1. The Comfort Book by Matt Haig
2. The Anthropocene Reviewed by John Green
3. Maybe Anne Lamott
I tag @NataliePatalie.
#WonderousWednesday @Eggs
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1. The Comfort Book by Matt Haig
2. The Anthropocene Reviewed by John Green
3. Maybe Anne Lamott
I tag @NataliePatalie.
#WonderousWednesday @Eggs
pickThis collection of Le Guin‘s blog posts was hit or miss for me. I loved the first part, especially when she discusses aging and I am always here for a cat story. The later entries I was less enthralled by but I appreciated being reminded about how much I enjoy having an essay collection to dip in and out of. A light #authoramonth pick.
Starting this one which has been in my TBR pile for a couple of years or more. I've heard he is a great writer of essays, besides his great children's books.
pickLike with most collections some essays spoke to me more than others, but as a whole it was lovely. Hopeful and uplifting even as it dealt with difficult and serious situations. I thoroughly enjoyed it.
It may be an unpopular opinion today, but this is a truth I try to live by.
pickI give The Anthropocene Reviewed 4.5 stars. Reading this book is very comforting and makes you appreciate all the small things about life even ones that are unpleasant. Green writes short essays reviewing things from Diet Dr. Pepper, the world‘s largest paintball, to pandemics. Within these reviews he combines historical facts about the item or place as well as his personal experience.
pickVery moving and personal essay collection. The stand-out for me was his reflection on his horrific childhood experience of sexual abuse and the legacy of trauma. He was a wonderful writer. I look forward to reading more of his work. I listened to the audiobook and would recommend that format - excellent narration by James Naughton.
pickI have to note first that Rachel is my friend, and I‘m grateful to be able to say so because she is brilliant. These essays delve into confessional poetry, the ethics of “say everything” poetry, what poems can do and how a poetics of wrongness can be a poetics of inclusion and radical defiance. I loved loved loved these essays.
