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A Bit Much
The debut poetry collection from Lyndsay Rush (aka @maryoliversdrunkcousin) is a humorous and joyful celebration of big feelings, tender truths, and hard-won wisdom, for fans of Maggie Smith, Kate Baer, and Kate Kennedy.
At long last, a book of poetry for people who didn’t even know they liked poetry. And they’re in good company: author Lyndsay Rush didn’t know she liked it either. That is, until she embarked on an internet experiment under the Instagram username @MaryOliversDrunkCousin that turned into a body of work that struck a chord with women across the country; thanks to her signature wordplay, witticisms, and—against all odds—wisdom.
With titles like "Shedonism", "Someone to Eat Chips With", "It’s Called Maximalism, Babe", and "Breaking News: Local Women Gets Out of Bed", Rush’s debut collection of poetry uses humor to grapple with the female experience—from questioning whether or not to have children, to roasting the patriarchy, to challenging what it means to "age gracefully"—and each piece delivers gut-punching truths alongside gratifying punchlines. Readers walk away from Lyndsay’s work feeling seen, celebrated, and wholly convinced that joy is an urgent, worthwhile pursuit.
With over 140 convention-bending poems—most of which are never-before-seen—this book is quite literally A Bit Much.
At long last, a book of poetry for people who didn’t even know they liked poetry. And they’re in good company: author Lyndsay Rush didn’t know she liked it either. That is, until she embarked on an internet experiment under the Instagram username @MaryOliversDrunkCousin that turned into a body of work that struck a chord with women across the country; thanks to her signature wordplay, witticisms, and—against all odds—wisdom.
With titles like "Shedonism", "Someone to Eat Chips With", "It’s Called Maximalism, Babe", and "Breaking News: Local Women Gets Out of Bed", Rush’s debut collection of poetry uses humor to grapple with the female experience—from questioning whether or not to have children, to roasting the patriarchy, to challenging what it means to "age gracefully"—and each piece delivers gut-punching truths alongside gratifying punchlines. Readers walk away from Lyndsay’s work feeling seen, celebrated, and wholly convinced that joy is an urgent, worthwhile pursuit.
With over 140 convention-bending poems—most of which are never-before-seen—this book is quite literally A Bit Much.
304 pages, Paperback
Published September 17, 2024
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October 21, 2024
A charming collection of poetry that is often humorous and occasionally—like the title—a bit much but heartfelt and fun nonetheless. It leans into the Very Online brand of Millennial humor but in a way that makes for a great, snarky way to critique modern living and capture the experience of womanhood in a patriarchal world that values commodification over connection. A bit of a mental health boost while looking at all the things that harm your mental health that perhaps work better as social media posts than an actual book but hey, as she writes herself: ‘I'm too busy / Romanticizing / this one, juicy little life I / have on this tiny, / spinning rock / to worry about the optics’
And thats good enough for me.
A Bit Much also seems a really great collection for people who would normally not read poetry to find a welcoming window into that world. And that is something I can get behind. It sort of fits into the realm of Kate Baer and Kupi Kaur in that way, though I think this is stylistically more robust and heartfelt.
Fuck it, this is fun and funny and I just really enjoy Lyndsay Rush.
And thats good enough for me.
A Bit Much also seems a really great collection for people who would normally not read poetry to find a welcoming window into that world. And that is something I can get behind. It sort of fits into the realm of Kate Baer and Kupi Kaur in that way, though I think this is stylistically more robust and heartfelt.
Fuck it, this is fun and funny and I just really enjoy Lyndsay Rush.
April 5, 2024
I am a big dumb idiot and typically wouldn’t know good poetry if it hit me in the face. What makes a poem a poem? Emotion? Because this bitch was crying by poem #4.
Rush’s poems are a mixture of classic poetry combined with the slightly unhinged ramblings of a tired elder millennial who has had ENOUGH, y’all. It just SPOKE to me. “We fell in love the way I eat Doritos- slowly and then all at once?” This is ART.
