Although I’ve heard Bassem Youssef referred to as “The Jon Stewart of the Arabic World”, I honestly didn’t know too much about him prior to reading this book. I used to be a die hard Daily Show fanatic, but I sort of stopped watching when Jon went on sabbatical and never went back. Reading Revolution for Dummies definitely enlightened me on quite a bit, but the book itself was not as interesting as I expected/hoped. Youssef, a plastic surgeon in Egypt, risked life and limb to host a satirical […]
Word by Word: The Secret Life of Dictionaries
Yay for dictionaries! This book is funny and smart and so geeky and I loved it. I want to be Kory Stamper’s bff. “We think of English as a fortress to be defended, but a better analogy is to think of English as a child. We love and nurture it into being, and once it gains gross motor skills, it starts going exactly where we don’t want it to go: it heads right for the goddamned electrical sockets. We dress it in fancy clothes and […]
Living your dream
This novella by Kelly Bowen is #3.5 in her Season for Scandal series and it’s a wonderful short tale of drama and love and living your dream. Lady Charlotte Beaumont is the daughter of an earl, but she’s been largely ignored by her parents for her whole life. She’s not conventionally pretty, and wasn’t considered to be destined for marriage. And while the loneliness of her life was difficult, she has spent the time on her own learning to paint. She has a natural talent […]
Let this grumpy old man cheer you up
This was one well-researched, information-packed and very funny read. Asner tackles Republican fake news step by step — concentrating primarily on how the right wing consistently misinterprets the Constitution to suit their own needs. It was just released this year, so it’s very up-to-date on the current political climate. This book took me forever to read. There’s so much information in it, and I felt the need to read every single word because it was so interesting. Not such a bad thing! His writing style is […]
What happens in Europe, stays in Europe?
Jason Cummings, the Duke of Rayne, has worked diligently for years to be responsible and take care of both his sister and estates. Now, as he is nearing thirty, he feels that it is his duty to find a wife and father some heirs, and after experiencing just how ruthless some of the debutantes on the marriage mart can be, he asks his sister for assistance. Just as he seems to have found a promising lady of suitable temperament, his wooing is temporarily derailed because […]
Cannonball Gift Exchange. Thank you so much ElCicco
I came home from work today and collected the numerous boxes from my front porch. Between Christmas shopping and getting some last minute things from Amazon for a trip my husband is taking there has been a pretty steady stream of boxes gracing our household. Needless to say, I was so excited to see I had received my Cannonball gift since everything else coming to the house seems to be for other people… Well, I have to nominate ElCicco for the Cannonball Gift Giving Hall […]
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