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- 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 01 What Doesn't Kill You by Tessa Miller The subtitle of Miller's memoir What Doesn't Kill You is A Life
- Review of Tell Me an Ending by Jo Harkin
Harkin's fascinating debut speculative fiction considers a memory clinic that erases and reinstates memories The key memory and all connected elements are eliminated, presumably allowing these individuals to plow forms our idea of self and how much our idea of self forms our memory. they want to opt in to the chance to restore these memories. Meanwhile, a renegade psychologist at the memory recovery clinic begins reinstating memories at individuals
- Review of The Book of Delights by Ross Gay
The Book of Delights is a sunshiny set of thoughts and examinations, yet it's not overly earnest, and it's never corny. I just loved it. “I suppose I could spend time theorizing how it is that people are not bad to each other, but that's really not the point. The point is that in almost every instance of our lives, our social lives, we are, if we pay attention, in the midst of an almost constant, if subtle, caretaking. Holding open doors. Offering elbows at crosswalks. Letting someone else go first. Helping with the heavy bags. Reaching what's too high, or what's been dropped. Pulling someone back to their feet. Stopping at the car wreck, at the struck dog. That alternating merge, also known as the zipper. This caretaking is our default mode and it's always a lie that convinces us to act or believe otherwise. Always.” Ross Gay resolved to write about a joy or delight, large or small, every day for a year, beginning on his birthday, and he pulls together the highlights of these experiences as The Book of Delights. It's a sunshiny set of thoughts and examinations, yet it's not overly earnest, and it's never corny. I just loved it. He considers his process (he's not allowed to hoard or save delights for days that might light on the good stuff; he has to find or notice something new each day), reflects on human nature, recognizes the intense delights of food and love and friendship, shines a light on small moments, and considers everything in between. Some passages are just a few paragraphs, while others are pages long. I listened to this as an audiobook (which I highly recommend), and Gay's voice (both his writing style and his speaking voice) are immensely appealing. He's wonderfully joyful and mischievous. I found myself smiling repeatedly while going about daily tasks and it felt fitting that I listened to the author's many delights for hours while happily planting my spring garden. Do you have any Bossy thoughts about this book? My BFF Neha mentioned that her book club read this book, and it wasn't on my radar before that. This was my first Ross Gay book, and I really like how his mind works, so I'm in for all of his books now.
- Review of Greenlights by Matthew McConaughey
McConaughey mines his decades of diaries, lived experiences, memories, and other frequently unexpected
- Review of The Fixed Stars by Molly Wizenberg
She had never recognized any curiosity or attraction to women before, but in this memoir, Wizenberg recounts This book was mentioned in the Greedy Reading List Three Memoirs I'm Reading Now, 10/7/20 Edition. If you like memoirs, you might also like Six Illuminating Memoirs I Read This Year.
- Three Books I'm Reading Now, 8/23/21 Edition
and to overcome personal tragedy; The Wreckage of My Presence, comedian and actress Casey Wilson's memoir-ish Casey Wilson, actress (Happy Endings), comedian (Saturday Night Live), and writer, shares essays and memories
- Review of Listen for the Lie by Amy Tintera
story structure, dark humor, and deeply flawed characters as main protagonist Lucy works to resolve her memory murderous voice repeatedly creeps into Lucy's head, and the reader eventually determines whether these are memories and Savvy was being earnest in her desire to do away with certain characters, whether they're memories
- Review of I'm Still Here by Austin Channing Brown
Brown shares moments of reckoning, everyday evidence of yawning racial divides, and her insistent joy in embracing her black identity and self-worth. Austin Channing Brown's book is slim (185 pages), but I wore out my highlighter as I marked lines and passages to discuss with the group I read it with. In I'm Still Here: Black Dignity in a World Made for Whiteness, Brown details growing up female, Christian, and black within mainly white educational, religious, and societal frameworks--with a name her parents gave her to intentionally create assumptions that it was the name of a white man. She shows the reader what it's like to navigate organizations that purport to value racial diversity and inclusion, then unapologetically points out where good intentions often go awry, identifying pitfalls (and also some promise) gleaned through everyday life and also in her work as an expert in helping organizations attain increased diversity. She shares shocking, frustrating, heartbreaking moments of reckoning, evidence of yawning racial divides, and her insistent joy in embracing her black identity and her self-worth. Through asking for deeper thought, engagement, and action from all of us, Brown pushes the reader to listen with care and then to do thoughtful, better, specific work toward achieving racial diversity and shifting racial value systems. Any Bossy thoughts on this book? I mentioned this book in the Greedy Reading List Three Books I'm Reading Now, 12/14/20. You might want to check out So You Want to Talk About Race by Ijeoma Oluo or Raising White Kids: Bringing Up Children in a Racially Unjust America by Jennifer Harvey if you haven't yet read them.
