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#JuneRoundUp

Ugh...I had such a good month in May and I feel like I bombed this month. Technically I only committed to 6 books for #ReadYourSign and I got those in, I had 13 books lined up and I‘m really bummed I didn‘t finish this challenge.

Here‘s hoping to a better and less “slumpy” July 🤞🏼

Tagged book was my favorite of the month and the only one I gave 5 stars 🌻

#ReadYourSign ♋️ Cancer Prompt 1 ♋️

I loved this far and away more than the first one. I really feel I‘ve gotten to grow with Johanna. I really love how this delved into experiences that a lot of women have faced. How it spoke to the me too movement. This book made me nod my head in agreement so many times. This is a book I‘d be proud to have a daughter read. Johanna is an icon and I‘m in love with her ❤️

#LitsyLove is the best!

Thank you @robinb for the birthday card 🙂

@madams421 your letter was a huge light to my day! Since I am off tomorrow I think that will be a perfect day to attempt your “me-day” challenge 🤗🤗

Still not done with this book! 😩 gonna try to finish before work.

Hope everyone‘s having a relaxing Saturday 🌻

Whew. Finally done and now I only have an hour and a half left of my shift. Lots of #LitsyLove going out tomorrow!

Now to finish my book! 🌻

The accuracy here 💯

#wondrouswednesday

1. Water 💧

2. Her body and other parties more specifically the story Eight Bites - I wasn‘t expecting that punch in the gut but as someone who struggles to love herself that story hit me hard and was a wake up call

3. How To Be Famous - Caitlin Moran

@JoScho @madams421 @CaliforniaCay @Stacypatrice did u guys do this yet?

Found this at Dollar Tree the other day
#dollartreefinds

#Two4Tuesday. 1. Favourite book so far this year and 2. My favourite quote from that book.

1. "How to Be Famous" by Caitlyn Moran
2. Quote is image

@TheSpineView

Took me straight back to 1990s Britain. The writing is smart, bravely feminist, and hilarious. I did not realise this was a sequel to How to Build a Girl and that will be added to my TBR pile.

A hilarious, heartfelt, raw, and thoughtful exploration of sex and friendship and love. An excellent sequel! If How to Build a Girl was a love letter to rock music from the misfits who love it (which it was ONLY in part), then this is a love letter to Britpop from the girls who love it.

"A book is a beautiful, paper mausoleum, or tomb, in which to store ideas. To keep the bones of your thoughts in one place, for all time."

On to book 2 of the series. I hope I enjoy it as much as book 1 (which I absolutely loved)

⭐⭐⭐⭐

Genius. I want to read everything this woman has written.

I bloody loved this book! An excellent story which is very relevant in 2019. I‘m a bit sad that I‘d forgotten a lot of the previous story though. I‘m very excited to hear that How to Build a Girl is being made into a film - hope this one is too!

Photo is from when I saw Caitlin speak last Sunday on the first night of her tour. She was signing at the end and must have hugged hundreds of people after the show. Awesome!

I‘m really enjoying this so far. I‘m pretty sure I got quite far into ‘How to Build a Girl‘ and got distracted for some reason, so I might have to re-read that once I‘ve finished this one.

EDIT: Flicking through it, I‘ve definitely read HTBAG...it‘s been too long! I definitely need to re-read!

Morning reading with a Luna moth.

Very excited to meet Caitlin Moran last night and have her sign this! Awesome end to a crazy week! 👊😁

Very exciting times!! 👊

I‘m seeing Caitlin Moran tonight! Only booked my ticket this morning, but I‘m so bloody excited! Woohoo!

#UnpopularOpinion

Just did not like this one. I wouldn‘t have made it past 100 pages (who are we kidding? 50 pages) if it were not my book club pick. The scene where Dolly/Joanna/Jo/Dutchess stands up for herself partially redeemed the story for me, but overall I found it flat.