At times it felt like she was inside my brain, reminiscent of Kate Kennedy’s One in a Millennial. If you liked Kennedy’s book, and would like to consume similar vibes but in granola ball sized poetry style- this book is for you. It’s rare that I purchase an ARC after reading, but I immediately added a physical copy of this book to my Indigo cart. I loved the separation into different types & moods & I know I’ll appreciate this in a physical copy. I will write in it and annotate it (does that mean the same thing?) and cherish it forever.
I’ve been ITCHING to screenshot what feels like every second poem, because they just encapsulate perfectly how I feel 95% of the time. Like Rush, I, too, am a triple threat (singing, joking, snacking). Will I get some printed to put in my office at work? Probably.
Favourites: Be st Fri ends, Love is What, Now?, Like Trying to Hold a Snowflake, These Are The Days, Things That Taste As Good As Skinny Feels, Hot Girl Walks, It’s Called Maximalism, Babe, Every Little Thing She Does Is Magic, A Hump Day Blessing- ok I’m done now but really they’re all my favourites
I have never really felt like the "popular" poetry books truly speak to me- they're on my shelves because they look nice, but reading them felt like a chore. I started this book yesterday with the intent to pick at it over the month of April- I anticipated myself needing to pick it up and put it down but instead I found myself having to MAKE myself put it down so I didn't read it all in one sitting. I know I'll come back to this again and again. What a gift.
Thank you to NetGalley & St. Martin's Press for the advanced copy.
Out September 17th :)
Rush’s poems are a mixture of classic poetry combined with the slightly unhinged ramblings of a tired elder millennial who has had ENOUGH, y’all. It just SPOKE to me. “We fell in love the way I eat Doritos- slowly and then all at once?” This is ART.
At times it felt like she was inside my brain, reminiscent of Kate Kennedy’s One in a Millennial. If you liked Kennedy’s book, and would like to consume similar vibes but in granola ball sized poetry style- this book is for you. It’s rare that I purchase an ARC after reading, but I immediately added a physical copy of this book to my Indigo cart. I loved the separation into different types & moods & I know I’ll appreciate this in a physical copy. I will write in it and annotate it (does that mean the same thing?) and cherish it forever.
I’ve been ITCHING to screenshot what feels like every second poem, because they just encapsulate perfectly how I feel 95% of the time. Like Rush, I, too, am a triple threat (singing, joking, snacking). Will I get some printed to put in my office at work? Probably.
Favourites: Be st Fri ends, Love is What, Now?, Like Trying to Hold a Snowflake, These Are The Days, Things That Taste As Good As Skinny Feels, Hot Girl Walks, It’s Called Maximalism, Babe, Every Little Thing She Does Is Magic, A Hump Day Blessing- ok I’m done now but really they’re all my favourites
I have never really felt like the "popular" poetry books truly speak to me- they're on my shelves because they look nice, but reading them felt like a chore. I started this book yesterday with the intent to pick at it over the month of April- I anticipated myself needing to pick it up and put it down but instead I found myself having to MAKE myself put it down so I didn't read it all in one sitting. I know I'll come back to this again and again. What a gift.
Thank you to NetGalley & St. Martin's Press for the advanced copy.
Out September 17th :)
September 19, 2024
loved this just as much as I thought I would.
October 19, 2024
I really liked this collection! I don't always love contemporary self-help poetry, but this was good.
Full review:
Thank you to the author Lyndsay Rush, publishers St. Martin's Press, and NetGalley for an advance digital copy of A BIT MUCH. All views are mine.
If you’re looking for my eggs, though, / they’re usually all in one basket (I prefer / full-ass to half, thank you) "An Idiom-Proof Life" p92
I’m here to grab life by the clown nose and squeeze "Peace, Not Quiet" p99
It’s as though she’s / feeling her way through a / thinking world... "She's So Sensitive" p113
If cauliflower can be pasta you can be whatever you want. "Reassurance to Save for a Rainy Day" p128
Three (or more) things I loved:
1. I love this poet! She Writes about growing up in the same era I grew up in. The 90s were so hard on girls, especially ones from small towns in the Midwest. This setting haunts much of her poems, but check out "What a Catch," "I'm Giving Up for Lent," and "Boo!"
