My Mess Is a Bit of a Life by Georgia Pritchett is a candid and humorous memoir that explores the trials of living with anxiety. Pritchett, an accomplished screenwriter (for example, for the show Succession), uses her sharp wit to share stories from her life, weaving together moments of awkwardness, triumph, and struggle. Her short, vignette-style chapters lend the book a unique, "short attention span" rhythm that mirrors the chaos of her thoughts, making it relatable and easy to read. The memoir balances laugh-out-loud moments and deeper reflections on mental health, career pressures, and family life. Pritchett’s voice is authentic and endearing, offering both comfort and amusement. My Mess Is a Bit of a Life is a fun read for anyone who’s ever felt overwhelmed by the messiness of life.

I love reading memoirs from people who manage to live their life despite challenges. This was enjoyable to read although sometimes I felt the age and cultural differences between myself and the author.

I love reading, biographies, and memoirs where the author has anxiety because I do have anxiety. I thought this was a great take on the authors life and I loved little stories added in.

I think it is only appropriate that I read this book as soon as I could (in March) but am only now able to get around to writing a review. My mess is a bit of a life, too. Hopefully, you already knew by my 4-star rating that I loved this book. Pritchett gives us a glimpse into her life in hilarious and often moving stories. Her easy style, grace and humor fulfilled the high praise and promise from the publisher (and Julia Louis Dreyfus).

This was more of a journal than a book or short story collection. It felt like this could be a good coffee table book to flip through but not necessarily read from start to finish. Things felt a bit haphazard but that possibly could have been the point.

A huge thank you to NetGalley and HarperOne for the gifted e-book in exchange for an honest opinion!

This is a light-hearted read that looks at the anxiety we can feel over random facets of life and it made me giggle many times!

As an enormous fan of both "Veep" and "Succession," I was thrilled to see that Georgia Pritchett was releasing a book. And she did not disappoint! Pritchett's voice is completely unique, timid in her delivery and confident in her follow through, proving why she is one of the best television writers working. She is an excellent storyteller and each of her entries left me in stitches. Her ability to write about anxiety is effortless, her material deeply familiar in the way it amplifies tiny worries until they are overwhelming, yet Pritchett approaches it with effortless levity.

This is a collection of short stories of Ms Pritchett's life. I liked that they were easy to read and nice if you just wanted to sit a read for a few minutes while waiting on someone or an appointment. You were able to get a complete snippet done. Some are humorous while others may be and I am just missing it. I love the two stories about her grandmother and grandfather. Those will stick with me for a long time. I recommend it for those that want to read something just a touch different that are looking for humor in the everyday things of life.

I didn't jive with this book. The vignettes were far too short for me to connect with any story. Meh.

Rating: 3/5 Stars

Before starting this book, I wasn’t super familiar with who the author was or the work she had done on prime TV comedy - maybe that would have added more color to the short passages as I was reading them.

My Mess Is a Bit of a Life traces back Georgia’s life and twists and turns with anxiety when she finds herself unable to speak. Originally an exercise in identifying things that worried her, Georgia Pritchett turned her anxieties, fears, awkward encounters and more into a memoir of sorts of her life and rise as a female on the comedy-writer scene.

While the book was definitely endearing, I struggled to make an authentic connection to the writer, and often found the brevity of each entry as off-putting. I never really felt like I had perspective as to why she was worried or a little bit unhinged and it was a struggle to understand how the experience related to who she was as a person.

This might be a better read for someone who is more familiar with the author.

Thank you to HarperOne, Georgia Pritchett, and NetGalley for the ARC in exchange for my honest review!

This was fantastically funny! The short chapters kept me entertained and it was non stop laughter. The stories were relatable as hell as well.

<b>**FULL REVIEW**</b>

Meh. Can’t say it was horrible because it kept my attention, and some of it was actually entertaining, but it wasn’t something to write home about.

Short, journal-entry style, and quite witty. The author goes through her entire life in short spurts, documenting each significant (and not so significant) moment. Her fears, her triumphs, her tragedies…it was very real.

