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4.0 AVERAGE
4.0 AVERAGE
emotional
funny
hopeful
inspiring
lighthearted
fast-paced
This was an absolute delight!
Especially for women in midlife…but honestly, for all women.
It’s got that perfect mix: humor, heart, and just enough depth to make you pause and reflect, all while keeping the tone light and fun.
The premise is clever, and Jane Tara somehow manages to explore real, meaningful topics: visibility, identity, aging, purpose, without ever making it feel heavy.
It’s witty, it’s warm, and it’s so relatable.
I laughed, I nodded in recognition, and I walked away feeling uplifted.
A fun read that still manages to say something important.
Especially for women in midlife…but honestly, for all women.
It’s got that perfect mix: humor, heart, and just enough depth to make you pause and reflect, all while keeping the tone light and fun.
The premise is clever, and Jane Tara somehow manages to explore real, meaningful topics: visibility, identity, aging, purpose, without ever making it feel heavy.
It’s witty, it’s warm, and it’s so relatable.
I laughed, I nodded in recognition, and I walked away feeling uplifted.
A fun read that still manages to say something important.
emotional
hopeful
inspiring
reflective
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
funny
hopeful
inspiring
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
emotional
funny
hopeful
inspiring
lighthearted
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
funny
hopeful
inspiring
reflective
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
emotional
funny
hopeful
inspiring
reflective
emotional
inspiring
lighthearted
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
**** The most regretful people on earth are those who felt the call to creative work, who felt their own creative power restive and uprising and gave to it neither power
nor time - Mary Oliver, Pulitzer Prize-winning poet.
- It’s often only as beauty fades that it becomes apparent it was ever there
- It’s this freedom that’s the key to becoming visible again. Not caring what others think is freeing.
- Whenever my mum gets depressed about her age, she goes to Paris.
- Age has taught me that what other people think of me is none of my business.
- Once we’ve grown used to the weight of loss and the impermanence of everything, something shifts.
- But Tilda knew how it felt to be discarded and alone, so she'd brought him one. On his papers, it said he was wary of all human interaction, but he'd jumped up onto her lap that very night and their three etes had locked. Tilda's fears, stress, and worries, had all melted away, as if he'd drawn them out of her.
- Tilda's mind was actually a complex palette of many shades, including deep anxiety azure. That, together with a vivid imagination violet, means that she was constantly worrying about something - her kids, the state of the world, the possibility of a zombie apocalypse.
- Her bedroom was the refuge she needed now. It was her retreat from the world.
- Early symptoms include not being served in shops and bars, and being overlooked at job interviews or for promotions at work.
- She recognized how much she'd given to him. And she was relieved that she no longer had to give.
- The gender health gap is alive and well. Just last week I saw that a famous footballer negotiated a new salary that's infinitely more than this country's entire funding for research into endometriosis.
- Everything feels better braless.
- Oh, she was there, but she wasn't really there. Most of the time, she'd just been too busy watching all the balls she had in the air, afraid she would drop one. She never took time to understand how jugglin' was meant to be fun.
- There are no perfect families, just perfect moments.
- If something can't be seen, does it still exist?
- Often the question has no answers. Needed no answers. Asking the question was the point.
- You get what you focus on, Tilda.
- Listen to your internal dialogue, how you speak to yourself, the imagined conversations.
- Our thoughts shape our view of the world and yet we wake up each day and just let that old program of thoughts roll out and color our experiences.
- We look at the world around us and assign value to everything. We notice the things that are familiar or important, and often miss the things that aren't.
- You're a decent photographer, but those men were visionaries. The career you want is unrealistic and doesn't pay the bills.
- Observe the thoughts, start watching them, but don't be too attached to them and certainly don't believe them.
- Also, a lot of men didn't know the difference between you're and your. "Even I won't settle for that, and English isn't my first language"
- "Does it mean you can't see anything?" "That's not the best question to ask, why don't you ask what I can see?"
- We don't see things as they are, we see them as we are.
- My father gave me a camera and really encouraged me, so I threw myself into it. Initially I found it was a way to connect with him, but eventually it became a way to connect with myself.
- She realized she kept happiness at arm's length, certain it would be snatched away if she dared to let it any closer.
- The problem is you're afraid to acknowledge your own beauty. You're too busy holding onto your unworthiness.
- No, darling, you did this to yourself. He certainly played the role you cast him in, but the story is yours.
- Someone I loved once gave me a box full of darkness. It took me years to understand that this too, was a gift.