2. I like to hear the perspectives of people who grew up in the Evangelical church, and left. I think these we perspectives are really important right now. From "Boo!": The spookiest haunted house / I’ve ever been to / is an evangelical church:... /...Wouldn’t you also be scared / if you were taught that / you are powerless / to save yourself? p61
3. A gorgeous statement about it never being too late, and how we feel about ourselves as we age. do have to own your becoming / You do have to have the courage to begin again / and again / and again / You do have to accept that defying the odds is not just for triathletes and Nobel Peace Prize winners / it’s for people like you / and people like me / people like World War II veteran Patricia Davies who began hormone therapy at the age of 90, so that she could spend every second she had left making herself proud. p83
4. I love the way she executes found poem form! She even does her own, finding poems within her poems, like with "It’s Called Maximalism, Babe: The Remix" p94
5. Wonderful metapoetry! FYI if you ever see me make a typo / it’s just because I’m a method actress / trying to understand what it feels / like to be average and relatable "And The Oscar Goes To" p96
6. I adore this appreciative, positive tone that shines through in all Rush's poetry. Like these lines from "Strong Female Lead" on page 116: I'm too busy / romanticizing / this one, juicy little life I / have on this tiny, / spinning rock / to worry about the optics....
Three (or less) things I didn't love:
This section isn't only for criticisms. It's merely for items that I felt something for other than "love" or some interpretation thereof.
1. Poetry collections tend to be on the shorter side, 100 pages or less. That's because readers of poetry often only read a few at a time. 304 pages of poetry is...a bit much!
2. Poems take many forms in this book, and I love the variety. But I don't enjoy the form when the poet strings together a pile of idioms that may or may not group around a theme. They're hard to follow, since there are no narratives.
Rating: 🎉✨️🎊💖 /5 sparkley outlooks
Recommend? Yes!
Finished: Oct 15 '24
Format: Digital arc, Kindle, NetGalley
Read this book if you like:
❤️🩹 self help / self-help poetry
🪶 contemporary poetry
👭🏽 women's fiction and memoir
🌞 positivity and optimism
💝 radical self-love
My Favorite Poems:
1. What a Catch p27
2. These Are the Days p40
3. I'm Giving Up for Lent p51
4. Wet n Wild Geese p56
5. Boo! p61
6. Heck Yes, I Have an MFA: Major Freakin' Attitude p75
7. Bragadocious with the Mostess p97
8. Drinking Iced Coffee in January p100
9. Strong Female Lead p116
10. Reassurance to Save for a Rainy Day p128
Full review:
Thank you to the author Lyndsay Rush, publishers St. Martin's Press, and NetGalley for an advance digital copy of A BIT MUCH. All views are mine.
If you’re looking for my eggs, though, / they’re usually all in one basket (I prefer / full-ass to half, thank you) "An Idiom-Proof Life" p92
I’m here to grab life by the clown nose and squeeze "Peace, Not Quiet" p99
It’s as though she’s / feeling her way through a / thinking world... "She's So Sensitive" p113
If cauliflower can be pasta you can be whatever you want. "Reassurance to Save for a Rainy Day" p128
Three (or more) things I loved:
1. I love this poet! She Writes about growing up in the same era I grew up in. The 90s were so hard on girls, especially ones from small towns in the Midwest. This setting haunts much of her poems, but check out "What a Catch," "I'm Giving Up for Lent," and "Boo!"
