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Easy read with a great mix of characters that felt real. Only one character is as "troublesome" as I would have liked.

OKAY WHAT!! Jaw dropped.

My HOA has a book club and it is usually super esoteric, but this was super readable. Cataloging how Mitt Romney and his father talked about Mormonism 40 years apart, and so much, feels so relevant.

Best 20 minutes you can spend is with Sara.

I don't know how the author did this, but my amazon book order hit me with the best smell when i opened the pages. Highly suggest reading the poems while the smell ingests you. Be pulled in by the tart smells and truths of "i bet this wont get a dm" Evocative of pasts and the ending with "if i was a mother," you get the last whiff of the bass tones from the scent.

If you have Houston Public Library card, go to Libby, add new Card for Beaumont Public Library System. Log in with HPL library card info for Beaumont. They are the only library in SW TX to have it and there's not even a wait.

Top re-read. I just got to meet the author last week too. I found this originally on a shelf on a coffee shop and had heard the title before, I recommend you go in with just as much knowledge.

If you have Houston Public Library card, go to libby, "add card" for Beaumont Library. Log in with HPL library card info. They have it without a line.


Top re-read. (Although nothing will top finding this book at Day 6 Coffee in 2021, reading the first 25% a day in the store and coming back twice to finish it!)

"It never occurs to doctors when looking for special interests of autistic women that the intensity of their interest can manifest in people, not just things"

If I ever wrote a book, I would name it "Xylophones" for anyone doing A-Z Challenge.

Chapter 5 should be a 9 part HBO show?

Princess Donut had to do something really grown-up