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Single, Carefree, Mellow
Single, Carefree, Mellow | Katherine Heiny
36 posts | 40 read | 38 to read
Katherine Heiny's work does something magical: elevates the mundane so that it has the stakes of a mystery novel, gives women's interior lives the gravity they so richly deserve and makes you laugh along the way Lena Dunham Mayas dog is dying, and she is planning to leave her boyfriend. On the whole she feels worse about the dog. Nina thought it might be difficult to summon the moral fortitude to have an extramarital affair with a Presbyterian minister living above the garbage, but she discovers that almost anything is possible. A teenager finds an affair with her history teacher too sealed off from the rest of her life, like the last slice of cake under a glass dome. These women are best friends, roommates and mistresses. They tipple and titillate, fantasize and fumble, worry and wander. They make poor choices in men and childrens magicians and wise choices in what to wear to meet their lovers wives. None of them are single (or carefree or mellow) but all are irresistible and all too familiar.
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Kazzie
Single, Carefree, Mellow | Katherine Heiny
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The stories were often the same - infidelity. One group of characters made three appearances- I enjoyed them. But the fat shaming and racism was unnecessary, say nothing of the underage sex

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Sharpeipup
Single, Carefree, Mellow | Katherine Heiny
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Thank you for the #readsinwater challenge. It motivated me to change my scenery for a bit & the cool water felt luxurious after all our recent humidity. #summerfun #bingo @StayCurious @4thhouseontheleft

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TheSpineView
Single, Carefree, Mellow | Katherine Heiny
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#AugustABC @Eggs
#MellowMom

I couldn't think of anything else. Seems one of the characters wants to be a mom if I remember it right.

Eggs 💗👏🏻🤗📚💗 5y
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Megabooks
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I‘m a licensed veterinarian, and I have never experienced this. Maybe with a dairy calf. Generally you use a mechanism with a trigger that delivers the medicine to the back of the tongue. 🤷🏻‍♀️🤷🏻‍♀️

Amie I grew up on a dairy farm and never saw this happen. Kind of a random thing to use as a comparison, too. 5y
Megabooks @amie Cool. 😁 Yeah, it‘s really random! 5y
Reviewsbylola You‘re a licensed veterinarian?! That‘s so cool! 5y
Megabooks @Reviewsbylola Thanks! ☺️☺️ 5y
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Lauren.Archer
Single, Carefree, Mellow | Katherine Heiny
Pickpick

Solid short story collection. The title story was so beautiful, also the other stories that also included Maya and Rhodes. I could real an entire book about them.

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Lauren.Archer
Single, Carefree, Mellow | Katherine Heiny
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New week, new short story collection.

KarenUK I love this cover 😍 6y
mrozzz Beautiful cover!! 6y
Kalalalatja What a great cover! 6y
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JennyM Some of these are hilarious 6y
KateFulfordAuthor If you need another recommendation, may I point you to my People‘s Book Prize nominated debut? Sassy female narrative, laugh out dialogue and a pacy plot. Check the link in the bio for 2 free chapters, reviews and more. 6y
KateFulfordAuthor If you need another recommendation, may I point you to my People‘s Book Prize nominated debut? Sassy female narrative, laugh out dialogue and a pacy plot. Check the link in the bio for 2 free chapters, reviews and more. @KarenUK 6y
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arlenefinnigan
Single, Carefree, Mellow | Katherine Heiny
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Cinfhen Haha! Some days I do too, but MOSTLY NOT😂 6y
Mdargusch I‘m so thankful I‘m not single. The cyber dating 🤦🏼‍♀️ 6y
Beckys_Books If I was single the dishes would rarely get washed. Must stay married! 6y
Reviewsbylola Hahaha I‘m so with @Cinfhen 6y
coreyastrom Her newer book, Standard Deviation, was great!! 6y
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LauraBeth
Single, Carefree, Mellow | Katherine Heiny
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I had to google Pigeon Lab. Which took me down a deep, dark rabbit hole of reading entire articles about the Harvard Pigeon Lab.🐦

