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The first half of this book was a collection of cute, funny and relatable cartoon strips. I feel like they probably work better online, but once you've seen them online and become a fan, I can see why you'd buy the book. It'd make a great gift!

One problem I had was that in some strips, there's some kind of blurring effect done on a computer which my eyes had trouble adjusting to, possibly because I was reading an ebook. Still, I'd prefer it to all be hand drawn.

The second half of the book is a mixture of cartoon strips and typed prose about being creative and making art. It felt like it would have been best saved for its own book and entirely drawn out as a comic. That would have meant more space for extra cartoon strips in this book!

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I didn't love this one and it makes me sad. I love Sarah Andersen's work - she speaks to a particular part of myself. I can't say that the reason I didn't love this one is because it was bad - it just didn't connect to me. It felt too angsty, too negative. There were moments when I really laughed but it wasn't as often as I have with her stuff in the past.
I did appreciate her personal essays at the end about being an artist but I didn't love them. I'm thinking that, perhaps, I'm just further on my journey than those who will love this book.

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I absolutely loved this collection. All the comics are hilariously relatable, as if she’s seen into my own thoughts, but I also really appreciated the advice contained in the book for artists. Even though I’m not an artist I found it helpful, and hopeful, and can’t imagine it’ll be a great read for a lot of people.

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I have never sat down and read a full book by Sarah Andersen. I have read comics here and there as they pop up online, but never sought them out. When I saw that she had won a GoodReads award for one of her books, I wasn't surprised. Her work is generally really funny and feels so familiar.

This book had a few comics that I have seen online, but a great deal of them were new to me. Pretty sure my coworkers thought I was nuts when I kept laughing and by the end I had snorted at least three times. Very funny. Andersen understands my love of animals and my inability to handle my own anxiety. A wonderful addition to the world of comics for people with anxiety and who are introverted. 

What I really appreciated was the last bit of the book was dedicated to building up other artists. Anderson goes into how it can be hard to show your work online and that even she still has issues with it. It was wonderful.

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Love reading her cartoons on FaceBook. Great to see it compiled into a book. Looking forward to more.

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Wonderful, funny, honest, quirky, authentic, neurotic, introverted portraits of what goes on in women's heads. Did I say hilarious? Now of I have to read the rest of her books.

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Thank so much to Sarah Andersen, Andrews McMeel Publishing, and Netgalley, for the opportunity to review an ARC of this collection.

I love Sarah Andersen's particular brand of self-deprecating humor, and I think it's the thing that resonates most with a lot of us. Her third installment comes with a bunch of comics about making art, dealing with anxiety, the garbage fire that has been post-2016, life on the internet, reading, and of course, herding cats. She's also included a really cool self-help guide at the end for artists, with a lot some cool advice and much-needed reality check about what it's like to live in the era of the interwebz.

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Great stuff, but was hoping for more cats. Actual rating 4.9/5

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As always Sarah Andersen's comics are so relatable and hilarious! I really enjoyed the end section where she includes more writings and advice on what it's actually like to be an artist in today's age of social media and Internet trolls. Highly recommended for fans of her comics and previous books as well as for any aspiring artist out there.

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I think the main reason for the success of Sarah's Scribbles - beside being utterly hilarious - is that it's so easy to recognize yourself in her strips.
I mean, nearly each page I turned, I couldn't help but think <i>'But this is me!'</i>.

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I adore this series of graphic novels as the main character is relatable. The illustrations are well-done and wonderfully demonstrate the ideas. I recommend this series to many readers.

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A humorous take on being an introvert young adult, especially geared toward artists.

I'm not a huge fan of the illustrations, but the text was humorous and relatable for fellow introverts. I liked the section about online presence and the advice to aspiring artists.

This is the 3rd graphic novel in the Sarah's Scribbles series, but the first one I have read. I enjoyed this one, and look forward to reading the others.

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I love Sarah's Scribbles! They're funny and really relatable. The first part is filled with short comic strips, like in the two previous books, while the second part is advice for aspiring artist.
Recommended!

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This book is a collection of relatable comics that portray daily life. What I liked about it is the "Making stuff in the modern era" section where the author shares her experience as an artist on the internet. She tells us what to expect if we become an artist, offers 5 tips on surviving the internet as a creative individual and wraps up the book by nudging the reader to voice their thoughts by making stuff.

I didn't quite enjoy the first part of the book as much as I adored her earlier books. I reckon it is because I've already been following her webtoon and there weren't many new comics. Since I've read some of the comics very recently on Line Webtoons and they are fresh on my mind, reading them again in the book did not appeal much to me. Perhaps if there was a gap in time of publishing a comic online and in a book, it would serve as nostalgia rather than appear as repetition. Would still recommend this book.

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When I discovered Adulthood Is A Myth early this year, I was enamored with author Sarah Andersen’s humor and her trademark artistic style. Despite her city living vs my small town setting and the age difference between us, there were many parallels between her thoughts and mine. I read her second book, Big Mushy Happy Lump, soon afterwards and then was doubly pleased when I was able to read her third book through NetGalley that will be out in March 2018.

What stood out in this third volume was her honesty about the creative process and how self doubt and self sabotage come into play even as she has now gained mainstream success. There is a section in the back in which Andersen gives advice to new illustrators and shares how the internet has corrupted much of her former joy in sharing her work. Her guide for the “young creative” is actually appropriate for all ages as her practical advice about artist survival is from her own hard won experience. While this book is as funny as her previous two, there is definitely a maturing in her work that was welcome.

I look forward to future Sarah’s Scribbles book, as the talented author and illustrator has created a very relatable set of books. Bravo!

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Quite simply the best work that has come so far from this iconic cartoonist and memoirist. I am floored by the honesty and humor that she infused on every page.

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Absolutely hilarious and so relatable!

Plus this third book is also inspiring

I just LOVE Sarah’s books!

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I love Sarah Andersen, I follow her on Facebook and always laugh at her cartoons. I think I had already seen most of the cartoons in the first part, but the second part was the best: this book introduces a personal essay about how difficult it is being an artist now that the internet is part of our real lives. The thought highly resonated with me because I remember the times where the internet was something that was outside your real life, it couldn't actually touch you, and I've always resented the change that social networks brought. The essay is lovely, inspiring, and encouraging, I hope she writes more stuff like that in future books.

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