- Review of Hillbilly Elegy: A Memoir of a Family and Culture in Crisis by J.D. Vance
#nonfiction, #memoir, #appalachian, #politicssocialjustice, #threestarbookreview
- Review of Know My Name by Chanel Miller
Miller is a beautiful, powerful writer with clear and sophisticated arguments and a compelling identity separate from the attack that led to her being in the spotlight. Miller is a beautiful, powerful writer with clear and sophisticated arguments and a compelling identity separate from the pivotal attack that led to her being in the spotlight. She also has a strong, passionate grasp of widely experienced inequalities—and ideas of how to chip away at some of the injustices and societal norms that should be excised from existence. I began reading this because I thought I should, not because I wanted to. Miller surprised me with the delicately balanced tone she was able to strike, of passionate belief in right and wrong, emotional reactions to her situation, and measured arguments and calm determination. I was fascinated by her. Any Bossy thoughts about this book? Miller really took me by surprise with how thoughtfully and powerfully she handled this difficult and emotional topic. Now I'd like Miller to please write more books about varied topics, because I like spending time in her head.
- Review of Scrappy Little Nobody by Anna Kendrick
I listened to this as an audiobook—I like to listen to people read their own memoirs—and I loved hearing
- Three Books I'm Reading Now, 4/14/21 Edition
I'm reading (actually listening to, which I recommend in this case) an offbeat, captivating celebrity memoir McConaughey uses his decades of diaries, his lived experiences, his memories, and the avenues that led
- Review of Wild Life by Keena Roberts
But Roberts's memoir doesn't merely explore her culture shock, as interesting as that is. This memoir was more than I'd hoped for. I first mentioned this book in the Greedy Reading List Three Memoirs I'm Reading Now, 10/7/20 Edition
- Review of The Unexpected Spy: From the CIA to the FBI, My Secret Life... by Tracy Walder
#nonfiction, #memoir, #spy, #politicssocialjustice, #fourstarbookreview
- Review of Sorry I'm Late, I Didn't Want to Come: One Introvert's Year of Saying Yes by Jessica Pan
Pan is wonderfully honest, appealingly thoughtful, and often so so funny. I was so happy spending time in her point of view throughout this book. I loved it. Jessica Pan was an introvert out of a job. Her closest friends had moved away, and she found herself lonely, living in another country, and feeling too reliant on her husband for her entire social life. Although she wasn't trying to change her status from introvert to extrovert, she did want to open up to new experiences, broaden her horizons and meet new people, a few of whom she could hopefully in time call true friends. Pan decided to deliberately put herself into extremely uncomfortable social situations for a year, and she fully commits. She does improv, approaches strangers on the Tube, goes on friend dates, attends networking events, takes a vacation alone (to a destination she doesn't learn until she's at the airport), and more. She regrets her one-year plan almost instantly but feels compelled to continue her terrifying exercises. My book club is reading this book, and we were recently saying in anticipation of our upcoming discussion that Pan's concept reminded us somewhat of a book we read years ago, MWF Seeking BFF: My Yearlong Search for a New Best Friend (although that book had a premise that didn't really make sense, since the author seemed surrounded by family, friends, work friends, and didn't seem particularly lonely). Pan is earnest about and determined to see through her gutsy path, which is often horrifyingly frightening for her, frequently not at all what she bargained for, and which gradually pays off in fits and starts of personal growth that are meaningful for her. Her interviews and experiences with others who mentor her journey in different ways could have felt disruptive or jarring but didn't; they added a layer to her story that I found interesting and often revelatory. Pan is wonderfully honest, appealingly thoughtful, and often so so funny. I was so happy spending time in her point of view throughout this book. I loved it and I'd read another book by her in a second. Any Bossy thoughts on this book? Have you read this one? It was the right book at the right time for me. I'd happened to read multiple books in a row in which grim circumstances drove the plots, and this book felt like a breath of fresh air. I first mentioned this book along with The Exiles and The Comeback in the Greedy Reading List Three Books I'm Reading Now, 10/22/20 Edition.
- Three Books I'm Reading Now, 11/25/20 Edition
Light fiction, historical fiction mystery, and celebrity memoir. I recently offered a roundup of Six Lighter Fiction Stories for Great Escapism if that feels down your
- Review of Leaving the Witness by Amber Scorah
#memoir, #faith, #dysfunctionalfamily, #fourstarbookreview
- Review of Untamed by Glennon Doyle
I love Glennon's heart and her honesty, but many of these essays ended too soon for me. Doyle, the bestselling author of Carry On, Warrior and Love Warrior, writes about her life's ups and downs again in her newest book. In Untamed, she shares lessons she's learned through being true to herself, loving herself and caring for others, bringing up her children, examining her religious faith, and finding love. In often very short essays, she explores living genuinely despite others' criticisms; giving herself permission to take up space in the world and speak up; feeling and expressing a full gamut of emotions rather than keeping the peace; rejecting the myth of ideal mothers being martyrs; and generally relying on her inner voice to guide her through an honest, genuine, and fulfilling life. I found that I missed a more narrative arc here--I would have loved spending more page time in her daily family and work life and seeing time pass in both respects. This might have served as a unifying framework for her thoughts and her exhortations to the reader. Many essays ended too soon for me; I often wanted her to take things a step further to share implications or conclusions, or to explore topics more deeply. I love Glennon's heart and her honesty about her limitations and what she's working on in herself. She's often funny, especially when she's letting us into the small moments of her life. I enjoyed hearing more about her unexpected love story with Abby Wambach, and I admire how she strives to make the world a better place, both generally and also through her wide-reaching nonprofit Together Rising. Any Bossy thoughts on this book? Have you read this one? What about her earlier books? I admit to wanting Doyle to dig further in some of these essays, but I do love how much heart she has. I mentioned this book (along with With or Without You and City of Girls) in Three Books I'm Reading Now, 1/6/21 Edition.
- Three Books I'm Reading Now, 12/4/23 Edition
If you like to read memoirs like I do, you might be interested in the Greedy Reading Lists here: Six Fascinating Memoirs to Explore Six More Fascinating Memoirs to Explore Six Musicians' Memoirs that Sing Six Illuminating Memoirs to Dive Into Six Illuminating Memoirs I've Read This Year Six More Illuminating Memoirs to Lose Yourself In Six Foodie Memoirs to Whet Your Appetite Six Powerful Memoirs about Facing Mortality Six of My Favorite Memoir Reads Last Year
- Review of A Marriage at Sea: A True Story of Love, Obsession, and Shipwreck by Sophie Elmhirst
Nonfiction I've Loved If you love nonfiction books, you might like 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 , or these other nonfiction books I've
- Three Books I'm Reading Now, 10/22/20 Edition
In her memoir, Pan explores whether life really is better for the extroverts, or whether she was on the , celebrity-focused fiction, and a memoir with a quirky hook.