- Visualization is a tool that is commonly used by elite athletes. The brain doesn't know the difference between a real event and an imagined one, so by imagining repetitive actions, such as getting that basketball through the hoop, an athlete can create new circuitry in the brain and yield a better outcome on the day of the game.
- There's a Zen saying that you should meditate for twenty minutes a day unless you're extremely busy, in which case you should meditate for an hour.
- It's time for women to stop being politely angry.
- Never look back unless you're planning to go that way.
- Tilda sat on the grass in the garden and stared at the world around her. Or, rather, she sat in the world.
- We never know if were doing something we love for the last time, so I savor each moment and appreciate tit as if I am.
- Why work so hard in her relationship with him, but not on the one with herself?
- Love yourself as I love you. Fiercely.
- Men are afraid that women will laugh at them. Women are afraid that men will kill them.
nor time - Mary Oliver, Pulitzer Prize-winning poet.
- It’s often only as beauty fades that it becomes apparent it was ever there
- It’s this freedom that’s the key to becoming visible again. Not caring what others think is freeing.
- Whenever my mum gets depressed about her age, she goes to Paris.
- Age has taught me that what other people think of me is none of my business.
- Once we’ve grown used to the weight of loss and the impermanence of everything, something shifts.
- But Tilda knew how it felt to be discarded and alone, so she'd brought him one. On his papers, it said he was wary of all human interaction, but he'd jumped up onto her lap that very night and their three etes had locked. Tilda's fears, stress, and worries, had all melted away, as if he'd drawn them out of her.
- Tilda's mind was actually a complex palette of many shades, including deep anxiety azure. That, together with a vivid imagination violet, means that she was constantly worrying about something - her kids, the state of the world, the possibility of a zombie apocalypse.
- Her bedroom was the refuge she needed now. It was her retreat from the world.
- Early symptoms include not being served in shops and bars, and being overlooked at job interviews or for promotions at work.
- She recognized how much she'd given to him. And she was relieved that she no longer had to give.
- The gender health gap is alive and well. Just last week I saw that a famous footballer negotiated a new salary that's infinitely more than this country's entire funding for research into endometriosis.
- Everything feels better braless.
- Oh, she was there, but she wasn't really there. Most of the time, she'd just been too busy watching all the balls she had in the air, afraid she would drop one. She never took time to understand how jugglin' was meant to be fun.
- There are no perfect families, just perfect moments.
- If something can't be seen, does it still exist?
- Often the question has no answers. Needed no answers. Asking the question was the point.
- You get what you focus on, Tilda.
- Listen to your internal dialogue, how you speak to yourself, the imagined conversations.
- Our thoughts shape our view of the world and yet we wake up each day and just let that old program of thoughts roll out and color our experiences.
- We look at the world around us and assign value to everything. We notice the things that are familiar or important, and often miss the things that aren't.
- You're a decent photographer, but those men were visionaries. The career you want is unrealistic and doesn't pay the bills.
- Observe the thoughts, start watching them, but don't be too attached to them and certainly don't believe them.
- Also, a lot of men didn't know the difference between you're and your. "Even I won't settle for that, and English isn't my first language"
- "Does it mean you can't see anything?" "That's not the best question to ask, why don't you ask what I can see?"
- We don't see things as they are, we see them as we are.
- My father gave me a camera and really encouraged me, so I threw myself into it. Initially I found it was a way to connect with him, but eventually it became a way to connect with myself.
- She realized she kept happiness at arm's length, certain it would be snatched away if she dared to let it any closer.
- The problem is you're afraid to acknowledge your own beauty. You're too busy holding onto your unworthiness.
- No, darling, you did this to yourself. He certainly played the role you cast him in, but the story is yours.
- Someone I loved once gave me a box full of darkness. It took me years to understand that this too, was a gift.
- Visualization is a tool that is commonly used by elite athletes. The brain doesn't know the difference between a real event and an imagined one, so by imagining repetitive actions, such as getting that basketball through the hoop, an athlete can create new circuitry in the brain and yield a better outcome on the day of the game.
- There's a Zen saying that you should meditate for twenty minutes a day unless you're extremely busy, in which case you should meditate for an hour.
- It's time for women to stop being politely angry.
- Never look back unless you're planning to go that way.
- Tilda sat on the grass in the garden and stared at the world around her. Or, rather, she sat in the world.
- We never know if were doing something we love for the last time, so I savor each moment and appreciate tit as if I am.
- Why work so hard in her relationship with him, but not on the one with herself?
- Love yourself as I love you. Fiercely.
- Men are afraid that women will laugh at them. Women are afraid that men will kill them.
challenging
emotional
hopeful
informative
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
should revisit when I’m 40
emotional
funny
hopeful
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix