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A review by pinkblingd
Have I Told You This Already?: Stories I Don't Want to Forget to Remember by Lauren Graham
emotional
funny
hopeful
inspiring
lighthearted
fast-paced
4.0
I love all of Lauren's books. They seem to me a lot like Lauren (because as a fan I of course know her 😅): they start off like listening to a coffee junkie and you try hard to get in sync with them; but soon enough you are there (CH3) and you're laughing and nodding and hugging this friend who is a lot like you and me — little like Lorelei but not really.
And the most honest part of all of her books, even the fiction one:
about working hard, monotony, career dead ends, making career jumps, learning, sweating the small stuff, learning to not sweat the small stuff, more hard work and monotony.
The personal stuff:
I almost complained about Lauren covering deeper emotions with a lighter approach to her story, not what I'm used to in memoirs. But even with the light narration, you know the inner turmoil she's sharing; her worries, anxieties, looking for answers, seeing 'signs'. There are even couple responses about being single and loving the people and children in her life that share emotions she wouldn't get into with the public. And in later chapers she does share something so personal, it makes me think back to the first memoir where she shared the same story but without revealing the pain (because it can upset the ones involved).
Don't miss these two chapters:
- Marmalade 🍊
- I feel bad about Nora Ephron's neck (about aging 💙)
- Ryan Gosling cannot confirm (About Hollywood and late night talk shows where she shares so much without revealing much — Don't worry. Absolutely nothing negative about RG in here. It's not even about him. Well, mostly not)
The best part:
Lauren's elaborate bits + Laurens one-breath-elaborate-storytelling 💛💛💛💛
And the most honest part of all of her books, even the fiction one:
about working hard, monotony, career dead ends, making career jumps, learning, sweating the small stuff, learning to not sweat the small stuff, more hard work and monotony.
The personal stuff:
I almost complained about Lauren covering deeper emotions with a lighter approach to her story, not what I'm used to in memoirs. But even with the light narration, you know the inner turmoil she's sharing; her worries, anxieties, looking for answers, seeing 'signs'. There are even couple responses about being single and loving the people and children in her life that share emotions she wouldn't get into with the public. And in later chapers she does share something so personal, it makes me think back to the first memoir where she shared the same story but without revealing the pain (because it can upset the ones involved).
Don't miss these two chapters:
- Marmalade 🍊
- I feel bad about Nora Ephron's neck (about aging 💙)
- Ryan Gosling cannot confirm (About Hollywood and late night talk shows where she shares so much without revealing much — Don't worry. Absolutely nothing negative about RG in here. It's not even about him. Well, mostly not)
The best part:
Lauren's elaborate bits + Laurens one-breath-elaborate-storytelling 💛💛💛💛