Tag: Memorable Memoirs Reading Challenge

Book Talk: *Let’s Take the Long Way Home*, by Gail Caldwell
January 19, 2011 reading

Book Talk: *Let’s Take the Long Way Home*, by Gail Caldwell

Let’s Take the Long Way Home: A Memoir of Friendship Gail Caldwell Random House (2010), Hardcover (ISBN 1400067383 / 9781400067381) Nonfiction/memoir, 208 pages Source: purchased (e-book for Amazon Kindle: ASIN B003E8AIHU) Reason for reading: Independent Literary Awards non-fiction short list Opening Lines (Chapter 1): “I can still see her standing on the shore, a towel around her neck and a post-workout cigarette in her hand—half Gidget and half splendid splinter, her rower’s arms in defiant […]

Book Talk: *This is Not the Story You Think It Is*, by Laura Munson
July 20, 2010 reading

Book Talk: *This is Not the Story You Think It Is*, by Laura Munson

Disclosure: I received a copy of this book from the publisher in order to participate in a planned From Left to Write Book Club discussion scheduled for July 21. *I am an Amazon Associate. Use of the purchasing links in this review will generate a small referral fee for me. This Is Not The Story You Think It Is: A Season of Unlikely Happiness Laura Munson Amy Einhorn Books/Putnam (2010), Hardcover (ISBN 0399156658 / 9780399156656) […]

Book Talk: *Admit One: My Life in Film*, by Emmett James
July 1, 2010 reading

Book Talk: *Admit One: My Life in Film*, by Emmett James

Disclosure: I was provided with a copy of this book by Lisa Roe, Online Publicist, and she has had to wait an unfairly long time for me to read and review it – sorry, Lisa! *I am an Amazon Associate; purchasing links in this review are provided by Amazon.com and will generate a small referral fee for me if clicked and used. Admit One: My Life in Film Emmett James FizzyPop (2010), Hardcover (ISBN 0984258108 […]

Book Talk (Part 1): *In the Land of Believers,* by Gina Welch
April 21, 2010 reading

Book Talk (Part 1): *In the Land of Believers,* by Gina Welch

Disclosure: I received an Advance Reader’s Copy (ARC) of this book via LibraryThing’s Early Reviewers Program. The book is now available for purchase. *Purchasing links in this review generate referrals through my Amazon Affiliates account. In the Land of Believers: An Outsider’s Extraordinary Journey into the Heart of the Evangelical Church Gina Welch Metropolitan Books (2010), Hardcover (ISBN 0805083375 / 9780805083378) Nonfiction/memoir, 352 pages Opening Lines: “When I began at Thomas Road (Baptist Church) in […]

Book Talk: *Why Is My Mother Getting A Tattoo?*, by Jancee Dunn
April 13, 2010 reading

Book Talk: *Why Is My Mother Getting A Tattoo?*, by Jancee Dunn

Disclosure: I purchased this book for my personal library. Purchasing links included in this post generate referrals through my Amazon Affiliates account. Why Is My Mother Getting a Tattoo?: And Other Questions I Wish I Never Had to Ask Jancee Dunn Villard (2009), Paperback original (ISBN 0345501926 / 9780345501929) Essay/memoir, 224 pages Opening Lines: “Last Thanksgiving, right about the time that our family had finished scraping up the last of our triple fleet of pies […]

Book talk: *Hypocrite in a Pouffy White Dress,* by Susan Jane Gilman
February 24, 2010 reading

Book talk: *Hypocrite in a Pouffy White Dress,* by Susan Jane Gilman

Disclosure: This book was purchased for my personal collection. *Purchasing links in this review are connected to my Amazon Associates account; I will earn a small percentage of any sales these links generate. Hypocrite in a Pouffy White Dress: Tales of Growing Up Groovy and Clueless Susan Jane Gilman (blog) Grand Central Publishing (2005), Paperback (ISBN 0446679496 / 9780446679497) Memoir, 368 pages Opening lines (from the Introduction): “This is a book about growing up ambitious […]