- Three Wackily Different Books I'm Reading Right Now, 9/12/20 Edition
youngadult, #mysterysuspense 02 A Very Punchable Face Has Colin Jost lived long enough to fill out a memoir #memoir, #nonfiction 03 Simon the Fiddler Simon the Fiddler is set at the end of the Civil War. Concurrently reading a young adult LGBTQ mystery, a comedian's memoir, and a historical fiction story
- Three Books I'm Reading Now, 11/18/24 Edition
the first book in Blake Crouch's Wayward Pines mystery trilogy, Pines ; I'm listening to Ina Garten's memoir As his memory comes back to him in pieces, he recalls that his mission--before a devastating car crash Blake Crouch's Upgrade here , my review of his novel Recursion (mentioned in the Greedy Reading List Six of her former specialty food shop in the Hamptons, Barefoot Contessa, offers a personal, thoughtful memoir The slim book traces a single day in the lives of six astronauts orbiting the earth at seventeen thousand
- Review of Here For It: Or, How to Save Your Soul in America by R. Eric Thomas
Here For It is refreshing and playful yet thoughtful. I loved spending time with the uproariously funny Thomas. In Here for It: Or, How to Save Your Soul in America, R. Eric Thomas, the creator of Elle's sassy and smart daily column "Eric Reads the News," shares his thoughts, experiences, and reflections about life and the world around us with honesty and humor. In essays that are sometimes heartbreaking, often inspiring, and that frequently made me laugh out loud, Thomas explores his sheltered youth, his growing realizations that he was different than most people he knew, his shame and fear about living as his authentic self, and his meandering path toward his current life circumstances, in which he is living as he once only dreamed: he is joyfully challenged professionally, he is unapologetically his own unique self, he is exploring his complicated relationship with religion, and he deeply loves and is loved by his (pastor) husband. I listened to this as an audiobook, and I adored hearing Thomas's voice take me through his essays. His voice and delivery are fabulous. Here For It is refreshing and playful yet thoughtful. I loved spending time with the uproariously funny Thomas as he recounts how he's navigated situations large and small in his life. Do you have any Bossy thoughts about this book? Thomas is also a host of The Moth storytelling podcast in D.C. and Philadelphia--and he certainly knows how to craft a compelling and full story out of a momentous moment. I mentioned this book (along with the new mystery The Wife Upstairs by Rachel Hawkins and the young adult book I'm reading with my book club for January, Today Tonight Tomorrow by Rachel Lynn Solomon) in my first Greedy Reading List of the year, Three Books I'm Reading Now, 1/1/21 Edition. My friend Katherine recommended this book to me last spring and despite how long it took me to get to it, I'm so glad she did!
- Three Books I'm Reading Now, 12/14/20 Edition
01 Notes on a Silencing: A Memoir by Lacy Crawford Crawford thought the trauma of her assault at St. Notes on a Silencing is a memoir in which Crawford, now a wife and mother, faces the challenges of asserting
- Three Books I'm Reading Now, 9/19/22 Edition
and one memoir will be published next week. For more more more memoirs that you might want to try, check out these Greedy Reading Lists: Six Fascinating Memoirs to Explore Six More Fascinating Memoirs to Explore Six Illuminating Memoirs to Dive Into Six Illuminating Memoirs I've Read This Year Six More Illuminating Memoirs to Lose Yourself In Six Foodie Memoirs to Whet Your Appetite Six Powerful Memoirs about Facing Mortality 02 The Frederick Sisters Are
- Three Books I'm Reading Now, 1/6/21 Edition
01 With or Without You by Caroline Leavitt In Leavitt's novel, published by Algonquin Books late last summer, Simon and Stella have been together for twenty years, living through the ups and down and joys and stresses of a decades-long marriage. Simon has been hoping all along that his struggling music career would someday take off, but it didn't look as though his dreams would ever come true. But right before Simon gets a chance to go on tour, and just as he's letting his hopes soar that this might finally be his big break, Stella falls into a coma. He should stay, but will he go? And what happens to their long-held dynamic when Stella wakes up with new and artistic gifts of her own? In With or Without You, Leavitt explores what happens to a marriage when the people in it change, and their dreams along with them. 02 Untamed by Glennon Doyle Doyle, the bestselling author of Carry On, Warrior and Love Warrior, writes again about her life's ups and downs in Untamed, here sharing lessons she's learned about being true to herself, loving herself and caring for others, bringing up her children, finding love, and not listening to outside critics. In Untamed, Doyle focuses largely on how women can "take up space in the world;" feel and express a full gamut of emotions rather than keeping the peace; reject the myth of the ideal martyrdom of motherhood and sacrificing everything for family; and generally rely on their inner voices to guide them into living honest, genuine, and fulfilling lives. I feel as though readers may be in or out on this author; I enjoy glimpses into Glennon's love story with Abby Wambach and how she strives to make the world a better place. 03 City of Girls by Elizabeth Gilbert In City of Girls, Gilbert writes about a young woman's coming of age in 1940s New York City. Vivian, now an older woman, is writing letters to a younger woman about her own youthful indiscretions and adventures in her aunt Peg's rowdy theatre with its many colorful characters, creative opportunities, and unending potential for mischief. So far Gilbert's old New York detail is wonderful, and young Vivian's carousing is entertaining, sexy, and an interesting take on feminism for the time. I'm listening to this as an audiobook. I generally find Gilbert (who is good friends with Glennon Doyle, mentioned above) to be a really lovely writer, as in the case of the nonfiction Last American Man and the novel The Signature of All Things. She also wrote the polarizing Eat, Pray, Love, which like many other readers, I had mixed feelings about, and which probably warrants inclusion on a Titles That Might Break Your Book Club list--hmmm, stay tuned for that blog post. What are you reading early in this new year? I have a stack of books from the holidays and the library (With or Without You, I see you staring me down) to read, yet I started reading the e-book of Untamed and listening to the audiobook of City of Girls because they were available as I was crafting my household's recent library hold lists, and most importantly because I have a serious problem of hoarding books in all formats. As we are likely all aware by now. Which books are you reading and enjoying these days?
