Rating: 4 out of 5.

I am excited to take part in partner Bibliolifestyle and Hachette Books book tour for Tough Titties: On Living Your Best Life When You’re the F-ing Worst by Laura Belgray. Laura is the founder of Talking Shrimp, has been featured in multiple publications including Forbes and Vox, and has written for Fandango, Bravo, NBC, HBO, USA and many more. Laura is a life-long New York resident.

Laura admits that at age 50, she’s still “a flaming hot mess of a human” and prefaces the book by saying she wrote it for you if…

“…you’ve ever tanked a relationship or sabotaged your career because something in you recoiled from success or being a responsible, fully developed human.

….you say “unpopular opinion” at the start of a post you hope will be wildly popular.

….you hate-follow old nemeses online, hoping they get enormously jealous of you.

….you’ve ever joined a cringey self-help thing where you felt very much not yourself.

….or, you wake up with your mind racing about everything you should be doing but know you probably won’t do any of it.”

I thoroughly enjoyed this funny, raw and honest look into Belgray’s life. I related to her struggle with body image, the ups and downs of her early start in the real world after college and the pressure/judgment of not having children. Despite my years of experience in my field and the appearance of being an “adult”, I still feel like a fraud at times. But, don’t we all, if we’re being honest? I think deep down, as Belgray often says, I’m still twelve too.

This book is a quick and easy read and you’ll find yourself nodding along at times. I highly recommend you pick it up and celebrate being your worse f-ing self too.

I received a complimentary copy of this book from Bibliolifestyle and Hachette Book. All opinions are my own.