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Listening to this one today! 🎧 ❤️

Finished this one and felt a little “preachy” to me 🤷🏻‍♀️

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Happy Saturday!! I‘m currently listening to the first two and reading the physical copy of Ashes!

#WeekendReads

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What a wonderful time. ☺️ While the 'choose your own adventure' format is somewhat modified for the audiobook, I love how it was done, and I would not want to pass up the chance to listen to Neil Patrick Harris narrating the majority of the book. The little missives from friends and acquaintances peppered throughout are in a different narrators voice, but they're almost more hilarious for being read in a deadpan 'straight-man' style 1/?

I‘m on a roll with the tough memoirs of horrible lived experiences. This is a topic I had little to no knowledge of prior to reading this book: the oppression of the Uyghur people in China. Izgil, an intellectual, recalls his life under strict rule with lyrical writing, a sharp contrast to what he calls and his family endured. Constantly scared of reprimand, never knowing who may sell them out for owning the wrong book. Unbelievable but real.

Eve Babitz was a whole vibe and you can feel the way Anolik is drawn to her (first through Eve's writing but ultimately in a desperation to tell Eve's story). There's sex and celebrity here, sure, but there's also a great deal about how we make and live our art.

I picked this book up a long time ago because I‘m a fan of The Moth podcast. However, reading the stories in print just doesn‘t have the same impact as hearing the story told aloud. The stories from “regular people” were definitely more impactful to me than the stories from celebrities. Also, the people included are unfortunately kind of dated—Louis CK in particular. I think this was ok enough to place in my nearest Free Little Library.

1-7-25: My 3rd book of 2025! My 3rd memoir in a row. Thankfully, this one was written by someone who is alive and well and happy. Jane Lynch is a funny lady, I was first introduced to her on Glee and then I backtracked into all her movie appearances. She never ceases to crack me up with her wild antics. She has had a very interesting life so far. A few low points but nothing too dramatic. This was just a nice read compared to the last two.

“The important thing about Margaret Wise Brown is that she wrote books.“

Step into the whimsical world of Margaret Wise Brown, the trailblazing author behind Goodnight Moon. In The Important Thing About Margaret Wise Brown, Mac Barnett and Sarah Jacoby deliver an imaginative biography that celebrates the life of a woman who lived and wrote with boldness and curiosity. Filled with humor and heart, this book is a fitting tribute to an author whose stories continue to inspire generations of readers.

The Important Thing About Margaret Wise Brown is a quirky, heartfelt homage to the legendary children‘s author. Mac Barnett‘s clever and poetic writing captures the essence of Brown‘s creativity and unconventional life, while Sarah Jacoby‘s tender illustrations evoke a sense of wonder and nostalgia.