I can’t remember if I heard about this book on LC, but I recently finished Easy Crafts for the Insane by Kelly Williams Brown, and thoroughly enjoyed it. I read it in a couple of days!
Another quick read for me was I Owe You One by Sophie Kinsella…made me giggle a lot, which I need these days!
and of course, I had to edit this to add a few more: Sourdough by Robin Sloan (she also wrote Mr. Penumbra’s 24-Hour Bookstore, which I’m planning to reread this year) The Glass Ocean by B. Williams, L. Willig, and K. White…. Outstanding book, written from 3 perspectives. First time I’ve ever read a book by 3 authors, and it was thoroughly enjoyable!
I enjoy Jenny Lawson’s books. As someone with a mental illness, I can look at the things she finds funny and enjoy it as well. It can be a funny subject, like… out of all the things in the world your brain can obsess over, it was (blank). In my case I recorded the seemingly long amount of time I couldn’t decide if I should use a fork or spoon to eat something and that there was definitely a “wrong” choice. I was seriously just staring at the open utensil drawer having this knock down drag out fight in my head. It was absolutely awfully painful at the time because my anxiety manifests itself in painful physical ways as well as mental, but looking back I’m like… WTF? That was ridiculous. Of course, it took a long time to be able to look back.
Um… okay, yes. Jenny Lawson is funny and I think you’d find her interesting even if you didn’t have a mental health disorder.
I had to go to my local bookstore yesterday and I decided to pick up Easy Crafts for the Insane. Looking forward to reading it after I finish Animal, Vegetable, Miracle.
OH! I forgot to add in here that if you don’t like amazon and don’t have a store around you, you can order used books through Alibris. They also do used textbooks such as you would pay out the nose for in college. Most are the media mail flat rate shipping of $4 and change but there’s a sale this weekend.
I found books locally this time, but I really like Bookshop.org because you can have the profits go to the local bookstore of your choice. It makes me feel better when I have to order textbooks and I still want to support the local shops.
Not about the books themselves tho- pretty sure they will be fantastic!
