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For the movie buffs:
My brother and I were watching some action movie and there was a huge gun fight with dust and gun powder everywhere, and we were wondering why no one was sneezing. I said that would be a great scene for the next Boondock Saints. My brother says, without missing a beat, says “Boondock Saints 3: God Bless You“

It was so touching. Very interesting topic. It is so sad that Elizabeth sadly passed away and we cannot read new writngs from her.

This is not a bad book. I just don‘t want to read anything smacking of the real world right now. Maybe if I were in a better state mentally and emotionally I would learn something from this book. But as it stands, I‘m having a hard time getting into it. Back to fiction!

Ok I know I relate based on the title and the description. I had to look her up. 🤷🏻‍♀️

Memoir from the author about 2 years in a psychiatric hospital in the 1960s. It was a quick read so I finished it but was left feeling a bit nonplussed. I don't feel that I got any insight about the author at all, & I agree with another reviewer who says it all just feels rather empty. Most readers seemed to really like this one but whatever they saw, I just didn't connect with it. 2.5⭐

3.5/5 🌟

This started strongly with a compelling look at mental illness and the bond between twin brothers. However, the relentless misfortunes made the narrative feel forced and overly dramatic. An okay read overall.

1. I‘m tired. I didn‘t get enough sleep last night and I found another leak in my shower last night. Water is leaking through the shower floor and it created a hole in the grout. My mom thinks it has something to do with the shower drain when the contractors built the shower.

2. Tagged! The teen girl in this book has depression so her mom makes her a cake for 100 days to make her feel better. I liked this book.

#mentalhealthmonday

Do you want to know what madness feels like? Or maybe you already do, but seeing your experience reflected in a modern classic might make you feel less alone or give you a new perspective? The Bell Jar is a complex, vivid, and beautifully, painfully wrought masterpiece, at turns scathingly funny, uncomfortably ugly, blazingly honest, and unbearably real. If you‘ve worked hard, followed the rules, only to realize it‘s all phony, this is for you.

#readingbracket2025 Thank you, @CSeydel 🤗

February: THE BELL JAR
So far: THE CRUELEST MONTH