2. I like to hear the perspectives of people who grew up in the Evangelical church, and left. I think these we perspectives are really important right now. From "Boo!": The spookiest haunted house / I’ve ever been to / is an evangelical church:... /...Wouldn’t you also be scared / if you were taught that / you are powerless / to save yourself? p61
3. A gorgeous statement about it never being too late, and how we feel about ourselves as we age. do have to own your becoming / You do have to have the courage to begin again / and again / and again / You do have to accept that defying the odds is not just for triathletes and Nobel Peace Prize winners / it’s for people like you / and people like me / people like World War II veteran Patricia Davies who began hormone therapy at the age of 90, so that she could spend every second she had left making herself proud. p83
4. I love the way she executes found poem form! She even does her own, finding poems within her poems, like with "It’s Called Maximalism, Babe: The Remix" p94
5. Wonderful metapoetry! FYI if you ever see me make a typo / it’s just because I’m a method actress / trying to understand what it feels / like to be average and relatable "And The Oscar Goes To" p96
6. I adore this appreciative, positive tone that shines through in all Rush's poetry. Like these lines from "Strong Female Lead" on page 116: I'm too busy / romanticizing / this one, juicy little life I / have on this tiny, / spinning rock / to worry about the optics....
Three (or less) things I didn't love:
This section isn't only for criticisms. It's merely for items that I felt something for other than "love" or some interpretation thereof.
1. Poetry collections tend to be on the shorter side, 100 pages or less. That's because readers of poetry often only read a few at a time. 304 pages of poetry is...a bit much!
2. Poems take many forms in this book, and I love the variety. But I don't enjoy the form when the poet strings together a pile of idioms that may or may not group around a theme. They're hard to follow, since there are no narratives.
Rating: 🎉✨️🎊💖 /5 sparkley outlooks
Recommend? Yes!
Finished: Oct 15 '24
Format: Digital arc, Kindle, NetGalley
Read this book if you like:
❤️🩹 self help / self-help poetry
🪶 contemporary poetry
👭🏽 women's fiction and memoir
🌞 positivity and optimism
💝 radical self-love
My Favorite Poems:
1. What a Catch p27
2. These Are the Days p40
3. I'm Giving Up for Lent p51
4. Wet n Wild Geese p56
5. Boo! p61
6. Heck Yes, I Have an MFA: Major Freakin' Attitude p75
7. Bragadocious with the Mostess p97
8. Drinking Iced Coffee in January p100
9. Strong Female Lead p116
10. Reassurance to Save for a Rainy Day p128
April 12, 2024
i laughed, i cried, i loved this.
October 29, 2024
I laughed, I cried! Beautiful and affirming poetry. ❤️
April 9, 2024
I’m in no way a literary analyst, especially not someone who’s read a lot of poetry, but this is not very good. I resonated to a couple of poems, a line here and there, but the rest felt inept. Most of it seemed like someone’s late night ramblings written on their notes app that was not meant for others to see. The only way I see this achieve success is if it were 2012 and posted on Tumblr.
I received an ARC copy from NetGalley and St. Martin’s Press in exchange for an honest review.
I received an ARC copy from NetGalley and St. Martin’s Press in exchange for an honest review.
July 16, 2024
I haven’t read a poetry collection in awhile that I seemed to relate too. This one I did. It was obvious a heart was being poured out and many times I thought for sure some of these poems were written for me. I enjoyed this poetry collection so much I finished this book in a day. I didn’t want it to end. This is a must read.
Thank you to NetGalley, St. Martin’s Press and Lyndsay Rush for the eARC for an honest review.
Thank you to NetGalley, St. Martin’s Press and Lyndsay Rush for the eARC for an honest review.