I hope it served its purpose as therapy, and in turn helps someone else see they aren’t alone in the struggles they face.

<b>**3 Messy & Beautiful, Stars**</b>

This book is comprised of short chapters on things that make the author anxious, but truly it's more of a short memoir. Because the chapters are short, the subject matter is a bit vague. Maybe if you're aware of the author (most famous for writing on the show Veep), some of it will make sense to you, but I was not familiar with her prior to reading. I found it humorous at times, but wished it was a bit more personal and detailed because her story seemed interesting and worth telling in full.

My Mess Is a Bit of a Life--oh my stars. I laughed, I cried, it moved me, Bob. To be fair, the crying was because I started reading this to distract myself while in a veterinary ER awaiting news on my furbaby, but the fact that I could enjoy these relatable vignettes from Ms Pritchett's life in the midst of a sad evening is a testament to her ability to be so relatable, and to connect so well through her skilled writing. The Patriarchy who acquiesced to Miss B's place in our home sat across from our kid and me, as I read aloud tidbit after tidbit, bringing much-needed levity to our family. As I continued to move through the book in the days after, I found a few lulls--though I never think that's quite fair, to judge someone else's recollections and retellings through my lens?--but mostly so many more relatable bits of life, through relationships and motherhood and trying to unlock your child and all the anxious moments that come with them.

"Her: Maybe you could write them down...?

And so I did."

Thanks for writing warmth and breath and bits of hilarity into real life, Ms. Pritchett. Thanks for hanging out.

A wonderfully fun and refreshing take on sharing the details of one's anxiety-ridden life! Georgia Pritchett does not hold back. Her writing style is a cross between witty one-liners, and a clever stand-up comedy routine. The content is entirely unique, yet totally relatable all at once!

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Georgia Pritchett is a great writer and very funny. I read a lot of memoirs, and I have never experienced anything quite like My Mess Is a Bit of a Life. The book consists of very brief vignettes, sometimes just a few lines, with occasional line art between. We are drawn into Georgia’s life and way of looking at the world from her early childhood through motherhood and her career as a comedy writer.

Although I have very little in common with the author, I found her very relatable. She does such a great job of conveying the fears and confusion of childhood (and later life stages) with humor and a poignancy that sneaks up on you. I also love the analogies she uses to express her anxiety, and the way she begins and ends her story.

I highly recommend this, although you should be aware that it includes swearing and discussion of adult situations. A few scenes were horrific enough to take my breath away.

I was provided an ARC through NetGalley that I volunteered to review.

I started this book without reading the synopsis. I do not recommend anyone else do this. Turns out Georgia Pritchett is a comedy writer who has had some rough patches in her life. And it also turns out I could totally relate to so many of her life experiences. There are sad parts but there are also so many laughs. I think everyone is living a mess of a life and it is great to be able to laugh about it.

the title itself - my mess is a bit of a life - drew me to this book since I feel this on a spiritual level in my life. while the stories are mostly short, Pritchett does a fantastic job of brining humor and a sense of life to her challenges and successes navigating a life with anxiety and more generally as a woman. honestly there were stories that gave me anxiety - probably because of the headspace I was in - but overall appreciated Pritchett’s introspection and take on her life thus far.

thank you HarperOne for the advanced reader copy.

I liked the quick pace of this, it was told in little vignettes with little connective tissue but it was very effective. She is a comedy writer and wrote for some of my favorite shows and it is clear she is very comfortable writing effective sketches. The subject matter is a little serious but I didn't feel drawn down into a pit of despair reading it. Just quirky, relatable snapshots of her successful yet anxiety-riddled life

Not a fan..
I work as a mental health counselor so I was really intrigued regarding a memoir focusing on the struggle with mental illness. HOWEVER, this was more of a self-pity and people pleasing memoir than focusing on the symptomology of anxiety. I thought it was boring and I would have preferred to see how she overcame some of these struggles rather than laughing them off in a sarcastic tone.