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I listened to the audiobook whilst art-making and quickly realised I'd have preferred a print copy, all the better to savour her marvellous writing.

Be warned, it is rage-inducing: how the medical establishment "treated" her endometriosis as a mental illness and the appalling suffering she endured as a consequence is deplorable, disgusting and, I fear, hardly an isolated case. (And God help those women who aren't as articulate as she was!)

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One of my favourite writers

Hanging with my TBR bookcase this weekend 📖📚

The first book is the best and gets quite amusing with family moving to Vermont and dealing with an old house, quirky people, etc. The kids are very unique! The second one gets a little boring towards the end. I‘d say just read the first one. Sort of like Erma Bombeck.

• I know this one is going to break my heart. I just hope it puts it back together. •

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This was a beautifully illustrated memoir that dives into the reality of living in a world that was created without you in mind. A world that doesn't care to understand or accommodate your pain in a way that makes any sense at all. The wonderful feeling when you're surrounded by people who help lift the burden and discover life's small joys with you.

I'm not a very good listener and bought the print edition so I could follow along or reread a little. I'm getting the reading bug back little by little, but it's slow. I found Case's stories relatable and close to home. The stories could have stood on their own with fewer metaphors and similes. #tacoma

One I should have skipped. Romolini claims to be a workaholic in this, which may be true, but it didn‘t seem that way to me, as the reader. She discusses issues at work and how she doesn‘t get along with certain coworkers in the fashion/trend-making publication she works for. Then goes on to discuss starting a family. I can‘t recommend, but it wasn‘t horrible. Just didn‘t add much to the genre which has plenty of these types, often done better.

Halfway through 2025 round-up!

I‘ve had a super strong non-fic year. I‘ve read so much that I‘ve loved. 36% of my books have been NF. Here are my favorites:

1. Giving Up the Ghost by Hilary Mantel
2. Eight Bears by Gloria Dickie
3. Bite by Bite by Aimee Nezhukumatathil
4. The Witching Year by Diana Helmuth
5. The Anthropocene Reviewed by John Green (audio)

Titles tagged below!