Remember back when you were in grade school and the Choose Your Own Adventure books were the HIT of the school library? So, the writers of The Onion have decided to jump on the nostalgia train and have this series of books called Choose Your Own Misery. Of course, like the Choose Your Own Adventure books, […]
Shrill by Lindy West | Book Review
May 17, 2016
Shrill: Women Are Funny, It’s Okay to Be Fat, and Feminists Don’t Have to Be Nice by Lindy West is a book that I did not even know I wanted to read until I had the option to read it. I’ve been a fan of West’s writing since she was a writer for Jezebel, a […]
Spending the Holidays with People I Want to Punch in the Throat by Jen Mann | Book Review
December 4, 2015
Last year I read Jen Mann’s People I Want To Punch In The Throat and had plenty of moments where I laughed and laughed on end, despite not being a suburban mom because douchey people are the same no matter where you go. So, of course, I absolutely KNEW that I needed to read Spending the Holidays […]
Turn Around Bright Eyes by Rob Sheffield | Book Review
June 12, 2015
I first came across Rob Sheffield’s books through the goodreads group that Jamie at the Perpetual Page Turner started — College Students — at least I think that’s what it was called. Anyways, someone there had mentioned Love Is A Mixed Tape, so I promptly added it to my to-read list, thought I wanted to read […]
Yes Please by Amy Poehler | Audiobook Review
May 14, 2015
Why Did I Read This Book? A few years back, I listened to the audiobook of Bossypants by Tina Fey and I think that kind of jumpstarted this love of celebrity narrated memoirs. Amy Poehler, BFF with Tina Fey is a superstar in her own right. When I saw that Yes Please was being released on Audible […]