Welcome to Litsy!

“I can tell you that ‘Just cheer up‘ is almost universally looked at as the most unhelpful depression cure ever. It‘s pretty much the equivalent of telling someone who just had their legs amputated to ‘just walk it off.‘ Some people don‘t understand that for a lot of us, mental illness is a severe chemical imbalance rather than just having ‘a case of the Mondays.‘” #Monday #QuotsyJan20

⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ (5)

I picked this book up to help better understand what someone close to me is going through, but then something weird happened. I identified with some of what she was talking about. This makes me think that maybe sanity is a spectrum, like gender, and I'm further across the scale than people think I am. Or maybe I'm just some kind of mental health hypochondriac. At this point it's anyone's guess.

#Overdrive #VirtualMountTBR2020

1. My hubby banned me from reading it in bed because I kept waking him up 😂
2. I was born in the world and the boy's father was in tears.
3. Winter by a hair! I love skiing, Winter Olympics are my favourite to watch, and I love watching British footy.
4. @Lindy thank you for always posting the most intriguing quotes - I'm always interested to see what you're reading!

#FriYAYintro @4thhouseontheleft @howjessreads

I'm cooking lunch and reading...🥘

I #currentlyreading ARC copy of Skye for #LitsyAtoZ Letter S, #Booked2020 #CoverCrush and #ReadWithMrBook One word title

I also #currentlylistening tagged #audiobook for #LitsyAtoZ Letter F @MonthlyBookClub Nonfiction and #ReadtheUSA Texas

I like both for now. 💕

#enjoylife #readingtime #litsylove #litsyfun

I don't hate it, but I've struggled to get this far (1/3). Bailing for now, will come back to it later.

“I stood at the end of the street, catching snow in my mouth, and laughed softly to myself as I realized that #without my insomnia and anxiety and pain I‘d never have been awake to see the city that never sleeps asleep and blanketed up for winter. I smiled and felt silly, but in the best possible way.” #QuotsyDec19

This is brilliant, funny, honest and moving. Beautifully scatty and daft and all over the place in a stream-of-consciousness kind of way. Highly recommended to anyone who struggles with their mental wellbeing, or who wants to understand people who do.

Oh cool I'm glad it wasn't just my mum who used old underwear as duster

“I wish someone had told me this simple but confusing truth: Even when everything‘s going your way you can still be sad. Or anxious. Or uncomfortably #numb. Because you can‘t always control your brain or your emotions even when things are perfect.” #QuotsyNov19

Off work with a trapped nerve and feeling sorry for myself. Sick leave: I'm doing it right.

Two of my favorite memoirs, which have both made me laugh out loud on numerous occasions! 😁📚💕

#gratefulreads #memoir #catsoflitsy #littenkitten #chaplin @OriginalCyn620 @Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks

Reading this today. So far it's funny. Not what I was expecting though.
Has anyone read this? What are your thoughts?

Have a great day everyone

Jenny Lawson‘s bookstore in my neighborhood is slightly delayed until the new year. Darn! I was hoping to do Christmas shopping there! But I am still so excited about it!

Looking for more books to make me laugh outloud while also being at least mostly clean. Any recommendations? Tom the cat for attention.

This book was very relatable and very funny. It was an amusing self help book with a whole bunch of quotes that I really will go back to often. I really appreciate her views on dealing with mental illness in today‘s world. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

Have a great day xxx

#ReadHarder challenge 19: a humour book. Specifically, a funny book about horrible things.

There‘s a quote from The Breakfast Club that goes “We‘re all pretty #bizarre. Some of us are just better at hiding it.” I have it on a poster but I took a Sharpie to it and scratched out the word “hiding” because it reminds me that there‘s a certain pride and freedom that comes from wearing your unique bizarreness like a badge of honor. #QuotsyOct19

#7covers7days #coverlove Day 2

Post a cover you love every day for seven days, no explanations. Tag a new person to play every day.

@kitty_reads do you want to play?

Genre: Humour
Date Started: September 12 2019
Date Completed: October 4 2019
How did you choose this book: I just asked my sister if she had a novel in hand that I could borrow.
Summary: This is a book about a girl Jenny that overcomes her anxiety and depression.

The tagged book has been on my tbr list forever but I never knew the author lived in my town. And now she‘s opening a bookstore in my neighborhood!!! Can you say #litsymeetup at #nowhere? @Bookzombie

Haven‘t read this one, but the cover makes me happy!
#everybodyshappynowadays
#redroseseptember

#EverybodysHappyNowadays #RedRoseSeptember @cinfhen

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

Today, on my birthday, I finished re-reading Jenny Lawson‘s “Furiously Happy”. I have always enjoyed Lawson‘s writing and I adore her humor, but I don‘t think I appreciated this book as much the first time I read it compared to now. This book is filled with humor, outrageous stories of Lawson‘s life, living with mental illnesses, and just plain weirdness. Overall, this book is something you didn‘t realize you needed until you read it.

