Brandy's Reads

I've read a few non-fiction books lately and I also keep re-reading Furiously Happy  by Jenny Lawson. I don't mean that I re-read it in its entirety all the time, but I re-read certain passages or I pick it up and just randomly turn to a part and read from there. Sometimes... it's just what I needed. It's weird how that works. So I chose to use that book for the matrix for the prompt this week. Here we have it:

Furiously Happy: A Funny Book About Horrible Things By: Jenny Lawson Spurred by her #furiouslyhappy Twitter campaign, blogger Jenny Lawson takes us on a hilarious, self-deprecating, and sometimes life-altering ride of her ups and downs in life while battling life with her inner demons in this irreverent memoir. In her follow up to Let's Pretend This Never Happened,  Jenny Lawson has written an entertaining, candid, and moving take on her own battle with mental illness. While she is quick to point out that everyone's battle with their inner demons is different, her illness(es) will sometimes leave her unable to leave her bed or her house for days. Her roller coaster ride is filled with loops and twists, but thankfully, she receives a great deal of support from family and friends. Furiously Happy stemmed from a Twitter campaign that started when she received a letter about a friend that had passed away and she was tired of being sad and decided she had en...