What did you read this year?
Lori’s
average rating for
2023
4.7
4.7
With all the hype and all the "you have to read this" I'd heard about this book, I was hesitant. Surely it wasn't that great. Surely, like a few of the "best seller" books out there, it was more hype than it was worth. Boy, was I wrong.
I picked this one up after circling it for a year, certain I wasn't going to enjoy it. Certain it wasn't my thing, that I was going to be disappointed yet again. Then I read the first page. Wow. Okay. A different s ...more
I picked this one up after circling it for a year, certain I wasn't going to enjoy it. Certain it wasn't my thing, that I was going to be disappointed yet again. Then I read the first page. Wow. Okay. A different s ...more
Never have I read a memoir that pushes so many boundaries, breaks rules, invents new ones, and tells a compelling, heart-wrenching story. Until this one.
How Jollett took a life that was one hardship after another and made his way to thriving is a mystery. He tells of a father recovering from addiction. Of a brother who falls into that same pattern. Of a mother who is depressed, narcissistic, and dependent on her young children. Of how experiencin ...more
How Jollett took a life that was one hardship after another and made his way to thriving is a mystery. He tells of a father recovering from addiction. Of a brother who falls into that same pattern. Of a mother who is depressed, narcissistic, and dependent on her young children. Of how experiencin ...more