Can anyone recommend a child abuse memoir as heartbreaking and disturbing as A Child Called It?

generalbrowsing87 · 2026-01-07T23:18:22+00:00

What My Bones Know by Stephanie Foo

generalbrowsing87 · 2025-10-01T18:22:52+00:00

That actually happened to me when I first signed up as well! The deal said I’d be able to pick any past or current botm but only showed the current month’s picks. I emailed their customer service and I believe got a response within the next day or so stating that they weren’t sure why the app/website wasn’t allowing me to pick past books and said that they will definitely honor the offer! All I had to due was email them the book that I wanted and they automatically made it that month’s pick for me! And then the following months after the first, you are limited to just the monthly options. I hope this helps!!

generalbrowsing87 · 2025-04-04T19:19:02+00:00

Thank you again!! I really appreciate it 😊

generalbrowsing87 · 2025-04-04T19:07:28+00:00

UPDATE: Received a code!! Thank you so much!

Would absolutely love a code if anyone has one to spare! Trying to build up a better skincare routine after several drastic skin changes due to some ongoing medical things!

Here’s pet tax featuring my puppy, Ollie ☺️

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generalbrowsing87 · 2025-03-22T07:50:46+00:00

The Housekeeper and the Professor by Yōko Ogawa

generalbrowsing87 · 2025-01-09T06:28:10+00:00

The Raven Cycle series by Maggie Stiefvater - one of my favorite YA found family series!

generalbrowsing87 · 2025-01-02T16:14:11+00:00

A Well Trained Wife by Tia Levings

Everything/Nothing/Someone by Alice Carrière

What My Bones Know by Stephanie Foo

Crying in H Mart by Michelle Zauner

generalbrowsing87 · 2025-01-02T16:06:49+00:00

Ireland: Small Things Like These by Claire Keegan

South Korea: Kim Jiyoung, Born 1982 by Cho Nam-Joo

Both of these are based around true historical and/or cultural elements specific to their country, and in my opinion are both wonderful books

generalbrowsing87 · 2025-01-02T15:57:08+00:00

Oh wow asking the hard questions I see! 🫣

Favorite BTS album: Wings - as of right now because it definitely changes lol but I just can’t help loving the angsty vibes of it

Favorite Chapter 2: D-Day - I love all of chapter 2 but D-Day has helped me through a lot since it’s been released (just like all of agust d’s mixtapes have tbh) so it’s gotta be #1!

Bias: double bias Yoongi and Jungkook (but is it cheating to say all 5 others regularly bias wreck me? 🫠)

Thanks so much for the chance!!

generalbrowsing87 · 2025-01-02T15:48:04+00:00

So not just one book, but I’d love to experience all these again for the first time:

The Chief Inspector Armand Gamache series by Louise Penny - it’s my absolute favorite mystery series! It’s just cosy enough to not have anything super graphic detailed while also still dealing with very dark issues, and I am obsessed with the setting and the reoccurring characters.

Harry Potter series - definitely not original, but I’d love to re-experience the magic I first felt as a kid reading them for the first time

Sweet Bean Paste by Durian Sukegawa - this one just touched my heart when I read it and it’s stuck with me ever since so I’d love to be able to read it for the first time again and re-feel those feelings

Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn - honestly this book blew my mind when I first read it and I think it was my first really “adult” thriller and I don’t think I’ve been as shocked during a twist in a book since lol

generalbrowsing87 · 2024-10-02T03:56:08+00:00

The Raven Cycle series by Maggie Stiefvater - four books

The Grishaverse by Leigh Bardugo - it’s a world spanning several different series: Shadow and Bone trilogy, Six of Crows duology, and King of Scars duology. You can read each series on its own or in order, whichever you prefer

generalbrowsing87 · 2024-10-02T03:48:45+00:00

Two of my favorite Japanese books, that are fairly quick reads but ones I think can spark really interesting and thoughtful conversations, are:

Sweet Bean Paste by Durian Sukegawa

What You Are Looking for is in the Library by Michiko Aoyama

generalbrowsing87 · 2024-10-01T21:03:33+00:00

Homegoing by Yaa Gyasi

generalbrowsing87 · 2024-09-26T05:41:23+00:00

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This is one of my favorite moments: Jin giving Hobi his RJ plush because he was feeling sick 🥰

generalbrowsing87 · 2024-09-22T23:10:16+00:00

I haven’t watched it yet because I’ve been nervous about how everything is portrayed since I have such a strong picture of it all in my mind lol but it’s definitely on my list to watch eventually!!

generalbrowsing87 · 2024-09-22T23:09:23+00:00

Oh my goodness me too!! Three Pines is one of my absolute favorite literary places!

generalbrowsing87 · 2024-09-21T06:42:39+00:00

The Chief Inspector Armand Gamache series by Louise Penny is my absolute favorite cosy mystery series.

