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“I hope these essays have been comforting to someone reading it if for no other reason than to watch me openly admit I have no idea what I’m doing.”

November 17, 2016 by badkittyuno Leave a Comment

Caitlin_D reviewed this one a while back, and said that you don’t need to be a Sara Bareilles super-fan to enjoy it. Not that I don’t like her or anything, she’s just not really on my radar. But it popped up on my Overdrive dashboard last week, so I thought I’d give it a shot. It’s definitely a well-written, interesting book by a very talented woman. “You are overwhelmed and haven’t learned to be your own friend through this yet. You will. Your fear of jumping […]

Filed Under: Biography/Memoir, Non-Fiction Tagged With: badkittyuno, Sara Bareilles

badkittyuno's CBR8 Review No:239 · Genres: Biography/Memoir, Non-Fiction · Tags: badkittyuno, Sara Bareilles ·
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Say what you wanna say, and let the words fall out

October 5, 2016 by Caitlin_D 1 Comment

I’ll be honest with you, aside from Love Song and Brave, my knowledge of Sara Bareilles song catalog is very limited. I did know she wrote the musical Waitress but it hasn’t traveled to my city (and my husband probably wouldn’t attend it with me anyway). Despite my limited exposure her memoir, Sounds Like Me, fit my criteria for “vaguely familiar public persona but perhaps not exactly A or B list” level famous. Those are usually the best surprises so I checked out her memoir. I downloaded […]

Filed Under: Biography/Memoir, Non-Fiction Tagged With: Sara Bareilles, sounds like me

Caitlin_D's CBR8 Review No:82 · Genres: Biography/Memoir, Non-Fiction · Tags: Sara Bareilles, sounds like me ·
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Music connects us all

January 25, 2016 by KatSings 1 Comment

“Life is a big, long free fall, and the sooner you can embrace what is beautiful about that, the sooner you will start to enjoy the ride.”  Sounds Like Me: My Life (so far) in Song – Review on KatsCannon Some important information before I dive into this review. I’m a singer, I have a degree in Music with a concentration in musical theatre, and I love Sara Bareilles’ music with my whole heart. This memoir, as Lani Diane Rich from StoryWonk would say, was […]

Filed Under: Non-Fiction Tagged With: autobiography, CBR8, KatSings, Sara Bareilles

KatSings's CBR8 Review No:2 · Genres: Non-Fiction · Tags: autobiography, CBR8, KatSings, Sara Bareilles ·
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