LauraJ Whew! Glad you made it back out. 6y
LauraBeth @LauraJ 😅 This is what slows me down as a reader! I wish I could just read “pigeon lab”, acknowledge that I don‘t know what it is and move on from it! 6y
saresmoore I‘m the same way. Crime & Punishment is going to take ages. Especially since I now will be spending several minutes learning about the pigeon lab! 6y
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minkyb It seems reasonable to want to know! 6y
Kendra.Diane I am the SAME way. The book “allegedly” did that to me. I needed to know about alllll the stuff and the backstory! I ended up googling for hours learning about “baby jail” and then about maximum prisons. But hey, we‘d make good jeopardy contestants 6y
LauraBeth @minkyb I know! I had to spend a couple of minutes wondering if everyone on Earth knows about Pigeon Lab but me 😂 6y
LauraBeth @Kendra.Diane 😂😂 I‘m going to slowly back away from wanting to read Allegedly. I‘d do the exact same thing! 6y
RaimeyGallant I went on a hunt for 'dirty honey' last night. Still not clear if it's a thing. 6y
Kendra.Diane @LauraBeth it was a great book! Just ended up being a bit of a black hole of knowledge! 6y
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LauraBeth
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Married, uptight, anxious. Gonna read it anyway. 😀

DGRachel 🤣🤣🤣 6y
Prairiegirl_reading I‘m with ya, except I‘ve never heard of this book. Curious to know what you think. 6y
AlaMich Gray Cat makes a good reading helper, making sure your book don‘t up and float away... 6y
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britt_brooke 😆 6y
ReadingSusan Ha ha love the little kitty paw 💕💕 6y
UwannaPublishme 😂😂😂 6y
CarolynM Always good to see how the other half lives 6y
LeahBergen That‘s my tagline, too. 😆 6y
TNbookworm 😂 6y
Faibka Cute kitty paw 🐾😻 doesn‘t want you to open it 😆 6y
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ReadingGlasses
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A really lovely short story collection that was unexpected funny and sweet.
 @malloryomeara

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librarypoweruser
Single, Carefree, Mellow | Katherine Heiny
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Katherine Heiny's oneliners are cracking me up 😂

rubyslippersreads 😹😹😹 6y
suvata Meow 🐈 6y
LoLo_and_The_Dude 🤣😂😹😍😻 6y
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Fancypants
Single, Carefree, Mellow | Katherine Heiny
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Mehso-so

Finished this one between ALA sessions and free books :). And just feel meh. I mean I think the topic is something new and refreshing for how it's handled but just didn't blow me away with the writing. And one story came up a couple times which made the collection feel disjointed to me.

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kiminreverse
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Pickpick

I'm not a short story person, but have started reading and appreciating story collections within the past year. This is my new second favorite! The title story, which is about a dog and a relationship, may have been my favorite, but almost every one hits the mark. It was a great audiobook. Next up I plan to read #amanualforcleaningwomen.

#shortstories #audiobooks

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LiteraryReference
Single, Carefree, Mellow | Katherine Heiny
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When you're some of these things but not others

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nikirtehsuxlol
Single, Carefree, Mellow | Katherine Heiny
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$4 from the Dollar Tree! #bookhaul

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ashleyb1182
Single, Carefree, Mellow | Katherine Heiny
Pickpick

The thing that drives me crazy about short stories is that they just...end. With no ending. But I suppose if the only bad thing I have to say about these short stories in particular is that I wanted more of them, well then. I'd have to recommend that book.

nikirtehsuxlol Most short stories seem to do that. They're just a slice of life! (edited) 7y
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ashleyb1182
Single, Carefree, Mellow | Katherine Heiny

I can't decide how I feel about short stories, but eh. I'm reading them.

jess_mccoy That's one of my reading goals this year, to read short stories. I'll keep my eyes peeled for good recs. 7y
ashleyb1182 It was good! 7y
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Natasha.C.Barnes
Single, Carefree, Mellow | Katherine Heiny
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Racing the clock to finish this, my 20th book, in 2016.

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Mc_cart_ny
Single, Carefree, Mellow | Katherine Heiny
Pickpick

I think the best thing I can say is that this is a short stories collection and I liked it and would recommend, and I rarely like short stories! I listened to the audiobook and the narrators were great. I will warn that many of the stories are about adultery, which doesn't bother me but some people may not want to read about it. Also, the title story involves the death of a dog, or at least it seemed to be moving in that direction-I had to skip!

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Mc_cart_ny
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Late but here is my #shortstory for yesterday's #booktober. I'm slowly listening to Single, Carefree, Mellow. I'm not a big short stories fan, but I'm enjoying so far! Warning, the 3rd story has an elderly dog!! I had to skip...

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deefig
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Mehso-so

Lots of second person narrative...not my favorite thing. Most of the stories deal with marital strife... beware if that's a trigger for you.

