“What is it like to be a Spokane Indian without wild salmon? It is like being a Christian if Jesus had never rolled back the stone and risen from his tomb.” I wasn’t a huge fan of The Absolutely True Diary of a Part Time Indian but I heard such wonderful things about Sherman Alexie’s memoir for his mother that I had to give it a read. It took me a long time to read this one, partly because I kept getting distracted by other things but […]
Does anyone else wonder if “Will” is Mindy’s babydaddy?
“Work hard, know your shit, show your shit, and then feel entitled. Listen to no one except the two smartest and kindest adults you know, and that doesn’t always mean your parents. If you do that, you will be fine.” After the joys of revisiting Amy Poehler’s memoir in audio-book form I sought out Mindy Kaling’s (actually I sought out Tina Fey’s but there was a waitlist- next time!) second memoir which was fun but I don’t feel like I missed anything extra charming by […]
“Saying “yes” doesn’t mean I don’t know how to say no, and saying “please” doesn’t mean I am waiting for permission.”
I read and reviewed Yes, Please when it first came out in 2014; in my review I specifically cite the pictures Poehler shares as a highlight (celebrity voyerism is one of my passions) but after the joys of Eddie Izzard’s audio-book I thought I’d revisit memoirs I enjoyed in audio-book form to see if they had similar payoffs. I wish I could go back and change my cbr6 review from 5 Stars to 4 so I could give the audio book a higher mark. (I also wish […]
“Hey, if you want to play life safe, don’t live on the moon.”
I was in a bit of a reading slump this past week; nothing I had on hand was grabbing my attention more than the new season of Grace & Frankie so I spent my downtime binge watching instead of binge reading. I knew I was in trouble when I was pulling up Hulu on my lunch break to catch up on Late Night With Seth Meyers instead of reading the book in my purse (Word by Word, don’t expect a review). Then I picked up Artemis from the […]
Hunger Games in Nazi Germany
“These were the names she whispered in the dark. These were the pieces she brought back into place. These were the wolves she rode to war.” I’ve read a lot of books set in and around WW2 but this one draws you by asking one big question- What if the Allies lost? I suppose this is the YA version of The Man in the High Castle but I kept falling asleep during the first season on Amazon (most of my TV watching is late at night) so […]
“Violence doesn’t have a race, a class, a religion, or a nationality, but it does have a gender.”
I was unable to march yesterday because I had to work so I opted to read Rebecca Solnit’s Men Explain Things to Me, a collection of feminist essays, instead. This a powerful collection but I think the most powerful punch was just how dated it seemed despite being published only 3 years ago. There is no Trump or Weinstein and while there is a well crafted essay on #yesallwomen it felt lacking in a world where #metoo and the Time’s Up initiative have had such widespread coverage […]
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