: some brilliant and some cruel. ⭐️⭐️⭐️

I like hearing the stories surrounding a game changer.

Maybe skip this one if you‘re in love with your Apple products and have difficulty separating the art from the artist. From his dtr‘s point of view, Steve Jobs sounds like a sociopathic jerk. I still got sucked into the narrative, though.

The only Steve Jobs memoir or biography I‘d ever attempt to read. Lisa doesn‘t seem to hold information back, but still seems so respectful and loving towards her dad!, and I appreciate her not downplaying the role of money in their lives. Between Steve Jobs saying he had 3 kids in his company bio (Lisa was the fourth) and Lisa‘s stepmother saying, “We‘re cold people” .... and that‘s not even all of it. Yikes. 🥶

You will not like Steve Jobs after reading this memoir. His coldness, inappropriateness and massive white male ego is appalling. Being rich and successful does not excuse piss poor parenting and shoddy behavior. Ugh I can‘t believe Lisa survived this. 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻 well done! So honest and literally made me cry and feel for her in my gut.

Omg I want to punch Steve Jobs in the face. Lol. Just kidding....but his parenting style and narcissism was not ok. Lisa tells the story of her wacky childhood with honesty and raw emotion. It really makes you feel for her - so sensitive and insecure while growing up with this psycho. Always trying to please and fit in while dealing with dysfunctional adults every day. Way to go girl! Your story is your truth!

At the end of her memoir, LBJ tells us that in his final days, her father, Steve Jobs, repeatedly told her that he “owed her one.” Ostensibly, this is because he denied his paternity for most of her childhood, robbed her of the certainty of his love, and was often condemning & cruel. Once, out of the blue, in the kitchen one morning, out of what she thought was companionable silence, he told a teenaged Lisa that she had “no marketable skills.”👇🏻

“My mother was young, sensitive, and luminous, without the husband, house, and family that [other mothers] had. Instead, she had me, and I had two jobs: to protect her so that she could protect me; and second, to shape her and rough her up so that she could handle the world, the way you sandpaper a surface to make the paint stick.”

As the only daughter of a young mother, I feel this on a deep level.

#lmpbc #groupA
@nelehelen @BethM @Sharpeipup
Here area few books I was looking at for this round, any thoughts?

So I look in your direction
But you pay me no attention, do you
I know you don't listen to me
'Cause you say you see straight through me, don't you🎶

Heartbreaking but frank memoir by Steve Jobs‘ firstborn-for most of his life Jobs refused to acknowledge Lisa.

#shiver #julycoldplay

Well-written but I found this to be disjointed and not as in-depth as I would have liked. It‘s hard not to feel sorry for the girl Brennan-Jobs was as she looked to make sense of her identity but I found her stories to be odd at times and not a satisfying portrait of her life as Steve Jobs‘s daughter.

#unpopularopinion time! After 100 pages, her writing style is not clicking with me, and I think her storytelling skills are mediocre. Just not willing to invest any more time. 👎🏻

What should I read next? I‘m leaning towards Small Fry because there was a long line at the library. Any suggestions Littens? @Reviewsbylola are you enjoying the 9/11 book?

I think this was a worthy memoir. I was sympathetic to Lisa and her challenging relAtionship with her dad. It was more interesting because it was Steve Jobs but it doesn‘t make it just celebrity fodder. Lisa uses beautiful language and phrasing throughout the book. It‘ll be interesting to see if she writes more in the future.

I am super excited for this #BOTM box that was on my step today.

Next book on my list...

Well done memoir! She told her story in a clear and straightforward manner. Jobs could be a real butthole. ChrisAnn (Lisa‘s mom) was no picnic either

I feel for the author. I really do. Growing up with Steve Jobs as her dad was hard. Of course, so too was growing up with her mom. But there‘s a tinge of ‘poor little rich girl‘ to her account, one she never really acknowledges or explores. She can‘t seem to see her own privilege to be able to check it. This book prompted me to reflect on my relationships with my own parents and kids, which I think ultimately is the value of reading it. ⭐️⭐️⭐️

W h e w. I‘m aware that both Steve Jobs‘ widow and his sister, novelist Mona Simpson, dispute some of this memoir, but even if only half of it were true (and I‘m sure the publisher‘s lawyers did their due diligence, since they knew they might have to go up against Apple and the Jobs family), what an utter ass Jobs was to his oldest daughter. The writing is fine, of course, but DAMN. I hope the author finds some healing. 4⭐️.

