

Review of Sociopath: A Memoir by Patric Gagne
Gagne never experienced emotions the way other kids did, and when she grew older, while acting out, lying, stealing, and fighting violent...
5 days ago


Review of I'm Laughing Because I'm Crying: A Memoir by Youngmi Mayer
Mayer's memoir focuses on straddling two cultures without feeling fully integrated into either; the various frustrations, injustices, and...
7 days ago


Review of Lorne: The Man Who Invented Saturday Night Live by Susan Morrison
Lorne is a thorough, 650-page look at Michaels's creation of and steering of SNL . What I found most fascinating were the...
Mar 25


Review of Cher: The Memoir, Part One by Cher
Cher's lack of agency in her relationship with Sonny Bono came through in passive, reactive behavior, but as she grew older, she found...
Feb 27


Review of What In the World?! A Southern Woman's Guide to Laughing at Life's Unexpected Curveballs and Beautiful Blessings by Leanne Morgan
Comedian Leanne Morgan's memoir traces her path from an attention-seeking, beloved young girl to a young adult facing missteps and...
Feb 11


Review of All the Beauty in the World: The Metropolitan Museum of Art and Me by Patrick Bringley
Met Museum guard Bringley reflects on the decade he spent guarding priceless works of art, encountering a fascinating range of...
Dec 5, 2024


Review of Be Ready When the Luck Happens by Ina Garten
Ina's memoir is personal and thoughtful. Her charm comes through in candid reflections about her fascinating life, and her young life's...
Nov 19, 2024


Six More Illuminating Memoirs to Lose Yourself In
More Memoirs I've Loved I love a good memoir, one that offers a glimpse or a deep dive into the life and pivotal experiences of another...
Oct 25, 2024


Review of What I Ate in One Year (and Related Thoughts) by Stanley Tucci
The gems of What I Ate in One Year are, as promised in the title, the food-related moments Stanley Tucci delves into over the course of...
Oct 22, 2024


Review of Save Me the Plums: My Gourmet Memoir by Ruth Reichl
ICYMI: Food critic and writer Ruth Reichl recounts her time at Gourmet magazine--the childhood reading of which had inspired her...
Oct 3, 2024


Six Fascinating Books about Immigrants' Experiences
Powerful Books about the Experiences of Immigrants I could have listed many other powerful books about immigrants. But these four fiction...
Sep 20, 2024


Six Powerful Memoirs About Facing Mortality
Are you intrigued by reflections on life and death? This is a departure from many of my more playful Greedy Reading Lists: witchy books,...
Sep 13, 2024


Six Illuminating Memoirs to Check Out
Memoir Love! In case you haven’t noticed yet, I have a major thing for memoirs, and I especially love listening to an author read their...
Aug 23, 2024


Review of Rebel Rising by Rebel Wilson
Wilson overcame tough childhood circumstances before setting her sights on becoming a performer, and her memoir celebrates her...
Aug 8, 2024


Six Musicians' Memoirs that Sing
Musicians' Must-Read Memoirs I'm a biiiig memoir fan, and I love behind-the-scenes peeks. These six memoirs from musicians offer stories...
Jun 7, 2024


Review of Grief Is for People by Sloane Crosley
Crosley's memoir traces a treasured friendship and the gutting loss of that dear friend. She's vulnerable enough to allow the reader in...
Jun 4, 2024


Six Illuminating Memoirs to Dive Into
Do you love reading memoirs like I do? I love digging into the story of someone's life--notable because of chance, circumstance, or...
May 17, 2024


Six Nonfiction and Memoir Reads I Loved in the Past Year
Six Great Bossy Nonfiction Reads I promise that this is the last roundup list of 2023 favorites, which seems appropriate now that we have...
May 3, 2024


Review of The Woman in Me by Britney Spears
Spears's slim memoir offers vulnerability, the shocking details of her now-infamous 13-year conservatorship, self-reflection, and her...
Dec 5, 2023


Review of They Called Us Exceptional: And Other Lies that Raised Us by Prachi Gupta
In her memoir, Gupta explores the stressful, tragic disconnect between the "perfect minority" image her father demanded of the family and...
Nov 8, 2023