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"It's hard to know what to say. It's easy to say the wrong thing."

"I want to hate the pain without hating my life for having pain in it." ⚡⚡⚡

really enjoying rereading this one 📖

A very insightful collection of essays about the experience of living with chronic pain. Huber uses different essay forms to discuss parenting with pain, how to describe pain (and the inability of a scale to convey “pain” to her medical team), what it is like to be a patient with chronic pain without access to coordinated care, negotiating a partnership (emotional and physical) with a lover, and how her writing changes depending on her pain level.

I read this last week and absolutely loved it. It was a great look at a life of chronic pain, specifically for a woman. At times I could relate because of my own mental issues - depression and anxiety - but at others it was informed to see the stark difference between the two. Unfortunately, the main similarity seems to be how little respect they get. #READATHONESSAYS

I finished this one a few weeks ago & wrote a review on Goodreads but completely forgot to post about it here, so instead of trying to sum up my thoughts I'm just going to say that I absolutely loved it & post a link to my longer review if you're interested in hearing more of my thoughts you can check that out
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books read in February = 30

rereads = 8
graphic novels = 4
collections of poetry = 8
nonfiction = 6
audiobooks = 3

books, tea, & donuts make for a great combination 📖🍩🍵📚
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I read a great review of this the other day on bitch media & the cover really caught my eye so I decided to request a review copy on NetGalley - which I hardly ever do - and I was so excited to see my request got approved that I decided to start it this morning, I already am in the middle of a bunch of books right now but what's one more right 📖
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