Here is the thing about books and me: It’s possible that our relationship is not entirely healthy.
I am a speed reader. Not officially, but enough so that every time I’m on the elliptical at the gym, someone stops me and says, “I have to ask- are you actually READING that thing?” To put things into perspective, “every time I’m on my elliptical at the gym” has been exactly three times in three years. But this has happened all of those times.
I read frantically –to the point that it becomes less enjoyable than maybe it should be. I read like I used to (sometimes still) eat. Like the book or cookie is ON FIRE AND SO I MUST FINISH IT IN THIRTY SECONDS OR IT WILL CERTAINLY TURN TO A PILE OF ASHES. Also, I am frantic even if I’m not actively reading or eating. If there is an unread book or an uneaten cookie in my home I can pretend to pay attention to the people in my home but I cannot actually pay attention because I am looking at them and nodding but the distracting and all-encompassing words looping through my brain are THERE IS A BOOK AND/OR COOKIE IN THE VICINITY OF US AND SO HOW THE HELL ARE YOU PEOPLE CARRYING ON AS IF ALL IS FINE WHEN CLEARLY THERE IS UNFINISHED BOOK AND COOKIE BUSINESS IN THE VICINITY OF US.
And so often I sneak away to read and eat. I have to sneak because it feels wrong to prefer being in my book and cookie world more than being in the real world which is not REALLY true except for it’s a teeny bit true. It’s just mostly true but not completely.
It’s completely true. I prefer book and cookie world.
The point is that I do not eat nor read leisurely. I eat and read like I suspect that maybe every book and grain of sugar is saving my life. I think this might be why a lot of folks with food issues don’t eat in front of people. Because for us, eating is not a social activity. It’s full immersion. It’s – like – SERIOUS. We do not nibble on food or books – we devour them. Almost whole. Without even chewing sometimes. It’s so personal that it feels private. I don’t know.
ANYWAY. Here is my point: I finish a book maybe every three days. And I always love them. I ALWAYS LOVE ALL THE BOOKS. To me, books are like people- they don’t need to match me perfectly- I just need to be able to learn something new from them. And I always do. I always learn something new. My favorite person is usually the one I’m with right now and my favorite book is always the one I’m reading right now. And so every time I finish a book- I want to thank the writer in some HUGE way and then tell you all about the writer in some HUGE way to show how HUGE MY LOVE IS FOR BOTH THE WRITER AND FOR YOU but then it all seems too huge to try – so I just do nothing. This is actually the entire story of my entire life.
But no — I cannot let this happen! Not when it comes to BOOKS! Let me neglect anything but books and writers and you!
The enemy of good is perfect. Things are better done crappily than not done at all. 
Everything worth doing is not worth doing well — and on and on etc., etc.
So here’s what I’m going to do: Every time I finish a book I am going to post a picture of it here or on Facebook or Twitter or Instagram and then I am going to ask who wants it and then I’ll randomly choose one of you and then you will email me their address and then I will go to the Post Office and send it to you. Since I hate going to the post office with a burning, burning fire – I will offer that up to the author as my deep and sacrificial THANK YOU. *Please note that when you receive your book it will VERY likely have water damage because I drop every book in the bathtub at least one which is why I’m not allowed to have a kindle. Consider your book well loved. No returns, please.*
First Book!!!
I assume that everyone here knows Ann Patchett, but we are going to need to talk about her anyway.
I just finished This is the Story of a Happy Marriage, which is collection of her essays. You need this book. In it she writes about her divorce and her friendships and her beautiful second marriage and Nashville and the Sisters who helped raised her and about the pure, fierce, tender love between her and her dog, Rose. The blurb on the cover says, “A collection of sparkling essays.” I finished the book on a plane and then sat with the book in my lap, just staring at it and thinking. As I stared I noticed with great delight that when the cover catches the light, it literally sparkles- because subtle glitter is hidden inside the strong layers of color. When I discovered this I was so tickled that I tried to show the man in the seat next to me. He was not as excited. I think maybe you have to read the essays to become sufficiently delighted by how PERFECT the cover is.
