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December 31, 2012 reading

Book Talk: THE GOOD GIRLS REVOLT, by Lynn Povich

The Good Girls Revolt: How the Women of Newsweek Sued their Bosses and Changed the Workplace Lynn Povich PublicAffairs (September 2012), Hardcover (ISBN 161039173X / 9781610391733) Nonfiction: History/Women, 288 pages Source: ARC from publisher, obtained at Book Expo America 2012 Reason for reading: Personal Opening lines (Chapter 1): “On March 16, 1970, Newsweek magazine hit the newsstands with a cover story on the fledgling feminist movement, ‘Women in Revolt.’ The bright yellow cover pictured a […]

December 11, 2012 reading

Shelf Awareness Book Talk: Listening for Madeleine by Leonard Marcus

Listening for Madeleine: A Portrait of Madeleine L’Engle in Many Voices Leonard S. Marcus (Goodreads) Farrar, Straus, and Giroux (November 2012), hardcover (ISBN 0374298971 / 9780374298975) Nonfiction: biographical essays, 384 pages A version of this discussion was published in Shelf Awareness for Readers (December 4, 2012). Shelf Awareness provided an Advance Readers Copy of the book and payment for the review. Opening lines:“She was born in New York City on November 29, 1918, the only child […]

November 29, 2012 reading

Book Talk: You Couldn’t Ignore Me if You Tried, by Susannah Gora

You Couldn’t Ignore Me If You Tried: The Brat Pack, John Hughes, and Their Impact on a Generation Susannah Gora (book website) Three Rivers Press (2011), Paperback (ISBN 0307716600 / 9780307716606) Nonfiction: Entertainment/social history, 384 pages Source: Purchased e-book (e-ISBN 9780307460066) Reason for reading: Personal Opening lines: “The lavender-hued poster of The Breakfast Club has hung on the walls of countless childhood bedrooms and college dorm rooms over the past quarter of a century. To […]

November 19, 2012 reading

(Indie) Book Talk: Ketchup Is a Vegetable, by Robin O’Bryant

My participation in Creative Alliance ’12 prompted much consideration of my approach to my online life. As a book blogger, that life clearly includes books and authors…but it hasn’t included many from the swelling ranks of the “non-traditionally published.” Today it does, in the second of several posts on the topic of “indie authors” I have planned. “If you don’t have anything nice to say about motherhood, then… read this book. Robin O’Bryant offers a […]

November 13, 2012 reading

(Audio)Book Talk: The Longest Way Home, by Andrew McCarthy

The Longest Way Home: One Man’s Quest for the Courage to Settle Down Andrew McCarthy (Twitter) Audiobook read by the author Free Press/Simon & Schuster (September 2012), Hardcover (ISBN 1451667485 / 9781451667486) Travel/memoir, 288 pages Source: purchased audiobook (Brilliance Audio: Audible ASIN B009CMO4KO) Reason for reading: personal Opening lines (from the Prologue): “‘Are you awake?’ Something in the tone of my voice cut through to my sleeping brain. “‘Coming,’ I called back. “‘What time is […]

July 31, 2012 reading

Shelf Awareness Book Talk: Have Mother, Will Travel by Claire and Mia Fontaine

Have Mother, Will Travel: A Mother and Daughter Discover Themselves, Each Other, and the World Claire and Mia Fontaine (Facebook) William Morrow (July 2012), Hardcover (ISBN 0061688398 / 9780061688393) Memoir, 320 pages A version of this review was previously published in Shelf Awareness for Readers (July 27, 2012). Opening lines, from the Introduction: “‘One word, Mia–schistosomiasis.’ “An occupational hazard of writing is research; you look up the risks of eating sushi and five hours later […]

July 24, 2012 reading

(Audio)Book Talk: Stories I Only Tell My Friends, by Rob Lowe

Stories I Only Tell My Friends: An Autobiography Rob Lowe (Facebook) (Twitter) audiobook read by the author St. Martin’s Griffin (2012), Paperback (ISBN 1250008859 / 9781250008855) Biography/memoir, 320 pages Source: purchased audiobook (Audible ASIN B004XXVSS8) Reason for reading: personal, Audiobook Challenge Opening lines: “I had always had an affinity for him, an admiration for his easy grace, his natural charisma, despite the fact that for the better part of a decade my then girlfriend kept […]

July 2, 2012 reading

TLC Book Tour Feature: The American Bible, by Stephen Prothero

The American Bible: How Our Words Unite, Divide, and Define a Nation Stephen Prothero (Twitter) HarperOne (2012), Hardcover (ISBN 0062123432 / 9780062123435) Nonfiction (history/commentary), 544 pages Source: Publisher, for TLC Book Tours Book description, from the publisher’s website: Since Thomas Jefferson first recorded those self-evident truths in the Declaration of Independence, America has been a nation that has unfolded as much on the page and the podium as on battlefields or in statehouses. Here Stephen […]

June 20, 2012 reading

Book Talk: This Life Is In Your Hands, by Melissa Coleman

This Life Is in Your Hands: One Dream, Sixty Acres, and a Family Undone Melissa Coleman (Facebook) Harper Perennial (2012), trade paperback (ISBN 0061958336 / 9780061958335) Nonfiction/memoir, 352 pages Source: purchased e-book (ISBN 9780062807355) Reason for reading: personal (recommended by Kim) Opening lines (from the Prologue): “We must have asked our neighbor Helen to read our hands that day. Her own hands were the color of onion skins, darkened with liver spots, and ever in […]

May 1, 2012 reading

Shelf Awareness Book Talk: Let's Pretend This Never Happened, by Jenny Lawson (The Bloggess)

A version of this review was previously published in Shelf Awareness for Readers (4/27/2012). Let’s Pretend This Never Happened (A Mostly True Memoir) Jenny Lawson (The Bloggess) (Twitter) (Facebook) Amy Einhorn Books/Putnam (2012) Hardcover (ISBN 0399159010 / 9780399159015) Nonfiction/memoir, 336 pages Source: ARC from publisher Reason for reading: compensated review Opening lines (from the Introduction): “This book is totally true, except for the parts that aren’t. It’s basically like Little House on the Prairie but with […]

March 27, 2012 reading

Book Talk: Little Princes, by Conor Grennan

This is my final review from the Indie Lit Awards Biography/Memoir short list. (Also: Have you entered my Blogiversary Giveaway?) Little Princes: One Man’s Promise to Bring Home the Lost Children of Nepal Conor Grennan (Facebook) (Twitter) William Morrow Paperbacks (2011), Reprint, Paperback (ISBN Nonfiction (memoir), 320 pages (ISBN 0061930067 / 9780061930065) Source: publisher Reason for reading: Indie Lit Awards Short List (Biography/Memoir) WINNER, Memorable Memoirs Reading Challenge Opening lines (from the Prologue): “It was well after nightfall when I […]

March 26, 2012 reading

Book Talk: Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother, by Amy Chua

This week, I’m posting the final two reviews of the Indie Lit Awards Biography/Memoir short list contenders. (Also: Have you entered my Blogiversary Giveaway?) Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother Amy Chua (Facebook) (Twitter) read by the author Penguin (Non-Classics) (2011), Reprint, paperback (ISBN 0143120581 / 9780143120582) Nonfiction (memoir/parenting), 256 pages Source: purchased audiobook (Audible ASIN B004INSU48) Reason for reading: Indie Lit Awards Short List (Biography/Memoir) RUNNER-UP, Audiobook Challenge 2012, Memorable Memoirs Reading Challenge Opening lines: “This […]

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