- Review of Great Big Beautiful Life by Emily Henry
They're both currently on Georgia's tiny Little Crescent Island, vying to become the memoir author for In separate interviews with each writer, Margaret recounts her family's checkered past as well as memories was one of my favorite books the year I read it, and it also made it onto the Greedy Reading List Six story; you can check out my review here , and you might like to check it out on the Greedy Reading List Six
- Three Books I'm Reading Now, 10/7/24 Edition
novel This Time It's Real , read it in one rainy afternoon, and included it in my Greedy Reading Lists Six of My Favorite Light Fiction Reads from the Past Year , Six Rom-Coms Perfect for Summer Reading , and Her wonderful food-focused memoirs Garlic and Sapphires and Tender at the Bone were both listed in my Greedy Reading List of Six Foodie Memoirs to Whet Your Appetite , and you can find my review of Save Me the Plums , her memoir about heading up Gourmet magazine here .
- Three Books I'm Reading Now, 2/24/25 Edition
The Books I'm Reading Now I'm listening to Cher , the first in Cher's planned two-part memoir; I'm reading 01 Cher: The Memoir, Part One by Cher In the first of Cher's two-part memoir, she traces some of her So far the memoir feels focused on more of an account of what occurred, with emotional confusion and If you enjoy short story collections, you might like to check out Six Short Story Collections to Wow You and Six More Short Story Collections I Loved .
- Review of Signal Fires by Dani Shapiro
Wilf, whose wife is losing her memories at the same time vivid memories of past events come rushing back I mentioned Dani Shapiro's fascinating memoir Inheritance in the Greedy Reading List Six More Illuminating Memoirs to Lose Yourself In. Shapiro is also the author of Hourglass: Time, Memory, Marriage; Devotion: A Memoir; and other books.
- Three Books I'm Reading Now, 1/1/21 Edition
01 Today Tonight Tomorrow by Rachel Lynn Solomon It's the last day of high school, and nemeses Rowan Roth and Neil McNair have battled bitterly for every title, position, honor, and moment of recognition during their high school career. They wake up today texting their usual taunts and challenges. But today will be different: this is the day they'll find out which of them has earned the desired title of class valedictorian. For the unfortunate one, the only hope of regaining glory would be to win the elaborate seniors' game of Howl, a challenging competition that spans the city of Seattle. And if Neil and Rowan look like they're teamed up for the game, it's only because they each intend to use their teammate to get into a winning position--and then take them down. But spending time working together for once allows Rowan and Neil to see sides of the other person that aren't so infuriating and off-putting after all. It sounds crazy, but in a way, they almost seem like the perfect match. Rachel Lynn Solomon's young adult novel Today Tonight Tomorrow feels like a smart, sweet read to start the new year. (For my review, see Today Tonight Tomorrow.) 02 The Wife Upstairs by Rachel Hawkins In Rachel Hawkins's mystery The Wife Upstairs, set for January 5, 2021 publication, the main players and their histories aren't what they seem. Jane is a young woman who is new to Birmingham, Alabama. She's seemingly trustworthy and nonthreatening, the perfect dog-walker for upscale Mountain Brook families. And if, while she's taking care of their beloved pets, Jane slips a few small valuables into her pockets, to sell for cash or just because she can, no one is likely to ever be the wiser. But Jane--who's taken on this new name and is desperate to leave her dark past behind her--has wormed her way into the idyllic community in the aftermath of a tragedy. Two of the neighborhood's cherished young wives, longtime best friends, died months earlier in a boating accident. When Jane places herself in the path of one of the widowers and he shows interest in her, she can't believe her luck. This could be a better new beginning than even she could have manipulated into reality. But is Jane doing the scheming, or is something more sinister going on? I received a prepublication copy of this book from St. Martin's Press and NetGalley in exchange for an unbiased review. (For my review, see The Wife Upstairs.) 