

Review of Festival Days by Jo Ann Beard
In Jo Ann Beard's lovely essays and short stories, she writes honestly and beautifully about moments large and small, from the...
Jan 13, 2022


Review of Taste: My Life Through Food by Stanley Tucci
The author shares his love of food, cooking, and sharing meals in this irresistible memoir that's also filled with joys and losses,...
Dec 6, 2021


Review of Wintering: The Power of Rest and Retreat in Difficult Times by Katherine May
May explains her own yearning to power down and turn inward during difficult times, and she connects with other interesting people who...
Nov 24, 2021


Review of Wholehearted Faith by Rachel Held Evans
The book's pace felt halting at times and its substance somewhat light at points. The strongest aspect for me was Evans's ongoing...
Nov 11, 2021


Review of Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents by Isabel Wilkerson
Caste is consistently powerful, profound, disturbing, and absolutely necessary nonfiction reading from the brilliant Isabel Wilkerson....
Nov 2, 2021


Three Books I'm Reading Now, 10/27/21 Edition
The Books I'm Reading Now I'm reading Sally Rooney's newest novel, Beautiful World, Where Are You; the brilliant Isabel Wilkerson's...
Oct 27, 2021


September Wrap-Up: My Favorite Reads of the Month
My very favorite books from September! These are the books I most loved reading during the past month. I included two titles from my...
Sep 30, 2021


Review of Somebody's Daughter by Ashley C. Ford
In this memoir, Ford shares how she navigated an unforgiving childhood and complicated relationships with her volatile mother and her...
Sep 28, 2021


Review of Reasons to Stay Alive by Matt Haig
Haig is vulnerable and specific in his short memoir about his own experiences with mental illness and depression--and he shares the small...
Sep 13, 2021


Review of Red Notice by Bill Browder
Browder takes the reader deep into the intrigue and terror of the corrupt Russian political and business systems he uncovered. Despite...
Sep 9, 2021


Review of What Doesn't Kill You by Tessa Miller
Miller outlines many of the frightening, difficult, relentless aspects of coping with a chronic illness. She lays a journalistic view...
Sep 6, 2021


Three Books I'm Reading Now, 8/27/21 Edition
The Books I'm Reading Now I'm reading Bill Browder's Red Notice, which is nonfiction about the author's uncovering of corruption in...
Aug 27, 2021


Review of The Wreckage of My Presence by Casey Wilson
Wilson's bubbly personality comes through in these essays, and her show business experiences were interesting, but I often couldn't...
Aug 26, 2021


Three Books I'm Reading Now, 8/23/21 Edition
The Books I'm Reading Now I'm reading Once There Were Wolves, Charlotte McConaghy's novel about a biologist fighting to reintroduce...
Aug 23, 2021


Six More Illuminating Memoirs to Lose Yourself In
More Memoirs I've Loved I love a good memoir, one that offers a glimpse or a deep dive into the life and pivotal experiences of another...
Aug 13, 2021


Three Books I'm Reading Now, 6/14/21 Edition
The Books I'm Reading Now I'm reading a memoir about coping with chronic illness; a twisty mystery in which people aren't always what...
Jun 14, 2021


Review of An Altar in the World by Barbara Brown Taylor
Taylor's books exploring faith and life's meaning are delights: she is wise but unassuming, knowledgeable yet open to new experiences,...
May 20, 2021


Three Books I'm Reading Now, 5/18/21 Edition
The Books I'm Reading Now I'm reading a brand-new romance-and-music book that's gotten lots of buzz; a beautiful modern classic from a...
May 18, 2021


Six Foodie Memoirs to Whet Your Appetite
It's time for the foooood books! The shout-out: this Greedy Reading List theme was suggested by my lovely longtime friend, fellow book...
May 7, 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 5, 2021
