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“I firmly believe that all human families are full of crazy people, and if your family doesn’t appear to have any, then there’s a high probability you lack situational awareness.”

The World's Largest Man by Harrison Scott Key

May 9, 2019 by badkittyuno Leave a Comment

This is a memoir about a boy growing up in the south, surrounded by guns and hunting and the Bible, and wanting none of it — while also wanting badly to fit in. “The South is a strange place, one that can’t be fit inside a movie, a place that dares you to simplify it, like a prime number, like a Bible story, like my father.” Harrison Scott Key grew up getting dragged out of bed at 4am to go sit in a deer blind, […]

Filed Under: Biography/Memoir, Comedy/Humor, Non-Fiction Tagged With: Harrison Scott Key

badkittyuno's CBR11 Review No:61 · Genres: Biography/Memoir, Comedy/Humor, Non-Fiction · Tags: Harrison Scott Key ·
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Not only did I like the book, but I discovered her excellent music as well

How to Be Alone: If You Want To, and Even If You Don't by Lane Moore

May 7, 2019 by badkittyuno Leave a Comment

This book was tough to read, I’ll be honest. Especially since I read it right after Tragedy + Time, while out of town for what ended up being a death in the family. But it’s an amazing read and, unlike most other books, it also introduced me to some fantastic music. The author, Lane Moore, has a a band called It Was Romance and their album (S/T) is on Spotify — check it out! “And more than anything, feel proud of yourself, because you didn’t let being […]

Filed Under: Biography/Memoir, Non-Fiction Tagged With: Lane Moore

badkittyuno's CBR11 Review No:60 · Genres: Biography/Memoir, Non-Fiction · Tags: Lane Moore ·
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the Magnificent Cayton-Hollands

Tragedy Plus Time: A Tragi-Comic Memoir by Adam Cayton-Holland

April 30, 2019 by badkittyuno Leave a Comment

Siblings Anna, Adam, and Lydia were raised by progressive, intelligent parents (a civil rights lawyer and an investigative journalist) to be passionate world-changers. That pressure, plus what MUST have been a family predisposition towards anxiety and depression produced three very different results: Anna became a lawyer, Adam battled with depression throughout college before finding success in stand up comedy and writing, and Lydia struggled to find her path before ultimately killing herself as a young adult. Lydia’s suicide obliterates Adam. She had been there for […]

Filed Under: Biography/Memoir, Non-Fiction Tagged With: Adam Cayton-Holland

badkittyuno's CBR11 Review No:59 · Genres: Biography/Memoir, Non-Fiction · Tags: Adam Cayton-Holland ·
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Sometimes I just feel the need to reread the story of Stanley

Let's Pretend This Never Happened: A Mostly True Memoir by Jenny Lawson

April 30, 2019 by badkittyuno 2 Comments

Yeah, I read it again. Actually, I listened to the audio book because the only thing more fun than reading Jenny Lawson’s stories is listening to her tell them. And it happened to be available as I was boarding a plane to rush out of town for a family emergency, so that seemed to be good timing for a little comfort reading. “Because you are defined not by life’s imperfect moments, but by your reaction to them. And because there is joy in embracing – […]

Filed Under: Biography/Memoir, Comedy/Humor, Non-Fiction Tagged With: Jenny Lawson

badkittyuno's CBR11 Review No:58 · Genres: Biography/Memoir, Comedy/Humor, Non-Fiction · Tags: Jenny Lawson ·
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Cha cha cha!

I'll Be There for You: The One about Friends by Kelsey Miller

April 25, 2019 by badkittyuno 1 Comment

I love Friends — I specifically remember that the first episode I watched was Chandler & Monica’s wedding, which the internet tells me was in 2001. So I came to it late but thanks to endless reruns on TBS, and then the purchase of the box set, and now the wonder of Netflix, I’ve seen every episode over and over and over. You probably don’t need to be a superfan to enjoy this oral history of the show, but superfans will definitely get a lot out […]

Filed Under: Non-Fiction Tagged With: kelsey miller

badkittyuno's CBR11 Review No:57 · Genres: Non-Fiction · Tags: kelsey miller ·
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The story of Randall Woodfield

The I-5 Killer by Ann Rule

April 24, 2019 by badkittyuno Leave a Comment

My library had a big selection of books about various serial killers on the audio book page a couple of months ago — I think it coincided with some release on Netflix. Anyway, I downloaded The I-5 Killer mostly because it didn’t have a hold list. And then I made the mistake of listening to it while running, mostly in Vegas, by myself. That, FYI, is a great way to give yourself the creeps. I had never heard of the I-5 Killer, Randall Woodfield, prior […]

Filed Under: Biography/Memoir, Non-Fiction Tagged With: Ann Rule

badkittyuno's CBR11 Review No:56 · Genres: Biography/Memoir, Non-Fiction · Tags: Ann Rule ·
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