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Gotta love the book serendipity when two of your reads overlap somehow without your intention. Apparently, I've got happiness on the brain?

I wanted to love this book. I‘m glad I had the audiobook because I could skip sections quickly. The last quarter of the book was the best. I‘ve been trying to read this since last December.

Interesting

(2021) It's a collection of personal essays about the author's experiences as an HBCU-educated black woman, cultural critic, and writer of the Internet age. For me it was sometimes TMI, but I admire her advocacy for owning one's own body, own pleasure, and own story. And to this father of a young man with developmental disabilities, her words about her brother with autism reach my soul. For that alone it's a pick.

Lots of talking about sex

Loved this one.

I loved this audiobook. Featured in NPR‘s annual Books We Love (the new name for the Book Concierge) under the heading “let‘s talk about sex” and YES this book does! I appreciate the way Perkins knows what she wants and goes after exactly that. She‘s into “skinny dudes” who apparently are the best in bed 😂 🤷🏼‍♀️ who knew! I do love an essay collection and this one delivered!! #NPRBooksWeLove

This book is Nichole Perkins‘ memoir in essays. She has a wonderful voice and is frank about her love of sex without being prurient. It‘s so well balanced and she really had me wanting to keep reading. And I have two words for you: panty liner. (You have to read it and find out what I mean. It‘s quite a 😲😳😂 moment!)

I‘m back home and discovered the post office did not hold our mail as we had asked. 😑 The up side? We were able to peel my books out of the PO Box, so now I have them a day sooner than I expected! 🥳 I‘ve really been enjoying #literati, especially since there are so many nonfiction picks and the discussions overall are good. Can‘t wait to get started on these, the tagged one first!

#novemberstack #highhopes
This is my overly ambitious plan for November, especially when I also have audible & e-books.
#literarycrew #sundaybuddyread #shesaid #literati #CTauthor #overbookedclub #katebowler

I loved this. Nichole is a Black woman in her 40‘s who wrote this bunch of essays that are candid and highly relatable. From dealing with abusive family relationships to power dynamics within relationships to frank sex talk, this was just great. There is a lot of pop culture critique in here that will stick with me (the name of her book comes from a Prince song), especially the part about Miss Piggy and Kermit the Frog. Good stuff!!!

Lol, Nichole has this essay on her adventures in dating and really knows how to balance out the serious stuff with some great humor. This book is the best thing I could have picked up today.

A fun and funny memoir-in-essays, Nichole shared stories of her life and sexuality. I thought I was getting a book about her life and pop culture, and there were three essays about that, however the majority of the book was about her sexual awakening and how much she likes receiving oral sex from men. I‘m guessing audible was not down for sharing exactly how sexual this book is. This was a good but not great for me. #BorrowNotBuy #audiobook