Dear Bookworms,
It’s November, and if you’ve been hanging around the book-ternet, you’ll know that non-fiction is all the rage this month. (You can check out Non-Fiction November if you don’t believe me. Kim from Sophisticated Dorkiness, Becca from I’m Lost In Books, Leslie from Regular Rumination, and Katie from Doing Dewey are hosting it!) Now, I’m not huge on non-fiction, but I was inspired by the event to choose a non-fiction title that I’ve been meaning to read for AGES as our Fellowship of the Worms pick this month. We’re going to be reading Tiny Beautiful Things: Advice on Love and Life from Dear Sugar
Life can be hard: your lover cheats on you; you lose a family member; you can’t pay the bills—and it can be great: you’ve had the hottest sex of your life; you get that plum job; you muster the courage to write your novel. Sugar—the once-anonymous online columnist at The Rumpus, now revealed as Cheryl Strayed, author of the bestselling memoir Wild—is the person thousands turn to for advice.
Tiny Beautiful Things brings the best of Dear Sugar in one place and includes never-before-published columns and a new introduction by Steve Almond. Rich with humor, insight, compassion—and absolute honesty—this book is a balm for everything life throws our way.
I’m really excited about this one! I’ve heard raves about it from lots of other bloggers (cough cough, SHANNON at River City Reading, cough.) If you’d like to participate in the discussion, we’re going to start chatting it up on Monday, December 15, 2014. There will be discussion questions and a link-up option, as per usual. I hope you’ll join me!!!
UPDATE: I wrote this post last week. Then I read this book. I absolutely devoured it and I’m DYING to talk about it. It’s been less than 24 hours and I’ve already recommended it to two friends. Seriously, y’all. Holy guacamole.
*If you purchase your copy of Tiny Beautiful Things: Advice on Love and Life from Dear Sugar from a link on this site, I will receive a small commission.*
Leah @ Books Speak Volumes
Yay yay yaaaaaay! (That is all.)
Kerry M
Ohhhh yay! This will be something like my fourth read-through (I keep going back and reading passages out of order because I just love this book so hard). Excited to have others reading as well so we can all talk about it.
Shannon @ River City Reading
I AM SO EXCITED, both that you’re doing this for Fellowship of the Worms AND that you’ve already read and love it. I can’t even count how many times I’ve read the book (since I go back and read it piece by piece now), but I will definitely be participating in the discussion.
Jancee Wright
Sooo excited!
Sarah Says Read
I’m soooooo tempted to spend the $8 on the Kindle edition and join in… OR to wait for my next Audible credit and get it then… HMMM.
Words For Worms
Tough call! I wonder how it would translate to audio…
AMB
I might be able to join in this time! Fingers crossed!
Words For Worms
Fingers and toes!
Annabel Smith
Yay! Shannon from River City Reading wrote a guest post for my blog about this book: http://annabelsmith.com/?p=2027. She totally sold me. I have it on my pile & I’ll bump it up, cos I’d love to join TFOTW
Words For Worms
It’s really wonderful, Annabel, and several of the columns have to do with the writing process, so they might be especially poignant for you!
Jess - A Book Hoarder
Shannon’s rave reviews convinced me to read this for Nonfiction November and I started it last night. Wow…just wow. I will definitely have some comments for the discussion.
Trish
I’m in! I’m about halfway through and slowed down just to savor it a bit more. <3