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It was interesting to learn about Wilson‘s background. She was willing to be vulnerable and exposed, but it is compelling & helps the reader be firmly on her side.

#BookSpinBingo @TheAromaofBooks

I really enjoyed this book. Mara Wilson opens up about her life, not only as a childhood actor, but also as an adult trying to determine who she is and where she belongs.

I really enjoyed this memoir/series of essays by Mara Wilson- and she narrates the audiobook herself. I loved her in movies like Mrs. Doubtfire and Miracle on 34th Street, and she will forever be my idea of Matilda. Grown up Wilson sounds nothing like little Mara, which is kind of the point of the book.

Loving this! #audiobook

I really enjoyed this memoir by a child actor that I liked when I was younger. I loved Matilda (still do actually) and always wondered where she ended up. She has dealt with so much more than I ever imagined and am glad she is still creating.

We arent responsible for our thoughts, we are only responsible for what we do with them.

In the end, every moralist is a hypocrite.

Last line: I was home.

First line: A few years ago, I found a video of myself on YouTube.

Loved reading this one! She seems so down to earth and i like that she shared her real problems like anxiety, fitting in etc. I loved her in Matilda so I was very excited to see what she has been up to since she has been out of the spotlight.

Puppy cuddles & i cant reach my book 🙄

Lunch break. Enjoying this one, as I knew I would.

Book 2 of 2020
#tbrlist

This was my book by/about someone someone who identifies as neurodiverse for the #ReadHarder challenge. In it Mara Wilson speaks candidly about her OCD, depression and anxiety amidst the ups and downs of being a child star. The essay about Robin Williams was very touching. This picture is of my VERY confused Christmas cactus that‘s currently blooming.

Nope. Too sad. Too heavy. Plus breast cancer. Nope.

This has been my favourite book of 2019 (at least so far!) I felt I could relate to so much of this, despite the huge differences between Mara & I. I shed a few tears during different parts & found myself reflecting on my own teenage experiences with friends, other girls & boys.

I enjoyed listening to the audio book version. Mara is easy & entertaining to listen to. I wouldn‘t be surprised if this ranks as one of my top books of 2019! 😁

This book has been sensational so far! So close to finishing.

It‘s freezing here in Manhattan - I‘m in the office with a skeleton crew holding down the fort, grateful it‘s pretty quiet & I can get some time logged in this audiobook, as two of my other holds came through last night...

Photo is of some street art a few blocks from my office. 🌈

Enjoying every second of this so far!

WELL, Mara‘s letter to Matilda made me cry a bit.

This has been a great book to listen to so far.

#memoir #matilda #marawilson

Spent an hour cleaning out papers and listening to this tonight. I LOVE Mara Wilson both as an actor when she was young and a writer now, so I‘m really enjoying it.

#memoir

Growing up in the 90s means I‘ve seen Matilda and Mrs. Doubtfire more times than I can count so I was curious about where Mara Wilson ended up. There were some good stories but nothing special.

"...troubled boys, the kind who'd met their last girlfriends in a psych ward or wrote poems calling me 'sweet' but spelled it like 'sweat'."
I relate to so much Mara is saying but that line made me laugh so hard. A boy wrote that in my yearbook saying I was "so sweat". I was embarrassed thinking this poor boy while also thinking nooo this is going to be in my yearbook forever!!!!

I usually listen to podcasts but... My cell phone operator started an offer when you get one audio book for free each month... And there are original versions of books :) loving that!

Almost completely packed and the stack of books to shove into my backpack has grown a bit...

Long wait while Gambit is at the groomers so I‘m hanging out in Timmies and starting this one (Have I finished any of the other books I‘m reading? No but shhhh🤫) #currentlyreading

A beautiful and heart-felt collection of essays by former child actress Mara Wilson. She seems like such a genuine, awesome person and I really enjoyed reading about her experiences with stardom, growing up, OCD and being an artist.

These books will be travelling to my fellow #bookcrossing addicts next week!
I'm a fan of passing books on to new readers because they would just catch dust on my shelves.
Do you like to pass books on or do you prefer to keep them?
#bookstack

Best book in this stack was “Where am I now?“ btw!

#2018Book20
If you like Matilda, Mrs. Doubtfire, or Welcome to Nightvale, you'll love Mara Wilson's memoir. I highly recommend listening to her read it on audio. She talks about her experiences in Hollywood and the reasons she left. She's incredibly honest about her depression, anxiety, and other issues. I teared up a lot while listening to this book, but I full-on ugly cried through the whole chapter about Robin Williams. So prepare yourself.