March 29, 2024
I'm gonna start out this review by specifying that I just don't think I was the target audience for this book. First off, I can't really blame the author for her age but this was VERY millennial from my perspective. Reminded me a lot of Gabbie Hanna style writing and that just isn't my thing. Poetry has been something I got really into in the last four-five years or so, and had no interest in before that, so it could just be that I'm pickier than most when it comes to the composition and form. Freeform is fine for poetry and I actually enjoy writing it myself, but it needs to have a certain flow to appeal to me. Additionally, while I was reading this book, only 2-3 poems really resonated with me at all, and most had me feeling like I was reading a shallow attempt to make some revelation that is already known by most. It was like reading mansplaining at times, because these are the same revelations people have been talking about and realizing for years. I think there was a lack of depth here that could have been better explored with other styles. I can see why the author was successful on social media, and this book has the potential to do well with that same older demographic on social media, but this is not something I can see interesting the younger people on social media or those who read quite a bit, because I think for them it will fail to resonate or strike any kind of chord. I think focusing on marketing this to an older audience would do it a lot of good.
September 17, 2024
Wow, I absolutely *loved* this book of poems, and I was SO excited to get to read an early copy.
When I first found Lyndsay's poems on Instagram, I went immediately to her page, because surely she had a published volume of poems, right? That's how amazing I found her work to be. I wanted to hold her poems in my hand, keep them as a treasured source on my nightstand. When I found out she didn't, and just shared the poems on social media, I was SURE that she would have a book one day. And here we are! I'm so glad to finally get to enjoy this collection, and I felt so seen by her work. There is really such hope, joy, and comfort in reading something (even something based on a sad, complicated, or heavy topic) that really *speaks* to and gives words to your unexpressed thoughts and feelings, and I truly and fully got that valuable fulfillment from A BIT MUCH.
Lyndsay is a powerful writer and communicator (and so good at word play!) and her poems are so thought-provoking and powerful, while still feeling accessible and fun. They spoke to me in a way so much other poetry doesn't, and I found myself savoring each poem and highlighting my thoughts and favorite parts on each page. I wanted to live in and roll around these poems. They're genuinely not one-and-done poems, but deeply resonant slices of magic that you'll want to come back to often.
I really enjoyed how the poems are categorized by mood, and I truly believe there is something for everyone, even at different stages of life, within this collection's pages. A few of my favorites (amidst of a whole slew of, for the lack fo a better word, bangers) were Frequent Crier, Be st Fri ends, We're Not Getting Any Younger, Woman, His Body is Bread and so Is Mine, Hysterical, Things That Taste as Good as Skinny Feels, Let Go and Let Goddess, Reverse Aging the Easy Way!, Growing a Pair, "Marie! The Baguettes, Hurry Up!," She's a Bit Much, A Little Bit Louder Now, Shedonism, Share Plates, Two Very Enthusiastic Thumbs Up, Cracks of Light, Celebrate Bad Times...Come On!, a Get-Together to Fall Apart, Eye Creams & IRAs, What It Feels Like to Be at Peach with Myself, so, honestly, all of them????
"I'm not here for a quiet time I'm here
for a resounding one
I'm here to grate fresh parm all over my life
and never say "when"
This collection of poems is absolutely stunning. ALL THE STARS!
Thank you to St. Martin's Press and Netgalley for the e-ARC in exchange for my honest, unbiased review. A BIT MUCH is out 9/17, and it's a release I will be gifting liberally to myself, friends, and my family.
When I first found Lyndsay's poems on Instagram, I went immediately to her page, because surely she had a published volume of poems, right? That's how amazing I found her work to be. I wanted to hold her poems in my hand, keep them as a treasured source on my nightstand. When I found out she didn't, and just shared the poems on social media, I was SURE that she would have a book one day. And here we are! I'm so glad to finally get to enjoy this collection, and I felt so seen by her work. There is really such hope, joy, and comfort in reading something (even something based on a sad, complicated, or heavy topic) that really *speaks* to and gives words to your unexpressed thoughts and feelings, and I truly and fully got that valuable fulfillment from A BIT MUCH.
Lyndsay is a powerful writer and communicator (and so good at word play!) and her poems are so thought-provoking and powerful, while still feeling accessible and fun. They spoke to me in a way so much other poetry doesn't, and I found myself savoring each poem and highlighting my thoughts and favorite parts on each page. I wanted to live in and roll around these poems. They're genuinely not one-and-done poems, but deeply resonant slices of magic that you'll want to come back to often.
