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Originally Posted by Dazrin
In the mean time I received Jenny Lawson's new book, Furiously Happy: A Funny Book About Horrible Things, and just today received Brandon Sanderson's new Mistborn book, Shadows of Self, both from my library after recommending them prior to publication.
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Furiously Happy was wonderful. It does have crude language and topics but it is surely one of a very few books that can talk about severe depression and other mental and physical illnesses in an approachable and often hilarious way. I certainly have a better understanding of those fighting these battles and hopefully that will translate into more compassion as well. Check out her
blog if you want a preview of her writing style, I am sure it isn't for everyone. The
book trailer has a couple familiar faces as well.
Shadows of Self is next then (or maybe concurrently)
Kidnapped for the October book club, possibly as an audio book since I have a long car trip scheduled for next week.