The way the cover works is exactly how Patchett’s writing works. Her essays are strong, layered, bold – with subtle but very real sparkle. She is a master. Her writing is so crystal clear and good and steady that it doesn’t even feel like WRITING. It’s like she presents her entire story WHOLE. Here is the thought in the back of my head as I read her: This woman is so SANE. She is just so SANE. And she makes sane seem so damn attractive. So wait- one can have a life with this much depth, this much beauty, this much wisdom and ALSO be totally SANE? I usually feel a little bit hostile toward sanity but she and her friend Elizabeth Gilbert make me want to consider considering it.
In one essay, Patchett is deciding what to do about her less than healthy marriage, and a friend asks her: does he make you a better person? It’s a good, hard question and this whole book is sort of an answer to it. It’s about what makes her a better person. I believe that Ann Patchett’s writing makes me a better person, so I am going to keep her around. You should, too.
One important thing: Ann and her friends Mary and Karen opened an independent book store in Nashville called Parnassus. They did this because they believe in the power of the independent book store to bring a community together. It is my new goal in life to go to Parnassus and just sit on the floor and read for many hours. If you must know, I will only pretend to read while out of the corner of my eye I will spy on Patchett and gather ideas about how one might kick start this sanity thing.
I bring all of this up because the right thing to do, if you decide to order any of Ann Patchett’s books, is to order them not from Amazon, but from Ann Patchett. No ill will toward Amazon, but Patchett makes me want to do things right. Visit her! Small bookstores are so important. I’m grateful that she and her partners are doing their part to keep them alive. Also, I would like to formally register my concern that — in the distribution of fiery, cool, talented, beautiful hearts and minds –Nashville has been egregiously over-served. This is a fact, jack. SHARE, Nashville.
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I devoured your book in a week! That might not sound fast, but I have a baby who rarely sleeps so it was fast for me. And your parenthood essays were so, so wonderful, encouraging, and hilarious!!! Ann Patchett’s book is only reading list, so I’d LOVE to have your copy. 🙂
There are not enough minutes in a day for all the books I want to read! I almost don’t want more book recommendations (almost, really, almost. do keep sending recommendations.) As pinterest recently clarified for me: “I like to party. And by party I mean read books.”
Each time I step into our beloved community library, I feel safe. I stop holding my breath. Like FOR SURE somewhere among all those books and millions of words contained in them, surely I will find comfort, I will find the answers to all my questions, all of Life’s questions. I just have to slow down and look, observe.
And, wouldn’t you know, I usually DO find the answers I need in the books. Sometimes they are answers to questions I didn’t know I had. I think God slides me a book at just the right time and they always teach me something, unveil to me something I needed to hear on that particular day. If I wrote an autobiography, it would be titled “Libraries Saved Me.”
G, one of your next books needs to be Deep Down Dark.
I heard Ann Patchett recommend it on NPR last month. It’s NPR’s first book club book. Ann said she rarely cries, and this book moved her so profoundly, that she shed the tears that aren’t usually there.
It’s SO good, it’s hard for me to even describe it. It’s about the 33 Chilean miners who were trapped for 2 months. My first thought on hearing the subject was, ‘uuuuummmmm, no thanks’. But then my mom called me and said, this book…oh, this book.
It’s the most heartfelt, hopeful, beautiful reminder of what it means to be human and to be Alive. What it means to survive, when the literal weight of the world is bearing down on you.
I feel like it’s changed me. A new prescription for my perspectacles.
Oh my gosh! Every time I come to your site and feel/hear/read you speak I love you even more. Thank you for allowing yourself to be seen in your non-sanity so the rest of us can feel like if you can be real AND awesome – so can we!
A humble question, though. I actually do not want to enter the drawing for this book but rather offer you one I wrote. I wrote a memoir about growing up with my sister who has Asperger’s (the experience was mostly positive, actually). If I sent you a hard copy, would you read it? (It’s called “Crystal Puzzle” in case you want to look it up on Amazon before deciding.) I would be so honored!