I really enjoyed how the poems are categorized by mood, and I truly believe there is something for everyone, even at different stages of life, within this collection's pages. A few of my favorites (amidst of a whole slew of, for the lack fo a better word, bangers) were Frequent Crier, Be st Fri ends, We're Not Getting Any Younger, Woman, His Body is Bread and so Is Mine, Hysterical, Things That Taste as Good as Skinny Feels, Let Go and Let Goddess, Reverse Aging the Easy Way!, Growing a Pair, "Marie! The Baguettes, Hurry Up!," She's a Bit Much, A Little Bit Louder Now, Shedonism, Share Plates, Two Very Enthusiastic Thumbs Up, Cracks of Light, Celebrate Bad Times...Come On!, a Get-Together to Fall Apart, Eye Creams & IRAs, What It Feels Like to Be at Peach with Myself, so, honestly, all of them????
"I'm not here for a quiet time I'm here
for a resounding one
I'm here to grate fresh parm all over my life
and never say "when"
This collection of poems is absolutely stunning. ALL THE STARS!
Thank you to St. Martin's Press and Netgalley for the e-ARC in exchange for my honest, unbiased review. A BIT MUCH is out 9/17, and it's a release I will be gifting liberally to myself, friends, and my family.
April 29, 2025
Did not finish book. Stopped at 47%.
First off, I received this book from NetGalley and the publisher in exchange for an honest review.
As a Christian, I found this book disturbing and it does not align with my beliefs. The author portrayed religion as a negative stereotype and connotation.. i do NOT recommend!!
First off, I received this book from NetGalley and the publisher in exchange for an honest review.
As a Christian, I found this book disturbing and it does not align with my beliefs. The author portrayed religion as a negative stereotype and connotation.. i do NOT recommend!!
January 4, 2025
A dear friend gave me this book along with some other lovely little things as a Christmas gift & told me a few of these poems remind her of me. Cherishing it because of this but also this is a very easy read with some good gems sprinkled in.
November 14, 2024
quick and super relatable read. it was like a nice cozy warm hug on a cold day? also loved the music valley archive and grossy references 🥺
April 1, 2025
4.5 ⭐️ this book was like being cheered on by an old friend, a loving family member, a sweet spouse. The poems were relatable in so many ways. Will need to own a physical copy of this, for sure.
October 7, 2024
PERFECT. LOVED EVERY SECOND OF IT.
I devoured this book in one day. I loved how relatable these poems were to my current life as a 30something millennial in 2024. I saw so many topics I care about expressed in words I deeply related to, which is so hard to do these days in the environment we live in.
Some of my favorite topics included:
- church trauma
- being female
- being human
- feeling lost
- feeling hopeful
- feeling joy
- feeling silly
- feeling YOURSELF
- being yourself
- embracing the good with the bad
Make favorite poems were:
- Make Like a Tree and Love
- Someone to Eat Chips With
- Loving Each Otter
- This Little Light
- Until the Snow Begins to Fall
- Ante Hero
- Ordering from the Kids' Menu
- Hot Girl Walks
- An Error Message Just for You
- "Marie! The Baguettes, Hurry Up!"
- Help
- A Race Against the Guac
I'm endlessly grateful to St. Martin's Griffin for the PR package with A Bit Much inside. It was a surprise in the best way!
I devoured this book in one day. I loved how relatable these poems were to my current life as a 30something millennial in 2024. I saw so many topics I care about expressed in words I deeply related to, which is so hard to do these days in the environment we live in.
Some of my favorite topics included:
- church trauma
- being female
- being human
- feeling lost
- feeling hopeful
- feeling joy
- feeling silly
- feeling YOURSELF
- being yourself
- embracing the good with the bad
Make favorite poems were:
- Make Like a Tree and Love
- Someone to Eat Chips With
- Loving Each Otter
- This Little Light
- Until the Snow Begins to Fall
- Ante Hero
- Ordering from the Kids' Menu
- Hot Girl Walks
- An Error Message Just for You
- "Marie! The Baguettes, Hurry Up!"
