Comments on: Mini-Reviews: The Young Memoir Edition

By: Susie

Susie — Mon, 23 Apr 2018 04:21:11 +0000

In reply to susan. Thanks, Susan. Hope all is well with you.

By: Susie

Susie — Mon, 23 Apr 2018 04:20:37 +0000

In reply to Catherine. Miss Ex has too much political in it to be as good as Educated. The final message I really liked, but at times I had to skim a bit to reach it.

By: Susie

Susie — Mon, 23 Apr 2018 04:19:17 +0000

In reply to Ann Marie. I love that line, "the most unifying and polarizing of experiences." So true!

By: Susie

Susie — Mon, 23 Apr 2018 04:18:12 +0000

In reply to Lindsey. And Now We Have Everything definitely isn't cheery. The good news was that she finally made it to a spot where she was comfortable with motherhood, but it too a lot to get there.

By: Susie

Susie — Mon, 23 Apr 2018 04:16:40 +0000

In reply to Sarah's Book Shelves. I feel like I "should" have like O'Connell's book more, but I just couldn't get passed how she always wentr to the negative first. A good one to skip.

By: susan

susan — Sat, 21 Apr 2018 21:39:51 +0000

Nice review & thoughts on the O’Connell book. Her anxiety would make me weary too. Just do it, lady.

By: Beth F

Beth F — Sat, 21 Apr 2018 11:12:49 +0000

I’m not sure either of these books are for me, though the first one (Miss Ex-Yugoslavia) has possibilities.

By: Madeline

Madeline — Thu, 19 Apr 2018 22:54:08 +0000

Yep. Ditto.

By: Catherine

Catherine — Thu, 19 Apr 2018 22:00:03 +0000

I was thinking about Miss Ex, but am going to hold off for now, maybe because after Educated the bar is high for the next memoir I read. Thanks for not adding to my TBR!

By: Ann Marie

Ann Marie — Thu, 19 Apr 2018 15:39:49 +0000

Ah, motherhood… The most unifying and polarizing of experiences… I’m not sure that one would be for me. After having 3 kids, I find the concept of being “ready” to be annoyingly naive. Perhaps I would have enjoyed it at one time but I think I’ve outgrown that sort of thing.