Confessions of a Tinderella by Rosy Edwards

Series: N/A, Standalone

Publication date: August 1, 2015
Publisher: Random House UK
Genres: Nonfiction
Format: eArc
Source: The publisher through netgalley in exchange for an honest review
Pages: 306 pages

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The laugh-out-loud true story of one girl's experience of life on Tinder

Rosy Edwards is the epitome of a contradictory 20-something year old. She’s frugal when it comes to food shopping, but is willing to spend £17 on shampoo. She’s career-minded, she just doesn’t know which career to have in mind right now. And although she’s happy being single, a part of her kind of wants a boyfriend. 

So after a few unsuccessful dates with friends of friends (read: being forced to date their shortest/dullest/oddest acquaintance), she put herself on Tinder, the app that has transformed the world of online dating. And she soon learns the unspoken rules the hard way: always reject a guy with black and white profile pics (he is ginger and/or ugly); is wearing a hat (bald); has a shot of his torso (moron); or is not standing beside anything scaleable (5”8 and under). 

And then there are the dates themselves. From a 3:30 am dinner date to a borderline drug bust in Chelsea, Rosy has experienced it all, swinging through her love life on the trapeze of Tinder. She falls for the wrong guys, ditches the nice ones, but can she finally find her happy ending? Amazingly honest and hilariously funny, Rosy’s story shows us all that the key to a successful love life could just be a swipe away.

In Confessions of a Tinderella we meet Rosy, or Rosamund. She's 27, ginger and 5"1. Through out this book I got to know Rosy and even though I'm only 18 I could relate to her in a lot of ways.
Rosy wants to be a writer and even though I share that dream - to a certain point - I don't think I would ever have the guts to actually try and I really admire Rosy for pursuing her dream, even though it took quite a while!

Even though the title suggests that it's about Tinder, the word, or app, isn't uttered before you're 17% in and it's not that prominent as I would've thought.
She goes on a bunch of dates and we hear about a lot of them but I feel like her friends 'The Couples' is such a prominent part of the story and I wish they weren't. It's nice to see Rosy's friend circle, but they're just such a big part of the story and I don't feel like they're that important. I truly thought this was about Rosy's experiences on Tinder but I feel like half of this book is nights with her friends.

The story itself reads like it's fiction, it's easy to read and it's quite fluffy and fun the entire way through. It definitely contains every feeling on the spectre from sad to laugh out funny and I had so much fun reading this book!
Since this is a memoir you actually get to know the author/narrator, opposed to just feeling like you know her. Rosy has been through a lot and you get to go with her on all these dates - some are definitely awful, some are great and the rest is in-between. You go with her on all kinds of journeys, and you're experiencing all the ups and downs she goes through. While reading this I seriously felt like it was a fiction book, it reads so well and there's not a dull moment!

Rosy is laugh-out-loud funny! Her opinions, her dates, her life - even though some of the things are sad or just normal, there's a bunch of things where you don't really believe it has happened, but since it's a memoir it must have and that's the best part!

Since this is a memoir there's a lot of life lessons and I thought I'd share a couple with you. Life lessons is probably one of my favorite things about reading memoirs and I've definitely learned a lot.

Life isn't a straight line

Doing the thing that makes you happy isn't always the thing that makes you rich. 

Even though I enjoyed certain parts of this book I was disappointed with others and I definitely had expected more! As I've mentioned it is quite a funny book and if you're branching out and want to read a memoir then maybe start with a fluffy, light and funny one like this one!
I decided to give Confessions of a Tinderella 3 berries since it is funny but I'd expected more and something different.

Two of my all time favorite memoirs are The Happiness Project by Gretchen Rubin and If You Find This Letter by Hannah Brencher (review)

If You Find This Letter by Hannah Brencher

Publication date: March 10, 2015

Publisher: Howard Books

Genres: Nonfiction

Format: eArc

Source: The publisher through netgalley in exchange for an honest review

Pages: 272

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A heartwarming memoir of love and faith from Hannah Brencher, founder of The World Needs More Love Letters, who has dedicated her life to showing total strangers that they are not alone in the world.

Fresh out of college, Hannah Brencher moved to New York, expecting her life to look like a scene from Sex and the City. Instead, she found a city full of people who knew where they were going and what they were doing and didn't have time for a girl still trying to figure it all out. Lonely and depressed, she noticed a woman who looked like she felt the same way on the subway. Hannah did something strange--she wrote the woman a letter. She folded it, scribbled If you find this letter, it's for you on the front and left it behind.

When she realized that it made her feel better, she started writing and leaving love notes all over the city--in doctor's offices, in coat pockets, in library books, in bathroom stalls. Feeling crushed within a culture that only felt like connecting on a screen, she poured her heart out to complete strangers. She found solace in the idea that her words might brighten someone's day.

I absolutely loved this one! I was a bit hesitant at first since it's nonfiction and a memoir and that's definitely out of my comfort zone but when I began reading I just knew I'd love it!

I thought it would be more about the letters, which was the part that intrigued me, but it's more about Hannah's journey - obviously. I didn't expect that I could relate to Hannah as much as I can, I felt much of it could be said about my own life. Hannah didn't really know what to do after college - I'm 18 and in a few months I've taken my exams and I don't really know where I'll end up. I love that, for once, I didn't feel so alone. I'm not the only one who has fears about the future and this book was just what I needed to realize that. It simply took away my fears and I'm much more relaxed when I think about the future now - anything can happen and you don't have to know exactly what you want.
Depression is another thing me and Hannah have, or had, in common. It's not really something I talk about but I have to mention it when it comes to this book. Hannah is an inspiration! I love her optimism and even when she was diagnosed with depression she kept going. It's awful to have but it didn't bring her down and I won't let it bring me down either!
I love how openly Hannah talks about her life, the ups and downs - not everything is good. One thing Hannah said will probably stick with me the rest of my life;

"Life is just hard sometimes. And people deserve more credit for even getting out of bed sometimes."

I smiled everytime Hannah talked about her mother; I love their relationship! It's loving, kind and they actually talk to each other. I also love how the idea with love letters was inspired by her mother's love for letters. It is a relationship like that I want with my daughter
(s) when the time comes.

This book is packed full of lessons for life! I kept highlighting all the parts I love and quotes that's inspiring and I have never ever highlighted this much in my life!
One of my favorite quotes is probably:

"This was the moment when I discovered I knew close to nothing about what would happen next at any given moment, and surprisingly, that was okay."

It's not like this book is depressing at all, I guess you can call it inspirational or uplifting. That's what it was for me at least. If you're looking for a book to make you happy or just something to read this is probably not for you, but if you're unsure about life; what you're doing and where you're going I definitely recommend it. It has made me cherish life a bit more since I feel like she understood; she understood that not everyday is good and you just have to go through life one day at a time.

Since I've already told my mom to go ahead and buy this for my birthday I have to give it 5 stars. I feel like I have to have my own physical copy so I can read certain passages when I feel down and want something to help me through it.