Blink Book Review: "A Bit Much" by Lyndsay Rush
Each summer during my personal reading challenge, I try to include at least one book of poetry. This isn’t my usual reading genre, but I like to shake things up a bit. My favorite poet is the beloved Mary Oliver, a steadfast writer of words that uplift and enlighten. So, when I stumbled across an NPR interview with a young poet whose Instagram handle is “ MaryOliversDrunkCousin ,” I had to check her out. “A Bit Much” by Lyndsay Rush is described on the back cover as “a book of poetry for people who didn’t even know they liked poetry.” It’s a home run. During a bike ride back in September, I listened to NPR’s Mary Louise Kelly interview Lyndsay Rush. They had me laughing out loud in the first minute, and I pedaled on over to All Good Books to buy it immediately. For several months, I kept it in the car with me as a book I could grab on the fly when I had a few minutes while waiting for a meeting to start or the meter to run out. When it came time to make my summer reading list, I...