Running with Scissors: A Memoir | 
so-soThis is a difficult book because it's packed full of trauma, serious mental illness, and horrifying malpractice. It seems a little weird to me that this book is classified as humor. Nothing about the writing style is funny. It's just matter-of-fact, which is how my husband talks about his trauma, so I'm used to people talking about trauma like that. It makes me feel like this implies that serious mental illness is funny.
🍂August was ROUGH.
🍂Family situations are TOUGH.
🍁But the leaves are about to show us how lovely it is to let things go…..
#GoodbyeAugust #HelloBERmonths #IamanAutumnSoul
Homeward bound!
I brought 4 books with me this trip and only finished one. I normally read so much when I travel 🧳 but this work trip had long days and nights! So little reading time 📖🕰.
So airport and plan reading it is!
It‘s been a busy few days on my work trip , but finally able to have a little bit of time to myself tonight to curl up in my Jammies and read. Starting #lmpbc book tonight. Last one for this round. @Tianarose @StillLookingForCarmenSanDiego @TheKidUpstairs @suvata
so-so3.5 / 5 for this memoir. Lots of difficult stuff. Was going to post a different chapter title, but this one is less offensive.
pickWhat a crazy memoir. I do not understand how this psychiatrist kept his license for so long. I guess I have to watch the movie now!
I finished my pick for #lmpbc . Wasn't expecting it to be such a quick read. Looking forward to seeing what my group thinks of it. @Tianarose @TheKidUpstairs @DinoMom
pickIt is unbelievable how some people grow up. This wasn‘t an easy book to read, but I enjoyed it as much as you can “enjoy” memoirs about difficult life experiences. This was my #DoubleSpin pick for May. @TheAromaofBooks
so-soI....don't even know what I just read.
It's raw and edgy but also horrific and completely nonsensical. I have to wonder... who the hell gave this Dr a degree and what kind of people live like this? Normalizing teenaged adulthood, free living at any age and blatant pedophilia just freezes my blood. Dark humour is by design but I really don't get it. The cult following for this book is unreal and I have to wonder if there is something I'm missing?
HATE is a strong wrong, so here are #3Books ....I panned 😜Although the tagged book and middle book DROVE ME NUTS
I bailed on Liar....it‘s TERRIBLE😖
@FantasyChick sent me magnetic bookmarks and I have used them to solve the problem of wanting to comment in the #LPMBC book but also not wanting to stop reading to do it!
I just stick one of those book marks in the spot pointing to the paragraph or word and move on! Later I go back and put the comments in.
Many thanks!
Got a start on the book yesterday. No comment here....just huh.
@BookishTrish @Andrea4 @ShelleyBooksie
Do not be deceived, this is NOT hilarious, or funny as indicated by the back cover. This is a wry but well told accounting (if true?) of the author's teenage dysfunctional life. I chuckled once, and was just overall surprised at the horrid situation the author survived. The writing was entertaining, he certainly keeps the pace but I'm skeptical of it's truth; it's just too nuts. Know going in this is a fast read but certainly not for humor sake.
so-soThis book was half fascinating and half deeply disturbing. Book 3 of 5 for #MarchUnshelfing @Clwojick
I can‘t believe I haven‘t read this memoir before or that there are families this crazy amongst us. Then again, after having read books like, ‘The Glass Castle‘ and ‘Educated‘ I shouldn‘t be entirely surprised. Despite the harrowing circumstances of his youth, Burroughs tells his story with humor. Out of curiosity I added the memoir by his older brother (‘Look Me in the Eye‘) to my tbr.
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What a bizarre, wild ride this book was!
I guess that‘s kind of the point?
There were cringeworthy moments.
There were raised eyebrows moments.
For at least 3/4 of it I was scratching my head & wondering if it was going to be a “bail” book for me,I just couldn‘t see where it was headed.
But the character development (especially listening to the audiobook companion) is what kept me going until the end.
I would say it was worth it.
I don‘t think I‘ve ever experienced waiting throughout almost the entirety of a book to understand what the title is all about...anyone else ever have this happen and feel a tad bitter about it?
so-soRunning with Scissors by Augusten Burroughs has been on my TBR for three years, I found it at our library. I can see how things may be considered funny but to me the story was about a boy with a delusional mother, abusive father, and a quack of a doctor with a predator in his fold.Running with Scissors by Augusten Burroughs was interesting, and I finished it quickly. It‘s not a book I‘ll re-read, and not one I‘d be comfortable recommending.
