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- Three Books I'm Reading Now, 4/25/22 Edition
from Vaishnavi Patel; Going There, Katie Couric's memoir about love, loss, her career, and motherhood ) courtesy of Redhook and NetGalley. 02 Going There by Katie Couric I'm listening to Katie Couric's memoir
- Three Books I'm Reading Now, 7/25/22 Edition
Friends by Kimmery Martin, a local-to-me author I'm reading for my book club; I'm finally reading the memoir that this was a light fiction book, but the topic and tone is anything but. 02 Between Two Kingdoms: A Memoir
- Three Books I'm Reading Now, 5/5/25 Edition
Me ; and I'm reading Olivia Waite's slim science fiction-mystery, the first in a series, Murder by Memory Part of Your World , Yours Truly , The Friend Zone , and The Happy-Ever-After Playlist . 03 Murder by Memory
- Three Books I'm Reading Now, 12/12/22 Edition
The Books I'm Reading Now I'm listening to Surrender, Bono's memoir about inspiration, faith, pain, love 01 Surrender: 40 Songs, One Story by Bono I prefer listening to my memoirs read by the author, and I'm
- July Wrap-Up: My Favorite Reads of the Month
Here are my six favorite reads of the past month: two memoirs, two historical fiction titles, a science 01 In Love: A Memoir of Love and Loss by Amy Bloom Amy Bloom writes with brutal honesty about her heartbreak In her memoir In Love, author Amy Bloom shares the story of an impossible situation: how she faced the For my full review, check out In Love. 02 Between Two Kingdoms: A Memoir of a Life Interrupted by Suleika Jaouad Jaouad offers a powerful memoir about coping with leukemia and facing mortality, with thoughtful
- Review of Maisie Dobbs (Maisie Dobbs #1) by Jacqueline Winspear
Jacqueline Winspear is the author of 18 Maisie Dobbs novels as well as a memoir, This Time Next Year
- Shhh! Books I'm Giving as Gifts This Holiday
In One Last Song, Mike Ayers asks various musicians which song they'd choose to be the last one they
- Three Books I'm Reading Now, 4/14/25 Edition
They're both currently on Georgia's tiny Little Crescent Island, vying to be the author of the memoir
- Three Books I'm Reading Now, 11/21/22 Edition
and I'm reading Tell Me an Ending, Jo Harkin's speculative fiction about the purposeful erasing of memories Harkin Jo Harkin's speculative fiction Tell Me an Ending is about a tech company that erases unwanted memories When people around the world are notified that they have requested and have had specific memories removed Meanwhile, a psychologist at a memory recovery clinic begins reinstating memories at individuals' requests
- October Wrap-Up: My Favorite Reads of the Month
I included an immersive memoir (check out my endless Greedy Reading Lists of memoirs for more in this In doing so, he traces old memories and tracks down details from his childhood, reliving moments, piecing I listened to Broken Horses: A Memoir by Brandi Carlile, and I can't imagine feeling the full emotions
- December Wrap-Up: My Favorite Reads of the Month
by Stanley Tucci The author shares his love of food, cooking, and sharing meals in this irresistible memoir But Taste is also a memoir. For my full review, check out Taste: My Life Through Food. 02 The Memoirs of Stockholm Sven by Nathanial The pacing of The Memoirs of Stockholm Sven is measured, as befits a story that is largely about daily Click here for my full review of The Memoirs of Stockholm Sven. 03 Pretty Funny for a Girl by Rebecca
- Shhh! Bossy Nonfiction Book Gift Ideas
heartthrob role as Jamie in Outlander or his rugged good looks or charming Scottish accent secured his memoir's points out places along Scotland's ninety-six-mile West Highland Way that hold special meaning and memories
- Review of A Far Better Thing by H. G. Parry
Parry is also the author of The Magician's Daughter , The Unlikely Escape of Uriah Heep , The Scholar
- August Wrap-Up: My Favorite Reads of the Month
the titles on my Greedy Reading Lists Six Compelling Nonfiction Reads , Six Favorite Nonfiction and Memoir Reads of the Year , Six Nonfiction and Memoir Reads I Loved , Six of My Favorite Nonfiction Reads ,
- December Wrap-Up: My Favorite Reads of the Month
in the background; a collection of three short stories by a favorite author; a vulnerable celebrity memoir Click here for my full review of So Late in the Day. 04 The Woman in Me by Britney Spears Spears's slim memoir In her memoir The Woman in Me, Britney Spears offers the story of her life to date: select events of
- Review of The Last Hour Between Worlds (Echo Archives #1) by Melissa Caruso
and Kembral tentatively take steps toward a truce, and they're two of the only people retaining their memories world-building, in which things are similar to yet different from earlier versions, creatures lose their memories
- Review of After Annie by Anna Quindlen
interested in books about mortality, you might like the books on my Greedy Reading Lists Six Powerful Memoirs
- Three Books I'm Reading Now, 10/4/21 Edition
The Books I'm Reading Now I'm reading Broken Horses, Brandi Carlile's unflinching, fascinating memoir 01 Broken Horses: A Memoir by Brandi Carlile I'm listening to Broken Horses: A Memoir by Brandi Carlile
- Review of Blue Hour by Tiffany Clarke Harrison
I initially thought I was hearing a narrator read a memoir.