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Moonpa
Single, Carefree, Mellow | Katherine Heiny
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Enjoying these short stories in between errands and chores and cringing a little when they hit too close to home. I didn't realize i had an audience until i took the picture!

Jazzper2 Like the picture of the little guy. 7y
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Poindextrix
Single, Carefree, Mellow | Katherine Heiny
Pickpick

I have all kinds of complicated feelings about this book. The writing is exquisite, but I found these stories hard to read. I remember in my adolescence having a conversation with a relative who said he didn't read books about adultery. I was taken aback. So many great books featured adultery! But as I've gotten older, I've grown less comfortable with the theme.
These stories are stark and real and complicated.
Also, CW for a dog dying...

Megabooks Yes! I found it difficult to read for those same reasons. The characters are anything but the title would lead you to believe. 8y
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Poindextrix
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I LOLd.

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Poindextrix
Single, Carefree, Mellow | Katherine Heiny
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In case there was any doubt about what I would choose.

BookishMarginalia 😻😻😻 8y
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Poindextrix
Single, Carefree, Mellow | Katherine Heiny
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So I want to go to the Philly #ReadHarder group meetup. But I also want to stay home and snuggle with the kitty and avoid SEPTA ridiculousness...

BookishMarginalia 😻😻😻 8y
bookishbunny Hmm, didn't know there was a Philly readharder group. But the SEPTA insanity is real. 8y
Poindextrix @bookishbunny they meet at Frankford Hall. And I live off of a trolley line, so there's extra levels of public transit frustration. 8y
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TorchlightReading
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Pickpick

You know that feeling when you read a book and can't forget about it? It doesn't matter how many books you read, this one sticks with you. And that would be Single, Carefree, Mellow. Beautiful.

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SarahK
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Pickpick

I'm not usually a fan of short stories, but this collection was really good!

Lindy Are you using it for the punctuation mark in title category? 8y
SarahK @Lindy yep, it has commas. 8y
Lindy @SarahK 👍 8y
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SarahK
Single, Carefree, Mellow | Katherine Heiny
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. . .because times are changing, and if you don't believe that, you haven't noticed how many people eat kale now.

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Megabooks
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Pickpick

4? Subtitled "The Amusing, Medium-Sized Book of Extramarital Affairs and Other Inappropriate Relationships" Overall fairly enjoyable.

ErickaS_Flyleafunfurled Ha! With that subtitle, I'm intrigued! 8y
Megabooks @ErickaS_Flyleafunfurled.com It's definitely a fun/funny collection. 😜 8y
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Megabooks
Single, Carefree, Mellow | Katherine Heiny
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I already shared my TBR yesterday, so I'll have to do a lunchtime quote, well two. This book is very quotable. The people aren't single, though. A lot of extramarital affairs going on!

OneLitChick It's a great collection of people making bad choices... 8y
Megabooks That is a fantastic way to describe it @OneLitChick 👊🏻😃 8y
Lindy Thanks for reminding me why I loved this book so much! 8y
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Megabooks
Single, Carefree, Mellow | Katherine Heiny
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I'm closing in on 500 books since April 2012 when I purchased my first Kindle. I'm at 493 right now. It took me 2 1/2 years to read my first 200, 16 months to read 200 more, and I've read the last close to 100 since 1/4/16. I'm getting faster! Plus cutting out TV helped! 😉

LauraJ Seriously impressed. 🙀 8y
Megabooks Thanks @LauraJ 😃 It's really my favorite hobby. Obviously. 8y
CherylDeFranceschi That's amazing! It's my favorite thing to do, too, but I'm under 50 for the YTD. 8y
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Ambam Get it, girl! 😆🙌🏻🎊 8y
OneLitChick Wow-wee! 8y
KateTheBookworm You're a rockstar! 8y
Megabooks Thank you @OneLitChick 😃 8y
Megabooks Thanks @KateTheBookworm 🤘🏻 8y
Chelsey Good job! 8y
Megabooks Thanks @Chelsey 👍🏻 8y
Gezemice Wow! That's amazing! 8y
Megabooks Thanks @Gezemice 😃 8y
LinaLovesLit That's awesome! 🤗 8y
Megabooks Thanks @Attila 👊🏻 8y
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sitandstayawhile
Single, Carefree, Mellow | Katherine Heiny
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poolside...

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halvorsen
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It could haunt you for months, even for years, the unknown reason, and take on a nearly mythical importance, until you forgot, or almost forgot, that the truly important thing was that someone you wanted to be with no longer wanted to be with you.