DebbieDowner

It's Not the End of the World | Judy Blume

While reading this book tonight with my stepdaughter, I couldn't help but react to this line. It struck a chord with me that I don't let many people in on. 😕
#sorrytobeadowner #debbiedowner #stronganyway ❤

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andrew61

Mirror, Shoulder, Signal | Dorthe Nors, Misha Hoekstra

#nofemmeber #debbiedowner
I had absolutely no idea who this character is so had to check on line. So whilst i don't think sonja necessarily fits the bill as Sonja is a middle age woman suffering from anxiety who is learning to drive but i fought I'd just mention it as a book of translated fiction that i really enjoyed this year.

Billypar I really like the title! And the character sounds like an interesting one to spend a novel with. 5y

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vivastory

Complete Poems of Emily Dickinson | Emily Dickinson

Emily Dickinson, the original #debbiedowner before it was cool to be emo.
#NoFemmeber
@Cinfhen @Billypar

LeahBergen God, I love her. But... I first discovered her in my own Debbie Downer days as an overwrought 16-year-old. 😆😆 5y

Billypar Yes she was...excellent choice! 😀 5y

batsy The original, the best 🙌🏽 5y

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Centique @LeahBergen @batsy amen to that 🙌 #EDforever 5y

Chrissyreadit 👏👏👏👏👏 5y

Cinfhen Hahahahaha 😂😂 5y

readordierachel Ha! So true. 5y

sprainedbrain Scott!!! Where have you disappeared to?!? 😃 5y

vivastory @sprainedbrain I started a new job last Monday that has kept me busy. How are you? 5y

sprainedbrain @vivastory oh I‘m fine... hope your new job is going well! 5y

vivastory @sprainedbrain it's a significant improvement over my most recent position! I haven't been this satisfied with my job in awhile. I've been busy, but it's not an irritating kind of busy. I actually thought of you today. I had been switching between several different books, not really able to get into any of them & I decided to read a #1001 selection

Moonstone

sprainedbrain @vivastory That‘s great news! If we have to work, it should at least be satisfying. Can‘t wait to hear what you think of Moonstone... I‘ve only read one Collins (The Woman in White, of course), but I loved it. I‘m reading/listening to a #1001books selection now, and will actually be glad when it‘s over. 😬 5y

vivastory @sprainedbrain This is my first Collins, but I'm loving it so far. What selection? 5y

sprainedbrain @vivastory I loved it at first, but it‘s really dragging now...

On the Road

vivastory @sprainedbrain I remember the middle dragging. It starts & ends strong, has trouble maintaining the initial excitement & transitioning. I will probably reread it at some point, just to see how it holds up with life experience. 5y

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Blaire

Pout-Pout Fish | Deborah Diesen

An adorable children‘s book about a fish who thinks he‘s destined to be a #debbiedowner but at the end gains a new perspective when another fish sees him in a new light. “I‘m a pout-pout fish with a pout-pout face so I spread the dreary-wearies all over the place.” #NoFemmeBer @Cinfhen @Billypar

rockpools Awww! That sounds fab 🐡! And your punk pumpkin's pretty amazing too 🙃. 5y

JoScho Glub glub glub 💙 5y

Jee_HookedOnBookz Mr daughter and I love this book! 5y

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Billypar Love it! And the author's name is 'Deborah' of course 😄 5y

UwannaPublishme 😁👍🏻 5y

Cathythoughts Very cute 5y

Cinfhen Sooooo cute!!! Hooray for children‘s books 🙌🏻 5y

Blaire @RachelO thank you! Target for the win on the pumpkin! 🎯 5y

Blaire @JoScho 😍 5y

Blaire @Billypar yes! I noticed that too. 😍 5y

Blaire @Jee_HookedOnBookz yes, my husband reads each sea creature with a different voice and my kids love it. 5y

Blaire @Cathythoughts @UwannaPublishme @Cinfhen thanks!! It is an adorable book. 5y

Jee_HookedOnBookz @Blaire I bet! ❤️❤️ I do d same with my girl too! 😁 5y

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Centique

Challenger Deep | Neal Shusterman

#nofemmeber #debbiedowner

In the book I just finished there‘s a character that fits this prompt and she‘s in charge of team morale!