This quote from Jenny Lawson‘s Furiously Happy kept popping into my head on Tuesday as my family and I traveled back home from our vacation in Maine. The airport and our flight were full of jerks. This quote helped me keep my cool (somewhat)!

Also, this book is amazing and hilarious and you should read it. Be prepared to LOL.

It was a little awkward reading this in a coffee shop because I just could. Not. Stop. LAUGHING. This girl is a blogger and is writing about all the awkward things she does to avoid her anxiety and how it makes it worse. I wonder if my husband will ever find me with a racoon in the kitchen at 3:00?🤔😂

I don‘t like sharing “me stuff” but felt I should explain why I‘ve been slacking on Quotsy & Camp Nano. I‘ve been struggling with my mental & physical health (sza-bp+anxiety, diabetes) & trying to support my hubby emotionally & financially while he‘s off work. I‘m tired, overwhelmed & off-balance. But we‘re coping, living day by day. We know things will get better but sometimes it‘s hard to believe it. This quote hits home. I need this reminder!

Preceding this page she explains that CNN asked her about “mommies and politics” and she responded that she “thought it was a little condescending for anyone to call me ‘Mommy‘ unless they‘d personally come out of my ‘lady garden.‘” I concur. #garden #letstraveljuly

I wanted to love this book and even thought I would because I love her Blog but just couldn't get through this one. And its not because I don't understand mental illness but everyone experiences it differently. I just felt there was more ramble than I could take. It had its moments but not enough for me. So I quit at Chapter 28 with 2 hours and 44 minutes. I can see why so many people love it but it just wasn't for me.

“ But I don‘t want to be a grown up,” I screamed from a vaguely fetal position in the corner of the office.”

Just before reading this, my doctor told me to stop eating cheese. I've already given up beer. So not cool.

I've had this for awhile and am just starting to listen to this on Audible. I hope I enjoy it and that there is something I can takeaway from it.
And playing with watercolors while I listen.

This book has me laughing so hard I am crying #fuckingfunny 😂😂😂

#happy #happyweekend

#songsofsummer @Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks @OriginalCyn620
#Happy

#SongsOfSummer I just finished reading Furiously #Happy the other day, and really enjoyed it!
@Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks @OriginalCyn620

Seeing my bookshelves makes me #Happy!! I‘m definitely out of space and need some more!!

#SongsofSummer

Books with #happy in the title. I‘ve only read the tagged book. #songsofsummer

I like the sense of humor with which Jenny Lawson talks about her struggles with illness. Some of these stories are absolutely hilarious!
#NewYearWhoDis @monalyisha @Maria514626
#LitsyAtoZ #F @BookishMarginalia

352

“THE OTHER DAY I HAD INSOMNIA AND I MADE MY CATS A #WATER BED OUT OF A ZIPLOC BAG AND A SHOEBOX. THEY POPPED IT WITH THEIR CLAWS AND THEY ALMOST DROWNED. THEN I TRIED TO PUT BABY SOCKS AROUND THEIR FEET BUT THEY KEPT PULLING THEM OFF SO I TRIED WRAPPING RUBBER BANDS AROUND THE SOCK HEMS AND THEN MY HUSBAND WOKE UP...” #QuotsyMay19

Bit late but here goes...
1. Butter with a bit of sugar or salt. 2. Stealing Beauty 3. True Blood series 4. Red wine. 5. I had wine of course. A glass and a half on what was supposed to be an alcohol free day.
@marleed

This definitely was a re-read, but I enjoyed it immensely again! Lawson‘s open, honest and very very funny style make this an easy read about a hard subject. I would definitely read more from her (I have read her first book too) as she‘s so engaging. And the kinds of tangents she goes off on are entirely relatable!

1. So funny
2. My son got his Red belt in Hapkido 😁😍
3. Mexican!
4. I have 6
5. 💗💗
#friyayintro @howjessreads

1. Funny but also deep and moving
2. Looking forward to my fundraiser and movie night at the fairgrounds tomorrow.
3. American 🍔🌭🥩🍗🍕🍟
4. I think 17+
5. 💙💜💙💜💙
#FriyayIntro @howjessreads

1. Furiously Happy is hilarious.
2. I got an offer for an in person interview for a full time job.
3. Tacos, lol.
4. I think 15. It‘s a lot..
5. Love to! Best part of the Litsy week! @howjessreads #friyayintro

I am almost entirely certain that I‘ve read this before, and I‘m not much of a re-reader (too many books waiting to be read - story of all our lives, I think!) but something made me pick this up and I‘m really glad I did. It‘s funny and engaging, so it‘ll be a worthwhile second visit!!