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Want to laugh aloud while also nodding your head at truths being told? Then go ahead and add this memoir to your summer racing list 🙌🏽

Celebrity memoirs are not really my thing, so I was unsure going into this. It was so funny!! I definitely preferred the chapters about her childhood and family life over the chapters about working in film, but I really enjoyed it overall. @cwarnier I will get it in the mail to you as soon as the kids are out of quarantine and I'm free to go anywhere besides work and home! @kellyann28 @TheBookKeepers #lmpbc

We just got a call that one of the children my kids attend daycare with tested positive for covid this morning... We havent heard anything from our DOH yet but they will probably end up quarantined.
I'm feeling a *little* stressed, so I'm trying to relax with "Tension Tamer" tea and a funny book. I'll probably finish this over the weekend, but will wait til we have the all clear before sending it back
@cwarnier @TheBookKeepers @kellyann28 #lmpbc

Loved this memoir! Gabourey is HILARIOUS! Thanks for the great pick, @cwarnier ! I'll get this sent out to @Johanna414 this week sometime ❤
@TheBookKeepers
#LMPBC

It has arrived!! 😍 #LMPBC
@Johanna414 @cwarnier @TheBookKeepers

Yay I finished early this month!! Haha! I really enjoyed this one! I‘ll mail it out to Kelly this week! #lmpbc

@cwarnier @Johanna414 @kellyann28

#lmpbc @TheBookKeepers
Ready to mail off, hopefully I get there tomorrow.

#LMPBC @TheBookKeepers @Kellyann28 @Johanna414
#bookspin #Doublespin @thearomaofbooks
This book has been on my TBR list for a while now. I was super excited to read it, but it ended up disappointing me a bit. I was expecting a bit more of a “wow“ factor and at some points had a hard time reading due to jumping around in time order of events.
Overall I am glad I took the time to read it.

#JubliantJuly
So I know I still have half a day, but I am not in a reading mood. I am calling this, and going to go make cards.
I finished the two graphic novels I was in the middle of before this started.
I kept up with #Sundaybuddyread.
I am about half way thought This is Just My Face.
And I know it's not on the goals list, but I read Dear Martin (It was due back at the library).

#JubliantJuly
SO here is my update. I got in 28 summers from the library so I am changing my goals.
I will read On the Come UP, but after 28 summers.
Finished: A Fire Story & Something New
In Progress: The Two Lives of Lydia Bird
Up Next: This is Just my Face

Right before quarantine started, I checked out this book from the library. I love Gabbys twitter so we about to check this out.

Absolutely loved this! Gabourey Sidibe has such a wonderful voice as a writer; I could hear her in my brain as I read this. She does a great job both dispelling any stereotypes people might have about her after assuming she and Precious character are one and the same while talking honestly about the difficulties she's faced in her life. There's a healthy dose of Twitter mockery as well. A great memoir, and I'd love to read more from her!

DAY 22 #Hollywood | Here are a few movie star memoirs I‘ve enjoyed in the last couple of years. I‘m not one to idolize famous people, but their lives are fascinating. They‘re human like us, but so exposed.

#MOvember
@Cinfhen

#AlltheBooks!TBR

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ I read the novel Push by Sapphire several years back, but wasn‘t able to finish the film “Precious” because reliving that gut-wrenching story was too much. What I did experience of Sidibe‘s performance was incredible. It turns out, she‘s a brilliant storyteller and talented writer, too. In this honest and funny memoir, she lays bare her unique family history, career, body image, etc. Fantastic on audio!

I love this box. Thank you so much. I cant wait to read all 4 of these books!
@SamHeartCoffee
@BookishMarginalia #summersantagoespostal

Better late than never! #swensonreads #swensonreads2018
Didn‘t make my Goodreads goal last year, but new baby made for far fewer reading opportunities.
Here‘s to reaching my 100 book goal for 2019!

#tarottakeover Day 6: The Chariot, a card of victory, focusing intent and will, establishing identity, and confidence. Tough as many books might be spoiled if I chose them. I offer This is Just My Face as Gabourey is definitely one of confidence but she is not afraid to show her vulnerabilities and feelings, which makes this book all the more a victory. She has a strong and playful identity and continues to do well. Fun and meaningful read.

1. Tagged 📖
2. Anything by Tom Petty always puts me in a good mood! 🎸
3. The Beach! 🏖
4. My son and my husband! 👪
5. Tacos 🌮 (Today is National Taco Day!)

#hellothursday @wanderinglynn

I wasn‘t expecting the humor, so this turned into a pleasant surprise. Gabourey is funny and spirited and it‘ll be interesting to see what she does next.

#memoir #humor

Last line: P.S. Yes, it is hella awkward whenever I run into anyone from Nsync.

First line: Halloween night a year ago.

Lastly, a shout-out to my therapist. Get dat money, girl. 😂😂

Kathy Najimi

We had champagne dreams for our beer budget film.

The only time something got interesting in my life was when someone said yes.

My beauty doesnt come from a mirror. Never has and never will.

How would my skinny body support the weight of my huge ego?

Wouldnt it be nice if money bought love? But it doesnt. It buys resentment.

How many psychics does it take to convince a sad little girl that she can be much more than the world is telling her she is? None. Shes got to be able to convince herself to show up for her own life.

My instincts had been telling me to pursue something else-art- but my fear had been louder

Im not sure the mental gymnastics are worth it.

Change was in the air like a cloud and it was finally raining on me.

I prefer my world to smell like strawberries and look like rainbows...

Were not as fractured as I sometimes think. Were all we have, yes, but were enough.

We didnt have rules or structure because we literally had no space for them.

She always sees opportunity wjere I see only fear and death.

In school the feeling of being special became the feeling of being different. Children are assholes and they ruin everything.

Dont let anyone take away your joy....

That was some soap opera shit that didnt happen to real people.

Gaboureys biography was so-so. I didnt love it and I expected it to be way funnier, but it certainly wadnt bad and i did learn alot about her life. I pulled some good quotes (that ill post later) out.

My Tuesday book date 📚

1. Some
2. Guessing 95:5 fiction
3. Memoirs/biographies
4. The Last Black Unicorn 🦄
5. Loved it

#HelloThursday @wanderinglynn

Gabourey is hilarious. I eagerly await her next book.

Every Tuesday on my lunch break I treat myself to my favorite place near my work in a cute little village. Heres my book date today.

I count down the minutes until theyre gone so I can finally take my pants off. (Adulthood is all about waiting to take your pants off)

A little company driving home.

...fathers and sons should discuss why no one should ever be raped in the first place... (12)

😂😂

All of his compliments feel like heaven... (page 4)