- Three Books I'm Reading Now, 2/26/24 Edition
interested in books about mortality, you might like the books on my Greedy Reading Lists Six Powerful Memoirs
- Three Books I'm Reading Now, 3/25/24 Edition
Empress, Sisi, The Queen's Fortune, and The Magnificent Lives of Marjorie Post, as well as the nonfiction memoir
- Three Books I'm Reading Now, 10/28/24 Edition
Colm Toibin is also the author of The Master , The Magician , and other novels. 03 Trespasses by Louise
- Three Books I'm Reading Now, 12/11/23 Edition
interested in books about mortality, you might like the books on my Greedy Reading Lists Six Powerful Memoirs
- Thankful for Five-Star Bossy Reads
When We Were the Kennedys is a memoir about grieving deeply, leaning on family and community in a crisis I loved this fantastic memoir! Wood's memoir is heartwarming and funny and tragic and vivid.
- Three Books I'm Reading Now, 11/12/21 Edition
her recent short story collection Five Tuesdays in Winter; I'm listening to Dave Grohl's immersive memoir NetGalley. 02 The Storyteller: Tales of Life and Music by Dave Grohl I'm listening to Dave Grohl's memoir
- Review of The Storied Life of A.J. Fikry by Gabrielle Zevin
Gabrielle Zevin is also the author of The Hole We're In, Margarettown, Elsewhere, Memoirs of a Teenage
- Review of White Houses by Amy Bloom
Bloom is also the author of the heartbreakingly beautiful In Love: A Memoir of Love and Loss, Away, Lucky
- February Wrap-Up: My Favorite Reads of the Month
reads of the past month, in no particular order: No Cure for Being Human, a funny, raw, thoughtful memoir Reading memoirs centered around cancer is not always a go for me, but this book was special. scene in Kabul with the vivid sights, sounds, smells, and tastes of the past that reemerge in Sitara's memories
- My Very Favorite Bossy 2022 Reads
01 In Love: A Memoir of Love and Loss by Amy Bloom Amy Bloom writes with brutal honesty about her heartbreak In her memoir In Love, author Amy Bloom shares the story of an impossible situation: how she faced the I listed other heartbreaking and beautiful memoirs about facing death and loss in the Greedy Reading List Six Powerful Memoirs about Facing Mortality, and Kate Bowler's No Cure for Being Human is another Reading memoirs centered around cancer is not always a go for me, but this book was special.
- Three Books I'm Reading Now, 1/24/22 Edition
Gifts This Holiday. 03 No Cure for Being Human (And Other Truths I Need to Hear) by Kate Bowler Reading memoirs Everything Happens for a Reason (And Other Lies I've Loved) in the Greedy Reading List Six Powerful Memoirs
- My Favorite Reads of the Year So Far
Reading memoirs centered around cancer is not always a go for me, but this book was special. scene in Kabul with the vivid sights, sounds, smells, and tastes of the past that reemerge in Sitara's memories full review, check out Our Woman in Moscow. 08 You Can't Be Serious by Kal Penn Penn's thoughtful memoir Penn pulls his memoir into another gear when he adds the fascinating layer of accidental political activism
- Three Books I'm Reading Now, 5/10/21 Edition
His mother died when he was young, and he has no memory of her. The author also wrote the memoir Between the World and Me. 02 The Plot by Jean Hanff Korelitz This book
- April Wrap-Up: My Favorite Reads of the Month
; You Could Make This Place Beautiful, poet Maggie Smith's beautiful memoir about divorce and life; Go review of Romantic Comedy. 03 You Could Make This Place Beautiful by Maggie Smith Poet Maggie Smith's memoir Smith recounts her painful, prolonged divorce and her marriage, which was ending as she wrote this memoir
- Six Five-Star Bossy Reads to Check Out
included a book each from these genres: faith-focused science fiction, young adult LGBTQ+ fiction, memoir When We Were the Kennedys is a memoir about grieving deeply, leaning on family and community in a crisis I loved this fantastic memoir! Wood's memoir is heartwarming and funny and tragic and vivid.
