#CBR10Bingo: Not My Wheelhouse (the book is a) non-fiction and b) about running – neither of these things are in my usual wheelhouse) I was at a bit of a loss as to which genre or book to choose for the “Not My Wheelhouse” square on the CBR10 Bingo card, because while I primarily read romance, paranormal fantasy and YA (especially at the moment), I do try to branch out into other fiction genres every so often, and while I don’t read them as often any […]
I’m gonna close my eyes….and count to ten.
This is a book written completely for fans of Tina Dickow. The off-set is her life and thoughts as she formed her music career. It is not a stringent account of her life, but snapshots of various memories; her childhood, her life on tour, being lonely in London, and meeting her husband, musician Helgi Jonsson. At times the jumping around became too disjointed, leaving unfinished thoughts and loose notes hanging in the wind. Other times the jumps worked like the mind works – connecting events […]
The girl behind the legend – CBR10 Bingo: Not my wheelhouse
This is my third time participating in the Cannonball Read and until now there has been only one non-fiction review, so it was easy to choose what genre was “not my wheelhouse” for CBR10 Bingo. As my ten year old daughter is reading I Am Malala, and I’m trying to read what she is reading, this was a perfect fit. Before reading this book, I had very little knowledge of Malala beyond she was an advocate of girls education and had survived an attack from the Taliban. Malala […]
A sweet goodbye
I have been a fan of Oliver Sacks and his writing for decades. When that first beautiful NYT article came out in early 2015 and revealed he was dying from cancer, I essentially hid my head in the sand and refused to read anything else from him for a long time. He was warm and kind and insightful and passionate and I just wasn’t ready to say goodbye. The day of Anthony Bourdain’s death, I walked into my library and On the Move was sitting […]
Can I be friends with Tiffany Haddish plz?
Tiffany Haddish‘s memoir The Last Black Unicorn is a trip! I first came across her on Jimmy Kimmel retelling her now famous swamp tour Groupon story. She was hilarious and seemed like a ton of a fun. I’m so happy Groupon figured out what is up and has her doing commercials. I knew she was a comedian and starred in Girls Trip, but beyond that I didn’t know much about her. Thus, I was super pumped to read her book. And it did not disappoint! If you […]
A personal memoir from former congressman and mayor of Compton
From Compton to Congress: His Grace For My Race is Walter R. Tucker III’s autobiography about his political rise and fall in the 1990s. The book introduces us to Tucker when he was sworn into Congress, a great achievement at 35 since he was the youngest African-American to hold a congressional seat. Unfortunately, during his first term, Tucker became the focus of an FBI bribery investigation and indictment! The narration pauses on the scandal to trace Walter’s upbringing while slowly revealing the court case. Tucker comes […]
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