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This is keeping me very engrossed. Reminds me that I love my soap divas and housewives. Love how she is going back and forth between RHOBH and other parts of her life from the past. So far this book is everything I want to read in a memoir.

Started tonight. Found it hard to read due to eye issues but once I was able to get that regulated I found myself enjoying the beginning of this book. So far it is definitely roping me into the narrative and starting on a strong foot.

This is a lot of her own stories attached to permission. I will finish it but not sure this will be a favorite.

Very religious focused.

This is an interesting beginning so far.

This is umm something else. I've finally pushed through more of this book. I just can't even. So glad I don't have an insurmountable amount of the book left.

Calculated what percentage I was done in the copy I have. This feels like it will be the rest of the year until I finish this book. It is dry in a way I was not expecting, as I love Oz and the idea of the Wicked Witch having you know a life outside of Dorothy. This, however, is tedious is places.

I am getting close to the end of this book. Finding and understanding aspects of autism should be exhilarating but at times I find it overwhelming as I try to learn how to truly be authentic in a space that I am realizing wasn't made for me. This book is highlighting this deeply to me, currently.

I struggled with this tonight. The content seemed to jump around so much and didn't feel really about helping an autistic person better know themselves or to unmask. It just felt like the author wanted to talk about their own personal experience, which in this book I am struggling with.

Starting this back up to better understand myself. May be slow going on this one depending on how it mentally impacts me.

I am reading this at a much quicker pace than normal. I am staying engaged with my reading differently. My brain is in a powerful place where it is pushing through old narratives of trauma that prevented me from reading. I am finding joy in my reading again, even when sideeyeing some of the choices the author I am reading is making. These last two books have reminded me reading just means picking up the next book.

I literally read all of these pages in one sitting. That is pretty good for me. I'm becoming reinvested in reading again. This book is probably going to be an easier read for me.

I'm finally starting to be invested in what is happening. I forgot how much I enjoy mystery elements of a book. I want to know what is going on regardless of how well or poorly written a book is. I want to know the unknown of the book that badly that it drives me forward. This is making me like this book.

This book is weird so far. I can't tell if I like it or not. Usually this far in I know, but it feels like we are getting an unreliable narrator. We will see if I actually start liking it or not. I am trying to finish every book I start now so going to keep going at it.

This will be a slow read for me. It has a lot of information contained within it, but it also is helping me to better understand myself as a recently diagnosed autistic adult. I need to sit with the reading to better understand myself.

Started this tonight. So far I am intrigued by what is happening in the story and interested to see where it goes when I am not about to fall asleep for the night. More pages tomorrow for sure.

This book has brought up some memories of my own history, especially the mention of Berkely and San Francisco. I haven't read this much of a book in a singular night in a long time. This book doesn't have artwork, so it isn't that making it quicker to read. Yes, it being journal entries helps some, but overall, it is that this material resonates with me on a deeper level.

I started this on a whim as my second read along with the short story collection I am reading. I could not put this book down after I got through the first 15 pages. It started off uninteresting and very boring. It quickly moved into being more. I really appreciate the story that the writer is trying to tell here because it doesn't feel like anything I've read before.

This is a nostalgic read for me. I read this back in middle school and remember writing a short story that was a continuation of the story, not knowing there was a sequel. Enjoying walking down memory road.

The way that Lamott writes is a down to earth approach that makes what could be a challenge for those that may have lapsed in their faith to be easily accessed. So far, I am finding this very enlightening.

Been reading this off and on. Sometimes it is way too cheesy for me. Immature even in some parts, but this is way younger superheroes here so I forgive them. Loving the Secret addition.

Continuing to read this. Know it will be finished sooner than the last because even with a day or so break between I am reading almost 30 to 40 pages a sitting. Only like 2 more sittings and it will be onto the next book. This one is currently interesting given the type it is. Next one will need a bit more action and thriller to it.

This didn't take long to get into the murder and mystery aspect, but I expected that since it is a shorter book than the one that I just finished. I feel like I will read more tomorrow and probably get this one done much faster than I did the previous read.

Welp, this has become by far more intense than I was expecting based on like the first 300 pages. I am still not sure how I feel about that. It feels like it is suddenly a story out of nowhere that is a thriller type, but it doesn't fit the rest of it. I am enjoying this part but it does have me scratching my head a bit on the choices that Moriarty has made within it.

I will get to the end eventually. Tomorrow I am going to try to get into the last 100 pages of this. The story is very weird right now and taken a bit of a turn. I can't tell which direction it is going to go right now.

Man, this book took a weird turn. Waiting to see where it goes from here. Can't decide if it veered too far off or if I still like it. Depends on what happens next, I guess.

This part was highly entertaining and is starting to make me realize why I have been drawn to this book during this particular season of my life. This book is greatly about healing which it is time for in my own life as well.

I'm not giving up on finishing this. Some weird part of my body is telling me I am supposed to finish it. I will keep trudging away at it until I finish with it. This part got more interesting to me and I am looking forward to seeing what happens next as the story is finally kicking up.

Slow going, but I am enjoying the book. It is weirdly bringing me a peace that I wasn't expecting and making me seriously want to try a silent retreat this year. It sounds fascinating.