- Review of King Nyx by Kirsten Bakis
The gothic story King Nyx offers haunting imagery, sinister mysteries, unreliable memories, resurfacing Meanwhile mysteries from Anna's experiences in the Fort household seem held together by crucial gaps in memory
- Review of Under the Whispering Door by T.J. Klune
If you're interested in memoirs that explore similar themes, check out the books on the Greedy Reading List Six Powerful Memoirs about Facing Mortality.
- Review of Pines (Wayward Pines #1) by Blake Crouch
secret agent Ethan Burke wakes up in a strange place, by a river, horribly bruised and in pain--with no memory As his memory comes back to him in pieces, he recalls that his mission--before the devastating car crash
- Review of Those We Thought We Knew by David Joy
wonderful When These Mountains Burn as well as Where All Light Tends to Go, The Weight of This World, and a memoir
- Review of A Power Unbound (Last Binding #3) by Freya Marske
But when a dangerous ritual threatens the safety of all the magicians in Great Britain, he reluctantly
- Six More Science Fiction Reads I Loved in the Past Year
clinic that erases and reinstates memories at clients' requests, the impact of painful experiences on The key memory and all connected elements are eliminated, presumably allowing these individuals to plow But some clients are beginning to have flashes of their erased memory, "traces" that disturb and confuse I was captivated by the various situations, secrets, how memory is connected to a sense of self, and the complicated web of memories, experience, personality, and hopes and dreams that make us who we are
- Review of Shark Heart: A Love Story by Emily Habeck
Lewis is expected to retain his intellect and personality, his memories and feelings--but he will do Lewis's transformation stirs up difficult memories and complex emotions surrounding Wren's mother's change
- Three Books I'm Reading Now, 11/25/21 Edition
published World War II-set story Beneath a Starless Sky; Nathanial Ian Miller's atmospheric novel The Memoirs the titles on the Greedy Reading List Six Great Stories about Brave Women During World War II. 02 The Memoirs
- Review of Holy Envy: Finding God in the Faith of Others by Barbara Brown Taylor
author of An Altar in the World: A Geography of Faith, Learning to Walk in the Dark, Leaving Church: A Memoir
- My Six Favorite Summer 2020 Reads
The book contains endless imagined cameos, fictional adventures, and gems of wisdom from real-life musicians
- Review of To the Bright Edge of the World by Eowyn Ivey
With the passing of the years, however, those memories become distant and malleable, and we shape them
- My Six Favorite Book Club Books of 2022
Reading Lists Six Book Club Books I Loved Last Year and Six Book Club Books I Loved in 2021. 01 The Memoirs The pacing of The Memoirs of Stockholm Sven is measured, as befits a story that is largely about daily For my full review of this book, see The Memoirs of Stockholm Sven. 02 The Lincoln Highway by Amor Towles
- Shhh! Nonfiction and Hobby Book Gift Ideas for the Holidays
studies the rare striated caracaras, their origins, their story, their demonstrated capabilities for memory Part memoir, part travelogue, and part science writing, A Most Remarkable Creature is a book that feels
- Three Books I'm Reading Now, 3/7/22 Edition
young woman finding her way--and also, dragons; I'm reading Bob Odenkirk's conversational brand-new memoir So far, Odenkirk's memoir Comedy Comedy Comedy Drama is a conversational foray into his zigzagging route
- Review of Gilead by Marilynne Robinson
And memory is not strictly mortal in its nature, either.
- Review of The Anxious Generation by Jonathan Haidt
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