You just described so much of my life. I almost entertained the idea of sanity. Almost. I cannot wait to read this book now too. But it sounds like it’s going to be like yours…I’m going to be sad when it’s over.
I thought I was in love with you and this post makes me sure. I started reading your words years ago, hesitantly & secretively, because my church said people like you are VERY DANGEROUS. I suppose they’re right, because I’m not there anymore and I read your stuff and tell others to! 😉 So many times you UNDERSTAND, and then you go further and FIND WORDS, which is amazing to me- as an autistic, the more deeply something affects me or the more powerful the emotion, the quicker I lose my words.
Thank you so much for sharing your self and helping me to learn about love.
I too always want to share my books with people! I would love to receive your copy of this book!
Dear Glennon,
i have been reading your blog ‘anonymously’ for a while and I like a lot what I’ve been reading.
Although i usually prefer to remain invisible (on the internet and in real life), the idea of sharing your newest love-affair with a book got me excited enough to post my very first comment here.
Or actually, it was rather the hope of ‘winning’ your copy of Ann Patchett’s book. That would be great! You would be sending it all the way to Berlin, where I live.
Thanks for sharing and have a snuggly weekend,
Sandra
Thanks so much! Will add this to my “want to read” list, and have a cookie!!
You are one my favorite people in the entire world! Almost every time I read something you have written I am comforted by the fact that I may be a bit loony, but I am not the only loony one. I hope this doesn’t sound negative to you. If I have learned nothing in my 47 years of life, it’s that we are all a little (A Lot) loony. Thank you for talking about reading like this- I too am obsessive. I like good books and bad books and all books. I read romances on the sly and nonfiction and a few westerns and history but NEVER SCIENCE FICTION because it keeps me awake. This is silly because all books keep me awake, but science fictions gives me bad dreams. Anyway- YOU are simply FANTASTIC! Thank you again. I think I say that every time I comment. Sorry.
I love this post. I am a speed reader too, because I learned how to in grade 7 and I can’t unlearn it. I wish I could though because I love to savour books wishing they would never end. I discovered Ann when I got my first e-reader. One of her essays was a free download and I was hooked.
Oh I’d love to have it, but Germany seems too much of an effort, I guess.
I love this post. I speed read too, cause I learned in grade 7 and can’t unlearn it. I wish I didn’t though. So many books I just want to savour them and I never want them to end.
I discovered Ann’s writing when I got my first e-reader. One of her essays was a free download. I was hooked!
I read and eat just like you!! I think sometimes I live my life that way – speeding through – thinking about the next thing, the next chapter, then next cookie, missing what’s in front of me. The Moment, is what I am TRYING to focus on this new year – being in it and enjoying it. I promise to try my best to read this book slowly (maybe only a chapter a night), if I am picked.
Me please. I just finished Daring Greatly because you urged me to do so. You urged us all. It should be required reading for all of humanity. My world was rocked. I am still processing it all. In needed it in a MAJOR way. I also read Dear Sugar. It was full of buried gems as well. So now, I might have to read every book you suggest.
I would love to read this book!
I am going to start doing the same thing with my books. They don’t belong on shelves, they belong in the hands of another book lover. Such a fabulous idea!
What a perfectly, wonderful, SANE idea! 🙂
Jamee
xoxo
What a perfectly, wonderful, SANE idea. 🙂
Jamee
xoxo
I’d love this book! I visited Nashville for the first time a few weeks ago – very very fun city, I can’t wait to go back!
This sounds great–putting it on my reading list, thank you!
I’d love this book too!
Looks like a great read!!
I’m so excited for this, Glennon! You remind me of my 4 year old self (and, still, now self) who has always had a hunger for books. I could read all day if I could. So this post definitely was speakin’ my “nerdy” language! I, too, will one day sit amongst all those beautiful book stores and just BE. I think you are my kindred spirit animal. Hope you’re okay with that. Can’t wait for all these recommendations that are comin’, sister!