But let‘s also give a cheer for the #debbiedowner They have something to say that other people don‘t want to hear but they say it anyway. ✊✊

Cinfhen, Billypar

Billypar True- it's unwise to dismiss the downers! 👍😞 5y

batsy I'm always cheering for #TeamDowner 😉 5y

Centique @batsy I figured we had that in common! 🙃 5y

Cinfhen Ha!!! You‘re the peppiest 🧡🧡🧡 5y

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britt_brooke

Idaho | Emily Ruskovich

DAY 9: The writing in this debut is so gorgeous, but that one inexplicable, gruesome moment is so fucked up. It totally ruined the book for me.

#debbiedowner #nofemmeber

Cinfhen, Billypar

Cathythoughts On my TBR ... interesting, my curiosity is up... 😬.. I think (edited) 5y

britt_brooke @Cathythoughts I‘m always curious to see what people think of this one. The writing really is impressive. 5y

Tove_Reads I‘ve been meaning to read it soon! 5y

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britt_brooke @Tove_Reads I‘d love to hear what you think when you do! 5y

BarbaraBB Which moment? I don‘t remember much of this book though I really liked it. 5y

britt_brooke @BarbaraBB The part where the mom impulsively, but savagely kills her daughter. 5y

Joanne1 I felt entirely the same. That was so brutal and inexplicable that I just couldn‘t reconcile it. There was no sense made of it by the author and because of that the story was senseless, everything else was ruined and you‘re right the writing was beautiful. 5y

britt_brooke @Joanne1 Thank you for backing me up! 💚 Seems like a lot of folks really liked this one, but that incident was so brutal. It never made sense and didn‘t seem like something that would ever really happen. (edited) 5y

Billypar I didn't read the spoiler, but I hadn't heard about this in connection with the novel- I will have to bear in mind if I pick it up. 5y

HKGirl Oh man...this was on my to-read list because a friend highly recommended it, but seeing that's there's a "brutal and inexplicable" moment in it makes me rethink wanting to read it. I don't think I could handle whatever it is. 5y

BarbaraBB I kept wandering why that happened but I still enjoyed this book a lot! 5y

britt_brooke @HKGirl It‘s truly a well-written book, but that one instance really threw me off. Take that out and it‘s a five-star read. 5y

britt_brooke @BarbaraBB I enjoyed everything else in the book, but that was just so weird and disgusting. I just couldn‘t imagine it really happening either. 5y

Cinfhen I actually enjoyed this book despite that horrible moment because the unraveling of the story and the prose was so gorgeous. Beautiful graphics 💚 5y

britt_brooke @Cinfhen I look forward to seeing what she does in the future. Her writing really is beautiful. I just need a different story. 5y

Cinfhen Totally respect that, Britt! Hope you had a wonderful birthday 💋 5y

britt_brooke @Cinfhen Thank you! It‘s was a great day .... and extending it through the weekend. 💃🏼 5y

Reviewsbylola Hated this one. The writing style wasn‘t for me. 5y

britt_brooke @Reviewsbylola Happy to know I‘m not the only one who didn‘t love this. I liked the writing style, but I really need a different story. 5y

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julesG

The Talented Mr. Ripley | Patricia Highsmith

Since I cannot think of a single book that qualifies for #DebbieDowner, you'll have to look at my butter chicken. A bit bland for my taste, but the kiddo was afraid of needing a gallon of milk if I made my regular Indian chicken dish.

