Fiction & Nonfiction! | July 2022 Reading Wrap Up

I really enjoyed this memoir. I mean, I love roller derby, so obviously that element really clicked with me. But also, I was frankly shocked by how honest the author was willing to be in this book.

There's so much that worked within this memoir, but there was something missing and that something was any kind of a narrative running through this book. It feels like this book was composed of too many disparate pieces that never clicked together because there wasn't a story at the center of this book.

I thought the book was fun, maybe not much more than that, and it definitely suffered from some pacing issues that the movie adaptation actually cleaned up rather nicely. I think the book is good, but the movie is great, and it definitely improves upon the book.

Because I just don't know how much I'm going to remember of The Disappearing Spoon because it's just too much. Beyond the King Midas thing because I had a connection with something else, I just really don't know what I'm going to retain from this book and that's disappointing.

I just love this book. I loved it back in 2015. I still love it now.

So, if you find that intriguing rather than being grossed out by it, I would recommend this one. I loved the curiosity she brought to this, and I love her sense of humor. This is a really solid nonfiction read.

I was really impressed by this. I really loved the parallels to Chekhov. I think it was a really good choice.

This was a really solid nonfiction read. Not necessarily a new favorite, but I had a lot of fun with it.

It was fun. It wasn't the best story, but I am very grateful to this book for providing me with a much-needed distraction.

I liked elements of this book, but overall, I just found it unsuccessful.

But the reason why this was a 3.5 or 4-star read for me as opposed to a 5-star read is because the author clearly wanted to be thorough, but by doing so the book got a little bit repetitive because we're essentially learning about two different groups of women, one in New Jersey, one in Illinois, and she goes really in-depth with all the stories of the women. But I'm definitely not sorry I read it.