Already in love with the writing.
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Already in love with the writing.
Leaving unrated, I don't remember now why or what intrigued me to add it to my TBR list to begin with. I wasn't and remain not a fan of Kari/Michelle throughout the entire book. Owell. On to the next book.
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Mary Karr writes beautifully of her tween years and adolescence in Leechfield, Texas in the ‘70s. Not as sympathetic as her first memoir, because it‘s a difficult age for many and particularly for Mary, who is smart but also often impudent and challenging as well as challenged by her home life and the counterculture movement.
I would have made the prologue an epilogue, however.
Waiting at Panera while my dog gets groomed. 😋📚☕️🥗
so-so"I can sing in French, English, Portuguese, Spanish, Italian, and German. I've learned these languages to different degrees, enough to understand them and not get the accent wrong, their nuances."
What an impressive woman. This isn't exactly what I hope for in an autobiography. It sort of felt like sitting on the porch while grandma randomly tells you bits about her life. There is massive details missing and emotion. ?
CH 5 "An Enormous Appetite And Soft Skin"
"Those chemical products in little jars are, in my opinion, not great. They make your skin flakey.
First, you should dance as much as possible and sweat a lot. You'll sleep like a log afterwards. Sleep clears your eyes: that's all you need for your eyes."
What great advice.
I have one week to tackle and return my library books 😂🤣😂
I went to the library to get Josephine Baker‘s memoir, but of course I also had to grab two things from the New Purchases stand. Then I passed by a couple of LFLs, where I was able to tuck my Eric Wilson mystery in for someone else to find and claim a couple of Christopher Pikes for the next time I want late 80s/early 90s YA horror. There were TONS in there, but I didn‘t want to be greedy.
Zipped through this excellent memoir about Moss's complicated relationship with food and subsequent eating disorder. She writes so well! And finds innovative ways to work within the genre. Loved how she seamlessly wove in literary analysis as well and explores how many classics support restriction and control of female bodies. It ranks up there with In the Dream House which is high praise!
