

Review of Murderland: Crime and Bloodlust in the Time of Serial Killers by Caroline Fraser
I shuddered as I read (during daylight hours only) Caroline Fraser's painstaking accounts of the shockingly numerous serial killers who...
Sep 10


Review of Sure, I'll Join Your Cult: A Memoir of Mental Illness and the Quest to Belong Anywhere by Maria Bamford
Comedian Maria Bamford's memoir is unflinching in examining her own base impulses and personal challenges such as mental illness and...
Aug 26


Review of Sociopath: A Memoir by Patric Gagne
Gagne never experienced emotions the way other kids did, and when she grew older, while acting out, lying, stealing, and fighting violent...
Mar 27


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


Three Books I'm Reading Now, 9/10/21 Edition
The Books I'm Reading Now I'm reading The Guncle, Steven Rowley's sassy, heartwarming fiction about an uncle caring for his young niece...
Sep 10, 2021


Review of Normal People by Sally Rooney
The connection between Marianne and Connell is the beautiful, haunting, swirling source of misery, heartache, and joy and fulfillment in...
Apr 15, 2021


Six of the Best Nonfiction Books I've Read This Year
01 Say Nothing 02 Just Mercy 03 The Spy and the Traitor 04 Catch and Kill 05 White Fragility 06 Hidden Valley Road
Oct 2, 2020