#NoFemmeber @Billypar @Cinfhen
#YesFemmeberInNovember

Cinfhen So kiddo is a bit of a #DebbieDowner when it comes to Indian cuisine 😉😁 5y

julesG @Cinfhen Indeed! 👍👏 5y

rabbitprincess I'm having butter chicken for dinner right now! 😄😋 5y

Billypar I love Indian, but I've never attempted to cook it. I'm too worried it would be a huge downer to try the final product 😁 5y

julesG @Billypar It's not as daunting as I first thought it would be. I have a few recipes from a friend with Indian roots. I was able to watch her cook the dishes - I learn a lot from observation. 5y

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Reviewsbylola

Heartland: A Memoir of Working Hard and Being Broke in the Richest Country on Earth | Sarah Smarsh

so-so

Talk about #debbiedowner. I am torn on this book, because the story itself was compelling but there were some fundamental flaws. The biggest one for me was the timeline. Smarsh tells the story of the women in her life—most were married multiple time. So it was difficult enough to follow in that regard but her timeline was non existent, which made it doubly difficult. There seemed to be no rhyme or reason to the flow of her story. #nofemmeber

Cinfhen, Billypar

Cinfhen Ugh, pet peeve - poor structure. I need things simple 😆 5y

emilyhaldi Boo 5y

MicheleinPhilly I was initially looking forward to this but then heard that she uses an imaginary daughter as a literary device. That put me off. 5y

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Reviewsbylola She does. Surprisingly, that part didn‘t bother me as much as I expected. She did not overdo it, so it didn‘t monopolize the text. @MicheleinPhilly 5y

merelybookish @MicheleinPhilly I agree with @Reviewsbylola about the daughter device. Initially I was uncertain about it, but by the end I thought it worked. 5y

MicheleinPhilly @Reviewsbylola @merelybookish Good to know. May still pick it up if I see it at the library. 5y

Billypar Yeah, I like a good solid structure. My current read doesn't have it, and I want to bail, but I'm still curious about what's going to happen. 5y

bermudaonion The fact that it was written to her unborn child that she never has was confusing to me at first. 5y

Megabooks Just seeing this. Heartland is up next for me, but seeing your review and the 20% rating makes me glad this is a library book! 5y

Reviewsbylola I‘ll be curious to see what you think of it! I had a lot of mixed feelings. I was supposed to see the author speak last week but her flight was canceled due to weather. I think seeing her in person and hearing more about her perspective would have been cool. @Megabooks 5y

Megabooks I read two chapters and decided I wasn‘t in the mood for this kind of memoir. It‘s not a forever bail, I think, but it‘s due back on Overdrive soon, so I just returned it. I added to my remember to read list, so maybe in a couple of months. 🤷🏻‍♀️ 5y

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Chrissyreadit

The Body Keeps the Score: Brain, Mind, and Body in the Healing of Trauma | Bessel Van Der Kolk

I feel like a #Debbiedowner but with govt focus on building a wall and corporate greed excessive and supported, ACES scores are ignored for prevention, inherited trauma is proven- yet we continue to both create trauma and limit support to the two cultures our country inflicted generational trauma on. “I need a hero! I‘m holding out for a hero til the end of the night” http://www.metrolyrics.com/i-need-a-hero-lyrics-bonnie-tyler.html #nofemmeber

Cinfhen, Billypar

Cinfhen Great song choice 😜I loved FootLoose 5y

Billypar I had a former boss who was a huge fan of van der Kolk - he's very influential right now in the New York mental health system (and I'm sure more widely). But, unfortunately, not at the federal level- very different priorities 😑 5y

Chrissyreadit @Billypar unfortunately it is not considered economically beneficial to support people in mental health. It is confusing because in the long term it probably would be. What kind of work do you do? 5y

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Billypar Quality assurance- very recently for a state mental health agency, but previously did the same for eight years in a child welfare agency. 5y

Chrissyreadit @Billypar fun. I worked for an agency called YAI for several years when I was much younger and still living with in NYC (edited) 5y

Billypar That's great- it's definitely important work! 5y

Chrissyreadit @Billypar I mentioned it because there was a high engagement with QA in NY but I‘ve not seen anything like that here in WV. It is very different. It could be because of size of organizations though. Or the way States are run. 5y

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