Furiously Happy

Furiously Happy: A Funny Book About Horrible Things by Jenny Lawson, 329 pages

Jenny Lawson, better known in the blogosphere as The Bloggess, has made a name for herself writing rambling, often laugh-so-hard-you-cry essays about everything from taxidermy to her cats (who are not dead yet, but are often talked about with the same degree of love and amusement as her many taxidermied creatures) to her eye-rolling husband's reactions to her shenanigans to lifelong struggle with various mental illnesses.

Furiously Happy is that and more. In this book, she muses on everything from cat rodeos (which she plans out late at night when she can't sleep, and involve the aforementioned cats and taxidermied creatures) to her failed attempt at meeting with a financial planner to her trip to Australia. All of these things are hilarious. But in this book she also offers up some serious insights into her depression and anxiety, which hit so hard that they almost make you cry.

Basically this book makes you cry.

But that's a good thing. It's real and personal and, yes, rambly, but it's awesome. I highly recommend the audiobook, which Lawson reads herself, which really brings the scatterbrained feel of the book to life (but again, in a good way). Listen to it. It's great.