Mallory talked about this book and author on an episode of @ReadingGlasses and since I think she is amazing and we have similar tastes, I got it from the library. It‘s the story of a teenage music critic who finds her true voice through unrequited love and one terrible sexual experience. It was wonderful and empowering and just laugh out loud funny. The character development and growth was just so lovely. Highly recommend

Finished this one a few days ago. Loved it! A brilliant sequel to How to Build a Girl. I love the characters, they all have such a unique voice and are so real. As with everything Caitlin Moran it was hilarious but also heartbreaking at times. But for most of it I had a massive smile on my face! 😃 I‘m so glad to hear they‘re turning How to Build a Girl into a film! 😃

How have I not been listening to Joni Mitchell these last 37 years? Thank you, John Kite, for giving the Walkman to Dolly Wilde on the flight to NYC.

I will regret this in the morning.

IT IS DONE. The readathon, not the book. I feel pretty good about it. I finished with an hour to spare, and I don't have a raging headache. I am really into this book now that I've picked it back up, but I think I'll set it down until tomorrow. Thanks for the laughs and tears, Dolly Wilde! #24in48

I'll take a martini, please...'They set fire to tomorrow, to make tonight glorious.' 🍸🍸🍸 #24in48

I actually started this book last December, and I can't remember why I put it down. Back to it! I met the author last year, she's rad. Also, I have officially reached the point of the readathon where I am soooo happy to stop reading so I can do dishes and make dinner. That doesn't happen very often, folks. #24in48

One sick kid, one missed baby shower, two books finished! Loved this one. I‘m not surprised, it was just great, as expected. Some fantastic scenes, well worth reading for every scene featuring Suzanne. That is all. #24in48 @24in48

Next up! #currentlyreading

I absolutely loved the first one How to Build a Girl. Moran is hilarious and original and I love reading her writing!

I‘m breaking from this (redacted) fantastic book to finish knitting a baby sweater and watch Abducted in Plain Sight but I just wanted to say that if you haven‘t read How to Build a Girl or How to be Famous, then you should. Probably right now. Johanna Morrigan wants to be someone else, so she reinvents herself as music journalist Dolly Wilde. It‘s London in 1994 and I can‘t get enough. But this baby sweater calls 😭

Current bus read and my my my... Dolly just did something that made cringe. Girl... you need to get your shit together.

“Those are the kind of boots that could make a man dizzy.” - god I love this book. I‘ve highlighted too many passages and I don‘t really want it to end. Also don‘t really want to take this tree down, but such is life and we can‘t have nice things.

Best books read in 2018 Fiction - Part 1

The 90‘s were obviously the best decade for music (🤪), so I can‘t wait to rip into this one! I just completed my reading challenge, but I might squeeze this one in depending on how deft I am at avoiding family.

Yes! Yes! Yesss!!!
I didn't know until after I'd finished this that it was a sequel. It works perfectly as a stand alone and I'm so excited to read what is now "the prequel" for me.
Caitlin Moran forever!

I like spending time in Caitlin‘s world. I heard this is planned trilogy. Hopefully the last book is out sooner than later.

I enjoyed this better than How to Build a Girl but I still found it a bit of a lot down. The ending felt a little too rushed but it was a fun romp into the Mid-1990s Britpop scene.

Perfect book after a long day - laugh out loud funny recreation of Britpop 1990s. I don't want to to end.

I adore Caitlin Moran!

I couldn‘t wait any longer to buy this one 😂

I thought How to Build a Girl was hilarious and thoughtful so I cannot wait to continue the story 😊

(Also can‘t wait for the film! 😆❤️)

While not as fun as How to Build a Girl, this follow up was still a smart, humorous look at growing up in the 90s. In this book, Johanna learns that girls do have a voice and learns to listen to her own. With more maturity, she finds greater strength as she struggles through some interesting challenges. Available on #hoopla.

I thoroughly enjoyed tearing through this sequel to the excellent How To Build A Girl in the space of a few days. How To Be Famous is a hilarious and sad love letter to teenage girls, music and fighting back in the face of disaster, all set at the time that Britpop first exploded onto the scene. As someone who had posters of all of the 90s boy/indie bands on my teenage bedroom walls, it was also quite a nostalgic read!

I was not very successful last week with my #weeklyreads so only one change. Hoping to do better this week. #readinggoals #currentlyreading

The 90s riot grrl in me loves Caitlin Moran. She‘s crude, funny, and 100% relatable. This book made me laugh, and the ending had me in tears! The whole experience made me ache inside. Honestly, I‘m a little sad it‘s over.