Just started this book and WHEW, it‘s intense! Steve Jobs, what a piece of work (like far too many parents, unfortunately). #nonfiction #memoir (I‘m also about to start Kiese Laymon‘s Heavy, so we‘ll see how this memoir-off goes ... )

This book got me so angry and worked up - I rage-listened to most of it. It‘s an excellent and shocking portrayal of a very dysfunctional father-daughter relationship that hit a little close to home for me. My parents split up when I was a kid and I never felt like I had the most typical relationship with my dad. But wow am I grateful for him after reading this; it‘s heartbreaking. Steve Jobs was a serious asshole.

I‘m not even halfway through and this book is making me so angry. I grew up feeling like my dad wasn‘t around a lot, but he wins dad of the year compared to Jobs. At least it‘s making me appreciate my own father more. 😕

Just finishing up last week‘s #audiobook
Another #memoir from the #library
Tried the #Libby app but really still prefer the #overdrive app 😬

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Lisa was Steve Jobs‘s first child whom he vehemently denied until a paternity test proved otherwise. With an unstable mother and a severely judgmental father who was often cruel, Lisa had a tumultuous upbringing. Sure, some of this could be written off as privileged white girl problems, but I just don‘t think that‘s fair nor accurate. Every story deserves to be told and heard. Shitty childhoods come in many forms.

Happy MARCH!! Here‘s my #tbrshelfie 🥰 I have a busy month at work, so these might not all get read, but I‘m going to try! #march2019

▶️🎧 Decided to go ahead and read this while I still have Steve Jobs on the 🧠. This is my first time using Hoopla and I‘m in love!

#CurrentlyListening on Hoopla

#nonfiction2019 #anotherpointofview an alternate peek into the life of Steve Jobs, this time through his daughter Lisa Brennan-Jobs , who wrote this memoir of her early life. Lisa‘s mother and Steve Jobs had separated before she was born, and it took years for Steve to accept Lisa as his child - he finally did but in a very distant and limited way than you would expect from a parent. This is an unusual story and it‘s well written and thoughtful.

Well written. Sympathy for the author.

All I knew about Steve Jobs was that he started Apple and he had died. This was his daughters look at him. The daughter he denied until DNA came along. After reading I wonder how much Iike him she is/ was. Writing is very matter of fact. Not as emotional as I would have thought given how he treated her.
I came away from this book not liking him. Would now like to read someone else‘s point of view. @MrsMalaprop

I liked this more than I thought. I've never read any of the many bios of Jobs nor have I seen the movies about him, so pretty much everything she said was new to me. I could see how some people might be turned off to the idea of a white, privileged girl complaining, but I think she spoke her truth in a genuine way. I didn't get the sense that she was exaggerating for sympathy.

Tons of spoilers just showed up on the #botm discussion page. I think they are March's picks and extras.

@Cinfhen @allthingskayla @swishandflick @L_auren @Reviewsbylola

It‘s so interesting to me how common it is for people to believe that wealth equates to happiness. Ironically, I‘ve found that the more money one has, the more “secret” issues there are (usually with family). In the end, we are all just people. And people will always ebb and flow. Unfortunately, the death of a father will always color every thought Lisa has - especially because of their complicated relationship. Or maybe it‘s not so unfortunate.

Trying diligently to read books from my stack and this is up next. Trying to read what I have before I keep buying more but was in San Francisco this weekend😆Have to buy a book at City Lights always and then head to The Booksmith in Haight Ashbury for more.

Getting my car fixed. Also, Steve Jobs is a dickhead. Glad I sat on his bio for years, before I got to this first. Unlike most people, my perspective when reading Jobs by Walter Isaacson is gonna be very different.

This poor woman's parents did a number on her. Especially Steve Jobs. I knew he was an asshole but wow he was SUCH an asshole. I feel so sorry for Lisa, and keep having ridiculous mean Steve Jobs nightmares because I listen to this right before I go to bed at night.

Bless audiobooks for long commutes.

This could be finished in one setting, but I guess I just don't have the luxury to read in complete quiet settings all the time...