Why Did I Listen To This Book? Sometimes, I just need some non-fiction in my life. A while back,I listened to A Thousand Lives by Julia Scheeres and really thought it was an excellent listen. When I came across Jesus Land on Audible, I purchased it without even making the connection in my head that it was […]
Melissa Explains It All: Tales from My Abnormally Normal Life by Melissa Joan Hart | Audiobook Review
May 24, 2014
Why Did I Listen To This Book? I am a total sucker for audiobooks by celebrities. I think this is because celebrities have interesting voices and you know can act and such as they narrate books. When Melissa Explains It All: Tales From My Abnormally Normal Life by Melissa Joan Hart showed up in my BUY […]
Audiobook Review: The Dressmaker of Khair Khana: Five Sisters, One Remarkable Family, and the Woman Who Risked Everything to Keep Them Safe by Gayle Tzemach Lemmon
April 19, 2011
When I think of Afghanistan, I think of a giant mess and bombs and war and kites and the Taliban and unhappy people. I don’t often think of extraordinary acts of courage. I don’t think of women being brave. However, The Dressmaker of Khair Khana: Five Sisters, One Remarkable Family, and the Woman Who Risked […]
Review of Stitches: A Memoir by David Small
May 9, 2010
Stitches: A Memoir by David Small is told in graphic novel/comic book format. This is the third graphic novel memoir I’ve read, the first two being The Complete Maus by Art Spiegelman and Persepolis 1 by Marjane Satrapi. I really enjoy reading these, despite the often heavy subject matter. Stitches contains subject matter that is […]
Review of Persepolis 1: The Story of A Childhood by Marjane Satrapi
April 12, 2010
Persepolis 1: The Story of A Childhood by Marjane Satrapi is a graphic novel which will haunt me, much in the way that Maus still haunts me. Persepolis follows the circumstances of the Islamic Revolution in Iran and how it affected the life of the author who grew up during this revolution. I think this […]