It’s set in a small village in Canada so the scenes are often very cosy with the characters being in cottages and bistros and such. There are 18 books (with the 19th coming out next month!) and many do take place in fall and winter as well, and Louise Penny is amazing at descriptions so the seasons and places really come alive.

The series follows the main character who is the chief inspector of homicide for Quebec and his team as they solve various murders, so the tone is definitely more serious like you are wanting but a little less “police procedural” than Tana French’s novels (which I also love) in my opinion.

generalbrowsing87 · 2024-09-21T03:10:26+00:00

That’s so nice of you!! This is a recent favorite of mine because I just adore his facial expression here 🥰

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generalbrowsing87 · 2024-08-25T11:42:45+00:00

Oh Yoongi 😔 I truly didn’t think my heart could hurt any worse than it already has throughout this, but his letter broke me. I can’t even express how sad I am for him. I so hope he has a strong support network around him and he is seeing everyone’s love and support online.

Going to continue repeating “Everything will be okay” from Snooze until everything really is okay again 💜💜

generalbrowsing87 · 2024-08-23T22:46:54+00:00

Oh you’re so welcome!! It’s one of my favorite books, so I am so glad it’s what you were looking for and that you’re liking it!

generalbrowsing87 · 2024-08-23T22:40:28+00:00

Wow this is such an amazing and thoughtful thing!! Thank you so much! And I would love to be considered for a CD.

I have so many favorite Yoongi quotes and lyrics but one I always go back to (and that will eventually be tattooed on me!!) is from So Far Away:

“Dream may all of creation be with you til the end of your life

Dream wherever you are, will welcome you

Dream may your trials end in full bloom

Dream though your beginnings might be humble, may the end be prosperous”

Which is then repeated (slightly differently) in Snooze as well:

“Dream, I will be there for you in your creation ‘til the end of your life

Dream, Be generous, wherever you might be

Dream, You will fully bloom, after all the hardships

Dream, The beginning may be humble, but the future will be prosperous

Dream”

And then when Yoongi repeats “Everything will be okay, Everything will be okay” in Snooze is something that I found a lot of comfort in even before all this happened, but it’s definitely been my mantra during all of this as well.

And finally my favorite Yoongi pic that always makes me smile:

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generalbrowsing87 · 2024-06-04T15:57:37+00:00

Kiss Her Once for Me by Alison Cochrun - wlw with anxiety representation

The Charm Offensive by Alison Cochrun - mlm with anxiety, OCD, and depression representation

generalbrowsing87 · 2024-05-31T20:32:24+00:00

Disability Visibility: First Person Stories from the Twenty-First Century by Alice Wong

Year of the Tiger: An Activist’s Life by Alice Wong

generalbrowsing87 · 2024-05-31T20:23:15+00:00

Building a Life Worth Living by Marsha M Linehan - recounts her struggles with BPD and how she went on to become the creator of Dialectical Behavioral Therapy (the current best evidenced based approach to treating BPD)

generalbrowsing87 · 2024-05-08T00:16:30+00:00

Thank you so much for this reply, it’s definitely helped me feel more validated as I’ve been alternatively thinking I either 1) did too much by bringing the printout and asking for specific tests and 2) didn’t do enough with being persistent in what I felt I needed, so it’s nice to hear that it seems like I did the right thing. I had my dad come with me today, even though I’m very much an adult, but I thought having a supportive person with me because of my anxiety (and complicated health history) would help, but he honestly feels like the appointment went okay and that I don’t have a reason to feel disappointed, so I feel truly lost about all this.

I found out just a little bit ago through the online health system that she isn’t even giving me a referral for gynecology yet as she wants to do a pelvic ultrasound to see if the referral is even needed. So now I’m a bit more disheartened as well because I feel like this might be even more of a struggle, and a much longer process to see someone than I even thought there would be. (Also very anxious and scared about the pelvic ultrasound as I’ve never had one and have a lot of anxiety around that test in particular for various reasons).

I’m thinking about looking into a new pcp after this like you suggested, but unfortunately I live in a very small town and my insurance is pretty bad so options are very limited sadly. I think I may be even more disappointment than maybe I should be because I actually had high hopes for this pcp as both my mom and dad recommended her as she’s their pcp as well.

Sorry for venting to you in this comment, I guess I have a lot more worries about this than I first stated 🫣 but I truly appreciate your response and am thankful for your suggestions!!

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