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Dancing at the Pity Party by Tyler Feder

4/26/2020

First and foremost, thank you to Penguin Teen for sending me a free copy of Dancing at the Pity Party by Tyler Feder.
You’ve really made me love being a #penguinteenpartner with this latest read!

Dancing at the Pity Party is a graphic novel I wish I had been given years ago. Having lost my dad nearly 13 years ago (only 2 years before Feder lost her mother), I could relate to so many emotions and moments in this story. I’ve never been able to articulate how it feels to meet someone who is also a part of the Dead Parents Club, but Feder does it perfectly. The way she explains the connections you find by meeting people who “know” what those experiences are like because they’ve been there too is the most relatable thing I’ve read in a long time. There is an unspeakable bond that you find with those friends, and I found it again while reading this book.

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The Curse of the Boyfriend Sweater by Alanna Okun

7/20/2018

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Thank you to Flatiron Books and Alanna Okun for providing me with a free copy of The Curse of the Boyfriend Sweater to read in exchange for an unbiased review. All opinions are my own.

Friends, I like to think of myself as crafty, but after reading The Curse of the Boyfriend Sweater, I think Alanna Okun shares a whole new level of crafty. What Dear Fahrenheit 451 did for our favorite books, Okun does for our favorite creative expressions. She uses the common thread (ha!) of crafting in each of her essays to share her anecdotes of love, loss, relationships, grief, triumph, and tribulation. To me, she is the Cheryl Strayed of crafting because she is able to blend her wit and sage advice into a story about knitting on the subway and still find a way for it to relate to me, the random reader. No matter what kind of crafts you are into, she finds a way to compare the experience of creating, abandoning, revising, and (maybe) finishing a project to life events. It’s a great read to pick up and put down at your leisure (which I would recommend) or even to binge in a couple of sittings.

TL/DR: If you’re looking for a collection of essays that blend memoir, crafting anecdotes, and tough-love advice, grab Okun’s book now!

Rating: 3/5 stars

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