As a proud and earnest Texian, I see Willie Nelson as one of the state’s greatest offerings. He captures so well so many of the contradictions inherent in the Texas that I love. Willie loves the Lord, his family, music, smoking, and occasionally kicking some ass. I love all of those things, and I love Willie Nelson, too. It’s A Long Story is not Willie Nelson’s first book; it’s not even his first autobiography. However, I do think this is the definitive Willie biography. Written […]
Captive
I had no clue who Tayna Nicole Kach was prior to this memoir; it was recommended to me after putting Room on my “to read” list and I can see why. Memoir of a Milk Carton Kid tells the story of Tanya’s ten year ordeal as the captive of a pedophile. After her parents divorced when she was young, and her father subsequently married a woman who despised Tayna, an adolescent Kach began to develop an inappropriate relationship with a school security guard named Tom […]
Sometimes It’s OK They Let Everyone in Hollywood Write a Memoir
When you read as many memoirs as I do Goodreads is bound to recommend some seemingly random suggestions. When I saw Raj from The Big Bang Theory had written a book I thought what you’re thinking right now- “What?”- but was pleasantly surprised by the outcome. For his part, Kunal acknowledges that he probably isn’t at the right point in his life to write a memoir. Sometimes people ask me, “Why are you writing a memoir? You’re only thirty-four.” This is not a memoir. I’m […]
A Memoir constructed from poetry
I’m a sucker for award-winning, young-adult novels. So, I can’t remember how it came to be there now, but it’s not too surprising that I had Brown Girl Dreaming (2014) by Jacqueline Woodson on my wait list at the library. From my diligent research before borrowing this book [reading the title], I assumed that it was the coming-of-age story of a young, black girl. On the one hand, I was right,Brown Girl Dreaming is a coming-of-age story. However, where I was expecting a fictional novel; this turned out […]
I was prowling through my library, on the search for a romance novel only available in print, when I spied You’re Never Weird on the Internet (almost) (2015) by Felicia Day, sitting out on a display table. I know Felicia Day from Dr. Horrible’s Sing-Along Blog, which I loved, but that’s about it. Curious, I cracked open the book to get a feel for it and read the first paragraph of the introduction: “I recently experienced the perfect summary of my career at a Build-A-Bear store […]
's CBR7 Review No:53 ·
Genres: Biography/Memoir, Non-Fiction ·
Tags: #memoir, felicia day, gaming, Sophia ·
Know Your Enemy
Like most people, I find pretty much everything about cancer terrifying. It doesn’t help that I’ve chosen a profession [Firefighter] that has all kinds of increased rates of cancer. Most of us at work don’t even like to talk about it because it reminds us that the unknown and uncontrollable might hit us at anytime. So you might wonder why I chose to read The Emperor of all Maladies: A Biography of Cancer (2010) by Siddhartha Mukherjee. Every once in a while I like to delve […]
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