As someone who practically lived at American Apparel during its heyday in the mid 1990’s to early 2000’s, 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. … Keep Reading
I’M GLAD MY MOM DIED by JENNETTE McCURDY
“Why do we romanticize the dead? Why can’t we be honest about them? Especially moms. They’re 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
BLOOD ORANGE NIGHT by MELISSA BOND
About the Book: Brain on Fire meets High Achiever in this “page-turner memoir chronicling a woman’s accidental descent into prescription benzodiazepine dependence—and the life-threatening impacts of long-term use—that chills to the bone” (Nylon). As Melissa Bond raises her infant daughter and a special-needs one-year-old son, she suffers from unbearable insomnia, sleeping an hour or… Keep Reading
HELLO, MOLLY! by MOLLY SHANNON
About the Book: A candid, hilarious, and heartbreaking memoir of resilience and redemption by comedic genius Molly Shannon At age four, Molly Shannon’s world was shattered when she lost her mother, baby sister, and cousin in a car accident with her father at the wheel. Held together by her tender and complicated relationship… Keep Reading
AUDIOBOOK REVIEW – GREENLIGHTS by MATTHEW McCONAUGHEY
Book Description: “I’ve been in this life for fifty years, been trying to work out its riddle for forty-two, and been keeping diaries of clues to that riddle for the last thirty-five. Notes about successes and failures, joys and sorrows, things that made me marvel, and things that made me laugh out loud…. Keep Reading
NEW RELEASES – WEEK OF JUNE 1, 2021
It’s the first day of June and there are TONS of amazing new releases this week! Happy reading everyone!
