Katie

I got a lot out of this book, even though I've already read books on the subject. This was a kind, comforting, and thorough look at menopause. I like that she talked to experts in all different kinds of fields and relays their thoughts on the subject, too.

Again, too much God/Jesus for this agnostic. But, again, so much good advice for this person who struggles with every decision. I got a lot out of this book, and am so glad I picked it up.

I wasn't interested per se in the content of this book, and probably wouldn't have read it if a friend hadn't handed it to me. But wow, while the content still didn't thrill me, the individual sentences, the paragraphs, the metaphors, the emotions were so wise and so meaningful that I ended up really loving the book–and even taking notes. At first glance it seemed to be that genre that really annoys me–middle aged person making stupid decisions–but no, it was really middle aged person figuring out what were the right decisions for her.

I like to learn from my fiction so this was a good read for me. I listened and the narrator was great.

Much as I try to avoid your typical “white women/first world problems” books, I really do love Jennifer Weiner. I felt like the pacing was the best thing about this book. I wasn't crazy about any of the characters and Cassie, especially, seemed like a caricature, but it was still a fun read for a challenging week.

I am not a believer or Christian of any kind (far from it) but I do struggle with decision making. If you skip over the God/Jesus parts, this book is a quick read and has lots of good ideas to think about. I especially like her focus on the importance of being yourself and figuring out what you want and need. The decision isn't the important thing–the important thing is becoming more yourself. Maybe everything in here is obvious or trite to people who don't struggle like I do, but I welcomed the opportunity to think more in depth about decision-making.

This was a sweet and lovely book. Maybe a little bit far-fetched, a little bit wish-fulfillment, but such a fun and thought-provoking read.

Wow. This guy went to the cliche store and loaded up on some bulk lots, which he then attempted to stitch together into a book. I kept listening for a while just to see how many cliches he could fit in one paragraph, but after a while the novelty wore off and I had to give up.

I liked this book. I didn't do the exercises, so I don't know how well it actually works, but I think she raises a lot of good points (some of which were certainly obvious or already well-known). I'm glad she included a focus on social justice throughout and in the last chapter.

This was really fantastic. I started putting her advice into practice before I even finished the book, and I feel like it's improved my conversations already. There was a lot I already knew (this isn't the first book I've read on this subject) but also a lot that was new to me. And, while I often feel like I'm going to forget everything I've read in a book like this, there was just the right amount of information and repetition (or building on previous ideas) to where I feel like I'll really retain what I learned. Highly recommend!

I listened to the audiobook and the narrator was truly awful, but I was enjoying the story enough to keep going. I felt like the story raised some issues that were hard to decide, and I liked how there didn't seem to be any clear answers. The characters seemed real.

Not nearly as annoying as most time travel books! From the first chapter I was hoping for lots more funny banter, but it turned out to be more serious than that. Which was still good.

What a fun read! Parts of this were as nail-bitingly suspenseful as any thriller.

Communicate, people!

This book brought up some really interesting and difficult issues. Some of the sentences were pretty tortured–I frequently found myself having to reread to grasp their meaning.

I really disliked the main character and the freaking italics in the beginning of this book. But I decided to keep going even though I usually don't read books where I dislike the main character, and I'm glad I did. The mystery was fun to follow and it never got as scary as I was worried it might. There were some seriously racist characterizations of all the non-white characters which turned out to be my biggest beef with this book.

This belongs to one of my least favorite genres: main character makes bad choice after bad choice as you just get more and more tense and upset reading about it. The writing was good and the characters were more or less sympathetic. But my stomach was in knots reading it.

I had my quibbles with this book (trite observations about life, and the two sisters' voices didn't seem distinct, plus too-easy resolution) but it was a great read, and really moving.

Wow. This book reached inside my brain and scooped lots of buried stuff in there out into the open. I listened to it as an audiobook, and usually that makes me like a book less, but the narrator was so, so good I can't imagine having just read it on paper. Will be reading more Sarah Moss and listening to more by that narrator!

DNF after 100 pages. Besides the casual racism and grandiose writing, I just couldn't take how every moment seemed like a giant turning point. How many turning points can there be? I guess I should have known by the pretentious title that it was going to be like this. I so loved A Walk in the Park that I was excited to try it, though.

This really cracked me up, especially the Edward Gorey covers and so many more. Thanks, Ed!!

This was a fun listen on a long drive, though, as with any book about animals, it isn't all sunshine and roses for the wolves.

I enjoyed this a lot, and learned a lot about what it's like to be blind.

I consider myself a fairly good listener, but this book taught me so much. I actually want to just start over again at the beginning and go through the whole thing at least one more time. It also gave me lots more motivation to improve my listening. I wish I could give this book more than 5 stars.

I am not a huge fan of books where there is obviously something wrong and the main character knows there is something wrong but keeps convincing themselves that maybe there isn't. 95% of this book is that with the big reveal in the last 5%. So, I wasn't a huge fan but I did read to the end to find out what the big reveal was going to be!