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Honestly this was a good read and it made me laugh but I am leaving it on a 737 for a bored passenger to find and love vs lugging it home to a special spot on my bookshelf. I can think of one friend I‘d recommend it to and that‘s it. But also, it was a quick read and perfect for the beach.

I enjoyed this quite a lot. The author facilitated an interview with the woman from Japanese Breakfast at the National Women's Conference. And it was available at the library....

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Needed these. Obviously.

In this collection of personal essays, McInerny explores topics from grief to obsessive chronicling on social media. While many of the topics are heavy, she covers them with a lightness of tone, which I think contributes to making this enjoyable and entertaining but ultimately forgettable. A low pick for me.

This really hit home, can relate. Loved the authors sense of humor and love when an author reads their audiobook.

I enjoyed this memoir of short essays. Lots of dark humor which I love. McInerny just didn't talk about anything that I didn't already know. Overall I liked it though.

This is probably a hugely unfair rating. It was very funny & relatable… however too relatable, to the point where I didn‘t want to listen to it because I live with this internal monologue all day. Why am I listening to you when it‘s like this in my own 🧠 all day? But- Thanks for the confirmation bias Nora 😂

Is Cate Blanchett out there stoned, thinking about how she‘ll never be me?

This essay collection was as funny as it is heart wrenching.

McInerny points out the hypocrisy between our online lives and our real lives.

She talks about losing her husband when he was in his thirties, raising her baby with his own hashtag, and how she/most of us survived childhood without helicopter parents and the internet.

All of the essays were good but not all of the vibes.

McInery calls out toxic positivity, our obsession with self-improvement, and our avoidance of aging. She reminds us that we are all slightly unhinged and all the better for it. Funny and relatable.
Finished 12/15/2022

“We don‘t have summer-as-a-verb kind of money.”

I love this way of saying “we‘re not rich”. 😂

I‘m a sucker for an essay collection and this one hit just the right balance of meaningful/funny/life-affirming. Nora‘s first husband died of a brain tumor leaving her with their young son to grieve. Though reflecting on this often, the entire collection does not focus solely on this tragic event. I listened to the audio read by McInerny which is definitely the way to go. I really loved this one!

It‘s tough being human. Read my thoughts on this collection of essays here: https://debbybrauer.org/#bad-vibes-only

I really appreciate McInerny‘s mission to make it okay not to be okay. And she‘s so funny!

If you haven‘t read her yet, I‘d suggest starting with her memoir, It‘s Okay to Laugh (Crying is Cool Too). Her podcast, Terrible, Thanks for Asking, is also pretty great.

Sometimes an author is so delightful in person that I have to read their book - even if a confessional-essay-style memoir isn‘t my usual thing. Nora uses humor both to address and deflect from her grief and her more vulnerable moments. I‘ll admit I didn‘t find it quite as hilarious as the two coworkers who rec‘ed it to me did, but it‘s a good listen. #ALC

Nora McInerny is super likable- definitely the type of person you want to hang with and call your friend. This collection was charming & fun with some heavier moments too but ultimately it wasn‘t impactful. Delightful but not memorable. A pick but I‘m glad it was a #BorrowNotBuy #Scribd

Loved this #covercrush choice! I appreciate when someone can laugh through pain, and McInerny chronicles the years after her husband‘s death from brain cancer with candor and humor. It‘s been several years since his death, and my favorite essay dealt with losing touch with close friends after and the joy of finding their way back together. She writes about parenthood both solo after his death and in a blended family with her second husband.