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May 5, 2021

Review of The Princess Diarist by Carrie Fisher

I laughed out loud repeatedly at Fisher's good-natured, self-deprecating, and confidently oddball views and contemplations. The Princess...

May 4, 2021

Review of Agent Sonya by Ben Macintyre

Ursula Burton, an unassuming mother and wife, was a legendary real-life spy who evaded capture by China, the Nazis, MI6, and the FBI. She...

May 3, 2021

Three Books I'm Reading Now, 5/3/21 Edition

The Books I'm Reading Now I'm listening to The Princess Diarist, Carrie Fisher's memoir focused on the early Star Wars years (and,...

Apr 29, 2021

Review of The Book of Delights by Ross Gay

The Book of Delights is a sunshiny set of thoughts and examinations, yet it's not overly earnest, and it's never corny. I just loved it....

Apr 19, 2021

Review of Greenlights by Matthew McConaughey

Greenlights is wonderfully entertaining and endearing, showcasing McConaughey's frequently zany encounters, lust for adventure, and...

Apr 9, 2021

Six Powerful Memoirs About Facing Mortality

Are you intrigued by reflections on life and death? This is a departure from many of my other Greedy Reading Lists: witchy books, young...

Mar 15, 2021

Review of I Am, I Am, I Am: Seventeen Brushes with Death by Maggie O'Farrell

A book I loved, in case you missed it! O’Farrell’s meditations on the precious nature of life felt new, honest, raw, and fascinating. We...

Mar 12, 2021

Six Books about Brave Female Spies

Tough women, secrets and smarts, and sneaky spying! I love a peek at a secret world, and each of these books offers that very thing. Only...

Feb 12, 2021

Six Books with Cold, Wintry Settings to Read by the Fire

01 The Child Finder by Rene Denfeld This book is dark and beautiful, with such expansive descriptions of the mountains, the closed-in...

Jan 22, 2021

Six Great Books about the Immigrant Experience

01 Pachinko by Min Jin Lee In the early 1900s, a teenager falls for a silver-tongued stranger on the coast of Korea. But when the...

Jan 12, 2021

Review of Untamed by Glennon Doyle

I love Glennon's heart and her honesty, but many of these essays ended too soon for me. Doyle, the bestselling author of Carry On,...

Jan 5, 2021

Review of Here For It: Or, How to Save Your Soul in America by R. Eric Thomas

Here For It is refreshing and playful yet thoughtful. I loved spending time with the uproariously funny Thomas. In Here for It: Or, How...

Dec 11, 2020

Shhh! More Book Gifts for Kids and Teens

This is my last book gift guide of the holiday season. I hope these lists (see links below) may have helped you find a book or two for...

Dec 9, 2020

Review of The Fighting Bunch: The Battle of Athens by Chris DeRose

Nothing happened in McMinn County unless the corrupt Machine profited by it...until the local GIs returned home from World War II and...

Nov 20, 2020

Shhh! Books I'm Giving as Gifts This Holiday

Spoiler alert: If you're someone I give gifts to for a fall birthday or for the holidays, this roundup might be a surprise ruiner! Or...

Oct 15, 2020

Review of Blood: A Memoir by Allison Moorer

Blood reads like an unflinchingly honest journal; Moorer sifts through memories, photos, joyful moments; she feels rage, sadness, and loss.

Oct 2, 2020

Six of the Best Nonfiction Books I've Read This Year

01 Say Nothing 02 Just Mercy 03 The Spy and the Traitor 04 Catch and Kill 05 White Fragility 06 Hidden Valley Road

Oct 1, 2020

Review of Boys & Sex by Peggy Orenstein

Young men share their experiences with intimacy, yearn to explore love, relationships, and evolved masculinity.

Sep 13, 2020

Review of A Very Punchable Face: A Memoir by Colin Jost

Colin Jost retraces his journey toward and through his fifteen seasons at Saturday Night Live and offers insights that I found absorbing.

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