If someone were to ask me if my husband makes me a better person, I would have to say “yes”, unfortunately I often forget that fact. I do not forget the fact that reading your blog does make me a better person, and I am very grateful for your honesty in all the things.
i want this book!
Will have to check out Ann Patchett’s latest. I love her writing. Books and cookies? I can’t think of any combination that makes life more wonderful.
By the way, I don’t think you can be a good writer without being a huge reader. Just saying…
I would love love to read this book. I’ve been following you forever and never commented so i’m a bit nervous.. haha. like many others, I so relate to you and appreciate you. I’m a recovering alcoholic, recovering from many things, recently divorced, single mother of 5 & 7 year old children. I never thought my life would look how it does today, messy. It’s hard but I’m grateful for so much!
I hear you. So did Anne open her bookstore next to a cookie shop, cuz I think that’s how it’s supposed to be. I think I need to read this book (and the 20 others I have in my house). I think even if you don’t send it to me, I’ll find a way to get it and read it. Thanks for the heads up.
reading is how I cope with life. Always have and I think I always will!
You have no idea how much I need this book right now. Really. Thanks for doing this for me and for everyone else out there who’s struggling.
This post brought me so much joy! I feel the exact same way about books (and cookies!)! I would love to read this book. I will also, most definitely, have to go to Parnassus the next time I’m in Nashville. 🙂
This is how I used to read books. Now 95% of the reading I do is school-related and I don’t have enough hours to fit in fun books on top of everything else life has seen fit to throw my way. (Having more than 2 weeks between semesters would help 😛 ) This would probably be a really good book for me to read, but as I live in Canada (and should I be chosen) I’ll save you the international postage and have it sent to my mom. She’s the one who taught me to love reading from an early age. One of my favorite memories of her is laying on her bed, each of us reading our own books. It’s something I recreated with my own kids when they were young.
Another memory of her and reading happened at one of my brother’s baseball practices. I was bored out of my mind and kept bugging her for something to do. She finally had enough and handed me the only reading material in the area – one of Stephen King’s Tower series, which had been buried in the back of the car. I read part of it, decided I wasn’t ready to read it yet, and put Stephen King books on hold for a year or two. I have done something similar with my own kids. I taught them there’s nothing wrong with not being ready to read a particular book or author. There isn’t anything wrong with being ready to read books above your age level, either. Once they reached middle school, I let them choose what they were ready to read by telling them what kinds of scenes themes were in whichever book they wanted to read. If I hadn’t read it yet and thought some themes may have been too adult, I read it first (or checked multiple reviews if I couldn’t squeeze it into my schedule). The only difficult part has been finding books at my younger son’s reading level that don’t include themes he has decided he isn’t ready to read yet.
My gosh, I would love to meet with you and just talk. You not only “GET” life, but you express yourself so well. Every new entry on your blog is a treat! I love your sparkle!
Glennon, Thanks for sharing your books with us. It is super duper sweet. Your generosity is not surprising, though. It is what keeps us all coming back here for more. Thank you for sharing your life with us. We are all less alone for it.
i want a his book! I was looking at it recently and was wondering about it!!!
I don’t need the book because I’m just going to stop by Parnassus later today and pick up a copy. P.S. I hope the fact that I can walk through my backyard, cross the street, AND BE STANDING IN THE PARNASSUS PARKING LOT makes you totally jealous. Then I hope that jealousy turns into motivation to take a trip to Nashville… because that would just be the most magical thing ever. You can fly direct out of Reagan National into Nashville on Southwest for about $300 round trip!
Love Ann Patchett and would love this book! If I don’t win, I promise to buy from Parnassus!
I read like you and many of your readers.
My problem is that sometimes I can’t remember what books I’ve read and what I havent!
Does anyone else have that problem? How do I fix it?
I currently have 10 books in my pile to read and 69 books “Saved For Later” on Amazon.
I *thought* I was a prison librarian; but, thanks to Kelly above, I now know that I am *a giver and keeper of magic*.
Working on my own sparkled memoir – not the writing part, just the living part.
I would LOVE to read this book!