03 Here For It by R. Eric Thomas In Here for It: Or, How to Save Your Soul in America, R. Eric Thomas, the creator of Elle's sassy and smart "Eric Reads the News" column, shares his thoughts, experiences, and reflections about life and the world around us with honesty and humor. In essays that are sometimes heartbreaking, often inspiring, and that frequently make me laugh out loud, Thomas explores his sheltered youth, his growing realizations that he was different than most people he knew, his shame and fear about living as his authentic self, and his meandering path toward his current life circumstances, in which he is living as he once only dreamed: he is joyfully challenged professionally, he is unapologetically his own unique self, he is exploring his complicated relationship with religion, and he deeply loves and is loved by his (pastor) husband. My friend Katherine recommended this book to me last spring and I'm finally getting around to reading it--I'm actually listening to it as an audiobook, and I adore hearing Thomas's voice take me through his essays. This is refreshing and so playful yet thoughtful, I love it so far. (I finished! For my full review, see Here For It.) What are you reading to start the new year? I've just started Today Tonight Tomorrow, my book club's first title of the year, and I do like the idea easing into 2021 with a young adult nemeses-fall-in-love premise. The Wife Upstairs has been aging nicely in my Kindle for months, until my realization that its publication date was fast approaching. It's a fast and engaging read so far, which also feels just right for these gray days of winter. And I'm listening to R. Eric Thomas read his audiobook, which I highly recommend. His voice and delivery are fabulous. What are you reading at the start of this new year? I just picked up an armful of library holds, and along with the stack of books I received as holiday gifts, I am now in possession of all the books. I hope this weekend holds some cozy reading time with books you love.
- Three Books I'm Reading Now, 2/10/25 Edition
Alaskan wilderness by a favorite author, Eowyn Ivey; I'm listening to Southern comic Leanne Morgan's memoir Ivey is also the author of To the Bright Edge of the World , which I listed in the Greedy Reading List Six Chilly Books to Read in the Heat of Summer , and The Snow Child , which I included in the list Six offers current-day takes on her life that will feel familiar to fans, but her memoir also traces her You can find Bossy reviews of other memoirs here . 03 Death at Morning House by Maureen Johnson Marlowe
- Thankful for More Five-Star Bossy Reads
If you're interested in books that explore mortality, you might want to check out Six Powerful Memoirs Bloom is also the author of the heartbreakingly beautiful In Love: A Memoir of Love and Loss , Away , by Lucinda Williams Lucinda Williams offers a gritty, honest, captivating, spare yet fully developed memoir You can also check out other memoirs I've read --and more musicians' memoirs . 05 Wrong Place, Wrong You and Six More Short Story Collections I Loved .
- 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 I included To the Bright Edge of the World in the Greedy Reading List Six Chilly Books to Read in the Ivey also wrote The Snow Child , a book I listed in the Greedy Reading List Six Magical Fairy Tales
- August Wrap-Up: My Favorite Reads of the Month
Here are my six favorites, although I had to deliberate a little bit before settling on this list. If you love nonfiction books, you might like 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 , or these other nonfiction books I've reviewed . 06 The Knight book in Rachel Gillig's Stonewater Kingdom series, The Knight and the Moth , considers Sybil Delling ("Six
- Review of The Wreckage of My Presence by Casey Wilson
Casey Wilson, actress (Happy Endings), comedian (Saturday Night Live), and writer, shares essays and memories My initial cluelessness is no reflection on Wilson's book, and I'm generally game to read memoirs by If you like memoirs, you might try the books on some of these Greedy Reading Lists: Six Illuminating Memoirs to Dive Into Six More Illuminating Memoirs to Lose Yourself In Six Foodie Memoirs to Whet Your Appetite Six Powerful Memoirs About Facing Mortality
- Review of The Measure by Nikki Erlick
you're interested in books that explore mortality, you might like the books on my Greedy Reading Lists Six Powerful Memoirs about Facing Mortality and Six More Powerful Books about Facing Mortality.
- Three Books I'm Reading Now, 1/16/23 Edition
novel; I'm listening to the memoir The Extraordinary Life of an Ordinary Man by Paul Newman; and I'm Martin's Press, Wednesday Books, and NetGalley. 02 The Extraordinary Life of an Ordinary Man: A Memoir by Paul Newman I recently started watching "The Last Movie Stars," a six-part documentary about Paul But a memoir, read by the author? As usual, I'm in! Spooky, Gothic Tales and Six Historical Fiction Mysteries Sure to Intrigue You.
