Another excellent motivator and mentorship book from T$. Get your shit together and read this book. But also, you’re perfectly OK just as you are ❤️

I read Tara Schuster's first book and I really enjoyed it, so I was looking forward to this one as well. However, this book really fell flat for me. I'm not sure what changed, but it felt like in this book she really didn't have anything to say, so it felt like chapters of meaningless prattle. I appreciate that she is trying to be approachable and down to earth with the tone of the book, but I feel like a lot of the humor felt very forced. There were some lines I found poignant or relevant to my own life that I highlighted so I can come back to them. I think she really lost me in the "LadyGod" chapter. I found the entire chapter very cringeworthy and I found myself barely being able to read past this portion. I also really didn't like the footnotes. I don't know if it's a formatting thing, but they often weren't until the end of the chapter so I usually didn't remember what they were referring to and it seemed like too much of a pain to go back to each one to refresh my memory.

I've become quite a fan of Tara Schuster over the last couple of years. Her writing really strikes a chord for myself and many of our patrons. We will absolutely be buying a couple of copies for the library.

December 8, 2022
Thank you to Netgalley and the publisher for letting me reivew this. Another amazing book from Tara Schuster. She puts so much advice onto her books,and does it very well too. I really enjoyed this one.
Read 'Glow in the F*cking Dark' you won't regret it. It has pushed me further to do what I want, and need to do in life. I can't wait to see if she puts a third book out.

This is the first Tara Schuster book I've read, but I enjoyed her lighthearted tone and funny stories as she breaks down getting through anxiety, trauma, and other difficult times. She offers really practical tips that could help someone who has tried other methods and felt they weren't doing it right. For example, for those who have tried meditation and thought it was impossible. She tells her own breakthrough story and then adds practical advice to reframe meditation in a new light. She also does the same with journaling, listing techniques to reframe emotions and giving readers examples of short exercises they can use to journal in a way that have not been written about a million ways before.

The book reallys shines when she shares how her perceptions were changed as when she begins to see anxiety as a blanket emotion for anger. In some ways, reading a book like this I expect to see the same old advice and sometimes that is helpful and comforting, but Schuster goes beyond that and breaks new ground to leave the reader with new insights.

I really enjoyed Buy Yourself the F*cking Lilies, so when Glow in the F*cking Dark was sent to me, I was really excited to give it a read! The book focuses more on dealing with trauma and tough times. The book offers useful tips with Schuster's usual humor and vibe. These are quickly becoming my favorite ‘self-help’ books!

Tara Schuster does it again with this second book on trauma and healing. She is a fantastic writer who makes a non fiction book feel like a cup of coffee with a friend. I highly recommend this book to anyone with parents.

Tara hit it out of the park again. A warm and witty self-help type book that is so highly relatable. A wonderful read.

Thank you #partner Random House Publishing for our gifted copy of Glow in the F*cking Dark by Tara Schuster.

This book is available on February 28, 2023

Rating: 5 star
Genre: Nonfiction/Self Help

Thoughts: This feels appropriate to say based on the title....I LOVED this book so f*cking much!

If you are the person that wants to like self-help books but cannot get into them, you need to pick up Tara Schuster's books. I loved the first one and I love this one just as much.

What sets her books apart is the humor and relatability in the lessons that she talks about. Do you takeaway several life lessons in her book? Absolutely. But, it's the way in which she teaches them that feels very human. It also just feels like you are listening to a friend tell you stories about her life too!

PLEASE go pick this book up and then thank me later!!!

I love Tara Schuster, and Glow in the F*cking Dark is another wonderful "self-help" book with practical tips to help guide you through some tough times. She's such a good storyteller and her guidance is just really perfect for anyone in a tough stage in their life.

Thank you for the advanced copy of this book! I will be posting my review on social media, to include Instagram, Amazon, Goodreads, and Instagram!

Tara has done it again. She’s so relatable and her struggles are so familiar to me. I really appreciate her honesty about her mental health. Even the title is exciting!

I received an ARC of this book from NetGalley in exchange for an honest review.

I liked this book as much as I liked the author's previous book!

I was excited to read this as I had heard really good things about Schuster's first book. I enjoyed the author's humor and honesty, but overall felt the tone and format were off-putting. I would recommend this for people in their twenties or thirties as I think that's the primary audience. Thanks to NetGalley for the ARC.

Tara Schuster did it again! Great reminder that we are always changing, always evolving, always trying to get better. I appreciate Tara's honesty and rawness in her writing while also guiding readers that are going through the same struggles she has experienced.

Tara Schuster's "Glow in the F*cking Dark" is an honest and practical guide for healing your past and owning your future. Schuster shares her own story of overcoming a tough childhood and finding strength, bravery, and joy in the face of darkness.

Her message of self-care, healing, and self-love is evident throughout the book, and her personal experiences provide valuable lessons for anyone dealing with emotional trauma. Schuster's writing is accessible and relatable, making "Glow in the F*cking Dark" an essential read for anyone looking to create a life they love.

I would recommend this book to anyone struggling with their past, or anyone who feels stuck in their life. If you want to not feeling alone, this book is for you. Schuster shows us that it is possible to find hope and healing, even in the darkest of times.

Oh you know… just me talking with my therapist a couple of weeks ago about how important it is to heal your past and then this book shows up all of a sudden. It. Was. Amazing.

Thanks to Net Galley and the publisher for providing an advanced copy to review. I was SO excited to read this book. So excited! I loved the author’s first book and am on her mailing list because I feel like she’s someone I’d be friends with IRL if I was you know, 10 years younger, LA adjacent and funny. I was happy for her when she announced that she’d gotten a contract for a second book. Did I mention I was excited for this book? Because I really, really was. Unfortunately I didn’t love this book, I’m somewhere between tolerating and liking it. The good: she’s vulnerable and shares deeply personal experiences to illustrate points. There are a lot of topics covered that I think many people can relate to and helpful bite-sized suggestions. She doesn’t pretend to have more expertise other than experience. Some of the writing is charming and witty. However, what killed this book for me was it really felt like she was trying too hard to be funny. I hated the tone and all the footnotes. Why all the footnotes? It felt inauthentic and unfinished and then wrapped up with a how to be yourself pep talk about glowing. I may be in the minority, but this was a big miss for me.

Finished this super helpful book by Tara Schuster last night! It comes out in March and you’ll want to add it to your TBR! I loved the first book she wrote and this was almost as good. It was fascinating to read the raw stories Tara shares in this book and I especially enjoyed her comments at the end of each chapter. I was LOL at them. She has such a talent for comedy.

The other part of this book that has be suggesting that everyone get a copy when they can... Tara's tools for how to find your glow even when you're battling the dark times. I suffer from depression and anxiety so this is a highly relatable topic for me and even though I've been on a healing journey for some years, Tara still manages to provide a new way of coping and looking at mental health.

Thanks to NetGalley for the advanced copy. It was just what I desired!

It was a slow takeoff on this book but it got better as the book went on. Definitely some useful advice in the pages and it almost needs to be read by the younger generations. Maybe stop them from making some mistakes.