I love books and feel the same way!! Yes please! 🙂
Glennon, I get this. I binge on books too. So much so that I have to diet from them. When I have a book, it’s like I make up for all the minutes that I’m NOT able to read during my days by reading the whole damn thing in a night. A sleepless night, in the bathtub–a bathtub that is repeatedly filled with fresh hot water. I love that you are doing this new project, and Ann Patchett is one of my very favorite authors (along with Elizabeth Berg and Barbara Kingsolver). If you haven’t read anything by Elizabeth Berg, you are in for a new treat!!! Start with The Pull of the Moon. Thank you for being you and putting it out there for people like me. We are all less alone in the world because of it. <3
Oh girl, do I ever hear this! My Christmas gift to myself was to read “Unbroken,” starting on 12/26. Because I knew if I cracked that puppy open before Christmas, I would be cranky, wanting to read, but not being able to read, because Christmas. I’d love to be the recipient of your Ann Patchett book.
I don’t need the book since I already have it. I just wanted to say I love Ann Patchett and Parnassus.
yes please!!
Oh, I really want this book! She sounds just fantastic. And sparkly! Oh yes! 🙂
Also, I read books JUST LIKE YOU DO. I no longer feel alone in the world. I was thinking the other day about my habit of devouring books, swallowing them whole like I hear snakes swallow small rodents (although that is less attractive than I hope I look when reading…). I have books piled all around my meditation area. At this current moment I think there are probably 8-9 books in the vicinity of my morning chair. All at various levels of finished. It’s an issue. Because I adore them all. I’m so glad to hear I’m not the only one that does this!
Oooh oooh oooh! Pick me!!!!
I would love to read this book. Fabulous idea, my husband and I are terrible book hoarders that hope to open a used book store coffee house when we retire. Sharing sounds like a fine alternative.
i was just recently looking at this book and I want to read it! Very cool idea!
I love a good read! I stand up at the counter to read because to sit would be to admit that I’m not on the verge of moving on to my other various chores. So I stand for hours while the world goes on without me. I have to discipline myself not to start a new book during the work week. I need to sleep at some point in order to function at work. There’s a long weekend coming up and I’m looking forward to spending it with my latest book! Please put me on the list to receive the Ann Patchett book. It sounds like one I could spend a day with standing at the kitchen counter!
Love this!! And I would love to read this book!!
G, I laughed out loud at the “wet book” syndrome- I’ve been known to do the same. I’ve been escaping into books since I was 4 years old, and they are still the safest place for me. Whenever anything scary or stressful has befallen me, I just climbed into a book and suddenly all was right. I haven’t thought about that for a long time, but it’s good to know I’m not alone, lost in the pages.
I’d love to read this! (I’m staying up way to late devouring “Outlander” these days.)
What an awesome idea! Love the idea of sending books on and on between friends!
Send me the book and I will send you a cookie!
Would love to read this book… and then keep passing it along to spread the love! Also… Nashville is SO COOL!!! I went to college there and it is a treasure.
I would love this book!
I’d love to read this book! I read pretty intently also!!!
Brilliant! I too am a devourer of books, frantically turning pages until I’ve eaten it all up. I’d love to devour this one!
Having just been the beneficiary of the lovely espresso machine from ToGetHer Rising, I am not putting my name in for this but I do want to say thank you for sharing your love of books and telling us about this one and I am going to order it from her straightaway because it sounds delicious.
P.S. In addition to inviting you for a cup of sisterhood coffee if you are ever in KC, I would also recommend a visit to the independently owned Rainy Day Books, the only place if its kind around these parts and it IS a lovely thing, these corner stores.
OH, THANK GOD! I thought I was a bad mom, wife, friend, etc because I can never focus on anything if a book is nearby. It’s not uncommon to find me at the kitchen counter with all the ingredients waiting to be chopped but me reading. And I frequently hide away in the bathroom to rendezvous with my book. My family think I might have “stomach problems”. I am reluctant to let them know it’s a reading problem! I love Ann Patchett and I have never read this one! Would love it, water damage and all. 🙂
I love this. I can relate with your passion for both books and food. Please include me in the book lottery. I would love to read Ann Patchett’s book.
