I've been a fan of Allie's blog for a long time so it was fun to read both old favorite stories (CAKE!) and new ones. However, I don't know that it was necessary for her blog posts to be published? Because I can read said old favorites on the blog? And probably plenty of the others I hadn't read before? I don't know; maybe I'm just a crotchety fiction reader. I understand the need for nonfiction, but I'm not entirely on board with the trend in recent years of taking people's online presence and trying to squish all that personality into a book. Blogs, Twitter feeds, etc. It just screams unnecessary to me. 
 While I still feel this book shouldn't be binged and should be read in installments like one-story-before-bedtime or perhaps a bathroom reader (sorry, Allie), I did enjoy it overall. I laughed. I got a little teary-eyed. I thought. And really, that's what I want from any book.