- Help
- A Race Against the Guac
I'm endlessly grateful to St. Martin's Griffin for the PR package with A Bit Much inside. It was a surprise in the best way!
November 7, 2024
I laughed, I teared up, I chuckled, I resonated. So good! And an extremely approachable way to engage with poetry.
January 27, 2025
Oh this was good. I will definitely be coming back to this for years to come and love how the poems are separated by mood so you can always read what you need
November 10, 2024
some (of the many) things i love about @maryoliversdrunkcousin: her IG handle, we share the same birthday (may 3 taurus twins!!!), how she weaves humor and heart into everything she writes and packs PUNCHES in every poem, how she so deftly speaks the TRUTH and leaves you like YUUUUUPPPPPP as you read her words… she is GOOD and i love her so much and this book is a GEM. ✨
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️— amazing.
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️— amazing.
October 1, 2024
Not enough nice things to say about this debut book of poetry, but alas I’ll try for our lord and savior Mary Oliver’s Drunk Cousin.
There are various different talents in the world, but one of my favorite ones is the kind of talent that seems to sharpen the people that interact with it. That kind of talent makes people stand up straighter, makes them feel more capable through making them feel seen. It’s a kind of talent that shines a light back on the observer.
That talent is one of Lyndsay Rush’s great gifts, that she presents as an offering with A Bit Much.
It is so special. It won’t be for everyone, but for the people it is for it will feel like a homecoming.
Thanks to net galley for giving me this to review!
There are various different talents in the world, but one of my favorite ones is the kind of talent that seems to sharpen the people that interact with it. That kind of talent makes people stand up straighter, makes them feel more capable through making them feel seen. It’s a kind of talent that shines a light back on the observer.
That talent is one of Lyndsay Rush’s great gifts, that she presents as an offering with A Bit Much.
It is so special. It won’t be for everyone, but for the people it is for it will feel like a homecoming.
Thanks to net galley for giving me this to review!
April 23, 2024
I picked this up because I needed a good cry, and boy did it deliver! (Thanks to NetGalley for the eARC!)
There are so many ways Lyndsay’s poems hit me like an arrow straight to the heart: I’m a white woman just entering my 30’s; I have long wrestled with the ideas I inherited about my faith and my body and my purpose; I am and have always been ‘too’ sensitive and ‘too’ loud; I am profoundly grateful that I have people in my life who love me in spite of, or perhaps because of, my muchness.
The fact that someone like Lyndsay can just perfectly capture the enormity of any one of those feelings in a few short lines of poetry makes me overcome with emotion. It is so beautiful to witness someone making art that is so achingly human, and to be so affected by it makes me feel grateful to be alive. So, thank you Lyndsay, for your vulnerability, your humor, and your encouragement. Don’t be surprised if I get at least one of your sentences tattooed on my skin as a reminder to be kind to my sensitive-ass-self.
There are so many ways Lyndsay’s poems hit me like an arrow straight to the heart: I’m a white woman just entering my 30’s; I have long wrestled with the ideas I inherited about my faith and my body and my purpose; I am and have always been ‘too’ sensitive and ‘too’ loud; I am profoundly grateful that I have people in my life who love me in spite of, or perhaps because of, my muchness.
The fact that someone like Lyndsay can just perfectly capture the enormity of any one of those feelings in a few short lines of poetry makes me overcome with emotion. It is so beautiful to witness someone making art that is so achingly human, and to be so affected by it makes me feel grateful to be alive. So, thank you Lyndsay, for your vulnerability, your humor, and your encouragement. Don’t be surprised if I get at least one of your sentences tattooed on my skin as a reminder to be kind to my sensitive-ass-self.
July 12, 2024
Can I give a million out of 5 instead?
As other reviews have said, this is the gateway drug to poetry.