Me please!
Good morning, Glennon. I, too, love books. Reading at night when everyone else is sleeping is my escape, which is relatively inexpensive but pays huge in “sanity dividends”. Reading is my own personal reward for surviving and sometimes even thriving the trials and tribulations of life. By the way, reading your book and your essays have been life saving at times. Thank you for all you do for us “sensitive” and “brutiful” people. Can’t wait to see you in San Diego. In the meantime, I would love to receive and devour your latest book. Have a great day!
I’m currently rereading Jan Karon’s Mitford series before indulging in her most recent book, Somewhere Safe with Someone Good, and I am once again reminded how impressionable I am. I THINK differently, I SPEAK more gently, I PRAY more directly, and I am BLESSED by humility once again. In short, authors get in my head…this I know. For that reason, I need to be vigilant about who shares that space, rent free. I am delighted to research “sane” Patchett before inviting her in…Thanks for the tip!
“but then it all seems too huge to try – so I just do nothing. This is actually the entire story of my entire life.”
This is actually the entire story of MY entire life – but not really yours, because you DO try. And God bless you for it.
And thank you for giving props to sanity because sometimes I feel pressure to be insane in order to be interesting, honest or real, but real insanity cannot be manufactured by the sane. So thanks for saying sanity is just fine. If that makes sense.
Please add my name to your book lottery. I LOOOOOOVE Ann Patchett and, like you, I wallow in reading and tend to embrace every book I read and the author too! On my “bucket list” (I hate that phrase) is a trip to Patchett’s lovely shop! FYI: I’m currently reading William Gaddis’ The Recognitions…amazing writing! Life is good because there are books (and chickens). <3 – Ginn, In Sunny SC Sippin' Coffee
I read like that too! Sometimes I pretend that I have to stay in the kitchen to tend the frozen pizza in the oven just so I can stand by the stove and read while my husband entertains our kid! The biggest adjustment to having a child was that I felt I wasn’t READING enough!
Yes please! Such a great idea, I love sharing books with friends 🙂
Trying to rekindle my OWN love of reading (as my current literature consists purely of “Is Your Mama a Llama?” and “The Very Hungry Caterpillar”). I would lobe to have this book!
I love books, cookies, and marriage. I also hide away to read, often with cookies. What a beautiful homage to Ann Patchett, you are so kind with your words.
I love this idea, of reading great books and passing them along! I would love to read this one. 🙂
I work at a library, so hearing about your reading habits made me smile. It’s also nice to know that someone else speed reads to the point of insanity. I devour books like if I don’t finish reading them THAT DAY, the plot will somehow change and terrible, terrible things will happen. Favorite characters will die. Worlds will implode. But most importantly of all, if I put the book down, I might have to *gasp* experience reality. Reality is a scary place full of real situations that don’t always neatly resolve. It’s why I reread my favorites so often. There’s a certain comfort in knowing what will happen, and not having to feel any surprise.
Books save my life, day after day. When I felt scared and lonely as a child, I turned to Anne of Green Gables. When I was bullied in my early teens and felt like maybe the world was too much to stay alive, I remembered that if I DID kill myself, I wouldn’t ever find out how Harry Potter ended. And today as a twenty-something, experiencing anxiety and the pain of not meshing into adulthood and not knowing why, it’s books like Rainbow Rowell’s Fangirl that keep me (somewhat) sane.
Books have the power to keep us going. Their words cry out to us, “YOU ARE NOT ALONE!” It’s a magical gift from God, and magic deserves to be devoured. What if all that magic one day disappears? We can’t POSSIBLY expect something this wonderful to just stay there, patiently waiting. Hence why I work at a library. Someone has to guard all this magic!
And so, I continue to devour, protect, and promote. Books are serious business.
Kelly, You are Brave Brave Warrior!!! I admire your strong spirit to protect books…most of all, Yourself! with humble heart <3
BOOKS! BOOKS! BOOKS! All the books!
