My second book that I am going to jump ship on is titled, Love Is a Mix Tape: Life and Loss, One Song at a Time written by Rob Sheffield.
In typical Karianne form, I picked this up because of the title and of the cover. I was intrigued. Then when I saw that it was a memoir, it was another plus to pick it up. Mix tapes are from my recent past and I was wanting a stroll down some old tunes and to compare my early 90s experiences with his. I wanted to see which songs were picked for the tapes, if I agreed and I really wanted to see what their break up tapes were.
Well, there are no break up tapes because the loss in the title does not refer to a break up. It refers to a death. Something that I would have learned upon reading the back and the inner flap, but I didn’t. I just went off of my assumptions. Reading about death for me at this time in my life, isn’t the most healthy decision.
And also true to form for me, I will probably pick this book up again later on in my life. I am enjoying it. I was really enjoying reading about their lives together, their music, the ways they spent their time. But as soon as I figured out, late in the game, about the death, I put the book down. I’m not handling the grief material very well. I think that I need a little bit more time and space before I can really delve into someone else’s sorrow.
So, off of my partial recommendations, read this book if you have some space around your grief.
After reading some reviews about Ten Thousand Sorrows on Amazon, I don’t think that there are many people who would recommend it, or rate it very high.
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