I get almost all my nonfiction reading done with audiobooks, and memoirs read by the author are my favorite kind. This one is one of my favorites - not too sappy, or trying too hard to be funny, just genuine and interesting. #readingresolutions #memoir

Emergency run to the library after I just realized this was overdue!!! I am the queen of overdue fines!! Seriously the absolute worst at returning books on time. Ok quiz time, what movie did this gal play in? 😊

I absolutely loved this book!
The insights Mara gives into her life are fascinating. She delves into all sorts of things that are just a part of who she is, with each chapter telling a different story.
Fair warning though, the way the book is put together may be a little off putting for those who prefer their books to have more of a narrative flow, or even a chronological order. Mara doesn‘t do that here.

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Finished this one last night on the way to rehearsal. Overall, I really enjoyed this book. There was a point in the middle where it seemed like she was spending a lot of time on high school drama, but I have to admit that I could relate to her teenage anxieties about not being liked by boys. The whole book had an honest, sometimes self-deprecating tone, which I think is perfect for an audio memoir. This might even be one that's better on audio.

I've had this one on my TBR for awhile. I've enjoyed Mara Wilson in Welcome to Nightvale, which led to me reading some of her essays. I just started the audiobook yesterday and I'm really enjoying it so far. She does a good job of making her experiences feel relatable, particularly the stuff about puberty. I'm counting this toward the 2018 Read Harder challenge for the celebrity memoir task. #readharder2018

We're at a truck stop somewhere between Toledo and Milwaukee and I picked up a snack to have worth my audio book. Maybe the combination of Mara Wilson and sugar will keep me awake for the rest of the drive.

So the last book I finished would leave me in Oxford or Jordan College, but currently I'd be in either NYU Medical Center, a traveling carnival, Oyster Bay at Sagamore Hill, Allegheny Wells College killing a duck a day or deep space among neutrinos and photons. #schizophrenicreader
Thanks to @umbrellagirl for posting it!!!

I love this line form the book so much!
I‘m thoroughly enjoying Mara‘s style of writing. So much so, in fact, that I have powered on past my set book club guidelines, because I just didn‘t want to stop reading!

Fully ready to start reading my book for the #readingglasses read-a-long 😊😊😊

The start of my 2018 reading journey - finishing off what I‘ve begun (plus my Jan Readalong)
Because I plan to hit a reading goal of 50 books this year 👍

Listened to this on audio and LOVED it. Mara Wilson reads it herself. Did not expect to like it quite as much as it did but it really hit my heart. 5/5

From the title, I expected some pieces from her famous childhood then mostly essays about her current life as a writer. While these are present, there‘s also a fair amount of her high school years that I enjoyed less. I do find it interesting to see how child stars have managed the transition to adulthood and “normal” life. I can‘t imagine it‘s easy.

Pretty good, but wished she had included a bit more of her sass that she‘s notorious for. Most of the essays I enjoyed, a few I loved, and others just felt like high school drama. ⭐️⭐️⭐️1/2/5

I totally had a terrible hand-washing/germaphobe problem as a kid just like Mara. I‘d wash my hands 8 times in a row and count 60 seconds each round if something got on me that especially repulsed me, like dog saliva. My hands were like sand covered in nasty cuts from all the soap abuse. I still use handwashing as a “refreshing” technique and am slightly excessive, but I mostly grew out of the compulsion and am much more reasonable now.

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Yay! Been wanting to read this since it came out, and I managed to resist long enough for the hype to die down so I could check it out of the library. (I hate paying for stuff!) Can‘t wait to read it! Loved her when I was a kid, and now I continue to love her as an adult via her amazing, smart, and hilarious twitter page. ❤️

I feel so greedy, but I want more. ❤️

All I have for #fame today. I don't think it's easy to be a child star. Mara seems to be a pretty cool adult.

#SeptemBowie

The harshest criticism, I noticed, often seemed to come from other women. I didn't want to be that kind of woman, I decided; it wasn't right to hurt others in a way I'd been hurt. From then on, I vowed, I would never say anything negative about a woman's appearance. It had nothing to do with them as a person, and it wasn't something they could easily change. If I didn't want looks to matter, I would have to stop talking and acting like they did.

Here we have the makings of an all-night reading binge. Operation Break the Reading Slump is a go.

I haven't been reading much these past two months and I seriously need to change that for August because my bedside table & shelf are getting unruly. So let's say this whole stack is my #AugustMostAnticipated because I'm excited to read them all but just can't choose 🙈 #anditsaugust