I read books the same way! So much so that when I have something important to accomplish, I am not allowed to start a book. I also have never read a book I did not like, because I love books.
my best friend might really enjoy this book. She use to consume books at the same rate as you G, but since having 1 overwhelming job, 1 husband with a subsequent divorce, and 3 beautiful really all consuming kiddos she has lost the time and energy to read. Maybe this book could bring her back into the light.
I would love this book! I think I will call 2015 the Year of More Sparkle and this would be a great way to start it off! 🙂
i would love to read this and then send it off to a friend who I think would also love it. BTW – this is what I did for a Christmas present this year. I bought three books off your list and my friends & I are sharing them – we each picked one to start with. They loved that they were reading something you loved. Thank you for starting this amazing discussion of truth in the brutiful world. Thank you!
I want this book!! 🙂
I would love to read this book, water stains and all. I would also really love to eat a cookie.
Oh my stars, G! Every time! Every single time I read your blog I feel like you are somehow inside my head and describing how I feel better then I ever could. To be honest I don’t know if I want this book or not, but I might need it. The story of a happy marriage? It sounds like a scary, hard book to read when your own marriage is falling apart. But sometimes the scary, hard things end up being the most rewarding. Plus, if she makes sanity look that attractive to you, maybe she can convince me, too.
This is how I used to read books… and then life. and a husband. and kids. and more life…. and I really miss the me who used to devour books. So I’ve been working on it… almost done w/ book #2 for 2015 and that is huge considering that in 2014, I think I read four books (which is tragically sad for the former book-devourer).
I would really love to read this book by Ann Patchett… and you’ve challenged me not to just pick up my phone and quick-order it on Amazon… I’ll go by my great local used bookstore sometime this week and try to find it used…. better for my budget anyway!!
Subtle sparkle–that’s my favorite kind. I would so love to have this book (and getting mail. I love getting mail). But I’ll also be happy to buy it from Ann (still get mail!;-). Thanks for getting the word out about her bookstore! Can’t wait to check it out.
I would love to read this book! I also love how you are so honest about everything Glennon! Makes me realize that it’s ok to have all these quirks and it just makes me who I am! Thank you for giving me some peace with myself!
I, too, eat books.
This book sounds like what I need right now! I read read read! My nine year old daughter is not a fan of reading and it pains my heart. I want (almost feel like I need) her to love reading. I am sad for what she is missing out on by not being a book worm like her momma!
I’d love this book! The glittery cover sounds intriguing quite honestly……
ohhhh how I love sparkle and good books. I’d like to think that I have a layer of sparkle that people can suddenly see when they really see me. I’d love to read this amazing book next. I will even move all of the other books in my pile out of the way. 🙂 thank you for sharing your sparkle Glennon. Although, it’s more like the most beautiful fire you’ve ever seen-because I can feel the warmth through your words. Xo
Love this idea! Your posts always make me think, laugh, and sometimes cry…mostly, though, I read them and wonder how you got inside my head. 😉
I heard David Sedaris gush over this book and now you, so it must be truly amazing. I’d love to read it and pay it forward.
I would love this book!
I’d love to read this book!
Me please! I love Ann Patchett! Planning a trip to Nashville in the spring and am definitely going to Parnassus.
Sparkly memoirs are my favorite genre. <3
Also, I hide in the laundry room and eat/read. If my kids ever wanted to learn how to do laundry, they'd find chocolate chips and cookies behind the fabric softener. I don't think this is going to happen for awhile.
I would love to read this book.
I want this book! Pretty, please!
Oh. Yes please. <3
The idea of getting a book you have loved so fiercely….well, I just gotta throw my hat into this ring! Thanks for sharing this wonderful part of you, G.
me please!!!
No responses yet? That can’t be right. You may be on EST and I am on CST but still. Anyway, then let me be the first… I love this! I am so exactly the same when it comes to books and food. Amazing how perfectly you nailed it. BTW, I want the book. Love you, Glennon. I am hoping to come to Gainesville, GA to meet you.
I would like to have this book, pick me please!