2018: This book isn’t so much notes from a loud woman as it is notes from a fat woman who wanted a larger platform to share her thoughts and explain herself after an unsuccessful tv interview. If you don’t like any of Lindy’s work in Jezebel, you won’t like this book.

I agree with nearly all of Lindy’s perspectives in the book; I disagree with the presentation of them. Overall disappointed which is a bummer because I think she’s right about a lot.

2018: So here’s the deal: I really appreciate Cup speaking her truth and sharing her story. I think it highlights how terrible the foster care system can be and how dangerous addition is.

BUT

That girl got SO MANY SECOND CHANCES. And she admits it, true. But how many times do you have to fuck up and never get caught for it?! How did this girl avoid jail time her whole life? I am in particular frustrated because I know some who never got second chances and who never managed to escape jail or live long enough to do so.

I’m very happy that Cup has been able to turn her life around and I wish her the best. I also think she could have spent more time with her accomplishments and less time on the intricacies of how EXACTLY to make crack.

2018: I didn’t like the pace of this book, I didn’t care about any of the characters, and I was not interested in anything they were doing. I SLOGGED through this book and was overall disappointed, especially after hearing great things about it from friends.

I think I might have enjoyed it more if I knew more of the biblical story behind it. I did enjoy some of the more dramatic moments in the book, but there weren’t nearly enough of them to make it feel like anything actually happened in this book.

2018: Apparently I don’t care about music enough to appreciate the majority of the stories in here, and I do wish there had been more about Portlandia & Transparent, but my oh my, what a vocabulary this woman has! Excellently crafted.

2018: A sweet, sweet story about a young girl and her grandma with tons of HP references, which is always a plus :) overall enjoyable, nothing super special but a delightful audiobook

2018: This was a difficult book to get through. Numerous times, I was shouting into the void at Tara: "NO NO NO PLEASE STOP PLEASE DON'T GO BACK". And yet, she did. I love books that get me so involved that I feel the need to shout out loud; I was dumbfounded every time I was reminded that this was a real story, that this was Tara's story. I find it incredibly brave of her to share her experiences and I am pleased that she is receiving the attention that she is for the book. It was a very hard read and I wanted to stop many times, and for that I can only give her 4 stars. Make sure you have the mental space to feel things and be unable to stop them before you open this book.