Once more, Teresaelectro has gifted me with a wonderful book for the CBR book exchange! And nailed it. A memoir? Check. A strong, kickass female voice? Check. A book that I’ve always seen and gone “huh, I should probably read that”? Check! I am super stoked to dig into this and I can’t thank you enough for this wonderful gift.
Dating in the new millenium
I was happy when my book club decided to read Modern Romance (2015) by Aziz Ansari because it had already been on my library wait list for months. I had to do some maneuvering to pick it up before our meeting, but I was looking forward to reading it. I knew Aziz Ansari was a comedian from Parks and Rec, but I had never seen his stand-up and was not too familiar with him. I still expected great things, though, because comedians often write entertaining, surprisingly […]
Founded on a tautological proposition that no one challenges.
It’s easy to pick on Richard Nixon. The list of his crimes, aspersions against his character, and embarrassments he forced on this country is long enough that it could take up this entire review. He was a blight on the office he felt so entitled to. He is the avatar for nefarious public officials limited by a base cunning and furtive guile. His promise was ambrosia; his delivery: brinksmanship. Richard Nixon savored attention, but skulked in the darkness of public derision. Every friend was an […]
Life on the Internet
I think most people have tangentially heard of Felicia Day. I know her from Supernatural and Dr. Horrible’s Sing-a-long Blog; my husband watched The Guild (and is currently playing World of Warcraft as I write this. On a Saturday night. We’re both under 30 and have no kids but I assure you have lot of socializing planned for tomorrow.) Although, when he asked how my book was and I said “Good, it’s Felicia Day’s memoir” he responded with “Who?” Her name clicked when I mentioned […]
The easy confidence with which I know another man’s religion is folly teaches me to suspect that mine own is also.
Quite a long time ago, I read The Year of Living Biblically by A.J. Jacobs, where the author, a liberal New Yorker, spends a year of his life attempting to literally follow every command in the Bible. I remember enjoying it, so when I saw The Unlikely Disciple (2009) by Kevin Roose, it sounded both interesting and familiar. It turns out, it was familiar for a good reason. Kevin Roose was A.J. Jacobs’s intern, and was the student Jacobs took with him when he visited Jerry Falwell’s […]
(Book 2 announced on her blog as coming soon, just yesterday)
Brittany Gibbons’ book Fat Girl Walking is not a diet book. It’s not a self-help book (although there she shares some very helpful things). It is a memoir, and an autobiography, and it is funny as hell. Something Brittany Gibbons is good at that I am not, by the way, is cursing in the course of her writing, making it seem natural for f*** to be in every fourth paragraph or so. I am horrible at this. I do not curse all that much anyways […]
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