This quote popped up on my IG feed (as an ad for a jumper - which is hilariously off base for me) but I really liked the quote - and wanted to know where it came from... google to the rescue!
woke up dried out and grumpy 😾 terrible sleep. made the tea extra sweet this morning and had a urge to revisit this memoir and i‘m glad i did, i forgot how funny and campy this book is and a bit unbelievable at times
Funny, I bought this at a little bookstore near Amherst... I didn't realize until I started it that it's set in that area!
Trying to keep the brain on vacation awhile.
This will be book 6 of my year. I remember reading his book Magical Thinking and absolutely adoring the crap out of how honest a writer he is. So I definitely think I will enjoy this one.
Still working away at this one. Very interesting, but sometimes have to set it down when I get overwhelmed by the fact it is a memoir and not fiction. Some truly bizarre things happening - and that is in *addition* to the downright abusive elements.
Enjoying my coffee with it this morning though. And FYI, Margaret Atwood has her own bird friendly coffee that supports the Pelee Island Bird Observatory in Ontario (Canada, not California 😅)
Some honeycrisp apple tea is a perfect compliment to a drizzly afternoon spent reading. And seriously, rain and not snow for New Year's Eve?!! I thought I lived in Canada - this is just unacceptable
Nothing reminds me more of the holidays/New Year's than snowflakes, glitter, and dysfunctional families. This should be a good one to read over the next few days #holidaydysfunction #familytradition 🤣
pickI give this book and this author a 5 star rating. It was a super book and it was hilarious. It has actually inspired me to write my own memoir because if his book was that funny then mine would be hilarious!🤣 I have no idea what it was about this book but it really brough4 me back and it reminded me a lot of my child hood in ways. I read this book the first time when I went to prison for the first time.
The best book I have read in a really long time.
How in world have I never read this before?
I HATED this book. But it's been to long to remember the details. Haha
#crimesagainstcovers @ErinSueG
Coincidence? I think not.
Just one of my lovely finds walking around Portland. They are so in your face pro-read I love it here! Not nearly as much time to read on vacay but I squeezed it in on busses and street cars. 🚋🚌
#MemoirMonday!! What's your favorite memoir and why should everyone read it?? 📖📚 Mine is #AugustenBurroughs #RunningwithScissors
Finish anything amazing over the weekend? ✔️
#memoirmonday #manicmonday #mondaymadness
pickRunning With Scissors is a memoir that is Elequal parts horrifying and hysterical! Reading this book is a little bit like driving by an accident that you don't want to see but can't help staring at! #3 of #13Books13Weeks & #mountTBRchallenge
The amazing @Cinfhen is having a #ShelfSpaceGiveaway - look at these gorgeous titles - open to everyone! I am hoping to win #5 fingers crossed.
panI disliked this book intensely. In my opinion there was nothing humorous here only criminal. Regardless if this was 100% authentic or even 1% true it was beyond deplorable. I‘m not easily offended or scandalized but this story was so outrageous , I received zero entertainment from it. I‘m sickened that the author had such a traumatic childhood (real or imagined)**The “Finch‘s” filed a law suit for defamation & a settlement was reached**
Started this awhile ago but wasn‘t feeling it however it caught my eye, so here I go #RoundTwo! Has this been proven to be all true or is it embellished???
#funhouse makes me think of one of my favorite memoirs, RWS. Although I wouldn‘t really classify the Turcotte home as “fun”.
I‘ve loved Burroughs ever since I read this book. He has such a dry but witty voice and He is at the top of my list of authors I would love to meet. On the flip side, the Turcotte family was devastated by the publication of this book. If you haven‘t read the Vanity Fair article about them, do it! #getmovin
I scanned the male faces, looking for a potential boyfriend. My standards were high: anyone who looked back at me. Nobody did.
so-soI can't properly describe my feelings about this book. I can't say if I liked it or if I found it too all over the place for my taste. I can't say if I found it hilarious or extremely sad. All I can say for sure is this: if this is indeed a true story, this is one f***ed-up world we live in.
Spotted on Twitter: “LOVING this story...and the writing is so sleek and gorgeous. Reading slowly because this is a Master Class in fiction.” Color me gobsmacked and grateful. I love the work of Augusten Burrroughs so his tweet about THE FLIGHT ATTENDANT will have me smiling a long, long time. Thank you, Augusten. Truly honored. @doubledaybooks @PRHLibrary #russia #thriller #tequila (much)
She always wore lipstick, even if she was only cleaning turkey off the ceiling - something that needed to be done on a frequent basis.
🤣This book is full of funny, quirky quotes 🤣
He had the loving, affectionate and outgoing personality of petrified wood.