- Ten Bossy Spring Favorites
There's a book of short stories; one nonfiction book; a memoir; an atmospheric, mysterious novel; historical They're both currently on Georgia's tiny Little Crescent Island, vying to become the memoir author for Her memoir is candid, poignant, funny, and always entertaining. I laughed out loud repeatedly while I was reading this charming memoir by this strong, funny woman. For more memoirs you might like, please check out these Bossy reviews as well as Greedy Reading Lists
- Review of Beautiful Country by Qian Julie Wang
Wang's memoir illustrates her family’s gritty determination in the face of extreme poverty and the many In her memoir Beautiful Country, Wang shares the few small joys she discovered as a little girl in New Six Illuminating Memoirs to Dive Into, Six Illuminating Memoirs I've Read This Year, Six More Illuminating Memoirs to Lose Yourself In, Six Foodie Memoirs to Whet Your Appetite, and Six Powerful Memoirs about Or simply search "Memoir" in the Bossy search bar on each page of this site.
- Review of The Paris Novel by Ruth Reichl
The Paris Novel is the first novel by food writer, memoir author, food critic, and James Beard award-winner Her wonderful food-focused memoirs Garlic and Sapphires and Tender at the Bone were both listed in my Greedy Reading List of Six Foodie Memoirs to Whet Your Appetite , and you can find my review of Save Me the Plums , her memoir about heading up Gourmet magazine, here .
- My Very Favorite Bossy 2025 Reads
For my full review, please check out The Everlasting . 05 This American Woman : A One-in-a-Million Memoir Her memoir is candid, poignant, funny, and always entertaining. I love an honest memoir that lets a reader into the author's inner world, and Zarna has lived a fascinating I laughed out loud repeatedly while I was reading this charming memoir by this strong, funny woman. For more memoirs you might like, please check out these Bossy reviews as well as Greedy Reading Lists
- Review of How to Say Goodbye by Wendy MacNaughton
moments, How to Say Goodbye shines a light on the things we can potentially shape--including sharing memories this book is of interest to you, you might also be interested in the books on my Greedy Reading List Six Powerful Memoirs about Facing Mortality.
- Three Books I'm Reading Now, 6/3/24 Edition
rom-coms with weighty issues at its core, Just for the Summer; and I'm listening to Sloane Crosley's memoir You might also like the books on my Greedy Reading Lists Six Great Light Fiction Stories Perfect for Summer Reading and Six More Great Light Fiction Stories. 03 Grief Is for People by Sloane Crosley In Sloane Crosley's memoir Grief Is for People, she explores life after the loss of her closest friend.
- Review of The Paradise Problem by Christina Lauren
You might also be interested in the books on these Greedy Reading Lists: Six Rom-Coms Perfect for Summer Reading Six More Great Rom-Coms Perfect for Summer Reading Six of My Favorite Light Fictions Reads of the Past Year Six More of My Favorite Light Fiction Reads of the Past Year Six Great Light Fiction Stories Perfect for Summer Reading , and Six More Great Light Fiction Stories
- Review of Show Don't Tell: Stories by Curtis Sittenfeld
determine what they're made of as they consider friendship, betrayal, fear of failure, the power of memory If you enjoy short story collections, you might like to check out Six Short Story Collections to Wow You and Six More Short Story Collections I Loved .
- 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 Read was one of my favorite books the year I read it, and it made it onto the Greedy Reading List Six story; you can check out my review here , and you might like to check it out on the Greedy Reading List Six
- Three Books I'm Reading Now, 3/3/25 Edition
was able to do so (online) courtesy of The Goldfinch Foundation , which was formed in honor and in memory extensive; the many points of view may explain some comparisons of this book to Daisy Jones and the Six ( a book I included in the Greedy Reading List Six Rockin' Stories about Bands and Music ).
- Review of After Annie by Anna Quindlen
If you're interested in books about mortality, you might like the books on my Greedy Reading Lists Six Powerful Memoirs about Facing Mortality and Six More Powerful Books about Facing Mortality.
















