I hadn't even put 2 + 2 together - I had no clue Lyndsay Rush was the hilarious Instagrammer I already knew and loved until I had the book in hand.
I'm a big time highlighter, anything that resonates with me I make sure to highlight.... There's so much bright pink now that you might mistake my copy for a coloring book. I have a feeling you'll see these poems all over social media once this is released to the public.
(Thank you bunches to NetGalley & publisher for E-ARC!)
As other reviews have said, this is the gateway drug to poetry.
I hadn't even put 2 + 2 together - I had no clue Lyndsay Rush was the hilarious Instagrammer I already knew and loved until I had the book in hand.
I'm a big time highlighter, anything that resonates with me I make sure to highlight.... There's so much bright pink now that you might mistake my copy for a coloring book. I have a feeling you'll see these poems all over social media once this is released to the public.
(Thank you bunches to NetGalley & publisher for E-ARC!)
June 11, 2024
4.25/5
I’ve always felt as though Good Poetry makes you want to write Good Poetry. this collection was like coming home to your favourite dinner steaming on the countertop, someone warm and steady standing at the kitchen sink waiting to have twenty uninterrupted minutes of your time before you both recede into a doom scroll for the rest of the night. modern and self-deprecating, but careful and confident. I wish it used a bit less internet slang, but alas, beggars can’t be choosers.
I’ve always felt as though Good Poetry makes you want to write Good Poetry. this collection was like coming home to your favourite dinner steaming on the countertop, someone warm and steady standing at the kitchen sink waiting to have twenty uninterrupted minutes of your time before you both recede into a doom scroll for the rest of the night. modern and self-deprecating, but careful and confident. I wish it used a bit less internet slang, but alas, beggars can’t be choosers.
April 20, 2024
I’m sorry, did I write this book?
Thank you to NetGalley for the advance review copy in return for an honest review.
Thank you to NetGalley for the advance review copy in return for an honest review.
March 30, 2025
5⭐️ – Like a deep, but silly chat with your best friend
A Bit Much is everything I love in a poetry collection—raw, relatable, and full of those “I feel so seen” moments. Lindsay Rush perfectly captures the highs, the heartbreaks, and the hilarious in-betweens of being human.
Some poems made me laugh, some hit a little too close to home, and others felt like a warm hug. It’s the kind of book you want to keep on your nightstand, ready to flip through whenever you need to feel seen. Absolutely loved it!
A Bit Much is everything I love in a poetry collection—raw, relatable, and full of those “I feel so seen” moments. Lindsay Rush perfectly captures the highs, the heartbreaks, and the hilarious in-betweens of being human.
Some poems made me laugh, some hit a little too close to home, and others felt like a warm hug. It’s the kind of book you want to keep on your nightstand, ready to flip through whenever you need to feel seen. Absolutely loved it!
May 28, 2025
We're back, baby. It's literature girl summer and I have been excited to read this collection of poetry! Lyndsay Rush is one of my favorite follows on Instagram, which is where I first encountered her work. This poetry collection feels very "millenial" and I ate that up. It's about taking up space, claiming your joy, and recognizing the daily delights. I will revisit this one!
August 8, 2025
This poetry collection has been on my nightstand for five months, and what an absolute delight it has been to read a poem or two here and there, whenever the mood has struck.
I would assume this collection would resonate best with millennial women. But would love to know if I’m wrong, and if “A Bit Much” is actually for everybody.
I would assume this collection would resonate best with millennial women. But would love to know if I’m wrong, and if “A Bit Much” is actually for everybody.
February 7, 2025
I know nothing about poetry but I thoroughly enjoyed this.
November 16, 2025
If you are a millennial ADHD woman who was a little traumatized by the evangelical church and told you were too emotional, this one’s for you (me it’s for me).
November 17, 2025
I mean it when I say I want to frame almost every single poem and hang them in my home.
May 22, 2025
this was the first poetry book I've ever read! I really liked the acknowledgements and I would love to read more of this author's non-poetry writing
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