Ladies and gents: THREE MONTHS IN A ROW!! I know it’s not very becoming (and certainly not being very humble), but I’m VERY proud of myself. I’m skipping the photos on this one for the sake of publishing on time…and here’s my new rating system:

Ok, let’s go.

Spare by Prince Harry: two mugs.

I think there’s been a lot of negativity around this book but I really enjoyed it. It wasn’t a crazy page turner-but it kept me engaged. I haven’t followed any details of their family saga so I was truly curious to listen to his side of everything and what has happened. I LOVED hearing how him and Megan met and how their story evolved. One of the great things about listening to memoirs read by the author is the validity they add to their words through their EMPHASIS. You could HEAR how much he loves Megan, which I just gobbled up. It was interesting to have insight into such an unrelatable lifestyle. Overall though, it was a little sad to hear about a family that is so disconnected from each other, and their lives are so controlled by forces….outside of their control.

The Guncle: three mugs.

Gay uncle Pat has temporary custody of his young niece and nephew after their mother loses her battle to cancer and their dad has to enter rehab. GUP has been alone for a long time dealing with some of his own issues, so hilarity ensues when he throws kids in the mix. I LOVED this book. It was humorous but also had lots of heartfelt moments.

The Island of Sea Women: one mug

I’ve seen this book pop up a lot recently so I was looking forward to reading this. I got some excited messages when I posted on Instagram that I started this book, so maybe my expectations were too high, haha. I felt like this book never really got into its story. It kept referring to something that happened but I feel like it just spoke around it a lot. I had a hard time following the different characters but I think that was also partially due to hearing it on Audible and not being able to differentiate the names as easily as with a physical book. I think White Chrysanthemum was a much better historical fiction book about this historical time period and also briefly talked about haenyos (but trigger warnings for rape and trauma and lots of dark shit that is depressing to know humans are capable of).

Becoming Duchess Goldblatt: one mug

Memoir by anonymous writer on how they came about tweeting as a fictional character that gained large following. Iiiiiiiiiiii was not a huge fan of this one either. The memoir is interspersed with some of the tweets that had been published, which I found occasionally humorous and lots of times just went above my head. Most of them made me feel pretty dumb, which hey, could be possible, ha! The author also wrote a lot about how unliked and lonely they were in real life but how much their character was loved on Twitter and how they created such a community among their followers. It felt like a lot of patting their back, which I guess…maybe…is what memoirs are about….?

The School for Good Mothers: two mugs

The main character has a pretty serious lapse in judgement as a mother, and becomes part of a trial group for a dystopian future of child protective services and parental rights. I thought this book was SO interesting. It seemed to drag at times but I still was intrigued enough to figure out what happened. SIDENOTE: I’m weird and a lot of times I like to read the last page so I know how a book ends. I haven’t done it in a while, especially with kindle books and definitely never on Audible, but I had to revert to it for this book. I know it’s frowned upon by many, but hear me out. I can’t stand scary movies – I am my mothers child and the anxiety is just not worth it for me. This book was creating some of that anxiety, and I just needed to now how it ended to get through it. I wasn’t a fan of the ending, but it did help me emotionally get through the rest of the book.

Currently reading: A Year at the French Farmhouse

Currently listening to: The Brilliant Life of Eudora Honeysett

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