๐๐ช๐ต๐ด, ๐๐ญ๐ฐ๐ฑ๐ด, ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ณ ๐๐ญ๐ญ๐ถ๐ด๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ด: ๐๐บ ๐๐ฐ๐ณ๐ต๐บ๐ด๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ต๐ฉ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ ๐ฆ๐ข๐ณ๐ด ๐ช๐ฏ ๐๐ฐ๐ญ๐ญ๐บ๐ธ๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ฅ is an absolute treasure for any movie fan, especially if youโre fascinated by the business and process of actually getting a film made. Ed Zwick has had an incredible career both in television and film and his reverence for his craft shines through in… Keep Reading
Audiobook Review: The Woman in Me by Britney Spears
Britney Spearsโ autobiography is a real-life Southern Gothic tale. I was prepared for the sadness and the rage she rightfully expresses at her family and the various people who have let her down during her life. I was not expecting the generational trauma which explains a lot about her very dysfunctional family. Her early… Keep Reading
Audiobook Review: Being Henry: The Fonzโฆand Beyond by Henry Winkler
If you look up the word โexuberantโ in the dictionary, you might find a photo of Henry Winkler. His autobiography, releasing on October 31st, is a charming, funny and self-deprecating story filled to the brim with anecdotes about his decades in Hollywood. The son of German Jewish immigrants, Henry grew up in Brooklyn and struggled… Keep Reading
The Many Lives of Mama Love by Lara Love Hardin
Lara Love Hardin was an unlikely drug addict. A married suburban mother raising children in a blended family, she had a beautiful home and a business. But an addict she was. Nothing, not even the horror of losing her children, could stop her from chasing that next high. (โ๐ ๐ฌ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ธ ๐ ๐ธ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ญ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ธ ๐ฎ๐บ๐ด๐ฆ๐ญ๐ง… Keep Reading
Strip Tees by Kate Flannery
As someone who practically lived at American Apparel during its heyday in the mid 1990โs to early 2000โs, shopping mainly for my daughter, I was very interested to hear what a former insider would say about the company. STRIP TEES proved to be both a provocative and very candid memoir about the almost cult-like… Keep Reading
CRYING IN H MART by MICHELLE ZAUNER
‘Crying in H Mart’ is an emotional and brutally honest memoir by Michelle Zauner, also known for her musical success as Japanese Breakfast. The daughter of a Korean mother and an American father, Michelle often struggled with her identity and finally gained some measure of peace and acceptance as she grew into adulthood. โฃ… Keep Reading
YOU COULD MAKE THIS PLACE BEAUTIFUL by MAGGIE SMITH
I first took notice of this incredibly poignant memoir after reading an excerpt where the author Maggie Smith described the many ways her marriage changed after one of her poems, โGood Bonesโ, went viral. Smith purposefully wrote this book not as a tell-all, but as a โtell-mineโ. She recognizes that this is only her… Keep Reading
LOVE, PAMELA by PAMELA ANDERSON
I was completely intrigued by Pamela Andersonโs story after watching the Netflix documentary. An animal rights activist, devoted mother and voracious reader, she is so much more than just her centerfolds and crazy marriages. Raised by parents who were at best inadequate and at worst, violent and brutish, Pamela still manages to see the… Keep Reading
SPARE by PRINCE HARRY DUKE OF SUSSEX
As a royal watcher from a very young age (I even remember Princess Margaretโs escapades on the island of Mustique!), I could not wait to listen to this audiobook. For all the hysterical headlines devoted to Harryโs book, ‘Spare’ is actually a rather tender and thoughtful examination of the madness surrounding the Royal Family. I… Keep Reading
I’M GLAD MY MOM DIED by JENNETTE McCURDY
“Why do we romanticize the dead? Why canโt we be honest about them? Especially moms. Theyโre the most romanticized of anyone.” Compelling and so complex. Jennette McCurdy should be proud to know that she is a fantastic writer and storyteller, which seems to be what she wants to do with the rest of her… Keep Reading