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AllDebooks
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Happy International Women's Day 💖

IuliaC Happy Women's Day! 3w
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Cazxxx
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Balibee146 Love this! Stacked by this 54 year old! 3w
Cazxxx @Balibee146 Hope you enjoy! 3w
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TrishB
Wayward | Dana Spiotta
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Bailedbailed

70 pages in. As a woman feeling many of these things at a certain age in life I really thought I would like this. But Sam‘s response to feeling like this is to be able to move out of the family home (not a spoiler) and just buy another house- helped by the family savings.
No mention of privilege etc. Just like that‘s what most people can do. Whether that‘s addressed later I don‘t know but I can‘t bear anymore.

Ruthiella It isn‘t ever really addressed. Spiotta just lays it all out there and the reader decides how much empathy they feel for Sam, who is portrayed “warts and all”. You were probably right to bail! 4w
squirrelbrain Meh, might not bother with this then! 4w
TrishB @Ruthiella thanks 👍🏻 think you can probably tell I didn‘t have much empathy. 4w
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TrishB @squirrelbrain some people loved it. I wouldn‘t rush though. 4w
sarahbarnes I liked it, but this is a very fair critique. I think for me it felt like a nice escape story. 4w
quietlycuriouskate Ugh! 🙄 4w
BarbaraBB Oh man… I‘ve been thinking I‘d like it too. Will temper my expectations 😇 4w
CarolynM Striking this one off my list, then☹️ 4w
Caroline2 Meh. That‘s disappointing esp as I have the hardcover edition 🙄 4w
Caroline2 I doubt it. I hate unacknowledged privilege. 😒 It‘s bad enough these people are so wealth but when they take it for granted…. 😑 3w
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Eggs
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Pickpick

If you‘ve ever travelled in a car with no seatbelts, or if you are at last embracing your graying hair; this book might be for you…Hilarious essays about the over-50 phase of life -“Aren't you proud that you know how to use a dial phone? That you lived a whole, full life without a digital device in your pocket?”
#Sharreadathon Day 2
#JoyousJanuary Readathon Day 9
#ReadAway2024

ChaoticMissAdventures My friends and I were just talking about how we are so grateful we were able to dance through the 90s so much less self conscious because there was no one videoing us. The nostalgia is so real. 2mo
Susanita Gray hair, don‘t care! 2mo
Texreader Me. 2mo
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DieAReader 🥳Fantastic! 2mo
Eggs @ChaoticMissAdventures 🙌🏻🙌🏻 2mo
Eggs @Susanita Agree 👍🏼 2mo
Eggs @Texreader 🩷 2mo
Eggs @DieAReader 💙🩷💛 2mo
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jdiehr
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Pickpick

I had this on my Kindle for ages and am glad I finally read it.

This is a laugh out loud collection of essays about a woman of a certain age who still sees herself as a twenty-something. I can certainly relate!

@dabbe When you posted a review of another of her books the other day, I vaguely remembered having this 😄 She's now officially on my radar!

dabbe She is an absolute hoot! And I love her reminiscing about the 70s-80s ... the Gen X Generation! 🤩😍🤗 3mo
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Jen2
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Pickpick

Very good!

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britt_brooke
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Pickpick

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ My first, but not last, Laurie Notaro (nope, no relation to Tig). I don‘t usually offer comparisons but this is giving toned-down Helen Ellis and Jenny Lawson vibes. Funny personal essays are one of my favorite things to read, especially on audio, even better with a cohesive theme. The notion of “Midlife Mayhem” is more relatable that I‘d like to admit …

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quietlycuriouskate
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Mehso-so

Rating this a so-so as I'm unsure at this point how useful it will turn out to be. I welcomed the perspective of menopause as a rite of passage, which grants it a dignity that the usual medical model does not. But. In the absence of addressing the physical aspects, is it all a bit hippy-dippy? Time will tell. I am now clearer as to where I am in my own process (i.e still in the preliminary skirmishes). Might read it again further down the line.

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TheBookHippie
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Awe. ☹️

Kappadeemom Awwww, this makes me sad 5mo
Deblovestoread Just saw this…😞 5mo
Bookwormjillk Oh no! 5mo
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JenReadsAlot Awww that's sad. 5mo
angieinwonderland Awe 😔. She would have been 77 tomorrow. 5mo
Roary47 🥺😭 5mo
gossamerchild Wow, that's so sad. F**k cancer :-( 5mo
dabbe 😢 “Come and knock on our door ...“ 5mo
RamsFan1963 I remember having her poster on my wall as a teenager (along with Farrah Fawcett and Cheryl Ladd). She was so sexy, but also so sweet and funny. 5mo
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TheDaysGoBy
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Pickpick

Finished this up on my lunch hour. It was recommended to me by my gynecologist. I‘m in my mid-thirties but have a history in my family of early menopause. I‘d asked my doctor what sort of things I could be doing now to get ready and she pointed me to this book. Extremely strong feminine voice that could be a little off putting at times but lots of good info!

#litsylovereads #catsoflitsy

dabbe Hello there, purr-fectly sweet kitty! 🖤🐾🖤 6mo
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