Note to Self (book)
{{Short description|2017 memoir by Connor Franta}}
{{Infobox book
| image = Note to Self (book).jpg
| author = Connor Franta
| country = United States
| language = English
| isbn = 9781501158018
| publisher = Atria/Keywords Press, an imprint of Simon & Schuster
| genre = Memoir, Poetry, LGBT
| published = April 18, 2017
| name = Note to Self
}}
Note to Self is a memoir released by American YouTuber, entrepreneur, and author Connor Franta. It was released on April 18, 2017 by Atria/Keywords Press, an imprint of Simon & Schuster.{{cite book|url=http://www.simonandschuster.com/books/Note-to-Self/Connor-Franta/9781501158018|title=Note to Self - Book by Connnor Franta - Official Publishers Page - Simon & Schuster|publisher=Simon & Schuster|access-date= March 12, 2018|isbn=9781501158018|date=2017-04-18|last1=Franta|first1=Connor}}{{Cite book|title=Note to Self: Connor Franta: Amazon.com: Books|via=Amazon.com|isbn = 978-1501158018|last1=Franta|first1=Connor|date=18 April 2017}} It follows his 2015 memoir, A Work in Progress, and is succeeded by the 2021 memoir House Fires.
The book was written as a cathartic outlet, while Franta undertook therapy for clinically-diagnosed depression in 2015.{{Cite journal|last=Gomez|first=Patrick|date=10 April 2017|title=YouTube's Connor Franta: his secret struggle|journal=People|volume= 87| issue = 16|pages=68|via=EBSCOhost}} The sections are composed of short personal essays, stories, poetry, photography, letters to his past and future selves, and diary-style entries which focus on his experiences of depression, loss in love, coming out of the closet and social anxiety.{{Cite news|title=The different sides of Connor Franta|last=Brennan|first=P.J.|date=1 April 2017|work=Gay Times|pages=46–55|issn=0950-6101}}{{Cite news|title=Books-A-Million to welcome YouTube superstar Connor Franta for "Note to Self" book tour|date=21 March 2017|work=Business Wire}}
A Rockville tour event for the book included an adaption into an interactive three-room sensory art exhibition, alongside a question and answer session with Franta.{{Cite news|title=Going out guide for Montgomery County, May 18-24, 2017|last=Donovan|first=Carrie|date=18 May 2017|newspaper=The Washington Post|page=T02}}
Critical reception and reviews
Common Sense Media gave Note to Self a rating of four out of five stars, stating, in part, "Mature teens and young adults will [find] a lot to reflect on, as they’re figuring out how to be true to themselves... and how they have and will change during an important, formative time in their lives. ...Readers will be encouraged to make connections to their own experiences and feelings and to make connections with others in turn."{{cite web|url=https://www.commonsensemedia.org/book-reviews/note-to-self|title=Note to Self Book Review|website=Common Sense Media|access-date= March 16, 2018|date=2017-04-28}} Moreover, it is also rated as a 14+ book by the Common Sense Media, in part, "Sexual content is mild and infrequent, with a couple of kisses mentioned and some talk about "hookup" culture as negative. A couple of times he mentions having thought [sic] about suicide".{{Cite news|url=https://www.commonsensemedia.org/book-reviews/note-to-self|title=Note to Self - Book Review|access-date=2018-10-17|language=en}}
It ranked as the twelfth bestselling hardcover nonfiction book in the New York Times for late April 2017.{{Cite news|title=Best sellers: hardcover nonfiction: Sunday, May 14th 2017|date=14 May 2017|work=The New York Times}}
The book was listed as number 9 in the Top Ten Biographies in Australia's The Sunday Age in July 2017.{{Cite news|title=Top ten: biographies|date=2 July 2017|work=The Sunday Age (Melbourne)|page=15|issn=1034-1021}}
References
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External links
- [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RGaRii3V6U0 Note To Self
[sic] book trailer on YouTube ] (17 January 2017). - [http://www.connorfrantabooks.com/ Connor Franta's book website]
Category:2017 non-fiction books
Category:English-language non-fiction books
Category:Gay non-fiction books
Category:Books about depression
Category:LGBTQ autobiographies
Category:Atria Publishing Group books