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. (“𝘐 𝘬𝘯𝘰𝘸 𝘐 𝘸𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘳𝘰𝘸 𝘮𝘺𝘴𝘦𝘭𝘧… Keep Reading
Strip Tees by Kate Flannery
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
The Elissas by Samantha Leach
The Troubled Teen Industry has fascinated me even before there was a formal name for it. In South Florida in the 1970’s, there was a controversial program called The Seed where many of my older siblings’ friend were sent. If you got caught smoking weed or drinking, off you went. It seemed like a… Keep Reading
LOVE, PAMELA by PAMELA ANDERSON
I was completely intrigued by Pamela Anderson’s 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
FRIENDS, LOVERS AND THE BIG TERRIBLE THING by MATTHEW PERRY
Unflinching. Brutal. Honest. Incredibly enlightening. These are just some of the feelings inspired by Matthew Perry’s outstanding autobiography. Even if you weren’t a huge fan of ‘Friends’, the inside story of the megahit and its influence on Matt’s life is compelling. All the fame and money in the world couldn’t stop him from relapsing over… 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
MEAN BABY by SELMA BLAIR
About the Book: The first story Selma Blair Beitner ever heard about herself is that she was a mean, mean baby. With her mouth pulled in a perpetual snarl and a head so furry it had to be rubbed to make way for her forehead, Selma spent years living up to her terrible… Keep Reading
CULTISH by AMANDA MONTELL
About the Book: The author of the widely praised Wordslut analyzes the social science of cult influence: how cultish groups from Jonestown and Scientology to SoulCycle and social media gurus use language as the ultimate form of power. What makes “cults” so intriguing and frightening? What makes them powerful? The reason why so many… 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 OCTOBER 26, 2021
Here are some wonderful new books releasing this week! Hope you enjoy and happy reading! Releasing Later This Week:
