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Licking Flames
Licking Flames: Tales of a Half-Assed Hussy | Diana Kirk
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Diana Kirk tosses her virtue into the wind in this series of essays about growing up and facing adulthood. Sex, drugs, and roadtrips fuel her search for real life. Kirk spins true stories of her extreme impetuousness with wit and a sassy "durdy" outlook. Her bodaciousness makes her a skilled storyteller.
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sprainedbrain
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I read this book for 2017 #readharder challenge for the micropress prompt. Yet another reason I love these challenges every year... I end up reading some great books that otherwise may not have even been on my radar.

A memoir of sorts, made up of short, wide-ranging essays, by a woman who has been a lot of places and done a lot of things. Kirk is smart, funny, and snarky, and this book is full of witty, quotable awesomeness.

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

Cortg The read harder challenge is my favorite. For the first time in 3 years, I may not finish though 😕 6y
sprainedbrain @Cortg I think I‘m going to finish that one for sure... it‘s my other ones I am worried about. 😳 6y
Coco I loved the read harder in 2016 but just could not get excited for the 2017 list. I‘m hoping to rejoin the challenge in January! 6y
Cortg I started 3 reading challenges and I‘m @ 80-90% through them all. I think 12 additional books for book club on top of the ones I really want to read is the problem. On the bright side, I‘ve read some excellent books both for the challenges and the book club so it‘s a win whether I finish or not 6y
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sprainedbrain
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I could pretty much quote this entire book. Diana Kirk might be my spirit animal. 😂

Texreader 😂😂😂 6y
JaclynW That's funny! 😆 6y
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sprainedbrain
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Well, ok then. 😂

SassyBookworm 🤣 love it!! 6y
Cupofjo 😂 6y
kspenmoll ❤️ 6y
Liz_M Nice! It should be a mandatory warning for all memoirs really. 6y
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sprainedbrain
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I will be reading this book for my #ReadHarder challenge this year... this is my choice for 'published by a micropress' prompt. Publisher is Black Bomb Books:

http://www.blackbombbooks.com

#AndItsAugust #IndiePresses

OrangeMooseReads Love the subtitle lol 7y
sprainedbrain @OrangeMooseReads isn't that great? 😂 7y
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andreadmw
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Just got home from a hectic day at work then watching The Originals season finale. Finishing Licking Flames then moving on to My Favorite Thing is Monsters to start out my #Litsypartyofone weekend!! @Ambrosnazzy

tpixie The Originals was good! Now have to wait forever for next season!! I miss having TV seasons August- May every year - then reruns in the summer! Wish Younger, Blacklist or Unreal would start back up!! 7y
andreadmw @tpixie I love the show but didn't love that finale. There were great moments. I might need to watch it again. Watched it with a friend who kept talking. We may not have reruns anymore but we have Hulu/Netflix/Amazon prime!! Orphan Black just started up again for me running through the summer. 7y
tpixie That's true! Netflix, etc is great! 7y
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andreadmw
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This! 🙌 who wasn't this girl in high school in the 80s?

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andreadmw
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Just started this.

So, I was working on several different reading challenges for the year, reading a book from each. Decided to switch my method and to focus on 1 at a time. I'm on the #bookriot #readharder now.

21 is a book from a micro press and found this gem at black bomb books. I kind of want to read everything this press has.